Thanksgivng in Bandara, TX!

John and I went to his deer camp in Bandera, TX for the Thanksgiving Holidays. This was my first real hunting experience. It was actually a lot of fun! We didn't get anything, but it was fun to sit in the deer stand and watch all the deer come out. Seeing the sunset and rise (I only went to one morning hunt). Being outside when it was so quite and actually being able to see the stars.

Deer Camp

John's Deer Stand 

View to the feeders

Deer Feeders

Sunset!

It had been nasty the first day. It was so nice to see the sun!

Beautiful Hills of Bandara, TX

More hills

More hills

On Wednesday, John took me to Fredericksburg,TX to visit some winery's. We went several places to try some wine, but never made it to the winery's. I posted the picture below on Instagram, and it turned out some girlfriends of ours were coming to Fredericksburg for a Thanksgiving/girls trip! We hung out with them for the rest of the day and mainly hung out at the beer gardens. We also made a trip to Luckenback, TX! 

Christmas Pyramid 

Drinking German Beer

For out Thanksgiving meal, John smoked a turkey!

I made the stuffing and green bean casserole. I had everything in the oven cooking. I was just sitting on the couch, reading, and I heard a weird noise. I looked in the kitchen at the oven and all I saw was orange in the window! I carefully opened the oven, and the heading element was going out! I called for John and he immediately turned off the oven, it was officially broken. Everything had only been in the oven about 5 minutes, so I had to cook everything on the stove top. I was a little panicked, but everything still turned out great!

Our Thanksgiving feast!

11th Street Cowboy Bar, Bandara, TX. This was one of the hot spots in town.

This was at Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar Saloon. 

It was in a basement and had a saw dust dance floor. 

A ring tail cat. I really wanted to pet it, but changed my mind at the noise it made when I got close to it.

John saw this on his game camera, we really wanted to see it in person, but it never came out for us. 

It's called an Aoudad.

Luckenbach, TX!

Tonight we went to Luckenback, TX! It was about 10 minutes from Fredericksburg, TX. There was a little band there playing. It was my kind of place. It wasn't to crowded, the music was just loud enough were you could listen and still hear the person next to you without screaming. And they had cold beer.

Here are some pictures...

Picture with the girls.

Food Truck for Lunch!!

A taco food truck has started setting up right across the street from work. I keep forgetting about it. Usually I remember it's there on my way home from work. Today me and a co-worker finally went for lunch. You could tell the tortillas were made fresh.  It was super tasty and super cheap!

Gulf Shores, AL!!

For the 4th, I went with some girlfriends to the beach! We went to Gulf Shores, AL, my first trip there... It rained almost the whole time, but we were still able to have a great time. I tried and actually liked raw oysters!! 

Usually I'm pretty good about taking pictures but these are the only pictures I managed to snag. 

One of two days we were able to put our feet in the sand.

Raw Oysters at the Pink Pony Pub!

MRA Gardens of Madison County

Last weekend at the Health Expo I won a door prize! It was two tickets to the MRA Gardens of Madison County Garden Tours & Tablescapes. Lou was not working so he could watch the boys and I could steal Candice away for the day! We had lots of fun. It was a tour of about 8 different houses. The first one was the most impressive... there were over 40 acres of developed land and gardens. I took most of the picture of that house. And a few of all the others...

Tickets!

Flower beds along the road around the property.

Patio to the White Swan's Pond

Water feature

So many pretty flowers!

These were some of the biggest roses I've ever seen.

There were hundreds of different roses...

This is the back fountain in the back of the house.

More roses!

Rose trees and bushes.

Centerpiece for a tablescape.

This was the pond for the Black Swans

Black Swans!

This was a cute chicken coop at another house. This was a normal neighborhood in the city, and they had chickens...

Awesome backyard kitchen.

Beside this pool, the owner turned a surfboard into a shower.

This sidewalk beside this house had sea shells mixed in with the gravel. It was really neat looking!

Zydeco Band!

When I got to Houston this weekend, John and I met Moose and Ashley to see a Zydeco band! We had so much fun. I tried to get a few pictures!

 Band!

Washboard Vest. I went to take a picture of this guy and he turned to so I could get a better shot!