vacation at last . . . . .

so we went on vacation this week... we had a great time. this year annette and jamie colemen and their kids came with us. cassity and anna are about the same ages as caleb and baileigh so we thought it would be nice to invite them to go with us to schlitterbahn.
we met early monday morning and headed out. we got to schlitterbahn about 11:30. we checked in to the hotel and had a bite to eat. the kids had a good time and after about 6 hours at the park we called a day and got cleaned up. we all went to eat at a place called Clear Springs Restaurant. it was good and had pretty darn good onion rings. after we stuffed ourselves we went back to the hotel. i must let you know that we did stay at one of the resorts at schlitterbahn so we were able to use the swimming pools late. we took advantage and the kids had fun.
tuesday morning we started early. we got to the gate before they opened and rode the dragons revenge first thing. our kid had been looking forward to it ever since we told them we were going to schlitterbahn. Tuesday we stayed at the park until around 7:30. after a quick meal at whataburger we drove into san antonio. the gordons were nice enough to let us crash at their pad for a couple of nights. thanks angie and greg !!
wednesday was my birthday. my 30th birthday. we kept it low key and spent the day at seaworld. afterwards we went to chris madrids for my favorite san antonio burger. they are the best. though i didn't get a cake for my birthday i did get some cake batter ice cream from coldstone.
thursday was our last day at sea world. we went to the water park and saw the shows we had missed the day before. we ate pizza at the gordons and stayed up late.
this morning we ended our vacation and headed back before lunch. we stopped at the usual places and had lunch/dinner at red robin in houston. we even braved IKEA and houston 5:00 traffic.
i am so grateful that we were able take the kids on a small vacation and spend time with friends and family. thanks annette, jamie, cassity, anna, angie, greg, mackenzi, maci, maryn, and meg

jess :-P