The five Lavins had a wonderful weekend celebrating Jennifer’s birthday! The fun began downtown on the Riverwalk with mexican food and friends.

enjoying lunch with Lauren and Colin

a sweet handkerchief that Lauren made for Jennifer, embroidered with a friend loves at all times

smiling sisters

another windy day in San Antonio!

Vera Bradley gals – very much in style

the birthday girl and her breakfast

grilling hamburgers for dinner

dinner on the patio

Beth Moore devotional book from Josh

a lot of time and love went into this crocheted doily made by Jaimee

ready for dessert!!

this picture is from Saturday… the official yard work day in our home

our ranch hand aka Dad the Great

Last week, John and Lynette drove up to Marble Falls for a short time away together. Their room overlooked beautiful Lake LBJ and they enjoyed sight-seeing – Buchanan Dam, Inks Lake, and Horseshoe Bay.

Buchanan Dam

lunch at the Yacht Club (this was a special lunch! It turns out the Yacht Club was for “members only”... John and Lynette were told to pretend they were on a look-see, the British term for “a brief look or inspection.”)

view from their table

enjoying lunch!

the grounds

noisy, but beautiful parrots!

Lynette by the lake

a pretty brown heifer has found its way to our back field…

it’s a runaway and seems lonely

we hope its owner realizes that it’s missing soon! Moooooo!

To celebrate and relax after a very stressful tax season, we took an afternoon trip to Fredericksburg. Our first stop was at the Wildseed Farms in the beautiful Texas hill country. We know this post is longer than usual, but we hope you enjoy all the pictures. We had a wonderful time out in God’s glorious creation!

The Wildseed Farms Country Store

we had fun looking at all the flowers and plants in the nursery

they have meadows full of happy poppies

sisters

and meadows full of colorful larkspurs

enjoying the day

Dad was excited to discover an Aggie bluebonnet! Gig ‘em!

here’s Mom in a meadow of poppies

they have row upon row of wildflowers

can you tell it was very windy?!

The Meadows

Dad is feeling good in the brisk, sunny weather!

part of our tour was in the Butterfly Haus

they have an average of 250 live butterflies in this exhibit

resting after a long tax season

a Passion flower

the story behind the Passion flower

in the Butterfly Haus

We also made a stop at Marburger Orchard

not only do they have acres and acres of peaches, but also a whole acre of strawberries!

having fun picking our own strawberries!

Dad is enjoying himself

13 pounds of fresh strawberries – yum!

Contrary to what some of our friends think, we are not always having a party or “playing” – we work too! However, we do celebrate the fact that today is April 15th and that John is finally finished with tax season! Stay tuned for more pics of this special event in the Lavin family. God has been so good to see Dad through this busy time.

Here is the new quilt that Lynette made for our guest room

She chose pinks, greens and browns to match the decor of the room.
Have we mentioned that the Lavin bed and breakfast has vacancies?

Jennifer, Josh and Jaimee after a wedding this past weekend.

The Bride and Groom ~ Amanda and Eric!
It was a beautiful wedding… the groom smiled non-stop!

the girls with their friend Johanna

John and Lynette

and here are some envelopes that Jennifer made for the April calligraphy envelope exchange