Mother's Day Brunch and Poker

To celebrate Mother's day, Nick and I got our families together. My mom drove up for the day and my uncle, who lives close by traveled over for a nice brunch to celebrate our engagement and the wonderful mother's who raised us. We took some great pictures in front of a fountain in the restaurant.

 Nick and I in front of the fountain

 Nick and I with my mom

 With Nick's parents before brunch

The whole group after brunch with my uncle who joined us at the restaurant

One of Nick's favorite past times these days is playing free poker. I went up to play with him a few nights. I was nervous at first because people are kinda serious even at FREE poker. But about 30 minutes in I cleaned up on a good hand and took the lead on our table. Everyone thought I didn't know what I was doing and kept raising. I was starting to panic a bit thinking maybe my pocket queens giving me a full house weren't good enough. But with lots of chips on the table I won the hand and took most of Nick's chips. He eventually got them back by going all in against me and having a higher kicker than me. He ended up making it to the final table for the first time and placing second. He won a $25 gift card that night!

My chips after my big hand. The yellows are 1,000, purple 500, black 100, green 25. We start with two yellows and maybe four purples. It was a big hand! Especially for my first time.

The second night I met him there later and after trying to leave by going blind all in. Nick won with pocket twos and nothing else, a 2-7 off suit ending up with three twos, and another nothing hand that ended up with a flush. For the second time he made final table. I think I am his good luck charm.