The Riley Farm in Oak Glen

Leading up to last Saturday Eddie told me that he had made plans for us on Saturday. The only clue he gave me (because I asked) was that I could wear jeans, boots, and maybe I should bring a scarf. Turns out he took me apple picking in Oak Glen! After our trip to Julian last year we decided we wanted to go apple picking in Oak Glen one day so last Saturday was the day! It was a fun experience together that was inexpensive and just something different to do. So of course, here are pictures from that trip!:

Excuse the weird sunbeam. It was nice and sunny up there, and I didn't need a scarf after all :)

Searching for apples. Eddie was on a mission to find the BEST apples on the trees. He would not let me settle

You can even go flower picking! We didn't do that, I just wanted a picture by them :)

Our apples! Aren't they so pretty? :) Pretty perfect. Good job Eddie!

Our Annual Washington/Oregon Trip!

Last June Eddie and I took a little trip up to Washington to visit with friends, it was the first time for me and I fell in love. It's so beautiful there! We did more touristy things that trip, like going to Seattle, since I'd never been. This year we took another trip up there but it was a little bit longer and more relaxed. Our only agenda was to relax, spend time with friends, and drink lots of good coffee:

The first day we drove around town and mostly visited thrift stores. We ate at a place called Pine State Biscuit. I had the "Weggie" and Eddie had the "Reggie" :) It was a good, interesting chicken sandwich :)

Eddie's been looking for old suitcases so we went to this thrift store because it wasn't just clothes. They did have some good ones! 

The friends we were staying with had a VBS going on at their church that week so we went with them in the morning to check it out

The rest of the day we just drove around town and visited coffee shops

Mary and Ryan

One of the things we did one morning that we didn't do last trip was go to Voodoo Donuts, it's a popular place in Oregon. 

This was my donut and Eddie had a maple bar with bacon on it

This is on the way to the Saturday market in Portland-the buildings are so pretty!

One man band at the market

One of Ryan's favorite coffee places-I love how awesome coffee shops look up north!

Driving in Washington

Our last day with the Fredrich's :(

After we left the Fredrich's we spent a day with some of our other friends who live in Washington. Last year they had taken us to Thai Peacock in Portland and we loved it so much that we went there again :)

View from our table in the city

The following day it was time to say goodbye to this area again. I can't wait to go back again, I love the people there and the beauty of it all. Oh and one more thing:

:)

Walking On Water

Disneyland!

Yesterday Eddie and I headed to the happiest place on earth: Disneyland! We used to have passes about a year ago so we would go whenever we could but after the pass prices jumped and our lives got busier we decided it would be a waste of money to renew them. So for Valetine's Day this year Eddie bought us day passes and we finally were able to use them! Going yesterday made us miss having an annual passes so we tried to do as much as we could in one day. We had so much fun! California Adventure seemed like a different park with all the changes they've made in the last year. We enjoyed re-discovering California Adventure and it's new rides and visiting our old favorites in both parks. I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story...

As we walked into the California Adventure park the new trolley was going around with Mickey in the back:



First visit to Car's Land since it opened!

Getting on the new ride in Car's Land. It's cool because it's a mixture of a "story" ride where they take you through scenes with characters from the movie and then at the end it's a little mini roller coaster where you race another car of people. We went on the ride twice and won both times :)

We also tried another new ride in Car's Land-where you sit in these inflated tires and move about by leaning in the direction you want to go. I could tell Eddie was having a blast on them haha

One of the required stops at Disneyland was the Dole Whip stand to get a Dole Whip Float :) Last time Eddie and I had one of these was in Hawaii at the Dole Plantation!

We decided to get a picture with Pluto since he didn't have a long line. We had so much fun that we tried to get a picture with Mickey but his line was closed-there's always next time!

We headed back to California Adventure after doing a few rides at Disneyland (including Star Tours 2X). One of my favorite things to do in California Adventure is to go to the Animation Studio where they teach you to draw Disney characters. We learned to draw Agent P from a Disney channel cartoon

Inside the Animation Studio:

Our instructor:

Eddie's drawing is on the left-I think he did much better than I :)

We did a couple more rides and then bid the parks good bye. It was such a fun day and we cherished it even more because we know we won't be back for awhile.

Play Day

The last weekend my family was here Hannah spent the night with Eddie and I. We asked her is she wanted to either see a movie or go miniature golfing and she chose miniature golfing! We had so much fun!

Doing Hannah's hair before we leave...I usually just braid it but I decided to curl it :)

On to miniature golfing:

Eddie was trying to teach Hannah-she had her own techniques :)