July 11, 2009 Riverwalk San Antonio and The Alamo

We went to Riverwalk in San Antonio and had a total blast. On the way there we stopped at Cracker Barrel for breakfast, we had a gift card complements of my parents. After stuffing ourselves and a bit of shopping we ventured on to Rivercenter mall. The mall is 3 stories and the center has the river. We took the boat ride, which lasts about a half hour, down the river. The guide gives you a great history lesson on San Antonio, I didn't take notes so I have all these photos of buildings and I don't remember what they were or why they were significant. Oh well, it was sure fun, we all enjoyed it. After the boat ride we walked along the river a bit and ended up having to go up to the street. We crossed the intersection and found The Alamo! So we toured through that. Very neat and I am sure we will go back, it was kind of crowded so we really didn't get to see the artifact displays inside. After the Alamo we headed back to the mall and shopped. We got some yummy (we love local food stuff) bbq sauce and some seasonings and salsa...YUM! Fun day, looking forward to returning.

Che & Madi and Court & Mike at Cracker Barrel

Rivercenter Mall, heading to the boats and on the boat

looking back at the mall

Riding along the river

The island this tree is on is formed entirely by its root system

This is a stage and the other side of the river has seating for 800. Apparently this was where Miss Congenialty was filmed.

Buildings

Faces on the side of one building

This building is triangle shaped as you approach, then as you get in front of it, it looks flat. Freaky

Mosaic that was donated by Mexico

San Antonio

very large sculpture

Horse and carriage rides

Hey we found the Alamo!

We're hot, time to go home, but had fun!

July 6, 2009 Mr. Gattis pizza!

Mr. Gattis pizza! It's kind of like chuck e cheese, but not as nasty! No climbing tubes or any of that. Buffet style pizza and then a huge game room, even had bumper cars and a ride. We first went to one of these 10 years ago when we lived in San Angelo TX and only had Angie! Mike and Madi loved it just as much as she did!

July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July and Happy 12th wedding anniversary for Che and I! Wow time flies! We've had a blast and I look forward to many more!

Court and Che July 4, 1997 and 2009

This year was quieter than years past, since we have just moved here and there was a ban on fireworks in TX there were no neighborhood explosions or parties :(

So we made margaritas and sat on the back porch and enjoyed the fireworks show that the city put on. It was about 10 miles away and we have a perfect view from our deck.
ok video of the start of the fireworks. I have a great one of the finale, but it is too large to post.