San Antonio {part 1}

Last Sunday through Wednesday we went to San Antonio. Sarah, Garrett, Wendie (S and G's nanny), my kiddos, and my mom all went.  It was a very busy trip and we packed as much into our stay as we could. We stayed at the La Cantera Resort and it was so nice. Our first night we got in around 8:30 because traffic was awful, but that didn't stop us from getting our swimsuits on as soon as we got in and heading to the pool. We ate dinner around 10:30 out at the pool and made it all work. The best part was no one else was swimming so we had the big slide to ourselves. The next day at breakfast I heard "Mrs. Jeans!" I turned around and it was one of my freshman girls who is now a Junior. I was so surprised to run into someone and very glad that she wanted to say "Hello" and not run and hide from me. ;) After breakfast we spent the day at the Alamo and on the riverwalk. We took a boat tour down the river and it was neat to hear all the history and Wyatt was so excited to be on a boat. After a very HOT and long day we went back to the hotel and me, my mom, Wyatt, and Uncle Garrett all took the shuttle to Six Flags for a few more hours of fun. Aunt Sarah, Wendie, and Kenley hung out at the hotel. Garrett and I rode the big rollercoaster while my mom and Wyatt did the little rides and found popcorn. Wyatt LOVES rides. He is always nervous at first and looks unsure during, but talks about it non-stop afterwards. Then there were fireworks and a video that was projected against the rocks. Wyatt LOVES fireworks but we were really close to these and they were the loudest ones I've ever heard and the grand finale about did him in. He grabbed onto me and had the saddest face and soon after were the tears. So pitiful and sad. But the very next day he said they don't scare him and he wanted to see more so I guess he was fine.

Here we all are crammed in my car. It's my "new" Jeep Commander and I love it. I traded in my Jeep Grand Cherokee (I honestly don't think I ever want anything other than Jeep. This is my 3rd Jeep.) for this one to have the 3rd row. It was tight but we all fit. And ALL the kids did a great job traveling. I tease my mom that she is worse than the kids.

And I was the driver. I never drive on trips. I seriously think the last trip I drove was one of my drives home from Lubbock. Chris likes to drive and I like to sleep.

Ready for bed the first night. We had 2 double beds, a pull-out sofa, and a roll-away. Oh and a playpen for Sister. It worked out great. We didn't do much sleeping anyways.

Posing at the Alamo. I'm not sure that the kids really took it all in, but they can all say they were there. When Sarah and Garrett learned about the Alamo they were so excited so Wendie planned the trip for that reason. Garrett was so disappointed that "it's been ruined" by being turned into a museum. I never know what's going on in a kid's mind, but part of my thinks he wanted to walk up and see the battle taking place. ;)

On the boat

We ate at Mi Tiera's and the Mariachi guys sang "La Bamba" for us. The big kids were so embarrassed. Kenley loved it and Wyatt just stared. 

About to ride The Rattler. Garrett was THE BEST rollercoaster buddy. Every chance we got to leave the group to go ride "real rides" we were off.

The dragon outside the log ride. Look at Wyatt's face. He was so proud that he rode a rollercoaster.

Fireworks and a video. The video was a slideshow about Texas. We sure are proud to be Texans. I always wonder if everyone loves their state this much. I'm sure they do.

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San Antonio {part 2}

Our next full day we spent at Fiesta Texas all day. It was HOT, but so much fun. Afterwards we went to IHOP and then got to bed really late to wake up really early to head home.

Wyatt on a ride.



I could totally do without the games, but my mom and all the kids love them so they played. Here is Wyatt filling the cup BY HIMSELF. Guess who won?! He got a batman cape.



And what are the chances of winning the game where you throw a ring onto a coke bottle? Twice? Garrett sure did!!! Look at these things and remember the first picture on part 1 with the crammed car. Hmmmm....

But Garrett sure was excited!

The only game I played was basketball in order to win Wyatt 2 Texas Tech basketballs. :)

Batman.



We "ate" in the food court and the food was awful so we spent a lot of money of food that went in the trash but guess who came out for a little show? All the Looney Tunes characters and it was a perfect little break from the heat. And it was all to 80's music!

Of course, Wyatt got to ride the train. We all rode once then everyone wanted to keep riding so Garrett and I took off to go ride "real rides."

Sarah and one of her game prizes. 

Sarah was smart because the rule was that if you won them - you carried them.

Wendie

Kenley was such a good sport the ENTIRE trip. She is the happiest, go-with-the-flow baby ever and just hung out everywhere we went. Aunt Sarah won this Baby Bugs for her and she played and played with it. Such a sweet Aunt. 

When we got home Daddy came home from work to help us unload. He's such a sweet guy! I sure did appreciate it, too. Here's the car. Can you spot the banana? The banana was not going to fit in the roof bag. At 5:30 am I was tired of trying to fit it and was all for telling Garrett to say goodbye to the banana, but Wendie saved the banana and had the guys helping us tie it to the roof. I said I wouldn't laugh about it until we got home safely and we did so I laughed.

We needed space and didn't want to pay a fortune for a roof carrier (those hard things) and Chris found this thing at roofbag.com. It worked great and was pretty easy to use. And way cheaper.

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Fireworks {4th of July}

We had a very busy and fun 4th. After lunch with Bunny, Big Daddy, and the girls, we went over to Pap's house for swimming, a cookout, and hanging out. My mom, stepdad, Dad, and stepmom came, too. I didn't get any pictures though. Then around 8 we headed out to watch fireworks. Grammy, Grandma, me, Chris, Wyatt, and Kenley all went. Grammy and Grandma found us a great spot that wasn't crowded and had a perfect view. Most of these pictures were either uncentered, blurry, or just not that great but I'm using them anyways.

Sweet brother and sister playing before it got dark. Mommy and Daddy played catch with the football in the field. The Cowboys will be calling me this week I'm sure.

I realize there's Goldfish covering Kenley's blurry face but this was the best picture out of several so here it is. Kenley and Grandma.

Grammy playing with glowsticks

See, Chris WAS there. I took this picture for proof. He was playing with all his photography set up. I don't know anything about it, but he loves it.



The kids loved the fireworks. Kenley was a little nervous, but never cried or anything. This is her watching with a strong grip on Mommy. Love my sweet girl and love that she feels safe with Mommy. This girl doesn't sit still often so I was selfishly loving her nervousness. ;)



Blurry but sweet. 

A very long and exciting day with no naps ended up like this. Wyatt literally fell asleep in about 2 minutes.

After a bottle, sister was out, too.



We had a wonderful day celebrating AMERICA.

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Special Delivery {4th of July}

Chris's stepdad, Mike, is an Army pilot and on the 4th of July he had a training flight that allowed him to come see us. Wyatt was sooooo excited to see Big Daddy and his airplane. He was in little boy paradise as soon as we got to the airport and saw all the planes. We even got to get in Big Daddy's plane. How cool is that?! We took so many pictures and were so excited that we kept joking that we all had never seen a plane before. But, seriously, we had a plane that had come to see us and we were going to play in it and get lots of pictures.

There's Big Daddy getting about to come see us all. This was his first time to meet Kenely and Tripp.



Posing with the plane

Chris's mom, Sue and Wyatt pretending we are all famous on our own airplane

Bid Daddy's seat

Kenley and cousin Tripp checking it out and way too busy to pose

Daddy and Kenley

Mommy and Kenley

Chris's sisters, Maddie and Kenzie with Wyatt (I remember when these girls were babies and now they are almost teenagers!)

Kenley with our very own pilot

The boys watching other planes land and take off. Wyatt was hoping he'd get to fly. Not today.

After all the picture taking we had a 4th of July lunch at Uncle Julio's. It was fun hanging out and getting to have everyone together. We wish Bunny, Big Daddy, Aunt Kenzie, and Aunt Maddie lived closer. Maybe one day.


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Whole Foods

We've been going to Whole Foods Craft Wednesdays. This week Aunt Mackenzie came with us. Whole Foods does community events where money gets donated to a cause and this past week they had Equest there at the same time we were there. So we got to see horses and miniature horses. Mackenzie LOVES animals, especially horses, and so does Wyatt. It was perfect. They set up some horse toys, brushes, and jockey dolls, and Wyatt played with them.

He would not touch the big horses, but he did pet the mini ones and even let them lick him. I was busy helping him so I didn't get a picture of them.

 
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