A Weekend of Memories!

Friendship. Community. These things are so essential in life. We all desire to know and be known. Since our move to Houston we have been praying for community. And it is developing - little by little. This weekend we had the chance to hang out with a sweet family that we met at church. We took advantage of the three-day weekend to spend some time with the Morris family. It was a fun weekend filled with adventures and new experiences. We are thankful!

Five of the Rapp kids hanging out in the tennis courts. Collins doesn't look real happy.

Here we go - a happy Collins. Things must be going her way!

The Rapp boys at Washington on the Brazos - the birthplace of Texas. This is the site where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed on March 2, 1836. If you live in Texas, you have to know some of this history! And yes, it was definitely warm enough for shorts on this February day.

A distant picture, but Bronwyn, Holden and Collins in front of the same site.

Here is the whole gang of Rapp and Morris kids. Back row: Hunter, Mark, Colton, Maddox and Mason. Front row: Micah, Holden, Collins, Carter and Connor.

We also visited the Barrington Living History Farm. This was the home of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas. It is a working farm so visitors can learn and experience what life was like in the 1840's. Here the kids are playing games popular during this time.

I was learning about the kitchen. It was a separate building away from the house to try and keep the house cool. That had to have been hot, hard work! I've often told Todd that I wish I could have lived during the pioneer days. Can you picture me working in this kitchen? I think I would miss hot showers the most!

Collins spent several minutes playing with the baby dolls in the master bedroom. Here she was putting the baby to bed.

Learning how to work with tools on the farm. It was so neat that the kids could try things!

Connor taking a bit of a risk here - petting the shorthorn cow.

During our weekend we also got ice cream. We were very close to Brenham, TX which is where Blue Bell ice cream is made. That's our favorite!

Collins liked her chocolate ice cream.

This cute guy was on the trip too. He had just woken up so his eyes look a little sleepy. This is where we "camped out" this weekend so you can tell that we definitely weren't roughing it in a tent.