We were beyond blessed to spend Easter weekend with my mom, brother, and niece. They all flew down from WA state. My brother and niece spent the weekend, and my mom stayed for another week.
They arrived late Friday evening. Saturday, we took a country drive to some of the nearby towns, and had a wonderful lunch in Auburn. The restaurant is called “Bootleggers“. The bar side looks like a typical country tavern, but the restaurant side looks like a nice place you’d want to treat your mama.
The kids playing on the statue…
At the restaurant. My mom and KK…
This beautiful bouquet was placed next to their wood burning fireplace…
My brother, and ‘R’…
‘A’ and KK
After lunch, we drove along the Auburn-Folsom Road. We took a little detour and found an overlook with this lovely view of (I think), the American River…
We drove to Lake Folsom, which is part of a State Park, to walk along the beach a bit. We came upon some sort of run. It turned out to be this intense race where people kayak, mountain bike, and run! It’s called the Big Blue Adventure. We watched some of the contestants cross the finish line for a while.
Then, something really great happened. We heard the announcer say that they were selling the two-person inflatable kayaks for $20! They apparently were switching brands and needed to unload the existing kayaks. We ended up buying two. Came with paddles and seat backs! Incredible!
The event also had a little egg toss competition. They let the boys participate. All was well until big brother beaned little brother on the side of the face. He was pretty upset until the event gave him a free t-shirt, then it was all smiles…
We headed for home and attended the Saturday evening church service at one of our home church’s satellite church. DH played guitar. It was nice to share Easter service with my loved ones.
The kids (including the furry one), slept in the living room…
(OK…for those of you precious ones who follow this blog, I will be posting a little out of order…)