San Antonio and a Rain Delay

We took a trip to San Antonio over Memorial Day weekend. I served my mission in San Antonio, and haven't been back since 2005 when I went to the Temple dedication. It was so much fun to go to my old ward and spend all day on Sunday with the Perez family. They are some of the sweetest people I know. On Saturday we did some fun things too.

We stopped at the Temple on the way into town



We went shopping at the Mercado downtown.



We saw the Alamo,



and stayed in a fun hotel on the Riverwalk.

When we got back to Dallas, my mentor at work had a few tickets to a Rangers game on Tuesday, so we took the kids to the ballpark (I was pretty proud when I told Hailey we were going to a ball game and her only response was "Go, Go DUKE!") The game was delayed by lightning, so we went to go get some food while the weather cleared, little did we know that the lightning was just the beginning, soon we were getting hailed on and running for cover. (Don't worry, I saved the cheese fries)

On the Road Again!

Before we left town on Wednesday I was giving Lindsay a hard time about how organized she is. I think there was a new list every day for things to pack up, or things to put away, etc. But once we were on the road I realized how very lucky I am to have a wife who is so on top of everything.

Lindsay had something planned out for us every day of our trip. On day 1 we drove to Atlanta, Georgia. Thanks to Lindsay we arrived just in time for the afternoon student discount at the Georgia Aquarium. It was AWESOME! Hailey ran from room to room squealing "More Fishies! More Fishies!"









On day 2 we stopped for lunch in Birmingham, AL and had a picnic on the Temple grounds


Finally, we stopped for the day in Vicksburg, MS. There was a park there right on the bank of the Mississippi river where Hailey could play, and we could enjoy the view.


Finally, in the early afternoon on Friday we arrived at our new home....for the next few weeks anyway.



Here's a little clip that makes me smile from our many, many hours in the car.

When Raccoons Attack

With school ending a couple of weeks before I have to go to work, we decided it was high time we went on a camping trip. We went out to Jordan Lake with our good friends the Dimonds with the intention of cooking up some foil dinners, playing some games by the light of the campfire, and maybe even letting Hailey and Amelia go for a dip in the lake. Of course, nothing ever really works out like you plan...so instead of the raging fire that would cook up our dinner and give us light once the sun went down we had a puny fire that was subsequently squelched by the rain.


We ate our lukewarm dinner under an umbrella.


During dinner, Hailey stood atop the bench on the picnic table, and took a bit of a tumble, she now has an array of scratches on her face that resemble the aftermath of a raccoon attack.



When it came time to put Hailey to bed so we could enjoy a night under the stars, she threw one of the most fantastic tantrums we have ever experienced...so we let her stay up for a while. When we all went to bed, she gave us an encore performance of her rage every hour, on the hour until finally the sun came up and we could leave our little tent of torture.


Okay, so maybe I'm being a little melodramatic, but it was a bit of a long night. We actually did have a lot of fun, though. We were really glad we convinced Kyle, Lindy, Amelia and Rachel to come with us. Kyle was much better at keeping the fire alive than I was, and Hailey had a blast exploring the woods with one of her best buddies.