It was freezing cold on day 3, and we had a pretty jam-packed day 2. So...we decided to have a low key day 3...
We went shopping for a little bit and had lunch at a really cool bakery (not sure why we didn't take a picture)...
Then we came home and did just this...chilled!!!
Anna Lauren did this puzzle and then she, Jake, and Nanna worked on another one...
Nitrogen ice cream has been on Anna Lauren's bucket list for a while so when she found out they had it in Waco, we told her we would take her. Considering it was freezing, she was the only one that wanted to get out that night for ice cream so Matt and I had a little outing with our girl...
She was happy, it was super yummy, and Matt and I enjoyed a little time hanging out with her...
On our way back home, we took a few pictures of the Baylor bridge...
Matt and I spent the morning of day 4 enjoying a 10 mile run along the river (marathon training didn't stop on vacation)...
I always love to run when we travel because you get to see things you otherwise wouldn't see...
We passed Brad's office on our run...
And we started and ended our run going through Baylor's campus...
Brad and Paula meet a group from his work every Saturday morning. They walk and then they all eat breakfast together. So after we finished our 10 miles, we met up with them for breakfast. That was actually one of my favorite parts of the trip because I got to put a face with many of the people I hear him and Paula talk about, and they all made us feel super welcome.
That afternoon the girls headed to Homestead while the boys watched football...
Anna Lauren made a pinch pot in the pottery house...
One of the guys explained it to a customer that they are a non-denominational, Christian community...
It was such a neat place, and you just walked from house to house and there was something different in every one of them.
Not very often is it just us girls so it was a fun afternoon treat...
Pretty sure Anna Lauren had never seen fabric being made...
Or cheese...
The cheese cave...
The cheese was aging, and Anna Lauren thought this was creepy and couldn't wait to get out...ha ha!
After dinner at a fun taco place, we did a little Fixer Upper sight seeing. This is Clint Harp's house right by the shop.
Harp Design Co...
And then Chip and Jo's Bed and Breakfast...
We rode around a little more to see some Christmas lights, Brad and Paula's church, etc...
On day 5, we packed up and headed home. Matt and I had heard about Buc-ee's, but we were like we don't have to stop. However, glad Nanna encouraged us to stop because it was fun and definitely something to see...
Cooper "thinks" he should get something EVERYWHERE he goes. Therefore, he picked out all of this...
Lucky for him Nanna let them each get one thing so he got to leave with this Buc-ee that that he has slept with every night.
We stopped in Vicksburg and had dinner by the fire at Cracker Barrel and then drove the rest of the way home. We got warm and cozy, watched a movie, and watched the ball drop in New York before calling it a year!!!
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