Vacation

Well, we are back from our vacation in San Antonio.  It was a wonderful week!  We were ready to be home, though.  I think it was just about the perfect amount of time to be away.  Greyson survived without one episode of Blue's Clues.  Poor guy, he had to go cold turkey!  J  He only asked for it a few times; I was surprised.

Greg's class went well, and the kids and I had fun staying busy while he was gone.  We got to the hotel on Sunday night and settled in.  The next morning, Greg went to class and the rest of us slept in.  Then we spent the afternoon in the swimming pool.  We really had it rough, didn't we?  J  Swimming was probably the highlight of the whole trip for the kids, especially the girls.  They got to swim every single day, and sometimes twice in one day!  Most evenings we ate at a restaurant on the Riverwalk.  Monday we went to the RainForest Café.  Greg had been there before and was anxious for the kids to go.  It is a neat place set up like a rain forest with animals that come to life every now and then.  We sat right on the 3^rd floor right next to a waterfall.  After dinner, (sorry, Dad, I meant supper …) we rode the boat through the Riverwalk.  You can't go to the Riverwalk without doing that, no matter how many times you have been there!

On Tuesday the kids and I ventured out of the hotel and walked a couple blocks over to the Children's Museum.  That was a neat place, three floors of cool things to see and do and learn about.  On Wednesday we toured the River Center (mall).  It was a long walk to get there and then more walking inside, but fun.  And good exercise, right?  Then we went back again that evening with Greg to eat in the Food Court.  On Thursday we got the van out of the parking garage for the first time all week and drove to the San Antonio Zoo.  That was a lot of fun.  It turned out to be a cloudy day, too – perfect zoo weather!  The animals were all out and about and it was hot, but not like it could have been.

Friday, Greg's class ended at noon, so we met up with him and checked out of our fancy hotel.  Then we drove across town and checked into our Super 8, where the girls immediately donned swimming suits to try out that pool.

The next morning, which was Saturday, we got up and took ourselves to SeaWorld!  We were there from 10:00 AM to about 6:30 PM.  It was really a lot of fun.  We went to the killer whale show twice.  The first time our section didn't get splashed and Makaley was devastated, so we went back again later.  And oh my goodness, those whales made up for it that time!  The trainers have them stick their tails up out of the water and splash the audience.  Our section got it five times -- and that is no exaggeration!  They have very strong tails, too.  They can splash sixteen rows up!  Of course, we were on Row 3 so you can imagine that we were actually dripping.  But the girls were smiling so I guess it was worth it.  :)

And now we have been back home almost a week already.  Although I have yet to finish unpacking.  This, too, has been quite a week!  Life is never boring around here.