Texas Adventures/ Sno-cation Edition

Pre-flight breakfast at The Silver Diner in BWI... Nothing like chicken noodle soup at 9:30am!
Getting ready for take off. To infinity and beyond....
Arrived in TX and hanging out on Thursday afternoon.

Friday... Visiting the Alamo.
And checking out the gardens.
See... Ellie really is in Texas, the bench even says so!!
Ell and I in front of the Alamo.
Real Mexican food is sooooo good!!!
The pastry counter at Mi Terra, the oldest Mexican restaurant in San Antonio.
Ellie at the trolley stop.
Ellie on our Riverwalk walk... Lovely!
Ell on her first boat ride.
La Villita off of the Riverwalk.
Ell at the Rodeo on Saturday, this was before the show started.
Outside of the actual rodeo where the we found the fair, food, and stock shows.
Texas Rodeo food... Meat plate: Ribs, brisket, sausage, baked beans, 1/2 baked potato, and 2 slices of white bread. It was delicious!
And then dessert... Ice Cream!
The rodeo

Ethan ready for exploring.
Poor little sick Aiden.
Ell at the San Antonio Zoo on Sunday morning.
Ellie the butterfly.
I think that hippo is whispering something in Ell's ear!

The San Antonio Botanical Gardens on Sunday afternoon.
Ell and I in the Conservatory.
Yum... Bananas!!
Ell and I at the gardens.
Goofing around.
Ell by a real live cactus!
Rosie and Aiden
Backyard playing time!
Yee-haw!!
Monday we headed off to the Natural Bridge Caverns... Very Cool!



Outside of the caverns.
Lunch: Frog legs at the Antler Cafe. They did taste like chicken!


Ell and Ethan are all grins on Valentine's Day.
MB, Rosie, and Haven
Ell in the Houston (or as Jer says, "U-ston") airport.
Homeward bound after a fantastic trip/

Embracing Winter 2011

I can only think of so many ways to continue to embrace the winter but I think that Ell and I did the best we could... Ice skating, girl's nights, eating marshmallows, sledding, time with friends and family, swimming in the bay, and escaping to warmer climates... Oh wait, that is the next post.
Happy winter!!
Girls night with Kiley... The girls loved playing beauty parlor. Ell was kind enough to 'do' Kiley's makeup for her... Don't they look beautiful??
Ell showing off her manicure. So pretty!

Ellie's 100 day project for school... 100 big marshmallows.
Ice skating with the cousins.
We can do it!!!
That is one goofy group!
Hooray for ice skating and awesome people!
Brendan and Andrew on the ice.
Polar Plunge 2011.
Team Captain Crunch ready to go. Yay team!!
Wacco for Flacco
I DID IT!!
Team Captain Crunch on our way home.
Total team donations: $2375 Way to go team!!