Brenham, Texas

We had a nice little overnight stay in Brenham last weekend. One of my besties, Alison, has a family home there. I met her there a few months ago for a quick girls' night catchup, and we decided then that we'd return soon with our families. Glad we made it happen!

Spencer and Garrett, who had only met once before 2 years ago, hit off from the start. They did lots of grasshopper hunting, remote control car driving, iPod Touch-ing, LEGO-ing, and general crazy-little-boy-runing-around-ing.

Catching grasshoppers.

Electronics break.

Spencer (4.75), Kenzie (almost 12), Garrett (7)

Best of friends since 5th grade. Disclaimer: We were working with major humidity and heat.

Leaving friends is hard and sad sometimes.

I realized after we got home that Alison's daughter, Kenzie, is the age Alison and I were when we met. It's such a neat experience to have lifelong friends and then see your own kids together. Speaking of Kenzie, she demonstrated a cool face swapping app on her phone that produced this image that will be forever burned into your brain...

I look like a combo of Jane Lynch and the Deliverance kid.

Alison, Tom and the kids had to leave mid-morning, so we decided to head into Brenham for a little shopping and an early lunch at Must Be Heaven. While we were in line, Spencer picked up a brochure for Horseshoe Junction - a little amusement park type place with putt-putt, go-karts, etc. He really made a case for going, so we decided why not? (Well one reason to have not gone was the EXTREME HEAT, but we soldiered on.)

First there was putt-putt.

Daddy and Spencer on the bumper boats.

Getting ready to race (yes, Mommy was just a little bit nervous).

Mini bowling - I had never heard of this but it was really fun.

He got a strike! No bumpers either!

Slingshot jumper (not a lot of slinging action...).

Awesome weekend with friends! Can't wait to go back to Brenham this fall.