Hill Country Getaway

Towards the end of February, my mom, cousin Kimberly and Aunt Barbara all met up for a girls weekend in Fredricksburg. We had a great time. Kimberly and I had this idea when she visited back in September to have a "Barbara Reunion" weekend. Growing up, Kara and I would spend a week (or longer) every summer up in Burleson visiting, playing, and hanging out with our cousins, Kimberly and Angela. Kelley even joined us a couple of times! We always had a great time. Barbara was the coolest aunt ever too. She would let us stay up late...eat whatever we wanted (whenever we wanted!), took us on awesome trips (Galveston, Six Flags, Water World, Fort Worth Zoo, etc), let us stand up through her sunroof and sing at the top of our lungs through the country (our favorite song to sing was Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac")---come on, who doesn't want to sing their heart out to that song??? :-) Anyways, on these excursions with Barbara, she paid for everything. She hardly ever allowed my parents to give her any money while we stayed at her house---and Kimberly and I had this idea, that we should honor her---and take her on an excursion---paid for by us! Unfortunately, Kara couldn't join us due to her work schedule----and we know Angela was with us in spirit----and my mom joined us to help celebrate the awesome woman Barbara is. We had a great time in Fredricksburg. We rented out the top floor of a cute bed and breakfast, shopped the streets of Fredricksburg, and drove to Center Point and ate lunch at the Camp Verde General Store.
Kimberly and I had our picture taken on the bench of the front porch of the Camp Verde General Store. Our Gran-Gran grew up in this area and would pull tricks on an elderly couple that would sit on this very bench to eat ice cream on Sunday afternoons. We all agreed that our "reunion" weekend occurred way too late---so we decided that we should try to do this at least every year or two. We're hoping that when Kimberly and Steve move to California, we should have our next reunion out there! Kelley and Kara---are you in? And while Heather and Laura Lea never participated in our summer extravaganzas, wouldn't it be fun for all of us, girl cousins, to have a reunion? :-) Think about it...