the one with mini roadtrips and lots of pictures

This past weekend, my old roommate and friend Jessica came into town and as always when she is in town, Rachel and I book up her weekend. We decided we wanted to take some senior pictures, go to First Friday in Bryan, among other fun things. So here is a recap of our weekend:

On Friday, we were discussing where we wanted to take pictures. Jessica mentioned that she heard Washington on the Brazos had pretty flowers this time of year, so the three amigos took off on a little roadtrip for a few hours. Washington on the Brazos is the birthplace of Texas and it is where the Declaration of Independence was signed back when we were a republic. It is a huge area of land located on the Brazos River and it has a replica of Independence Hall [where the declaration was signed], a museum, and a living history farm. We didn't really venture very far because we were all wearing dresses and didn't have comfortable walking shoes on, but we definitely want to go one day to see it all. We did happen to see the Independence hall and museum and drove by the living history farm, but that cost money so we passed. Disappointingly, it didn't have very many bluebonnets. I'm assuming this is because we haven't had rain in ages. Here are a few of our pictures from Washington on the Brazos:

 Independence Hall

After our trip to Washington on the Brazos, we spotted Martha's Bloomers in Navasota on the way home and decided to stop in and have a look.  It was a cute place, but it also didn't have as many flowers as you'd think. But we got some pictures there as well...

 The place was crawling with cats and Rachel loves them, so she was in heaven.

 I love this bridge!

 Lilly pads

 I want these doors! I love the color!

 Tea time

 It's always party time when I'm around ;)

After Martha's Bloomers, we made our way back to Aggieland. Jessica talked her brother into coming to be our photographer so we could get all 3 of us in pictures. And here are some of our pictures we took around campus.

 The Administration Building steps

 This is one of my favorite pictures...we weren't even trying to make our heads the same height.

 That floor was perfect for sliding, so of course that's what we did.

 The Administration building has beautiful columns.

 Siblings, and our photographer Travis. Thanks for helping out!

 I was trying to fix my hair, but instead I look sassy.

 The big Aggie Ring!

 Gig 'Em!

 We're excellent!

 You know you want one. So pretty!

 And of course, the classic jumping picture

After we were done taking pictures, we were starving, so we headed to downtown Bryan to eat at Casa Rod and check out First Friday. Unfortunately by that time our feet were killing us so after standing 40 minutes to get our table at the restaurant, we ate yummy Mexican food and headed back home. At least, we got to hear some of the cool bands playing at First Friday and we even saw some belly dancers...yikes. It was a fun filled weekend and I'm so glad I got to spend it with my best friends!

On a sidenote: For more pictures, check out my album (Senior Year - The Final Frontier) on Facebook. I didn't want to overload you on all of them! Special thanks to my awesome new MacBook Pro for letting me edit the photos and make them better!

Everyone go watch the women's NCAA championship game tonight. Support the Lady Ags! And beat the hell outta Notre Dame! Whoop!