Thursday, June 25, 2009

Finishing up our Vacation

For the last two days of our vacation Arthur had a conference to go to, so the kids and I were on our own. I have a friend that lives in San Antonio, so on Thursday we met up with her and her kids and swam in the hotel pool. Our kids got along great and it was so nice to catch up with a friend that I hadn't talk to in forever.

On Friday the kids and I set out on foot and headed to the Children's Museum. San Antonio has the best Children's Museum. They had a ball exhibit that was Kase's favorite. You put balls in the tube and they move up to a bucket and they dump them on top of you. He really wanted to stay here the whole. time.





Ally is milking a cow in the pioneer section. Sam is working the construction crew.






The girls favorite was the grocery store. They played here forever.

After the Children's Museum we walked down to the Alamo. Ally studied Missions in school this year, so she was very excited about this. It was a little too crowded to get the full enjoyments out of it. You basically stood in line all the way through. The kids all had a good attitude about it though.





Our last event of the day was what Kase had been waiting for since we got to San Antonio. You could see the river from our hotel window, and it didn't take long for him to figure out you could ride on those boats. So instead of walking back to he hotel we took the boat taxi.
That night Art got done early enough so that we could all go out to eat one last time. The next morning we headed home. We did make a stop in Fredricksburg and had some yummy German food.























Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Fiesta Texas

The day that the kids were looking forward to most was the day we went to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. The girls got free Six Flags tickets for reading at school so, we decided to use them in San Antonio instead of Dallas this year.


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I was a little worried about this little excursion, because we our kids are all different heights and can not ride all the same rides. Also the weather prediction was for 104!
However, everything turned out great. I was only about 90 and there were hardly any lines. We didn't wait more than 5 minutes in line for any line. It was great!



Ally rode every large roller coaster she could get on. Samantha really wished she could ride all the big rides, but had a good attitude about it. We did the park until about 5 and then headed to the water park part.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Aquarium

Tuesday we had lunch and then headed to the aquarium. We watched the dolphin show and the wild exotic bird show. They were both really good. One of the main things the kids talk about when people ask about our trip is the dolphins.


The kids got to pet a sting ray and thought that was really neat. They also had a place that the kids could pick up sea urchins and hermit crabs.






Once we were done we packed up and headed for San Antonio.

Monday, June 22, 2009

The Beach

Life around our house is settling into a New Normal. I recently finished with one job and pick up new responsibilities at another. For the first time in six year I have one job, not two, and thank goodness not three. It's been really nice to focus on one job and spend more time with my family. So, hopefully blogging we be a more regular thing.

Last week we took our summer vacation and really had a great time. One the first part of our trip we went to Corpus Christi, so that we could go to the Beach. Our kids had never been and it been something Arthur and I both wanted to do with the kids. Several months ago I got a great rate on a hotel right on the beach in Corpus bay. We got to the hotel, dumped our bags, and then headed to the beach. We played in the waves, collected sea shell, and played in the sand. We saw two Jelly Fish on the beach and Kase was so proud that he was the one to discover them. (Nobody stepped on any so we were good to go) Once we were done we cleaned up and headed out for a Sea food dinner. We saw some dolphins while we were at the restaurant.










The next morning we packed a lunch and headed across the bridge to Mustang Island to the the beach for the day. The sand there is smooth, fine, and white. We saw a number of critters that live in shells, and the kids thought that was very cool. The sea shell collecting was much better here for finding whole shells. The sea gulls were just like they are on Nemo, and we saw several pelicans.
Sandcastles were made, waves jumped, and sunburns gained. We really had a great time.