Pumpkin Picking
Elsie on her first pony ride
A couple of weeks ago we went pumpkin picking at Oak Glen. It was a nice cool day (like 55 degrees-freezing for us SoCal people!!), so we were able to wear cozy jackets and hats. There are many apple farms in this area, but we chose to go to Los Rios Ranch. This is a new tradition that started with our fellowship group, Oasis, from church last year. Our group meets up there (in the San Bernadino Mtns) and picks pumpkins and apples, picnics on yummy bbq tri-tip sandwiches, and buys 5lb apple pies from the country store. It is always a great day of fellowship with friends.
There are moments when we are completely surprised by Elsie. Most of the time she is timid to try anything remotely unfamiliar, but this day, she was ready to brave the pony ride! I told her she better not freak out because we were paying $5 bucks for the ride! She did awesome! She, of course, chose the horse with purple and was very secure riding it. It was fun to see her take a step out of her comfort zone and do something fun like this! The rest of the day was spent picking pumpkins at the patch nearby and having a picnic lunch. We all had such a great time together. We look forward to this every year!
Carson trying to pick up a pumpkin, when success came, she dropped it on the ground nearly splitting it open
Zoe, Elsie, and Carson riding up to the pumpkin patch...needless to say this was a bad idea, there were so many prickles in the ground from the pumpkins, we popped a hole in the tire!
Apple farms
Elsie and Carson Zoe, Elsie, and Isaiah with their pumpkins
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