Tuesday, May 27, 2008

San Antonio = a whole lot of pictures!

For Memorial Day weekend, Tyler, Addilyn and I made the 3-hour trip to San Antonio to visit the good family Leshan.
Here is your play-by-play of our fun-filled weekend (with lots and lots of pictures).

Here we are in the Leshan van on our way to Sea World. Sonja sat on the floor so everyone could fit in one vehicle. Look how excited and unsweaty we were.
After arriving at Sea World on what had to be one of it's busier days of the year, we went straight to a water ride to find some relief from the 98-degree heat. After everyone was duly soaked we headed over to the Shamu show to see the famous whale do his thing.
Look, Shamu (or one of his friends, I'm not really sure)!
Addilyn enjoyed the show (although her favorite part might have been wandering up and down our row and talking to the kids sitting in front of us).
Hot, sweaty sleep. After the show she slept for almost an hour in her stroller while the rest of the group (except for Sonja who was gracious enough to sit with Addilyn) rode rollercoasters and water rides. She never sleeps in her stroller so this made her parents very happy and a little nauseated (wait, that might have been the rollercoasters).
On Sunday we went to church and then (after a nap) headed to downtown San Antonio for the Riverwalk and the Alamo. The Riverwalk is an area of shops and restaurants along the river that goes through downtown San Antonio. It's very pretty and, much like Sea World, is very busy on Memorial Day weekend.
Here comes one of the boat tours that go up and down the river.
The group enjoys some ice cream to escape the heat. It was 101 degrees according to the Leshan van.
Addilyn is looking to her Daddy to give her one more bite of his ice cream. She looks so hopeful (or desperate).
The Alamo! We arrived at the Alamo 5 minutes before it closed for the day so we had the chance to dart through and take this lovely family shot.
Later that night, the Leshan clan watched Addilyn so Tyler and I could go on a date. We went to the new Indiana Jones movie which we enjoyed thoroughly. On Monday, we went swimming at the neighborhood pool.
Addilyn had a great time splashing (or at least watching Avery, Ethan & Alecia splashing and playing) but got super-pruney.
So that's our weekend in a nut shell. We had lots of fun playing with Ethan, pretending with Alecia, riding (rollercoasters) with Avery, and chatting with Sonia and Michael. If you have any questions, give us a call. I'm sure Addilyn would love to fill you in on the details.

3 comments:

Courtney e said...

Aww, I'm so glad you guys had fun!! The pictures are great!! I can't wait to come and see you in that uncomfortable sweltering state - 23 more days :)

Kendall Smith said...

So much fun!! We're glad you had a good weekend. We can't wait to come see you in September!!!

Sonja said...

Hey guys, we were so glad to have you visit this weekend and we look forward to the next time you might come . . . Six Flags, anyone??? Thanks for making the trip!