Windy Hill Orchard

We took Ansley to a pumpkin patch in York yesterday afternoon.  Troy and I were joking that we've gone to a different pumpkin patch every year since Ansley's been born.  I think we will be sticking with this one, though, for the coming years.  It was the most kid friendly place we've been to yet!

 Ansley was holding on to me with the death grip of fear while standing beside this horse.  There were 2 horses in the stall and both were very friendly but I think the size of them completely freaked her out.  I've realized that while Ansley loves animals, she mostly loves them with her eyes and from a safe distance!

 Again, she's loving these pigs with her eyes, from a safe distance!

 They had a "hay playground" and Ansley wanted no part in it, strangely though she LOVED this "hay house".  There were even windows and she spent a large amount of time climbing through one to Troy on the outside of the house.  I was just trying to not have a panic attack caused by claustrophobia. 

Fun times on a Saturday afternoon!

California - Part 5

The last night we were in California we made a trip up the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.  

 on our way up the mountain

 at the top!

 Note to self: the tops of mountains are cooooolllllllddddd!

 the view of Palm Springs from the top

 ...and one last pic of Ansley and 'Great' at 7am the morning we left!

It was a great trip and we can't wait to go back!

California - Part 4

Troy and I rented a car and had a day of sightseeing, just the two of us.  We drove to Los Angeles and spent the day driving around in a Mustang convertible.

 Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard

Then we drove to the Santa Monica Pier

 This was a memorial that Veterans For Peace puts up on the beach every Sunday for the American military who have lost their lives in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.    

 After leaving the beach we took a drive up the PCH through Malibu. 

 We then attempted to go back in to LA and go to the Griffith Observatory.  Unfortunately, parking started not long after I took this picture on the long windy hill and neither Troy nor I felt like taking a hike that day!

California - Part 3

Ansley and who she now calls "Great", for Great Grandma!

 'Great' celebrated her 77th birthday while we were there!

 Troy's cousin, Krista, was able to be there too!

California - Part 2 - The Living Desert

If you know Ansley, you know that she's up for going to a Zoo any and every day.  What can I say, my girl loves animals (I guess she gets that honest).  So, our first official outing in California was to The Living Desert. 

 this was the petting zoo area with tons of small goats

 And what's a trip to the zoo without lunch and milkshakes at a diner?!