June brought the end of school, the last t-ball games and a trip to San Antonio with our friends, the Childs. Their son, Drew is Hannah's age and Janae is two years younger. They did great traveling and kept each other entertained. We stopped at the Natural Bridge Caverns and the kids really enjoyed it. We headed to San Antonio and checked out the river walk the first night. We were pretty impressed that none of the kids ended up in the river, which we found out would have brought a $500 fine. We took a cruise on a river boat and our tour guide was great. He had everyone laughing and even the kids paid attention to the tour. We had great mexican food that night on the river walk and nearly choked at a conversation the kids were having. Our table was right by the river, and there were people constantly passing by. One of the kids said, "That's a girl!" Another disagreed, "No, that's a boy!" By this time we were looking around for the he/she person walking by to see if they heard what the kids were talking about. Then the explanation came with one of the kids explaining, "The ones with the green heads are the boys!" It seems that a group of ducks were swimming by and there was a disagreement about the gender of the green headed one. Whew! The next day, we headed to Sea World and had a blast! The heat was overwhelming, but thankfully the water park was open. The kid's were ready to take on some big slides and I'm not sure if Drew or Hannah squealed more on the way down. The kids area was pretty fun too and everyone headed for the big bucket as it dumped gallons of cool water on everyone in its path. We checked out Shamu's show and I'm not sure who was more impressed - the kids or the grown ups. The next day we went back to Sea World to check out the stuff we missed on day one. We went to the Beluga Whale show, saw Shamu's show again and rode some great roller coasters! The heat got the best of us, so we headed back to the hotel and hung out in the pool. On our last morning we headed to the Alamo. The kids enjoyed it more than we expected. They soaked in every word of the story teller there and checked out all the rooms, artifacts, and of course, the cannons. They asked lots of questions and were very interested in what happened there. We got our obligatory photo taken in front of the Alamo and headed back for East Texas. It was a great time with friends and a welcome escape from the every day routine. Thanks Scott, Misty, Drew and Janae for a fun trip!
