So we wanted to do something special for our anniversary. We decided to take a week and go to Texas. Why Texas? Well for one, I have never been there (except to the Dallas airport, but I don't think that counts). Secondly, we always wanted to visit South Padre. Our kids are still young so we thought now would be a good time to go, when they could stay with grandma and not really realize we're gone. Grandma did an awesome job getting Hannah to school everyday, packing a lunch, and watching a 2-year-old for a week! Way to go, mom!
The first day we drove to Plano, Tx and spent the night there. We actually went to movie! It was awesome! The next day we drove to San Antonio to meet up with a few friends. We had dinner with them and had a great time catching up and seeing their baby. Weird that Joel and I were their youth leaders when they were in high school and now they're married with a baby. Very weird.
We spent 2 days in San Antonio seeing the sights (we rented bikes one morning and rode around. Very cool). We loved the riverwalk! It was absolutely beautiful, especially at night. One night we went to a piano bar (our first time) and had the song "I will survive" dedicated to us. Slightly awkward but very fun.
After San Antonio, we drove to South Padre Island. There we stayed at a resort right on the beach. Because we went on the "off season" there was hardly anyone there! Seriously, there were times I wondered if we were the only ones at the resort. We rode horses on the beach (I got thrown off my horse...horse got spooked, reared up, and I fell off. I'm fine), took a dolphin-watching boat ride, and relaxed by the pool. It was amazing.
Funny story...when driving at night around South Padre, be careful not to run over crabs. They just cross the street right in front of you! They look like really big spiders when they're in the headlights. Kinda freaky. And they make a big "crunch" when you run them over. :)
The 2-day drive back to Iowa was brutal. Very boring. We spent the night in Dallas and went to another movie together. 2 movies in 1 week! It was incredible!
Maybe for our 20-year-anniversary we'll actually watch 3 movies. Whoa.
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| Us in San Antonio with out friends jumping into the picture. Dorks. |
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| The riverwalk |
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| You can't go to San Antonio and not at least LOOK at the Alamo. We didn't go in, just took a picture. |
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| Horses on the beach. Notice my horse looks pissed. I think this was right before he threw me off. Dumb horse. |
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| Beautiful South Padre sunset |
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| A dolphin. They actually came right up to the boat but they were so fast you couldn't get a good picture of them! |
