Needing a Vacation from the "vacation"

For us Nevadans, we get a freebie holiday thrown into October called Nevada Day. So we decided to head over to Apple Hills in CA and beat the crowds (since we had the day off and Californians didn't). Apple Hills is a beautiful area full of apple orchard farms that set up pumpkin patches, spooky nature trails for kids, and bake shops loaded with the best pies, apple crisps, and donuts you've EVER had! So, we threw the kids into the minivan and cruised on over. We stopped at several of the apple orchards and gorged ourselves with apple pie, apple cider, and all kinds of other apple desserts. The kids had a blast playing in the leaves and (of course) eating dessert morning, noon and night.

After spending all day at Apple Hill, we drove to our friend's furniture store outside of Sacramento and did a little shopping, then headed back to the hotel to swim, eat dinner, and put the kids to bed (finally!)

On Saturday, we went to the UC Davis/South Dakota football game. Dallin's cousin's husband (you still with me?!) is one of the coaches for the S.D. team, so we went out to watch the game and support him. We had seats in the bleachers but after about 5 minutes of trying to deal with our 3 kids there, I decided it would be better for "everyone" (aka ME) if we just sat over in the grassy area where the kids could run around and enjoy themselves. So that's what we did.

We grabbed some dinner and headed back to Reno, which was about a 2.5 hour drive. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it was a couple of busy days. Even though we had a great time, we came back EXHAUSTED. I'm ready to begin my next vacation... without the kids, this time :)