San Antonio Travels

Even though Shawn was working, we were still able to do quite a bit of stuff while he was off.  It was really a nice time and a blessing to be able to go with him.

On Monday, October 8th, (after the fire evacuation!) we went to the Alamo.  It was in walking distance from the hotel and it felt great outside, a nice little breeze. I haven't been there since the 8th grade so it was nice to go again and walk around and read about it.  Thankful for all of the people who gave their life fighting at the Alamo, which later down the road resulted in Texas' independence from Mexico.

Oh and one funny thing.  Jase watched a Davy Crockett movie back in January and really liked it, in fact he is still talking about it.  Well Ally thinks that it is Daisy Crockett!!  No matter how many times we correct her and tell her it is a boy, she is sticking to her guns with Daisy!!

After seeing the Alamo, we took a little road trip to the northwest part of town and visited our old college campus: The University of Texas at San Antonio.  The campus has grown so much and almost unrecognizable from when we went there.  When we first attended in the fall of 2000 there were about 18,000 students and now there is over 30,000.  It has definitely grown!  We love to drive through the campus every time we are in SA and see what all they have added on.  The kids on the other hand did not see a wink of it; they were passed out in the back seat!!

On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at one of our faves while living in San Antonio: Alamo Cafe!! We love mexican food and their buttery chili con queso and homemade tortillas are an all-time favorite!

On Tuesday morning we headed down to the River Walk.  The kids loved walking around down there and the weather was great that day as well.  We took a river boat trolley cruise and it was very nice.  I don't know why we never did this back in college!  We ate lunch on the river at Hard Rock Cafe.  Allyson did not find a shortage of plants and flowers to pick while we walked around . . . she is my green thumb child!

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.