After lunch, we checked into the hotel at Folsom which was less than 15 mins away from the Acostas in Eldorado Hills.  We were pleased that we could rest for awhile before going to the party.  After I took a short nap, I offered to take the boys to get some ice cream, and they both were willing to part from their tablets.  The hotel was within this cute little town called Natoma and we were only a few minutes from this famous ice cream shop.  I incorrectly trusted the GPS direction, and we ended up walking few extra minutes to the wrong direction before turning back to find the shop.  We were all happy to pick out the ice cream and enjoyed a cool treat. 

    Once we returned to the hotel, Stuart was up from his nap and we all got ready to head over to the Acostas.  It turned out that it was only two years since we saw them but it felt like longer.  We said hello to Romel and Julie, and caught up with many others from their families.  Both Logan and Connor grabbed a plate and helped themselves with food as soon as we arrived; later we joined them as well.  Once we were in the backyard, Connor got interested to go into the pool.  The weather was much cooler than usual, so it took Connor some times before getting into the water.  There was a Jacuzzi, but because there were other kids inside, Connor did not want to go in.  He finally immersed himself into the pool, and he was starting to play around by the edge.  Logan was playing with him and tossing the big ball back and forth.  At some point, Connor was getting too brave and thinking that he could swim to the middle of the pool to get it.  Stuart and I were worried that we would have to jump in to get him if he went for it but fortunately he agreed to move the ball with waves to one edge first.  Later Logan got slightly wet enough that he wanted to change as well.  Logan decided to get into the Jacuzzi and Connor followed.  They stayed in there for some time and Logan was first to get out. 

    Next it was cake time. Julie gave a little speech for Sofia for graduating from middle school and Bev shared some stories about how determined Sara was and congratulated her for graduating high school and going onto UCLA.  After the boys got cleaned up and had another plate of food, we let them play on their Tablets again.  They chose to sit in the corner at the garage while watching the bigger kids playing ping pong and darts.  The evening just went by while we chatted with others and the boys played.  At 10pm, we said goodbye to everyone and headed back to the hotel for the night.