California Trip

 We finally had the opportunity to go visit John's brother James. They live in Chico California. It was James's son, Tyler, mission farewell! We were glad we got to spend the weekend with them on such a special event! On our drive down we made a bathroom stop at this really steep cliff. We thought the sign was a little funny...and sad! haha! It was a really pretty river at the bottom of the step cliff.

James works for the Church walnut farm, so we got VIP tours of everything. It was amazing to see how the operation works. They were right at the end of harvest when we went down to visit.

 This is a sweeper that will go through the orchard and blow the nuts into rows right after the nuts have been shaken off the trees. I thought it looked a lot like the Bat mobile, I had to get a picture!

 We were able to tour the Nut packing shed! That is quite the operation as well! We were in awe at how man nuts cycle through and how clean they become through the process.

(we have coats on under these fancy white coats, that's why we look overly large! haha)

 There girls had a lot of fun while we were down there! Raegan taught us a thing or two about horse shoes- she is pretty good at that game.

 They also had pomegranate bushes down there! That was our first time ever seeing one. We got to pick a pomegranate and it was delicious! I wish they would grow here!

I think the girls enjoyed this huge tire swing they had in their back yard the most! We spend a lot of time pushing the kids on it!

 

Raegan was very brave and would go on really high rides with these crazy cousins of hers! She loves a good Thrill-I think she gets that from me! :)

 While we were busy pushing kids and taking pictures, I found miss Kynleigh hiding behind a tree chugging someones soda pop! haha little fart!

 

I think John became the favorite uncle while we were down there, they kids loved that he would play with them! 

 I didn't even get a good picture of Tyler on the day of his Farewell talk! But here is an after picture with Grandma Strong in the middle and some of her grand kids that were able to be there!

 We had a great time visiting family and were sad to leave!