Highlights from my San Antonio Trip

1. Seeing my ADORABLE niece and nephew, Sophie and Luke. Seriously, they are two of the cutest babies/toddlers I have ever seen. And here are a couple of pictures to prove just how wonderfully cute they are:

Little Luke

Sweet Sophie

2. I always enjoy checking out grocery stores when I'm traveling. I'm not sure why, because I really hate, hate, hate grocery shopping at home. My brother and sister-in-law shop at HEB in San Antonio and it is awesome. I bought my very first ShamWow there (which is lucky cause I just had to use it to mop up all the rain water on my bedroom floor after forgetting to shut the windows, oops.) It had fresh tortillas... I mean an actual woman sitting in the middle of the bakery section with a large tortilla maker, bagging them up for you to take home and make some kick-butt fish tacos. DELICIOUS! Also they had one of the best candy selections at the checkout, with lots of old school choices including my fav, Ring Pops. Check it out:

3. Going not once, but twice to SeaWorld. It's just 10 minutes from my bro's house. I mean, it's practically their community pool. The first time we went we all got in for free, thanks to Jere being a navy man. I totally cried when they had all the military folks stand to be acknowledged at Shamu's show. I also cried from laughing so hard watching Sophie watch the water acrobats in one of the other shows. She was screaming with delight.

Sophie has such an adventureous little spirit. She loves to go on the rides and has learned to throw her hands up in the air and scream at top of her lungs when going down the hills. Which leads me to number four:

4. According to Sophie, life is one big roller coaster ride. When riding in the backseat of the mini van, safely strapped into her carseat, she will throw up her hands and scream just like she's on an amusement park ride. When she's gone down a particularly long hill or turned a sharp curve she might add, "That's so fun." This especially delights my brother who likes to pretend he's a racecar driver. It totally validates his crazy driving.

5. Eating at Mi Tierra. Oh sooooo good. But mostly I love the ambience. I think it is the most colorful restaurant I have ever seen, with Christmas lights up all year round, flag streamers hanging from the ceiling, awesome murals, and much, much more. Here's Sophie trying out the Tortilla Soup, which is heaven-sent good.

And did I mention I loved hanging out with the kids, and I think they're cute?