Shiner, Texas

Bjorn and I had our first weekend away from Gavin. We both took a half day off on Friday and headed out of town. (Before we left I made another donation of over 2,000 ounces/31 gallons of milk). We headed from New Braunfels to Shiner and in route we stopped at one of my favorite places- Buc-ees! We arrived in Shiner about 4:30 and checked into our bed and breakfast. We stayed at the Old Kasper House, which I highly recommend. Their website is www.oldkasperhouse.com. We stayed in the honeymoon suite which had a little sitting area/kitchen and a bedroom with a giant whirlpool tub. After we got checked in we opened a bottle of wine and had some cheese and crackers on the porch. We just relaxed for a while before going to dinner. There was a new restaurant open in town called Shiner and they didn’t have their liquor license yet, so they sent us across the street to the antique shop/bar to get a bottle of wine. We both had the chicken fried steak and it was really good! The building was really pretty and had beautiful tin ceilings and a really pretty bar. We then called it a night and went to bed early.

On Saturday morning we woke up and had breakfast and then walked around town. This town has a population of 2070, so if you are looking to go somewhere to relax and do nothing then this is place. After our walk around town we headed back to the B&B to watch some old episodes of Grey’s Anatomy. After that we walked to the brewery. Only their store is open on the weekends, and they were cleaning their lines so they didn’t even have any samples! Since we had prepared ourselves for a cold beverage we went back to the antique store/bar and had a few beers and the owner told us they had a drive-in movie!! So, we drove out there to find out what was showing and at what time and decided to go. We went back and got ready and picked up burgers at Friday’s fried chicken- this was interesting because you place your order in the drive through, they tell you how long and then you come back to pick it up! The movie was actually a double feature of Taken and Grand Turnio. We only stayed for Taken, it was going to be too late if we stayed up to watch both. They had an intermission during the movie and it was so funny because they also had a drawing for prizes from the snack shack! They gave away a snocone, frito pie, nachos and hamburger- it made it funny because the announcer had a really strong accent. Then we went back to go to bed before the time change.

In the morning we got up and had breakfast (again I really loved the B&B and the owners were super nice) and got ready to head back to New Braunfels to see Gavin. I was really missing him! We stopped at Buc-ees again on the way back and got to NB about noon.

It really was a nice weekend of relaxing and not doing much. The best part: our cell phones didn’t even work there.

Swing

Bjorn and I went on our first trip away from Gavin this weekend. When we got home we walked to a small park and Gavin went on the swing for the first time. I'll write more about our weekend later. Have a good week.