We left for Texas A&M in College Station, TX Thursday for our oldest granddaughter's graduation. After the graduation and pictures, we headed over to her friend's apartment for a champagne celebration. Then my daughter, SIL, DH, and myself headed back to our airbnb to rest. I'm sure the girls continued to celebrate through the night.
The next morning we headed back to their place in the Hill Country... (about a 3 hour drive). Friday we stayed there and had a quiet day just talking, drinking coffee, and enjoying their Great Dane (Moose), the horses (Hemi and Tootsie), the cats (Gizmo and Penney), turtles, bunnies, and chickens. They also have 3 ponds on their land with huge Koi…
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| Moose on porch |
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| Hemi by stall |
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| chicken coup |
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| pond in front yard |
I'm posting pics of their front porch because when you sit out there any time of day, there's always a wonderful breeze. I love sitting out there and watching the horses roam.
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| right side of porch |
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| left side of porch |
Saturday morning we went to Beorne, TX - small town about 30 mins away and shopped, ate lunch, and then headed back to the house for coffee and pie. That evening we out to a wonderful restaurant (Oak Vinyard) where we took this selfie and then had our celebratory Mother's Day meal. I had pecan encrusted salmon with fried spinach over Poblano cheese grits (all gluten free and delicious!). I forgot to take pictures of the food... sorry.
And that was our graduation/mother's day get-together!
Coming home Sunday afternoon we hit pouring rain, but arrived safely and then were surprised to find 2 Swallows inside our house. Grandson was able to catch them and released them outside... but not sure how they got in? We did lose the cap off our chimney a few months ago during a storm... but the fireplace had a glass screen - so not sure how... if that was their entry??
Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!
Hugs (virtual),
Rian
A lovely trip. Graduations are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun family time, Joanne.
DeleteWow, it sounds like a perfect visit! Congratulations to the graduate! The food sounds divine, the company sounds like fun and you certainly filled your days. And the porch is perfection!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Miss Merry. It was a great celebration and visit... albeit a bit short. And yes, I love sitting on that porch.
DeleteIt looks and sounds wonderful - which makes me v happy for you.
ReplyDeleteThanks, EC.
DeleteSounds like a marvelous mother's day and graduation celebration. It's always nice to have a reason to gather as a family I think. Or just to be able to get together for no reason at all.
ReplyDeleteTrue, love getting together with family...
DeleteCongratulations to your granddaughter!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful trip and visit with family.
Thanks, Mae. It was a fun trip.
DeleteIt sounds like a lovely place to visit, and I love the picture of the four of you. It's always nice to see you.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very relaxing place, DJan. Sitting on the wraparound porch, having coffee, and just being together... (always with a cool breeze) is great.
DeleteRian, I very much enjoyed reading about your oldest granddaughter's graduation and your family-filled road trip. It sounded just wonderful (aside from those swallows) and such nice photos! Glad you had a nice time. :^)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dug. We did have a nice time. We don't do much traveling, so it's always great when we're able to get together with family.
DeleteBut I wanted to mention that talking on the phone with my son yesterday, I mentioned your long covid. He and his wife both had covid a few months ago and he said they were both sick about 3 weeks... also his face hurt... which he thought was weird. But one morning he woke up and he was fine. Nothing like you're experiencing, but sure hope you wake up fine one morning soon.
there were a lot of graduations over mothers days weekend, it sounds like you had a wonderful time!! happy belated mother's day, i remember that porch and the roaming horses, it's so beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteYes, there were a lot of graduations Mother's Day weekend. A&M alone had them all day Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday... amazing. And yes, it's the same porch and horses.
DeleteSounds like such a fun trip! I LOVE your daughter's farm! The ponds, horses, Moose...is this where the rabbits run free? Such a beautiful place. The porch is wonderful too. I need to take more pictures of Willow and Randall Rabbit and post them.
ReplyDeleteYes, the male rabbits run free... and the females she keeps in one of the large horse stalls to avoid more baby bunnies.
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