First Family Trip

My sweet husband has been working so many hours at three different hospitals so we can afford me staying home with our sweet little angel. Words cannot express my appreciation of him for working so hard for our family. I am a lucky woman to have married such a giving husband! He has worked anywhere from 5 to 12 days straight! I don't know how he does it, but he does.

He finally decided to take some time off the first of August. The time off was much needed for him and it was nice to finally spend time as a family. It was our first family trip/vacation. We loaded up the RV and headed down to the hill country. We left on a Thursday night and returned on a Sunday night. Those few days were so enjoyable! I wasn't ready to come home!

We ended up parking the RV at an RV park in between Johnson City and Blanco. It was such a nice little park. It would have been prettier if the creek it was built around would have been flowing. But with this dry summer we had, it was as dry as a bone!! But it was pretty all the same. We parked where we did thinking we would go to go to Fredericksburg one day, and head toward New Braunsfel the next. Where we parked was about half way in between. By the end of the weekend we wished we would have parked closer to Fredericksburg because that was the only place we went!

On the streets of Fredericksburg


The few days we were able to get away were wonderful and I was so thankful we were able to get away. We slept late (as late as Bella would let us anyway!), read our books, and took our time getting up and going. If we would have been home, Chris would have been busy the entire three days finding what all he "needed" to do around the house. I think I enjoyed seeing him relax more than anything that weekend!

We went to Fredericksburg both Friday and Saturday to walk the streets. We did quite a bit of window shopping and a little bit of real shopping! There was so much we wanted to do but didn't get there in enough time to get it all done. That is what sleeping late does to a trip! After we left on Fredericksburg on Saturday night we made a detour down to Luckenbach. Chris had never been and wanted to see what the hype was all about. I had been a twice to Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic, but had never been when it wasn't overloaded with people. It was interesting to see it when it was so vacant! There is still a dance hall, the general store, a hat shop and I think MAYBE 3 houses! We made sure we brought home some souvenirs to show that "Everybody is Somebody in Luckenback!" :)

In front of Luckenbach's General Store


Bella was so good the entire weekend. On that Saturday night we must have really wore her out because she slept for at least 7 hours. We have truly been blessed with a wonderful baby!

Bella was WORN out!


We headed home on Sunday with a detour to see Mama Sue. It was the first time for her to see Bella. We had a good visit and it was great to see her. It was such a wonderful weekend and I truly hated to see it come to an end. Almost hated seeing the Mineral Wells city limit sign because I knew it was back to the grindstone for Chris. At least he go to relax for a short time anyway!

Bella and Mama Sue