San Antonio

Blake and I found ourselves with a few free nights at any Marriott hotel

so we decided last minute to head to San Antonio for the weekend.

We started our trip with a brief stop in

Winters, Texas

on the way down.

Blake's grandfather lives in Winters on the family farm.

Blake has been wanting to snap a picture of the family brand

but we never seem to have our camera when we are down there.

But this time we did, so.......

His mom's maiden name

And I have been dying for this t-shirt....

the Blizzard is the school mascot, ha!

We drove into Austin

and spent the night with this cute thing.....

It was SO good to see Virginia, MC and Keith.

It's been awhile since we have last seen them

and it was SO good to catch up!

After lunch,

we drove to Gruene

to float the river,

relax

and eat at the Gristmill

Reckless Kelly (Blake's fav) was playing at Gruene Hall

but we didn't make it

We woke up Friday

and headed to Sea World

Saw some whales

the baby hadn't quite mastered all the tricks

but was so cute trying

and Shamu

I hate being wet with clothes on

so we did not sit in

the splash zone

White Beluga Whale

Dolphin

Sea Lion

Otter

(Blake's favorite)

enormous Walrus

After Sea World,

we headed back to the hotel to shower and rest for a bit.

At 5:30 we went to Mariachi mass

at San Fernando Cathedral

(the oldest cathedral in the state of Texas)

It was a hoot hearing Catholic hymns

played with a trumphet, guitar and maraccas

After mass,

we went down and walked along the River Walk.

I got some feather extensions

They're really cute!

Sunday morning we woke up

and headed to the Alamo

And the El Mercado

where we wandered around

ate some delicious food

and bought a few neat things

On the way out of town that afternoon

we stopped and had ice cream with Flo

It was great to see him as well.

Next stop,

on our list Luckenbach, Texas

And then on to Fredericksburg.

We got in late last night

and have had nothing on the books today except relaxing!

We ran some errands,

did some laundry

and are catching up on OC reruns.

We had a fabulous weekend!

It was a nice little vacation before Blake starts school Wednesday.

Hope everyone had an enjoyable Memorial Day weekend as well.

CMG