A Trip to Apple Hill

This weekend we took a trip up to Apple Hill. It's an area East of Sacramento, about 1000 feet up in the mountains. As the name indicates, it's an area with apple picking, apple cider, apple donuts, and apple everything else!

We came home with about 5 pounds of the best apples we've ever had!

Here's a couple of action shots of Tommy picking apples with Papa:

There were also some cool things to do that didn't involve apples, like......

.....paddle boating........

.....and riding the train........

We all had a great time! For anyone reading this in or around Sacramento, check out Apple Hill!

Tommy and Papa Go Camping

This weekend, Tommy and Papa took a camping trip up to Indian Valley, a very small spot along the Yuba River (about an hour and a half northeast of Sacramento). We set up the perfect campsite:

Tommy enjoyed throwing rocks in the river:

And just generally hanging out:

Here's a picture of Tommy just having fun:

It was a great weekend!

Pre-School

Tommy started pre-school today! Twice a week from 9am to noon the little man gets to play and paint and have yummy snacks. Here he is in the car this morning, and with the class heading back in after time at the park. He had a blast and so did mama and baby Carrie, who enjoyed a thrilling trip to the grocery store.

I find it fitting that he picked out the AU shirt Grandma printed for his first day of school. Look out world here he comes!

Happy Birthday, Obaachan!

In the middle of August, we all traveled from Sacramento down to San Diego to wish Obaachan a happy birthday in person. Baby Carrie's first flight!

Everyone had very important jobs to do. For example, Tommy had to help Obaachan blow out the candles on her cake:

Then, of course, he had to help Obaachan eat her cake:

Baby Carrie's jobs involved letting everyone love all over her:

And sleeping:

In other news, our little girl's way too eager to get moving. We haven't gotten video of her turning over yet, but here's a snapshot of one of the times she did:

Can crawling be far behind?

That's all for now. We'll see you......

next time!

A new Ford, a new blog

Well, it's been quite some time since we added to the Touchdown Tommy blog. So long, in fact, that we've added a whole new member to the Ford Clan of the Golden West.
On May 15th, little Carolyn came into the world. Actually, little doesn't at all fit Baby Carrie, who arrived weighing 10 lbs, 5.6 oz, and 21.5 inches long. Anyway, Big Brother Tommy was very excited to meet his new sister:

(Thanks to Grandma for the picture.)
Since then, we've all been having a great time getting to know our amazing new baby girl.
Tommy is, if anything, almost too excited about the new addition to the family, and he spends a lot of time with Baby Carrie. Here are some pics:

And, of course, Baby Carrie has been introduced to other important people in her life, including JMa:

And Obaachan:

There's absolutley no doubt about Baby Carrie's favorite place in the world; it's the bouncy chair!

And here's one I took while I was writing this:

Unfortunately for us, our baby girl is so big, the bouncy chair's not going to last much longer. you can probably tell that from the picture!