Jarrett Family Gruene Trip 2011

This weekend we got to get away to one of our favorite places, Gruene, TX. We met Justin's parents and sister Lisa and her husband Steve at the Gruene Mansion Inn for our annual family trip. We all arrived Friday afternoon and sat and visited a while and listened to some live music before heading to the Gruene River Grill which has pretty much become our Friday night dinner tradition when we arrive. We loved our cabins this year, we had 3 cabins that were connected by their front porches so Ava loved running back and forth between our rooms. I loved the king size bed since we seem to be sharing our bed with a little one these days. Saturday morning our cabin woke up bright and early so the three of us decided to take a little walk to the coffee shop for some iced chocolate milk and chai tea. After that we all met up for the delicious breakfast at the mansion, one of the my favorite parts of staying there. Then we all headed out for some shopping. Ava Kate and Jett both made out pretty good this trip on goodies from Grandma and Grandpa! That night we decided to try out a different restaurant in New Braunfels and I'm pretty sure we all are ready to go back again, it was delicious and we even got dessert and learned Ava Kate loves Creme Brulee as much or maybe more than her mommy! One of the best treats of the trip was today Steve and Lisa had gotten all of us tickets to the Gruene Hall Gospel Brunch which was a blast! They had a gospel group and a country band that lead the praise and worship and a really funny preacher who was entertaining but also delivered a short but powerful message. We all enjoyed it and Ava Kate loved getting in the marching line with Aunt Lisa while singing When the Saints Go Marching In! And we get to look forward to adding an eighth to our party next year! It was great to getaway and now I'm looking forward to getting away alone with Justin for the first time since Ava was born for an anniversary trip to Fredricksburg next month!