San Antonio Bucket List

I can’t believe we are counting down the months until we move from San Antonio.  We have absolutely loved it here and are very sad to be leaving such a great city and such wonderful friends.  It has made us think about all the things around San Antonio that we haven’t had a chance to do yet.  Hopefully in the next several months we can cross a few more things off our San Antonio bucket list.

My mom came into town in January and we had a chance to ride the train near the zoo.  The bigger kids had a nice time but Brooklyn cried every time the horn went off or when they lowered the gate and the bells went off.  She might be like Taylor would refuses to use automatic flush toilets and automatic hand dryers because they are too noisy. 

Abe did get to take the kids to their first San Antonio Spurs basketball game.  They were so excited to go but the late night and bad seats might have made it a little less exciting once they were there.  

We went to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo this year.  Taylor was ready to throw in the towel after smelling the hog area but she warmed up to the smell of livestock eventually.  We had so much fun enjoying the beautiful weather, eating hot dogs, riding rides, and petting animals.  I wish I would have had my camera in the petting zoo.  They had the cutest baby goats ever.  I sort of wanted to take one home for a pet.

I can't say enough great things about all the fun things to do in San Antonio.  I hope we can knock a few more things off our list before we move.  But time is going by so fast.  I can't believe it is already March and we will probably move in July.  So much to do in 4 months.  We have already started working on our Yuma bucket list :)

Christmas

We had a very low key Christmas this year with no plans to travel.  It was very nice, though I do miss seeing some family during the holidays.  We always get the joy of kicking Christmas off with a celebration of our best Christmas present ever, Ethan.  After his earlier party with friends it was a very small celebration at home with some cake and presents.  I can't believe my baby is 7!

We felt very lucky to have Abe around for the holidays.  We usually have to share him with the ER, at least for a little while. But this year he had time off around the holidays and it was great.

 Even Brooklyn had a few presents for her first Christmas.

 We decided to try something new for Christmas dinner and we made homemade pasta and sauce for Christmas dinner.  It was delicious and fun to make together.

But the best part of the meal would have to be the Turtle Cheesecake.  With the allergies that the kids have (and that I have to stick to while nursing Brooklyn) it is hard to find desserts that are amazing but this one is impressive.  Homemade caramel just made this cheesecake phenomenal.  It was so good that I had to make another one a few weeks later to share with my mom.  Well worth the effort.

But probably the person with the best Christmas was Abe because he got a fancy new truck right after Christmas.  We are all pretty sure that he loves this thing more than anything in the world (but he promises that he does love us more).  Anyone who knows Abe knows that he has wanted a truck for many years (since he sold the last truck he had to buy a family vehicle).  I really thought he was the only man truly obsessed with trucks but I have come to find out that he is not alone.  I can honestly say that no one has ever come up to me and asked me the engine size of my mini-van or how much the towing capacity is.  But random strangers will eye Abe's truck and ask him all sorts of questions.  Good thing he sits in there for hours probably memorizing the owners manual for just such occasions.  I even watched a group of construction workers all stop working and just watch the truck as we drove by.  It is a strange phenomenon that I will never understand.  But it makes Abe happy so I will just go with it.