Kids taking pictures

I think that when the kids start to take the pictures we all of the sudden end up with an interesting narrative 

I'm honestly not quite sure exactly what to write about most of these so instead I will just talk about something completely different. 

The twins are about to turn 4! 

I'm sure that there will be a whole bunch of coverage of that joyous event later on so stay tuned. 

If everything goes to plan this is the last birthday they will celebrate in this house where they were born and hopefully in the grand state of Texas. 

That leaves me with a list of things I would like to do before we leave.

Since we have absolutely no money we are not talking six flags and see world and the beach and NASA and schlitterbahn and Mexico.

That would have been nice! Soooo soooo nice. 

no, we are talking about the round rock of Round Rock

"In 1851, a small community was formed on the banks of Brushy Creek, near a large round and anvil-shaped rock located in the middle of the creek. This round rock marked a convenient low-water crossing for wagons, horses, and cattle. The first postmaster called the community Brushy and the creek was called Brushy Creek. But in 1854, at the suggestion of the postmaster, the small settlement was renamed Round Rock in honor of this now famous rock." (quote from wiki link above)

Anyways it is just up the street so to speak. 

Or, The Alamo, Remember?

Since we go to San Antonio to go to the temple it would not be to far out of the way. There is so much history tied to this place. 

We got to go watch the bats already. That is actually where these pictures are from.

The kids really want to go back. 

I would love to go to Brenham to the bluebell factory but it is a long drive and expensive to take a trip like that. 

I was also originally wanting to go to enchanted rock but it is quite a drive there as well

Supposedly enchanted rock is close to Fredricksburg which is supposed to be a really nice town to visit. 

There are of course many other cool places but it gets expensive fast. 

One of the last weeks James was here we went tubing down the river in New Braunfelt

It was a lot of fun! I wish we had pictures.

Unfortunately it is expensive to do. 

I hope that we will get to do at least some of the things before we leave this place behind. 

in the end I'm just grateful for the time that I get to spend with my family. 

I guess that we really do not need fancy theme parks or extravagant destinations to have quality time. 

After all my happiest childhood memories are not from the times that we did go somewhere special, even though some of those times do stand out. 

My happiest memories are of times spend with my family just enjoying each others company and really interacting with each other. 

Going for walks in the woods and hunting mushrooms. 

Or finding a great tree to climb when exploring a new area. 

Skipping rocks from the harbor. 

Playing on rope swings from a tree.  

Going to the beach for a little stroll 

or for a fun day in the sun 

Picking wild blue berries, strawberries and other Forest goodness. 

Playing "Antonio" at My grandparents house in Osted 

feeding the ducks and geese and swans with my Farmor.