Califoregon Living

Satruday, while exploring neighborhoods, we stopped by Bayside church to give my mom a tour, get a beverage, and let the boys play on the playground for a little bit.  This is a picture of the boys in front of Bayside’s courtyard. 

Saturday night, we read the Easter story from the Bible and decorated eggs.

Easter baskets waiting for the boys Easter morning…

We went to The Fountains mall and got our morning beverages at Peet’s.  The boys played on the playground and we enjoyed a beautiful morning.  Can you spot David in thei picture?

self portrait of me and mom…

‘R’ and the fountain…

We spent a good part of the day exploring neighborhoods.  Check ot this rock that was in one of them!

Another intersting thing about this area, is all the wildlife.  Even though this area is quite developed, there are many protected wetlands and open spaces.  So far, we have seen frogs, lizards, grasshoppers, doves and other birds, deer, and get this…  ring necked pheasant and wild turkeys!  Here is a turkey that had just crossed in front of us while driving.  (I am serious.  This is not a Photoshopped  picture!)

We had luch at Chili’s and the boys were thrilled to learn that a side option was corn on the cob!

While driving through another neighborhood, we got out to look at a house that we have had our eye on for a while.  In the garden, next to the sidwalk, I found this in the bark.  It’s a birds nest!  It was so perfect and so beautiful, I had to take a picture, but I did not take it.

We set up an egg hunt for the boys…

Here is our Easter Sunday spread.  No one wanted to cook, and David suggested each person request one item they wanted to eat.  So, we had a fabulouse, funky spread, and yes….those are Cheetos, as requested per ‘R’.  (‘A’ asked for prawns…that’s my boy…:))

My mom joined us for Easter weekend.  What’s a girl to do with her mama?  Go shopping of course!  We did that and explored new neighborhoods.  The weather was great and we all had a special time together.

Ama brought new sheet sets taht matched the Batman and Superman pillowcases the boys had.  They were sooooo excited!!



We took Ama up to Auburn to explore more. 

This is Auburn’s historic courthouse.  It is now offices and a museum.
Can you see the boys at the top??^^

Auburn has a farmers market two days of the week and we were fortunate enough to get to walk through it.
My mom would probably kill me for posting this picture, but I love it.  She is a little hunched over hugging the kids, she’s not really like that 🙂

We has brunch at a terrific little restaurant called Awful Annie’s.  They has a special menu for Easter weekend and my mom and I enjoyed crab cakes benedict with avocado and tomato.  YUMMY!! 

I love this picture!  We were shopping at the outlet mall in Folsom, and ‘R’ stops by this foliage and asked to have a picture taken in the "jungle".

We spent a Sunday afternoon exploring the towns near Roseville.  We drove up to Lincoln, then along gorgeous country roads to Loomis, Penryn, Newcastle, and Auburn.

We stopped in Auburn to enjoy the landmark that welcomes you to the historic part of Aurburn.  This town has a terrific historic area that is perfect for shopping, dining, and strolling.

This is a huge statue of Claude Chana, the man who discovered gold in the Auburn ravine and founded the town.  Fools gold in the pan?  Nope.  That’s the real thing!


This is a beautiful tree that is all around the Sacramento area.  It’s like a lilac, but there is no scent.  I am not sure what it is, but the camera does not do it justice with the color.

My KD Sister/North Bend Friend/Tennis Partner, Carrie, came down with her kids to find some sun.  Her husband comes to this area frequently on business, and joined him.  While he worked, they visited with us, then joined family later in the week.

Carrie met us at Bayside at was able to meet a few of my new friends.  I gave them a tour of the church grounds…

We went to our favorite frozen yogurt shop, Nuyo…

Then, the kids hit the pool/hot tub for the rest of the afternoon…

‘N’, cannonballing in without testing the UNHEATED water…

Enjoying the hot tub…



The next day, we toured Old Sacramento.  I forgot to replace my camera battery, so no pictures.  We explored a cool steam paddleboat, called the "Delta King".  It was converted to a hotel and restaurant.  They have a wine school there, and also host muder mystery weekends.  We toured an old School Museum, and the docent was so sweet.  She had the kids write on slates with chalk and read from an old McDuffy’s reader.  A couple of pieces of salt water taffy at ‘Candy Heaven’ topped off a perfecct afternoon.