The Hanger Hotel

As promised ya'll here is the post on where we stayed on our mini vaca the other weekend. Welcome to The Hanger Hotel in the middle of Hill Country! This hotel is truly a one of a kind and a must stay if you are ever in the Fredricksburg area.

The moment you walk thru the entrance you are transported back to the 1940s with the big band music playing and the luxurious decor.

Command central right here. I love all the vintage detail.

Look at the detail work on the wood banisters! Soo pretty!

Come on in to our room. Every room is the exactly the same and the hotel is sooo quiet you could hear a pin drop! Not so great with two lil' boys but hey ya deal. The hotel is actually themed around a hotel that pilots would stay in back in the day. It is built on an air strip which adds soo much fun!

This was my fave decoration! I actually hunted it down and found it on Pottery Barn website so as soon as we clear out the office this baby will be ours! Good thing I still have my PB GC from Christmas.

The counter height was rather tall and not accommodating for the kiddos but again it was not built for them but for gentlemen. I love the clean lines of it all!

I also love the vintage like tile on the floor and how they picked the black up in the toilet seat and lid.
This is what we found out on the runway. Did I mention the hotel is built on the air strip!? The boys squealed with delight when they saw the planes take off and land!

So we did not take a ride and the boys would rather run around than let mom take a cute pic of um so this is the best I could get. They begged to go for a ride but that was not in our budget. Maybe next time. That and Littliest is so little he would not have been able to see over the side. It was neat though.

This is the diner right next door where had breakfast.

It was kinda hard to take a pic but you get the idea!;)

Here is another view of the hotel. It truly was a fun and unique experience and I highly recommend a stay there even if you do have little boys. I forewarn you though that there are only king size beds so you will have to bring sleeping bags or everybody bunks together which is what we did.

Hope you enjoyed the tour! It reminded me a lot of the movie with Mel Gibson. I forget what it is called right now but I love that movie! Now off to get the kiddos from school!

Should I or Shouldn't I that is the question.....

We did our monthly jaunt to Costco! Can I tell you how much I just love Costco!!?? We were Costco deprived in Baton Rouge and would have to stop off at one in Alabama on our way back from visiting family in Georgia. Let me tell ya it is not easy shopping for Santa with the kiddos in tow but we always managed.

Anyways, as soon as we walked into Costco today The Hubster pointed out a sign to me:
Can you believe it!!?? Paula Deen actually coming for a book signing at Costco!? So here is the dilemma. It is the same day as our community yard sale. If ya saw our garage you would know we desperately need a yard sale!Ha! But I am afraid if I do the yard sale even for a few hours in the morning I will not make it in time for Paula. I have no idea what kind of line there will be. Perfect scenario would be to do the yard sale from 7 am -10 am and then get ready and head over to Costco. That would put us there at around noonish. Oldest is wanting to go as well and have her sign a cook book though she is not there to sign cook books but her decorating book. Think she would anyways?? Oldest LOVES Paula and calls her "his lady"!;) I think it would be neat for him to actually get to meet her.

So what would you do?? Would you do the yard sale or skip it all together and head over there early?? I am just so torn. If I skip it I could always spend the week taking pics and posting crap on the local yard sale sight where people just come and pick up what they want. It gets to be kinda bothersome at times but may be worth it in this case.

The Hubster says its just Paula but I say it is PAULA!!:) Anybody else around here heading to see her that day??? Oh and if we do go, I totally have nothing cute at all to wear.

Texas Hill Country

Hope ya'll had a wonderful Easter weekend last weekend! Oldest was off of school for Good Friday and the day before so The Hubster decided to take off work on Friday and we went on a mini vaca to The Texas Hill Country. We were just going to Brenham but plans changed at 10:30 pm the night before so I quickly made reservations at the new hotel and canceled the one in Brenham. The Hubster wanted to drive thru Hill Country since we had been in Texas for basically 9 years and have never really ventured out. That and we were on the hunt for the ever so famous Texas Blue Bonnets! So if ya have a few minutes hop on in and buckle up as we revisit some spots we saw along the way.

We decided to head up to Fredricksburg for the night. We saw this cross along side the road just outside of San Antonio as we were entering Hill Country.

A reminder of true country life! I did not catch it the first time so The Hubster turned around and drove us by it again.

As close to mountains as you can get in Texas.

A river we spotted. It was sooo quiet and the water was crystal clear. It was just beautiful. I was hoping for a spot where we could dip our toes in but it was all pretty much just drop offs.

These are some of the only few bluebonnets we saw on our trip. It was taken at our hotel in Fredricksburg. I will share those pics in another post!:)

A field of tiny purple flowers around the corner from our hotel. Though we hit wild flower hunting a week early these were every where.

On the way out of town behind the Fredricksburg Best Western was a field of Indian Paint Brushes. They were very pretty don't ya thnink!?:)

We accidentally came upon the VERY TEENY TINY town of Luckenbauch Texas. I mean seriously if ya blink ya miss it. It is basically just a circle and this one house. We drove thru "town" in hopes of seeing Willie and the boys but no such luck! Ha! If ya don't know classic country than that means nothing to ya. Here is the history of Luckenbauch if interested.

After Luckenbauch we drove thru New Braunfels. Then headed on to Round Top Texas! I was soo very excited because it was Antique Week. Unfortunately it was the very last day and 4pm by the time we arrived. We paid $5 to park in some body's backyard and looked around for abt 45 minutes before the men had enough. We only saw a very tiny portion of Round Top but I could tell it would have been divine if not hit an hour before everyone was suppose to be closing up shop and if it had not been the hottest record breaking day so far this year! It was 87!! We have been in the 60s and low 70s but this day it was 87! The Hubster said he had never seen so many women walking around drinking beer!Ha!

Before heading home we located the field our friends go to every year for blue bonnet pics. I always love their pics because of the red barn in the back ground. Well seems progress happens out in the sticks as well.

After we drove by the barn we got on back on the highway. The Hubster spotted a HUGE line of cars and actually said out loud "I guess there is a funeral or something". HA! I quickly responded with "no silly it must be a blue bonnet field" and sure enough it was the mother load! We took pics and lets say my boys are past their days of cute great wonderful pics and I am soo sad. Fun was had by all though and we headed home to color Easter eggs!

Thanx for coming along and hope you enjoyed the ride! We had a blast! It was the first time in a year and half we had actually gone anywhere except house hunting last year so it was truly a nice treat! I will post about our hotel soon so be sure to stop back by!
Have a great rest of the weekend! Now off to Costco!

P.s. All pictures on my blog unless otherwise stated are mine. Please do not copy or reproduce without asking first! Thanx!:)