John and Lynette celebrated their anniversary in a Bed & Breakfast located in San Antonio’s historic King William District.

We enjoyed staying at the Beckmann Inn and Carriage House, built in 1886. A brick, Queen Anne cottage.

Lynette inside the front room of the Inn

John relaxing on the porch

dining room and back porch – they served a delicious gourmet breakfast!

Lunch at Casa Rio on the river

after lunch, we strolled along the river

Special dinner at the Houston Street Bistro

the beginning of our walk along the San Antonio River

approaching the downtown area

met some interesting little friends on our walk

one of the many dams

also took a walking tour in the King William area. This is the Oge House, an exquisite antebellum neoclassical home overlooking the riverwalk.

Stevens/James House built in 1881 – a fine example of Italiante design using native limestone.

the highlight of our stay was this walking tour… looking at all the historic homes was quite fun!

This past weekend we attended the wedding of Daniel and Elizabeth Mitchell. It’s a blessing to see the work of God in their lives!

the happy father of the groom

new skirts the girls made recently

Dad’s favorite girl

This past weekend we had the joy of attending another wedding – the wedding of Kimberly and Josiah. They are a couple who love and serve the Lord and their wedding brought much honor to God.

an outdoor wedding at a lovely hill country estate in Boerne

part of the wedding party

Jaimee and Jennifer

the joy of visiting with good friends… Lynette with Jan

and John with Glen

a delicious cake!

another happy couple

God bless the new bride and groom!

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

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!