Road trip

Earlier this week we took a little road trip to San Antonio.  Shawn was working at a conference Mon-Wed, so we decided to join him and make a little mini-vaca out of it.  Sunday morning we left early, not as early as we'd hoped (2 hours behind schedule), but it all worked out.  We were able to get the kids up, dressed, teeth brushed and breakfast fed to them.  In hindsight this worked out a lot better than just throwing them in the car with crazy hair and not brushing their teeth until noon!

Our first stop was Buc-ee's!!  How do you pass it and not stop there?? It is like a novelty.  I took the kiddos inside for a restroom break.  I sat Ally on the potty and SUCCESS!!  We did our little celebration in the stall . . . I was pumped!  Shawn took them back inside for a snack (plus I promised Ally a prize for going potty . . . I am not above bribery!).  He snapped a shot of them with Buc-ee!

Then we were onto San Marcos for a little shopping.  Oh how I love to shop.  And not just any shopping, but clearance shopping!! I love to find good deals; I think that is half of the fun!! This was our first time to take all three kids on a shopping adventure and we weren't sure how it would turn out, but we were up for the task!  All and all the kids did fine.  Finn slept most of the day, guess he liked the motion of the stroller.  And Ally had another success on the potty!!

Later that evening, we met up with the Pope ladies in Gruene (Jay was working).  We ate dinner at the Gristmill and it was great to catch up with Michelle and the girls.  Funny that we had to travel 3 hours away from home to eat dinner together!! LOL! Nevertheless, it was nice. {And Ally had another bathroom success here as well!!}

 

What a busy, but great day!  I got some great deals for everyone at the Gap outlet, had dinner with my best friend and spent time with my family.  :-)  We pulled up to the hotel in downtown San Antonio and Jase reads the sign below:

And informs Shawn and that he is going the wrong way!!  It was pretty funny!! We have a reader on our hands!  It was really neat riding up there and hearing him read billboard signs.  He has came a long way in a short amount of time from over the summer.  Such a blessing to hear him read.