Mandarins and Motorcycles

Saturday was a fun family day. We went to Auburn for the Mountain Mandarin Festival where you can find the best mandarins in California. Mmm.


There are lots of enjoyable things to eat, see and do at the Mandarin Festival.


We watched a 10 (minus one) piece brass ensemble. We really enjoyed that especially since there were 4 trumpets!


The kids rode a few kiddie rides.


And decorated little mandarin heads.


Which took a lot of tendering loving care.


While the mandarin heads dried, they stayed in the Mandarin Daycare.



Where Josh's mandarin was not on his best behavior.


And of course we bought our 10lb. bag of mandarins. Our 10lb bag is almost empty already.


After the Mandarin Festival, we drove further up the mountain to a dirt road area where Josh and Walt rode their dirt bikes.

It was Josh's second time taking out his new bike and this time Walt brought his along for a little fun himself.


It was great to see the two of them having fun together.


Josh really enjoyed himself and got a lot more comfortable on the bike. He even got up to second gear for the first time.


I love to see them bond.


Walt was just like a boy wanting to catch air off the little jump. Towards the end of the day he was getting pretty high. I unfortunately had put away my camera by then.


Josh started pushing his comfort zone a little and got off the ground just enough. He was so happy about that.


After seeing the boys have so much fun, Carley wanted to go for a spin. She borrowed her brother's helmet and hung on tight to Walt's pants. He took it easy but she loved it.


I did hop on Josh's bike and took it for a few spins myself. What fun.

It turned out to be a terrific family day. We all enjoyed being together and went home smiling.