Fredericksburg, TX

August 18th-20th we went with Michael to Fredericksburg, TX where he had a little one day conference to attend. He has been acting as the intermin HR director while the city hired a new one so he got to attend this HR conference. Which was nice for us since we got to tag along! It was a quick trip but we made sure to plan some fun. Thursday we left after lunch with the hopes of the boys napping in the car. Which sort of worked. We took a slightly longer route so that we could stop at our favorite Salt Lick BBQ near Austin. This is by far our favorite BBQ we have had in TX. And this time we tried their berry and peach cobbler. Oh my goodness it was delicious!!! My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

 A couple firsts on this car ride- Derrick upgraded to a bigger car seat. (Thank you Amazon Prime day for the awesome deal!)

 

The other first was Collin finally discovered what the little box on the ceiling in the car does and boy was he in heaven!! We had had the van for nearly a year and we were happy to have made it so long before using it! And I love Derrick's little face in the mirror in this picture! 

 

 

 

Check out that pit!! You pass it as you come in the door. It smelled so good!

 

We made it to the hotel right around bedtime. I have to document that bedtime is not that great when we stay in hotels. We had a divided room with a pull out couch for Collin and the pack and play for Derrick. The boys were together and then we had doors to our bed. Well Collin kept purposely disturbing/scaring Derrick so he ended up in bed with us (thankfully it was a king!) I actually think he slept with us the whole night. The second night went slightly better. At least he made it to his own bed that night.

Friday Michael was in his conference all day. The boys and I had a relaxing day. We had breakfast at the hotel then headed back to our room to get ready. Around lunch we headed out. We opted to get sandwiches at HEB and then picnic at a fun little park in the downtown area. We played and enjoyed some "cooler then Lake Jackson, but still really hot and humid" weather. Then we walked around a little bit. I told Collin that we could get a treat, but the sidewalks and shops through town are not really double stroller friendly and the pie place that was recommended to us was closed. So thankfully we had oreos back in our room.

So we headed back for afternoon naps. Collin and I hung out on our bed while Derrick napped in his little part of the room- which was great since there were no windows and we had the white noise machine. I had great intentions of Collin taking a nap, but it just turned into Netflix time. He watched Winnie the Pooh for the first time had he thought it was HILARIOUS! It was so cute to hear him giggling. By the time Derrick woke up Michael was "home". We picked a German restaurant for dinner which was yummy and then hit up a candy store on our walk home. It was a nice evening together.

The next morning we headed back home. We stopped for a picnic lunch at the Lyndon B Johnson farm. It was pouring, but thankfully they had some covered tables. But it definitely looked like a place we would like to go back to in better weather. After eating and playing in the rain (Collin and Michael). We hit the road again. We made our monthly Costco stop on our way home and finished our trip with dinner there. I also have to record that Collin had his first peeing in a bush experience. Michael said that he was giggling the whole time! Boys! He came back to the van so excited. We were all laughing.

   

A family selfie where everyone was looking....its a miracle!