Week 29

Hello again!  I'm back to catch up and will be sharing pictures from our trip last week in this post. It was great to be able to travel and see family in another state.  I was pleasantly surprised how green Texas is thanks to above average rainfall.  I wish California could have some of that. Our green season this year was super short and now we are as dry as can be with tons of fuel for fires. I very much enjoyed seeing green again although the humidity in Texas added to their heat was a bit much to handle especially for my hair--what a hot mess.  LOL!

Take a look at how it all went down:

Day 200- Monday 7/19/21

Today after work John made us a nice BBQ meal wearing an apron Tyler gave him for Father's Day.  The rest of us were  finishing the packing for our trip.  Flight leaves at 6am tomorrow.

Day 201- Tuesday, 7/20/21

We started our travel day with a California sunrise at take off, changed planes in Phoenix, arrived in San Antonio by lunch time, picked up a rental car and drove to my parent's place in Kerrville where we were able to catch a Texas sunset.

Day 202- Wednesday, 7/21/21

Today was a busy but fun day. We enjoyed a great family breakfast at Camp Verde which is a cool and historic place. Then we checked out Stone Hinge II nearby (in Texas, who knew?) along with some local places that my parents used to work and live before buying their house.  In the afternoon Tyler, John, and I headed to Fredericksburg for some wine tasting while the younger boys spent time with my parents baking cookies.  Back in Calif., Bella is being pampered by our neighbor Jen and has made herself quite at home in Jen's house.  It's nice to see she looks happy while we are away.

Day 203- Thursday, 7/22/21

My parents have a great view from their back porch and Justin really enjoyed spending his mornings  looking for deer and other wildlife out on the deck.  The hummingbirds really like that feeder and are fun to watch as well.  My sister and 2 of her 3 boys that live just outside of San Antonio came to visit us today.  The cousins have not seen each other in 10 years so it was great to have them together again.  After a nice dinner on the river we enjoyed making s'mores for dessert back at the house.  Tomorrow we say goodbye to my parents and head to San Antonio for some more fun before flying out on Saturday.  Thanks mom and dad for the wonderful hospitality and for finding us great places to enjoy good meals with you.

Day 204- Friday, 7/23/21

On our way to San Antonio we stopped off at Natural Bridge Caverns which was a neat way to stay cool on this hot day.  Then we headed to the River Walk in downtown San Antonio where we grabbed lunch and took a boat tour to learn more about the city center.  Just after that we checked into our rental home for the night, ate some great Texas BBQ, and then met up with an online friend of mine for drinks.  We belong to a mother's group for '98 babies born in Sept/Oct and have known each other for years so it was wonderful and fun to finally meet in person.  Thank you Trisha for making the time to see us on such short notice.

Day 205- Saturday, 7/24/21

We're heading back to California today but our flight isn't until 7pm so we visited the Alamo to kill some time and then walked around the River Walk some more finding an ice-cream place we just had to try.  During this trip we were able to hit up 3 different Triple D places: Smoke Shack, Magnolia Pancake House, and for dinner tonight Dough Pizzeria Napoletana.  The late flights were kind of brutal especially with the time change but we made it without incident.

Day 206- Sunday, 7/25/21

Awww--home sweet home!  We didn't get home until after midnight but it's Sunday so it will be a slow day readjusting and preparing to head back to work tomorrow.  All good things must come to an end.

Wait!  One more:

July's Family Photo

Taken while melting in the hot humidity at the Alamo on our last day in Texas.

Ok!  I'm all caught up so now back to reality.