San Antonio

We were in San Antonio from May 23rd to the 28th for a conference Brian had for PA's. It was a good excuse for a vacation since neither one of us had been there and a good excuse to get Ashley on a plane. Our flight left at 5:20 am on Friday which meant that the Timm household was up at 3am. It actually went very smoothly though. Brian and I were up at 3, got ourselves ready and packed up our last minute things. We woke Ashley up at 3:30, fed her and we were out the door at 4am. One trick was she slept in the clothes she was going to wear on the plane and that saved a lot of time. Our neighbor, bless his heart, took us to the airport at 4am and because we were one of the only crazy one's to be up at that hour we had no traffic and got checked it with out any problems. That was a huge relief and a good indication that this was going to be a smooth trip. The take off and landing didn't bother Ashley and she slept for about an hour on each flight. We had an hour lay over in Phoenix and poor thing feel asleep right before we boarded and of course with all the noise and new environment she woke up as we got to our seats. She was exhausted by this point though, so we was a little fussy, but after singing to her and rocking her she was out. We landed around noon just in time to get hit with that lovely Texas heat and humidity. Boy were we glad to get into our rental car and get the air conditioning going! My Dad used points and got us our hotel room for the week. This was a huge help and the hotel room was perfect. The hotel had just been built and we had a suite with a kitchen. They had a gorgeous pool with a waterfall, breakfast in the morning including waffles in the shape of Texas!, and a cocktail hour with food and free beer and wine. Brian had an orientation for the conference Friday night, so while he was there Ashley and I decided to hit the hay early and we were out for the rest of the night. The conference was from Saturday through Monday, so I would drop Brian off at about 8am and Ashley and I would have the rest of the day together until we picked Brian up around 5pm. On Saturday we went to the pool and went shopping. There was a shopping center walking distance from our hotel, so that was a bonus. Sunday morning we went to the zoo and that night met up with Mike, one of Brian's friends that lives in College Station. We had Margarita's on the Riverwalk and got Ashley to bed around 10pm. She was a trooper the whole time. Thank goodness we brought the stroller because she did a lot of sleeping in it while we walked around San Antonio. Monday morning I met up with my friend Hayley and her husband and daughter Paige for breakfast. I've been friends with Hayley since 5th grade and it had been a couple of years since I saw her last. They live in Corpus Christi and drove up for the night. It was weird to think back to when we were kids and now we have our own. It was great to catch up and meet her husband and daughter. Monday night we went to a memorial service put on by the conference that was really good. Tuesday we went to Chad's family ranch about 40 minutes outside of San Antonio. Chad is one of Brian's classmates. We got lost on the way, so we didn't get to spend much time there but it is a great piece of property on the river that has been in the family for many generations. Tuesday night we saw the Alamo and walked along the Riverwalk. It is gorgeous down there and very romantic in the evening. We loved seeing all the people and the cute restaurants. Wednesday morning our flight left at 6am, another early morning but again because we were so tired we slept most of the flight and it ended up feeling like a short trip. The only challenge we had was figuring out how to do a complete clothing and diaper change in a very small airplane bathroom after Ashley poo pooed all up her back on our last flight! It took two of us, but we got it done and no one got hurt! We got home safe and sound and once again our neighbor was at our rescue. Our flight got in at 10:30am and he had a flight that left at 1pm out of Seattle, so he drove our car to the airport and we met him at baggage claim and swapped keys and we were on our way. It worked out perfect.
This picture was taken at 5:20am, don't ask me why she's so happy.
She slept through one take off and one landing. I would say that flying doesn't bother this girl
This is in front of the Alamo. We didn't actually get to go into it because we got there right at closing, but it's beautiful at night all lit up
This is part of the Riverwalk. They have tour boats that run on the water and some you can have dinner on.
We met up with Brian's friend Mike ("Peeps") who lives in College Station. He drove up for a few nights to spend time with us before his flight to Portland. This is on the Riverwalk where we met him downtown for Margarita's on Sunday after a dinner we had for the PA's.
Brian and Ashley in front of one of the waterfalls at the Riverwalk. They had a ton of beautiful water fountains on the walkway too
Ashley and I on the Riverwalk. We went for a long walk Tuesday night before we left for home. It was my favorite thing about San Antonio.
Me, Ashley, Hayley and Paige in front of Mi Tierra, the restaurant we met at for breakfast
Ashley had a blast in the pool. We had to go early in the morning or early evening to miss the intense heat and my paranoia of her getting sunburned, but she loved being in the water and kicking her arms and legs. Her favorite was sitting on the steps and splashing the water with her hands, oh and watching Papa blow bubbles in the water. The thing she didn't like was getting dunked. She would come out of the water with complete look of panic... wonder why???