Tyra and Mia in Theron's pool

Theron's pool

Mecca for a beer drinker like me. This is the brewery that provided me with my first taste of what beer should taste like. In other words, they gave me the ticket to the wonderful world of IPA's

Sierra Nevada Brewing

The first of 4 taste platters I had at the restaurant. All but one was a beer I never had before

A tour around the Sierra Nevada Brewery

A tour around the Sierra Nevada Brewery

Theron in front of a fermenter tank

Hops, hops, and more hops. Each of these are worth hundreds of dollars. They go through hundreds of these a day.

One of many hops bins in the hops room. All this hops goes to their Torpedo beer

Hopsmania

The smell in this room is indescribable. I would like to move in there. Neither of us disliked being in there

Robert studying pipes in the Torpedo room

Walking around during the tour of the brewery

Their tapping facility

At the end of the tour, these were the beers that we were allowed to taste. Some better than others. Some stringer than others. Safe to say, we were not sober after this adventure

Sofi and Diana took the kids to the park outside the brewery. It was extremely hot this day.

Lobster red after the walk in the park

Family gathered at our house for Diana's 30th birthday

Snowboard cupcakes and cat cake for desert

A family favorite, Wits And Wagers. Adam Abelee seems very happy about the outcome of this round

Apparently, sprinklers are far and few between up in Norrland. As soon as they turned on, both kids went Bananas

Elliot running through sprinklers

As if sprinklers weren't enough, the garden hose made an appearance, creating a make shift water slide in the backyard.

Mia wanted to join for the hose fest

BBQ at Theron's

Mia all covered in sun screen and protective gear before going into the pool. California sun is not to take lightly

Mia and Robert in Lodi during wine tasting

An alternative use for a wine barrel split in half

The Rimmeviks during a baseball game at Raley Field in West Sacramento

Discovery Kingdom - Theron and the small Rimmevik's

Diana's friend Patrick, hooked us up with free elephant rides for the entire family. First up, Sofi and Tyra

Mia's favorite animal (as she pronounce it "Omet") is a bit less scary on pictures. Though she did not cry while being escorted around with Theron, she did ask for "Mamma" the entire time

She still remembers this day, and from time to time tells us how she asked for Mamma during the ride

Patrick was nice enough to take us "back stage" and meet the elephant face to face.

Feeding the elephant nuts

This was the last and second "ride" I managed to do at Discovery Kingdom. Mia steered for dear life.

Fisherman's Wharf