Our Texas Trip Part I

Jacqui and I had a blast in Texas. It was a wonderful week and we were able to do so many neat things! I will probably tell some of our stories over a few different posts, as it is way to much fun for just one post! The plane ride there went great. Jacqui did amazing for her first plane ride, especially since all the electronic fun stuff we brought to keep her busy ended up having dead batteries... (of course!). So we chatted, and she colored, and had a great trip. We got to San Antonio, stepped off the plane and were almost instantly soaked with sweat. It was about 4pm there and super humid and 90 degrees! We were so hot! We decided to catch a movie at the air conditioned theatre before heading home in Hank's non air-conditioned Jeep. We saw a kids movie, Furry Vengeance which Jacqui thought was great. WHen it was over it was a bit more tolerable outside and so we drove the hour home and were able to spend that first evening swimming in Hank's pool. Jacqui was thrilled! His pool is nice because it only is 4 1/2 feet deep, so Jacqui got to swim for hours, and I got to relax by the pool and read. What a special treat for both of us!

On Thursday Hank treated us to a little trip to Fredricksburg after breakfast at the Cracker Barrell. Can I just say I LOVE their breakfast?!? The breakfasts are huge and come with hasbrown casserole, grits, chicken fried steak, biscuits and gravy, and sweet tea. It was so delicious! Jacqui really liked the bicsuits and gravy and the sweet tea.

Fredricksburg is a little German town with tons of little shops along the main strip kind of like a Texas version of Leavenworth. We checked out all the cowboy gear and hats, they had some great antique shops and little ice cream/bakery type stores. We walked some of the trails by the Guadalupe River and watched some guys fishing for perch. We stopped by Walmart on the way home, and got Jacqui some swimming toys and headed back to the pool to swim for 3 hours! The pool was a great escape from the heat and humidity. Jacqui was such a trooper walking around all day and having such a great attitude about the heat and the activity... the pool was a great bargaining tool :)

Friday was my birthday and Hank suprised us that morning with balloons, presents, and lunch at Fuddruckers. They have got delicious burgers and shakes. We ate outside right on the River. What a perfect birthday morning:) Hank went to work later that afternoon, so once again, Jacqui and I spent the day by the pool, swimming and playing. We met another little girl that lives at the complex who came out to play with Jacqui. What a fun day!

I would post more pics of my Birthday and the first few days, but I don't have all the pics I took of these first few days, as somehow, ALL the pics deleted off my digital camera (BUMMER!) before I had a chance to download them to the PC. No idea how that happened, and as you can imagine I was quite upset about the whole thing, but I did run a recovery program and was able to retrieve the majority of them off the memory card from the weekend at Six Flags and Sea World, which were really the most important ones anyway. So I will post again soon with our weekend fun and some pics from Six Flags and Sea World. Love you all and thanks for your prayers while we were gone.