Brenham and Washington-on-the-Brazos

We took a quick vacation to Brenham last Wednesday thru Friday. Mom, Dad, Cindy, Rachel, the boys and I went to a bed and breakfast right outside of Brenham.

We took Dad's truck and my nice new Sonata. On the way up there Cindy, Jeremy and I were in my car and we rocked out (relatively speaking) on the way there. We listened to old and new Christian songs, it was all good until I started playing some of the older songs that I loved and then Jeremy wasn't quite as sure. I have fond memories of "Rise Again", "We are the Reason" and "When God Ran." They were especially useful during the drive through Houston. Driving through Houston is never good. We listened to Taylor Swift and sang along to "I Will Survive." It was actually quite fun.

We stopped at the Bluebell Creamery in Brenham and took the tour before we went to the bed and breakfast. We got some cute pictures. Then we went to our B&B, after passing it once and returning to the Creamery to pick up Dad's phone that he'd lost (as Rus says, does hehave to lose something every vacation?). It was a cute cottage with a pond and sweet garden. After unpacking, the kids went out to see the cows and donkey (conkey, cause he thinks he's a cow). We were sitting on the benches talking when we happened to look up and see all the cows running. Had to stop Rus from "Running with cattle" or should I say "running at cattle."
Poor Rach wasn't feeling well but by that evening was better.

The next day we went to Washington-on-the-Brazos to see Independence Hall where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed. We also went to the Living History homestead of Anton Jones, Texas' 4th and final president and to a Texas museum. We worked hard to avoid a daycare group of 150 kids the entire day and managed until the very end at the gift shop. Oh well, it probably saved some money. It was so hot and we were so tired. We visitied the mini horses but were grateful it was closing. We went to eat at what was supposed to be the best burgers around. A little hole in the wall gas station with a barely working air conditioner and a 30 minute food wait (we were the only people there). Poor Mom is not happy when she's starving, I'll leave it at that. The burgers were good, though. The rest of the day we just chilled

The kids explored the pond which had a concrete slab with tables and chairs and a paddle boat. They hung around there and had a great time. Then we all went down there and enjoyed watching them boat around.

Mom and Dad went to Austin and the rest of us went in my car. They were a bit cramped, but it wasn't horrible, especially for Cindy and me. We had multiple sing alongs and prayed our way through Houston.

Family's great!