Trip to San Antonio--Finally!

I say finally, because we've lived north of Austin for over 5 1/2 years and NEVER gone to see the sights in San Antonio! So it was definitely about time. :)

We only went for 2 days, but it was such a fun trip. 

We started out with some lunch at Mi Tierra, and it was so delicious! Kenn got some kind of enchilada plate and devoured it (see the clean plate below?) and I got a chicken and vegetable soup-type thing that I LOVED.

The boys were actually less than impressed with their meals, and it was hard to communicate with the waiter about making sure Caleb's food was dairy-free. But our biggest complaint, by far, was the fact that we got swindled by a Mariachi guy, who conveniently neglected to tell us BEFORE he sang that it would cost $6!!! We actually didn't believe him at first, and then he pointed out the VERY tiny writing on the thing on the table (we'd been at said table for all of 4 minutes) and we had to pay him just to get him to go away and stop plinking on that d*@! guitar.

But yes, the food was good. :)

And we hit up their bakery before we left so I could try a candied sweet potato on my friend Karen's recommendation. I was smiling like this because I hadn't taken a bite yet. :P

Well, no, it wasn't awful, but it was basically just a sweet potato. I did not love it. Luckily for me, however, my darling husband picked out a chocolate cupcake with a cream cheese filling, and when he couldn't finish it that night in our hotel room I got to. THAT was good. :)

And then on to the Alamo!

People in Texas are always saying 'Remember the Alamo!' But before you can remember something, you have to understand what happened. And I still don't understand the Alamo. It was neat to see, and it's definitely a sacred spot in Texas history, but I'm gonna have to go see the movie sometime because I still couldn't explain to you why it's important.

It made for cute pictures of the boys, though. :)

And even a cute picture of Kenn!

Post-Alamo, we made our way to the famed Riverwalk of San Antonio, and honestly, it was fabulous! I've never seen anything like it, and it was really neat. We took a boat tour, and the boys loved it. They had a good time just looking at everything we passed.

And I even got to snuggle with mah tootsers on the ride. Good thing we got SOME snuggle time in, seeing as it was our 9-year anniversary. :)

And while on said boat tour, we saw/heard about this really old Catholic church that was built way back in the day by German immigrants, and Kenn loves that kind of thing, so we headed that way and took a quick peek around. Very interesting.

Then we went back to the Riverwalk for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe, which we will never again take our children to, as it is ridiculously over-priced and the food was not that great.

But the Christmas lights along the riverwalk were super pretty!

That night, after we were done with dinner, we had a fun time trying to find an HEB grocery store (watch out in San Antonio, iPhone users, Siri will take you to the HEB corporate headquarters!). We finally found one and picked up some snacks to munch, and then went to our hotel and hung out and ate junk. It was honestly SO much fun. Our room was sweet, too, because we had THREE king-size beds. Caleb did great, stayed right in the middle of his all night, but Beckett fell off at one point and got a nice little black eye. Ooops. :)

The next morning, we got breakfast downstairs, ate in our room, and Kenn took the boys swimming while I packed our stuff. And then we went to the San Antonio Zoo!

I think the boys fit right in with the wildlife

And they are their father's sons, because they loved this Koi pond. Kenn has always wanted one, but I just don't think it would suit our house.

We really didn't take any pictures of the zoo animals, but we all had a good time. It was a great zoo, the layout and everything was fabulous, and the kids loved it. We even spoiled them a bit (heck, we were on vacation) and got them multi-colored popsicles. Kenn and I had delicious ice cream cones. :)

Beckett's got pretty melty, he's a slow eater

But they both loved them

Mmmmm, cute green face

And of course, what zoo is a zoo if it doesn't have a train??? Do I even need to say that the boys were in heaven on the train ride? I think you can tell.

Such a fun trip, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Although I think I'd appreciate the romance of the riverwalk a little more if the boys weren't there with us... ;)