Beautiful San Antonio

Wow! Why do we live in Houston, again? San Antonio is obviously the more beautiful city! 

We headed over to San Antonio Friday morning for a weekend of clogging annnnnnd so much more :)

We stayed at Days Inn...

Which was the cheaper alternative to where our clogging team was staying. APPARENTLY Teddy Roosevelt and all his rough riders stayed where they were at. I guess that's why they charge extra ;) But they did have cool phone booths...

Anyway- back to San Antonio. First stop, the ALAMO!

The sun was sooo bright- and so hot. Bleh. But this tree was cool... oh yeah- and so was the Alamo.

And I think they told us to "Remember the Alamo" at least 26 times.

We stumbled upon this mall... always a good thing :)

And then got ready to dance in the 100 degree, 95% humidity weather. Felt so good.

Here's where we danced! Look familiar? Watch Miss Congeniality...

No one fell into the river, luckily ;)

After the show- all sweaty and gross!

Ok so I know our costumes aren't the greatest...

But at least we don't have to wear this...

Or this...

Or this!

We ate great Mexican food ALL weekend!

Saturday morning we traipsed up to North San Antonio and found the temple!

Then came back into town for a boat ride through the Riverwalk... I felt like I was in Disneyland. 

A watered down version of Splash Mountain... no pun intended ;)

Next- a trolley ride...

Wandering around the Market Square...

Time out for my little boy to play on the playground :)

More Mexican food on the Riverwalk...

The women on the team just LOVE Jon! (I think being the only boy has something to do with it...)

They pitched in and bought him this hat. 

Now I have my own Davey Crockett... I'm so lucky. 

And we danced some more. Saturday was a whopping 75 degrees with a light breeze. Now THAT felt good!

ANNNND... Then we drove home. And yes, we did stop at Buc-ee's. And yes, we did use the restrooms. 

Pure beauty.

Family Night Bike Ride

Despite the popular belief (of my family, but mostly my Dad) that Houston is hot, humid, rainy, and miserable all the time- Houston does have it's moments of glory!

In fact- nine months out of the year are rather pleasant and it's only those three in the middle that people should evacuate to Utah. I was worried that May would turn Houston into summer- but we've still had some really nice days. Last night was one of those, which meant time for a bike ride :)

Yeah... Jon's wearing a rock climbing helmet... it works, right?

My rusty bike- I guess that's what happens in humidity...

Here we go!

On the road...

Who knew after a year and a half of marriage that we'd still like doing things together! ;) 

Hahaha

May Houston always be cool and dry... psh ... yeah right.

New Obsession...

Have you ever tried Greek food?

... if you do... your life will change forever!

It's delicious...

This picture just looks like french fries... hahaha it really is Greek food. I promise!

Don't worry Greek food- we'll be back for you!

Fun in the Sun

Well after a couple dreary weeks of rain, we finally had a day of sun! And when that day happens to fall on a Saturday- you just can't let it go to waste!

Audio book by the pool...

Naps by the pool...

And this lil' guy even joined us, too... (it's a snail if you can't tell...)

Then off to the park- for free Shakespeare and a picnic!

Taming of the Shrew...

We're baking! That 90 degree weather was toasty!

So we found some shade...

And then enjoyed Henry V... (Stefan was in it!)

Heads hurt a little bit from all that Shakespeare (I may have dozed once or twice... don't tell!) But the sun sure felt good! I love all of Houston's free activities!

Clogging Performance

We joined this clogging group, Collective Sound Cloggers, back in September. 

They had a performance in Dallas- canceled due to rain.

Performance in November- canceled due to rain.

So it wasn't any surprise that it was raining today... we DID have a performance after all.

BUT this being Houston- and the weather changing faster than you can say "Stuckafeatherinhishatandcalleditmacaroni"... it cleared up.

The stage was a LITTLE wet... but we made it through :)

Our fearless director, Lola

The group

And we dance!

I have no explanation for these faces...

And that's all for now! We have another performance in San Antonio in 2 weeks, woot woot!