Mickey's Grove Park

Hayden and Tyler got a chance to feed the birds in the Mickey's Grove Zoo. Tyler's bird grabbed his bowl and threw it down so I don't have any photos of Tyler. Hayden learned from Tyler that you have to hold on to the bowl really tight. Hayden got the attention of three birds.

I have a photo of me on this same bridge when I was just a little girl. This bridge is in the Japanese Garden. We saw a duck while we were in there and fed it some teddy grahams. The duck came out of the water and followed us very closely when we were all out of snacks. We took off running and it just ran right behind us. Kinda creepy!

Aunt Louise's house

We drove up to Valley Springs to visit with Aunt Louise, Joshua and Cierra Tunquist. She has a lot of animals that the kids loved! We saw 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 horses, many chickens, 2 baby chicks, 1 duck, a bearded dragon and many fish. Wow! What a petting zoo :)

The boys have never ridden on horses before - so this was a big day for them.

Aunt Louise even taught them a little bit about horses. It was very cool.

I remember riding her horses when I was little.

Genevieve didn't mind touching him, but sitting on the horse was totally out!

Tyler and Hayden both got pooped on by the baby chicks. Yuck!

My cousin, Josh, barbecued dinner for us and Cierra showed us how her pet duck plays tag with her. Very entertaining! Another great memory made! Thanks Aunt Louise for sharing your animals with us! Tyler left wheezing and I left with the sneezes. I'm so allergic to cats and Tyler has asthma, so this is definitely a place we can't be at for more than a few hours, but it was all worth it!

It has been a few years since we have visited the Children's Museum in Stockton. It was just as fun as Tyler remembered it. I think Genevieve's favorite area to play in was the grocery store.

Here she is baking bread with Grandpa Tunquist.

Hayden had fun in the deli. He made many sandwiches, hot dogs and burgers.

Yummy.....I think he would make Daddy proud =)

The magnetic wall was another favorite. Even Grandpa had fun creating new paths for the balls to follow.

Here they are being news casters. Tyler told us the weather beautifully.

My Hayden made a cute little fireman.

Tyler was the driver.

Nice face painting skills. The boys painted their own faces. Then Grandpa let them paint his face. However, Grandpa washed it off before leaving while the boys wore it very proudly the rest of the afternoon.

Genevieve even got her face painted.

We had a great time. After the museum we went to lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. The Gorgonzola salad that I usually order was no longer on the menu, but they were so nice to make it for me anyway. Yum! We then returned back to our temporary home to fill up water balloons and play with water guns. Thanks Grandpa for the fun day!

Jelly Belly Factory

We took a little drive out to Fairfield to the Jelly Belly Factory. We waited in a long line for an hour before taking the tour. Genevieve had fun pretending to eat all the jelly beans she saw through the window. The boys loved all the machines. The were amazed at all the huge bags of sugar that's used to make these yummy treats.

It was another fun day on vacation!

Pixiewoods

We spent Thursday afternoon at Pixiewoods with some friends. This is a photo of all the kids that came with us.

Tyler and Ashley shared their towel after playing in the water. Such nice cousins.

Hayden fell.....again....and scraped up the same knee that was already full of owies. This kid always has some kind of bruise or cut on his knees.

Our train ride around the park. Very cool!

Miss Genevieve on her horse. What a smile.

Tyler, Calin and Hayden on their horses.

Hayden liked the crazy mirrors

The pirate ship was one of Tyler's favorite things at pixiewoods.

After Pixiewoods we went out to dinner for Grandpa "Power's" birthday.

We had another great day!