San Antonio Part II

Ok, so we did alot in one day....after Sea World we went to downtown and had dinner and took one of the tours along the RiverWalk, Undeniably the coolest thing in Texas I have seen so far!

River Walk Facts:

1. In some places the water is only 2 feet deep while in others it is over 20 feet deep.

2. The River gets drained yearly and the contents include strollers, wheelchairs and garbage, of course.

3. At least one cell phone is lost in the depths of the river everyday.

4. After 11 pm there is strong correlation between the amount of alcohol people consume and the number of people who fall into the river.

On Saturday we went for round Two at Sea World...which of course created the telltale markings of sunburn on each of us..especially seeing as we are all white as can be after a winter of no sun!

When then went to visit the ALAMO...I am sure I will get shot for this, but really the Alamo is not as big as you think it is going to be...and the history behind it is super sad, everyone dies!

But, as you can see, there are always lots of things for boys to play with at an old Fort!

We were also very lucky to catch the St Patrick's Day Parade, and I thought of my brother when I saw these guys. I can't wait to see him in his kilt! There is just something enchanting about bagpipes.

What do Shamu and air mattresses have in common?

Nothing, unless you go camping and visit Sea World!

After I came home from traveling Thursday and Alan finished his PAL tests, we loaded up the car and headed to San Antonio. Five and half hours and a lot of traffic later, we arrived at the San Antonio KOA. We were a bit sceptical as we got off the freeway and passed some ghetto business and industrial sites, but the campsite ended up being pretty nice. Especially seeing that it is like 10 minutes from downtown San Antonio.

We met up with our friends Jake and Maren and their little girl Tesa. We were pretty exhausted and it was pretty late so we set up our tent (good thing we practiced putting it up in our living room, since it was pretty dark!) We found out that my air mattress had been attacked by some bug that likes rubber so we had to buy a new one. Alan took care of that while I was out of town...it's a good thing we bought a big tent and brought an electric pump! It was super comfy!

The next morning our other friends Chris and Mindy and their two boys Cameron and Collin arrived and we headed to Sea World! I was excited since I had never been! The weather was so warm, and we had a good time. These are some of the pictures of the shows we saw. I always thought there were more animal tricks involved, but a lot of the shows were very choreographed and showcasing the people more.

If you look close you can see Alan! Just kidding, but I hear that this has always been his dream job!

We even got to feed the dolphins, talk about pampered mammals! I want their schedule, swim around in a tank, have people feed me every hour...

Alan's favorite was the huge indoor aquarium, he could have stayed in there all day and just watched the fish!

I really liked the penguins, again I wonder if they get bored. We stayed in the penguin room for a while to cool off, and some of those penguins didn't move at all!

Easter

I love Easter! I think that it only fitting that we celebrate the Resurrection of the Savior at a time of year that the Earth seems to be doing the same thing! The weather has been so nice, new grass is starting to sprout up, the trees are budding and of course my allergies are kickin in!

On Thursday during the day we (well, mostly Alan-cause I had to work) worked on some more home repair projects. With any luck, we will have everything just the way we want it before we move! For family home evening we took advantage of the weather to plant some new herbs, bulbs and perennials in our teeny, tiny yard.

On Friday we went to the Temple and we able to do the Endowment work for a brother and sister in my family. We hope to have the whole family ready to seal by July for Sarah's wedding.

We finished the evening off with some egg coloring/decorating. We had a ton of fun-we tried a new method of using rubber bands to "tie-dye" our eggs and have decided this will be an often used method-but WARNING: rubberbands stretched too tight will either break and send dye shooting in multiple directions or fling into a neighboring dye cup and then send more dye splashing!
It is a good thing one of our little "home projects" is to re-finish the dining room table, and our freshly painted walls were easy to wipe off! Alan's sleeve to his sweathirt did not fare as well, nor our tax return that was sitting on the corner of the table! Can you imagine the look on that accountants face when he sees our form! :)


I guess you are never too old to enjoy a good egg coloring session!

Easter Sunday after church we went to have dinner at my Nana's relatives house in Richardson. It was fun to meet my Great Aunt Jo's family. Especially those who actually remember meeting me when I was about 9 months old.

Pictures of Aunt Jo's family to follow....

Dance With Me

What a busy week! The YW in our ward are trying to earn money for camp so they decided to sell frozen bread dough. Somehow I was elected as the leader in charge of this momentous event so I spent Wednesday evening and Saturday morning up to my elbows in dough with 10 teenagers and 5 kitchen aids! I am pleased that not only did me make over 200 loaves of bread, but every girl know knows how to make bread (some very ugly) but very tasty! No dough was dropped on the flour, only small flour fights occurred, No loss of appendages and amazingly not one complaint! All around, a total success.

Friday night we went dancing!!! WhooHoo! I have not been since we were married, so I was super exciting to dust off my dance shoes. We met up with two other couples form the ward, and headed to the the studio which is only 10 minutes form our house! Alan was a good sport, and I think secretly he really enjoys it! :)

http://www.dancewithmeplano.com/

It was so much fun, they had a live jazz/swing band, a beautiful wood dance floor, red walls, big chandeliers-very old school glamour. We danced until my (now uncalused) feet were screaming for mercy! We have decided to go at least once a month-I am so excited! I am a little sad to admit that I did wake up Saturday a bit sore!