We just recently got home from a whirlwind two week trip to California where we visited Alan's parents in LA, hopped over to the Four Seasons Biltmore hotel in Santa Barbara to celebrate our two year anniversary (we stayed there for two nights on our honeymoon, and we've been starry-eyed about it ever since, this time we spent three nights there and retraced a lot of our honeymoon steps and it was downright magical), and then scooted out to Palm Springs to visit Alan's Nana and Papa. The whole trip was super fun, and Indy loved seeing her grandparents and great-grandparents. Highlights from the trip include, but are not limited to:

Meeting Sammy the dog, what a sweetie. . .

THIS face. . .

The Biltmore's beautiful grounds. . .

Baby splash-face. . .

The Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. . .

Indy eating chicken tikka masala at this awesome, sit-on-the-floor Indian restaurant. . .

Indy's first time at the ocean. . .eating sand. . .

Recreating this photo from our honeymoon, but with a new set of chubby feet!

And spending time with great-nana. . .

I apologize, because this post is a tiny bit belated. We went apple picking the last weekend in September (myself, Alan, his twin brother Joel, and Joel's wife Kate, and Indy. . . of course). Our apple orchard of choice: Oriole Springs, which is just over the state line into Wisco. It is the same ochard that Alan and Joel went apple picking at as kids, and the same orchard we went apple picking at on the same weekend two years ago right before our wedding. In fact, we had a basket of apples from Oriole Springs out for guests to enjoy at our wedding. Anyways, the place is pretty darn swell, and most definitely an inherited tradition for our little family. The absolutely beautiful pictures are thanks to Kate, who also happens to be a very talented photographer. Hit up her site here.

Happy Fall!