Vacation to San Antonio, Texas

 My brother is currently living in San Antonio, TX. He's stationed at an army base there. We took a week to go visit him and his family. We flew down there, which was all of my boys' first plan ride. Dale thought Jimmy was going to freak out, but they were all very calm about it. They never complained about their ears. Cas acted the same as any child on an airplane. He was a handful but he never really disturbed any of the other passengers.

 We went to the Alamo, you can't go to San Antonio and not see the Alamo! Actually, we let Jimmy skip the last 3 days of school. It was suppose to only be one day, but the school added on two extra days, and we didn't even have any snow days!! It was just mean. So we had to get some education in to make up for the loss of valuable school time!

The kids are sitting on one of the many cannons out side of the Alamo church. I'm sure there is a sign some where that says "Please do not sit on the displays" but when you take SEVEN children out in public, you just gotta go with the flow.

My nephew Gavril got baptized while we were there and as a treat we all went out for pizza afterwards!

 "Man vs Food" featured a small restaurant in San Antonio that makes a freakin' big pizza! We had 21in rectangular plates, and one slice still hung off the side! Most of us could only manage 1 1/2 slices. There were 13 of us eating one pizza and we only finished half. We had to take the rest home. It was amazing how good the pizza was too! All of it was evenly cooked, no burn spots! Our waiter said it was a house secret on how the pizza's are cooked. He also said that they make an even bigger pizza, but you have to special order it, because they only make three per day. They can't fit any more than three pizza's in their kitchen at a time! He said that they were booked up on this new pizza for one full year!

Right now, I can't help craving that yummy garlicky crust. So good.

 While there, we couldn't miss going to Sea World!

 Cas then Ned & Jimmy watching the whales.

Sea World had a big splash park/ theme park with rides and ELMO!!

Ned has been terrified of any mascot costume since birth, but when he saw Cookie Monster walking around he totally flipped a switch! He was so excited and demanded to find Elmo. We found out there was a group picture time at a certain hour and Ned was not going to miss it! He was so excited to meet Elmo and Big Bird. I was so proud of him when he ran up and sat right next to the big red guy.

The other cousins could care less about the idea, until they actually saw the characters. Jimmy suddenly turned into a two-year-old boy again. So excited about Cookie Monster and Grover! Jimmy is still talking about how Grover tickled him when he sat next to him.

By the end of the Sea World Trip, this is right about how we all felt.

We had a great hotel! I found it on the internet and it was just perfect for us. And it wasn't very expensive. The rooms were like little cabins with front porches and chairs to sit on. They were arranged in a circle around a big playground and an awesome pool. The rooms were a good size and had two TV's. a microwave and frig and a sitting area.

 We had a terrible lay-over on our way home. We were stuck in Baltimore for like 8 hours or more? I can't remember. We didn't board our plan until 1 in the morning. On the first flight of the day, Cas bottomed out, his bowel movement was so watery it didn't even hit the diaper it just slipped right out and down his leg and onto the floor. Dale carried him all crazy like to the bathroom and I had to clean poop off the floor. Did you know Airplane bathrooms had changing tables?

Good thing I packed a change of clothes, and a first aid kit, and movies, and lots's of toys, and snacks, and well, everything.