Even though Emerson wanted to invite America to our house to celebrate her Birthday we decided to celebrate in Fredericksburg, TX.
Fredericksburg is a quaint little town and one of the prettiest towns I've seen in TX. It reminds us of Brockport or Fairport along the Erie canal in NY. It was settled in 1846 by German immigrants and is laid out like the German villages where many of the colonists came from.Today Fredericksburg is home to many wineries, B&B's, lots of German Biergarten's, and tons of unique shops. We spent our time swimming in our motel pool, watching the fireworks, touring a pioneer museum, and a living history farm.
One of the highlights of our trip was daddy beating mommy in a potato sack race at the Fredericksburg Pioneer Museum. We also enjoyed being able to check the hen house for eggs this morning at the LBJ State Park and Sauer-Beckman Living History Pioneer Farm. We didn't find any eggs but the turkey's left us two very large feathers which the kids got to keep.
