San Antonio

This past weekend we went to San Antonio to watch my brother graduate from dental school. I am so proud of him and his great accomplishment! While we were in San Antonio we we able to go out and explore some of the sights. Wow, that heat combined with the humidity really drains the energy right out of you! I guess people who live there are used to it, but we certainly are not! We took many naps while we were there, and relaxed by the pool at the hotel.

Brandon received his hood and graduated Magna Cum Laude of his dental class. Way to go!

After graduation we went to dinner at Pappasito's to celebrate! This is one of my favorite restaurants in San Antonio!



Thanks for the bunny ears, Brooke!



We went to see some of the missions of San Antonio. They were actually pretty cool! They were built in the 1700s as a safe place for people to go to. They were largely occupied by Native Americans who were converted to the Catholic church by Spaniards. The natives were given food and refuge in exchange for conversion and labor. The natives are the ones who actually constructed the buildings for the Spaniards. The missions today are still used as active churches where people can attend worship services.

On our last day there we went downtown to the Alamo and the Riverwalk. I love the riverwalk! It is so beautiful. It was so great to share it with Lucas. We went on a boat tour along the river and ended up having the same tour guide that my family and I had when we were there 4 years ago.



Girls' Night Out

I guess it is time to write in our blog, when I signed in to write this, the whole format of blogger has changed from the last time. I think I am figuring it out, so here we go!

A few weeks ago I was invited to go out for a girls' night with my mother in law and sisters in law. We started our night by going to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. After lots of yummy food (and cheesecake!) we headed over to the Buell Theater to see "Wicked". I had never seen it before and was pretty excited. We got there 4 minutes before the curtain time and rushed to our excellent seats. The show was great! The storyline went a little different than I had expected, but I liked it! A BIG thank you to Cynthia Knobel for the awesome tickets!

After the show we had the opportunity to take a backstage tour! It was really cool to see everything that goes into putting on the show. We got to see (and hold) the blue "bubble dress" that Glinda wears at the opening of the show. Wow, that dress is heavy!! We were not allowed to take pictures backstage except for one thing.... they let us take a picture in front of the Oz head.

At the end of the tour they gave us each a program booklet that had been signed by both of the witches.