San Antonio- The Zoo, The Alamo, The River Walk

Monday Brandon and Laura and I took the girls to the zoo. It was a lot of fun. I haven't been to the zoo with Ella since she was about Abbie's age, so it was exciting to see her actually excited about the animals. The zoo also has a pretty great kids area, where they have created a "riverbank" for the kids to plat in. I think this was definitely the highlight.





Abbie playing in the water. Abbie checking out the lizards.


Ella posing with a Lion. Ella posing with some animal.

The girls took a little snooze while we headed to the Alamo and Riverwalk to meet up with Josh and Kristen. We saw the Alamo first. It is a good thing they had a brief info tour because I was having a hard time remembering my Texas History and why it is exactly that we are so proud of a lost battle. We headed over to the Riverwalk to take the boat tour and have some dinner. It was a long hot day, but we had a good time.




Ella Crockett


Checking out the artillery.

Friday thru Sunday

We took it easy the first few days.

On Friday we floated down the San Marcos river. This was Ella's first time to float down the river (Abbie's too, of course). Ella rode in her own tube with a bottom. She was of course disappointed that she could not use the rope swing or go over the waterfall at the end. Maybe next year.







(These are not actually pictures of us. It is pretty difficult to take pictures while tubing and not get the camera wet.)



Saturday was difficult for me to remember. I think it might be because I spent the first few hours of the morning getting New Kids on the Block tickets and everything after that just doesn't compare.

(Also not a picture I took but check back after October 17th and maybe I'll have the real thing.)

We went shopping on Saturday to prepare for Abbie's 1st birthday party on Sunday. We had pizza, cake and party hats. Abbie got her first piggy bank from Aunt Sue and a xylophone. Her Uncle Josh made her the necklace she is wearing in the second picture. He even made the chain!! Ella even got a present, Aunt carol got her a folding yellow chair to match her play table. After all the excitement everyone went to see the bats in Austin.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE...

Family Fun

Aunt Carol, Laura, Brandon, Abbie and Josh came all the way from Pennsylvania to visit.
They were here for 10 jam-packed, fun-filled days in the Texas sun. Here are some random pictures to identify everyone. (No pictures of Aunt Carol, sorry I will see if I can fix that.) We had a great time and are very happy they were able to come visit. It is never to early to start showing Abbie how great Texas is. The trip was filled with a lot of first's for both Abbie and Ella. Abbie even celebrated here 1st Birthday while she was here. I will elaborate in later posts about all of our adventures.


(l-r) Abbie, Ella and Laura


(l-r) Abbie, Brandon, Josh, Ella and Kristen