So every year we celebrate our anniversary during the week of spring break by going on a short little mini vacation. This year, we decided to go to San Antonio. Back in October when we were debating where to go, we were torn between Austin and San Antonio and decided that San Antonio would be way more fun. Don't get me wrong...we LOVE Austin...but San Antonio had more stuff to do during the day. We wanted to go and play at all the fun places that San Antonio has to offer and just be big kids on our trip. It was SO much fun! I have to say that this is the best and most fun trip that we have taken together, not counting our honeymoon of course! It will be hard to top our honeymoon! But these little mini vacations that we have taken have been the perfect amount of time to be gone from home and still do fun things, eat at amazing places, and just relax...a lot! We did so many things in the three days that we were gone and even got to see some of our best friends along the way. Since it was our anniversary...we HAD to treat ourselves! So, our first stop was to go to the amazing outlet malls in San Marcos. When we left Abilene, we had two different options on ways to get to San Marcos. Like I said, we got to see some of our best friends along the way, and they happen to live in Austin. So, we decided to go through Austin on our way to San Marcos and have lunch with Josh and Emory. Getting to see them was such a treat...it's been too long! Emory was actually visiting Josh on his vacation, so it was an even bigger treat getting to see him too! Since Josh lives in Austin, he knows all the best places to hang out and eat. By the time we got to Austin, it was time for lunch, so the timing was perfect. We ate at this amazing place called Wahoo's. They have some amazing Mexican food and are known for their fish tacos. It was so good, but what was even better was getting to catch up with friends along the way. After lunch, we headed to San Marcos and literally shopped until we dropped! We only go shopping like that once a year...and when you're at an outlet mall...you can get double for the money! So, that's exactly what we did. We both got tons of great new work clothes, work-out clothes, and I (of course) got three amazing new pairs of shoes! I LOVE shoes...I almost always buy a new pair anytime I go shopping. It's a problem :-) After we were done shopping, we were on our way to check into the hotel in San Antonio. We stayed at the Omni at the Colonnade. It was about 15 minutes away from downtown, malls, the zoo, and Sea World. It was perfect because it was quiet and peaceful and away from all the hustle and bustle of downtown, but just close enough that we went and ate lunch on the River Walk every day. That's another thing about San Antonio...they have GREAT places to eat and the views are even better! We ate at Scuzzie's Italian Grill, Boudro's on the River Walk, Texas De Brazil, Hard Rock Cafe on the River Walk, and Cheesecake Factory (it's a must in any big city)! I know it sounds silly to talk about going out to eat, but Abilene just doesn't have a huge variety of places to go. So, it's always fun when we go to any other town or big city to eat a tons of places that we don't have here at home. Every place was amazing and I don't even think I could pick a favorite. They were all so different. I will have to say that I loved eating on the River Walk. The weather was perfect for eating outside. And watching all the little ducks and birds that live on the River Walk was so much fun...they are so cute! We also got to go to the zoo and to Sea World while we were there. We were a little worried that it was going to rain because the rain chances when we first got there were like 30%. But, it didn't rain! In fact, it was bright and sunny and just breezy enough that it made it comfortable to be outside all day long. San Antonio has an amazing zoo with some animals that are near extinction. They have this new exhibit called Africa Live...it's amazing to see these animals that are from the other side of the world interact with each other. They are absolutely beautiful. It was our second favorite of all the exhibits. Our favorite was the monkey exhibit! They were hilarious! We stood there and watched them swing around and play with each other for quite some time and could have stayed for longer...but our dinner reservations were calling our name! The next day we went to Sea World. Oh my...we had a BLAST!!! When we first got there, they were about to feed the dolphins. They told us that if we got over to the exhibit in time, we might could get in line and be able to feed them too. And...we did! I LOVE dolphins and this was so much fun to get to feed them and love on them as they swam by us. They are so playful and interactive with you. They feel really cool too...almost like silky rubber. If that even makes sense! Then we walked around and saw all the other animals, aquariums, and exhibits. We decided that the last two things we would do while at Sea World was to go to a couple of shows. The first one we went to was called Azul. It was a show with Beluga whales, dolphins, and aerial artists. It was amazing to see and to watch how these animals interact with their trainers. Then...we went the Believe Shamu show. It was great! Watching these 8,000-12,000 pound whales jump out of the water and do tricks is truly unbelievable. What was so cute was the little, well not really little, baby. She would stay close to her mom and even tried to do some of the tricks. It was funny because you could tell that she was still not very coordinated, but she tried and did so good for only being 7 months old! Oh...at only 7 months old she already weighs almost 1,000 pounds...crazy huh?!?! Then, it was time to go home that next day. We did swing back through San Marcos and go to the outlet malls again. We just had to make sure that we made the most of our shopping while we were on vacation! Just helping boost the economy I suppose! I will have to say that we missed our babies (dogs) dearly. Cody's mom stayed at our house with them while we were away. So, we knew that they were completely being taken care of, loved on, and getting spoiled even more than they already are. It's always nice to get away for a few days, but it's also nice to be home. Especially when you walk in the door and you have three little loves going bonkers when you come in! We had a blast together and look forward to many more anniversary celebrations!!!
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| Just a few pictures of the two of us at the various places that we visited while we were in San Antonio |
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| The amazing animals at the Zoo and Sea World. Only a few pictures of the many I took of the tons of animals that we saw! |
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| Our little boogers! Cody's mom sent these to us while we were in San Antonio! It was good getting to see them even though we were away from them. We love these three little babies so so much! |
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