Back from San Antonio

Howdy y'all! We are back from our trip to San Antonio! We had a really good time visiting Anner, Tyler, and Izzy, and of course, their "cat" Louie. They have a great, spacious house and the Tater tot was running all over the place.

Cael, Bob and Tyler played a lot of golf--one day they played 36 holes! In the incredible heat and humidity! Unreal. But I think they enjoyed themselves, so that was great. After their day of 36 holes, Mom and Bob were kind enough to watch the kiddos so Cael, Ann, Tyler and I could all go do something without them. We wandered down to the riverwalk, which is just so awesome! Basically there is a small-ish river running through an area that is lined with hotels, businesses, and restaurants on either side. It is so neat. We stopped at Rita's and had some Mexican food right next to the river. It was great! We also got to see the outside of the Alamo, which was also great--so much smaller than you would imagine!

We went to Sea World one evening and saw Shamu the killer whale do all sorts of incredible things. Most impressive was the performance Shamu and a trainer did together--the trainer was literally standing on the tip of Shamu's nose, holding onto her fins, and hanging onto Shamu while she jumped almost completely out of the water. Pretty sweet. We also stood next to a tank with dolphins who swam inches away from our hands and caught the end of a show with seals and a walrus. Shamu was far and away the coolest!!

We had a great time! Loved seeing my sister and her family. We flew into Omaha on our way home, so we decided to stay overnight and go to the zoo the next day. Well worth it!! Besides being inexpensive, there were so many great animals and exhibits. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!! Cael and I both loved the gorillas. So huge and impressive! I personally think they are so human-like it is eerie. There was a really fun exhibit, Kingdoms of the Night, that was underground and featured tons of nocturnal animals in very dim lighting. Tate didn't really display too much excitement until we got to the aquarium. Then he was just fascinated with all the fish and did not want to leave. Next time, I think we can skip the whole zoo and just let him check out the "ish". Or maybe we can just go to the local pet store. ;)

The only downfall of our whole trip was that Tater started getting sick on the plane ride out to San Antonio, and kind of battled a bug the whole time we were there. He ended up having pink eye, and today his doctor confirmed that he has a double ear infection. Poor buddy!! He sure did well during the trip, considering he must have been feeling pretty icky. Little angel!!

Anyway, we are home for a little while. Cael is planning to do his annual fishing trip, I think at the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota, during the last week of August. I believe I will get to go with him and Tate will be getting spoiled by Gma and Gpa Hranac. Talk to you later!