some days...

it's amazing I get any work done.

adios san antonio

The time has come to say good bye to San Anton' well at least for some of us. Rhone and I are flying to Idaho on Sunday. Ben was supposed to be finished here on Monday, but he is behind schedule, so who knows when he'll be done. We have been hitting up some of our favortie spots here and still discovering new ones. Here are some of our latest outings.

A trip down the lazy river: We went back to the sea world water park and spent an hour or so cruising the river. We had a little floaty for Rhone, but he wasn't allowed to have it in the river (we found that out after 1 trip around) so we put this over sized life jacket on him and he took turn riding with Ben or me. He was definitely one of the youngest floaters, but also one of the few younger kids that wasn't crying. There are a few spots where you get sprayed, so we just covered him up and he kept smiling so we kept floating around. Ben and I had a great time too.

I love that you can see the water droplets splashing up in this picture

These pictures were taken on our way out of the park, notice "shamu" in the background

A little hike: There is a huge natural water drainage behind our house that cannot be developed and there are trails that weave in and out of it. He we are hiking one morning (you have to go before it hits the 90s)

Meeting up with friends: Our friends the Gadd's from Mississippi are here too, so we had them over for a BBQ. Cooper is just a week or so older than Rhone. We also had some yummy deserts with our new friends here. She is the one who took that adorable picture of Rhone on the side bar.

Yep, Rhone is rolling on top of Cooper, but Cooper is eating Rhone's hand, so it's hard to say whose winning ;)

The Japanese Tea Gardens: We visited these last night and they were beautiful and free. I am so glad that we didn't miss out on them.

Doesn't Ben look great with a baby and a diaper bag!

We finally found the local farmers market too, I can't believe it took me 3 months, I guess I've been away from Moscow for too long. It's along the San Antonio Riverwalk and there is live music there. Hopefully we'll be back this Saturday.

A few other goodbyes too: We are selling the Buick. My parents gave her to me when I left for college in the fall of 2003 (although it is a 1992). We always kept saying we just hope she gets us through college. She did a lot more than that. She now has over 200,000 miles on her. She's been from Canada to Florida, and even on a fairy. She has been a great car and I really will miss her.

The wind was even blowing for this picture, too funny.

Rhone has out grown a LOT of things in his few months of life. Now it's time to say goodbye to the car seat. He spent lots of time in there, so it just seems like the item that makes me realize he's not a little baby any more.

Ben is saying good by to 2nd Lieutenant. That's right he's made his first promotion to 1st Lieutenant. Goodbye gold bars, hello silver bars!

Well this is one gigantic post. Congrats if you made it to the end, you're a real trooper!

C-5 Flight

Here is a little video from my first flight on Friday. It took three tries to get the first flight done, because the planes kept breaking before we got to them. Hopefully maintenance gets better so I do not have to stay in San Antonio for 3 more weeks to fly 5 more times. Meagan was nice enough to wait on base all three times trying to get this video.

The flight was fun, but a little crazy. Flying the plane is comparable to driving a school bus on an rough dirt road while the simulator was more like a minivan on the highway.

nothing says summer in Texas like....

Swimming in the backyard pool

Benjamin our next door neighbor, Meag and Rhone swimming

Fresh Strawberries
A tour of the old missions

Mission Concepion was dedicated in 1755 and it is the oldest unrestored stone church in America

The church at Mission San Jose. This mission was huge and restored close to its original state. Spanish missions were designed to be self sufficient communities that were to be turned over to the community (no longer ran by the friars)10 years after their establishment (in most cases it took much longer).

A visit to the Alamo

The Alamo was origianally a mission too, but of course it is best known for the battle where Texans held off Mexican troops for an astounding 13 days before being over taken.

A memorial day BBQ with friends

A pool birthday party complete with a pinata

A trip to the San Marcos Outlets

swings

We took Rhone swinging for the first time at our neighborhood park. We'll have do it more because he seemed to really enjoy it.