Outing to Fredericksburg!

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!

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