The following weekend was the Funraiser at my sister’s place. The Kings host an annual Funraiser with Ry, Michelle et al and each couple brings a homemade brew to share with everyone. We made our typical kahlua, Eric brewed a cider, Beth made a whiskey drink and Brian shared a bottle of some Mexican brew. We had a potluck dinner and enjoyed our day.
We had some friends over for St. Patrick’s Day dinner and swapped travel ideas. They are interested in going to Japan so we gave them all of our info. In exchange, they shared their stories of Italy and Poland.
Rog has been spending many rainy days working on his model railroad, building mountains, tunnels, and waterfalls. Meanwhile, I hit spring cleaning; walls, baseboards and cupboards. On sunny days I actually got some trimming and composting done and Rog got the last few trees pruned.
For her date this month, we took Karissa to the Jelly Belly Factory near Fairfield. What a blast! We paid out the bucks for the tour and had a nice guide who kept all of us entertained. Many things surprised us...like how long it takes to make a jelly belly (up to 2 weeks!) and that the “mold” is actually compressed cornstarch. From Fairfield, we came back to Loomis for lunch at Taylor’s. So we went from a place that made over 60 flavors of jelly bellies to a place that made over 300 flavors of milkshakes. And their burgers are pretty good too!
Our craft day with the kids was planned to be painting rainbow swirls for St. Patrick’s Day. They each went on different tangents and ended up with their own unique craft. Max ended up with a miniature swirl and Karissa made a cat mask.
We ended the month celebrating Ryan and Beth’s birthdays at the Rock Hill Winery for a wine pairing dinner. Don, the winemaker, was his usual crazy best and entertained us throughout the evening. Food was good, wine was excellent and the company a whole bunch of fun. Ryan even pulled my ticket for a free bottle of wine in the raffle.
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