San Antonio

We are home once again. San Antonio was...well San Antonio. We did the Alamo, whose gift shop is always a favorite with the kids!

We also took them to the Bighorn Saloon. This was a big hit with Thomas since they had just about every known animal stuffed and mounted on the walls. They even had a map of Texas made entirely out of rattlesnake rattles. I thought it was kinda gross, but then again I'm not a 7 year old boy! BTW, the above bear was shot by State Representative Tommy Merritt.

Perhaps the most fun was the use of their new ipods, which we try to save for trips. They love them! We put tv shows and music on there and they watched/listened to them the whole weekend. Elvis on Thomas's and Hannah Montana for Grace.

Mandy has discovered Disney movies. Shw watched "Finding Nemo" all the way there and in the hotel watched "Peter Pan" for the first time. As you can tell, she loved it!


On the way home we stopped at the Texas Ranger Museum in Waco. The Rangers are a particular favorite of mine and the kids seemed to enjoy the museum as well. Thomas liked all the old guns and the newer forensics stuff. Me, I love their history. I mean, they're older than Texas for goodness sake! They were created by Stephan F. Austin! What true Texan can't love that??

Blessings,

Leslie