Bear Valley

Apple Picking

This past weekend we went up to Bear Valley to visit my Mom.


We went apple picking at a local farm. I had never been apple picking before and when we entered the "Apple Store" there was a barrel filled with plastic bags and a sign that read, "Pick Your Own Apples" so we grabbed the plastic bags and started out the door but I got confused and wasn't sure exactly what to do, so I stopped the worker in the store and asked her how we go about picking our apples and she looked at me like I was crazy and said, "You go outside to the orchards and pick the apples you want." Hmmm...I thought there was more to it, like certain rules you had to abide by, but I guess not.


The fruits of our labor. Too bad I don't really care for apples. They have just been sitting in our fridge all week.

Fall Tradition

Every year since childhood, my family would visit Lombardi's Ranch in October. It signified the start of Fall and the holiday season. I love to walk through the scarecrow alley, select my pumpkin and purchase their sweet corn and fresh tomatoes.

Family From The Netherlands

In this picture: Jon, Mercedes, Thierry, Vanessa, Hahn, Edit and my Dad.

A couple of weeks ago my cousins, Hahn and Edit, came to visit from Holland. Even though there is an apparent age difference, they are in fact my cousins; my Father's niece and nephew...even though my Dad and Edit were more like brother and sister growing up in Amsterdam. They came down to visit Los Angeles, San Diego, Zions, Grand Canyon and San Francisco. We were fortunate to spend an evening with them. While in Los Angeles they visited Venice (I don't imagine it being too different from Amsterdam...both those places smell like incense and pot) and they bought a surfboard clock...a total California souvenir...kind of like when we would go to Amsterdam and come home with wooden shoe key chains, magnets or even actual wooden shoes.

Bloggersize

We are officially bloggersizing and it feels good. After spending many hours at work, reading many of my friends blogs...instead of actually working...I decided that it was selfish of me to only take and not give anything back...so, for all of you out there that have been dying to know what has been happening in the exciting lives of Jon and Mercedes...I give you our blog.