Spring Break Take Two!

Mom, Dad, and Kenz were in town for almost a week over Kenzie's spring break and we partied hard. It was great. They came to my play the first night here. Then we took them out to Rudy's. It's the most fun classic Texas dining experience we've found here and we couldn't wait to take my Dad and Kenzie. It's not exactly a restaurant that eaters like my mom and I favor, but it is a fun experience even for us. You buy different kinds of meat by the pound, they give you a bunch of bread to make sandwiches with it if you choose. Then there's cole slaw, potato salad, and cream corn. They throw all of your food in a big crate along with pieces of waxed paper to use as plates (Shiny side up folks) and you head to your wooden picnic table to eat your mounds of meat. It was fun. Kenzie was in heaven. A huge bottle of bbq sauce, large amounts of meat. Happy girl.The next day we went to the Alamo and to dinner in San Antonio. We enjoyed the beautiful sunshine ordered especially for their trip.
Easter Sunday was a blast with them here. Tate's first Easter basket had a wind-up chick that hopped, books, bubbles, and some eggs that he discovered had stuff inside. Then he carried around a laffy taffy he got out of an egg for about a half hour until Grandpa finally opened it for him. This is the result:

He never bit it off just waited for Dad to put it in his mouth and then sucked on it and got more and more excited with each taste. Big sticky, slimy mess. Tate was so happy.

Silly Tate was in heaven with so many people eating around him all week long. He was quite the little beggar puppy. Wandering around after people with food with his mouth open waiting for them to put food in it.
We went on a walk to the duck pond in between sessions of conference. It was such a beautiful day. Kenzie spent most of the time chasing after the ducks with Rosie. It was probably fun for her to be the one doing the teasing for once.

The next day we went to Sea World. Glenn didn't have classes that day so he skipped out on the other work he had to do and came to spend the day with us. He did this a lot, much to my mother's dismay. Mom loves Glenn, but it drives her crazy when he skips out on work to play with us. What can I say, my honey can't stand to know he's missing out on a party!

Tate wasn't quite sure what to think of Shamu. He just sort of stared at the water with a glazed expression through the whole show. He did, however, love being swung in the air by Nana and Auntie Kenzie.
There were also some amazing roller coasters there. This one is our favorite. Kenzie and I rode it 5 times. It was a perfect day. Tons of sunshine and absolutely no lines for anything, oh and we stopped at Olive Garden on the way home. You see? Truly a perfect day.
We thought these cozy reptiles were funny. There are three turtles piled up on this alligator's back just snuggling together.
The next day we went swimming at Barton Springs pool. Kenzie wanted to swim so badly and the weather had been cooperating so we decided to try it. The water was FREEZING! It was a nice enough day but not all of us were warm enough to get into that cold water. Wow. It will feel nice to go swimming there this summer when it's 100 degrees, but it was too cold for me last week! We got in anyway though. I kept telling Kenzie she should take this as a sign of how much I love her.Tate had fun chilling in the clover with Nana and Grampa. He was sweet and just wandered around in his bare feet. He was a happy boy.
Until he stepped in the home of some unfriendly fire ants who decided he was not welcome and proceeded to nibble on his bare foot. He had 18 little red bumps all over his foot and inbetween his tiny toes that turned into little pustules. So sad. He didn't like it when they were biting him and then he REALLY didn't like it when we rushed his foot into the cold water, but after we took him out of the water his foot didn't seem to bother him again. It sure looked bad though and that made me sad.
The next day we visited Glenn at school and took him to lunch at Whole Foods. Always delicious. Then we did some shopping at the outlet malls. We stayed really busy and played hard. I think we were a little too busy for mom, and probably not busy enough for Kenzie who gets bored easily.

It was wonderful to have them here and to share my little Tate with them. He got in a lot of snuggling last week.

He really missed them after they left. The day they left he wandered around from room to room whining like he was looking for everyone. It was pretty pathetic.

It was SO much fun having them here in our little corner of the world. It was nice to have them here before we move and become completely lost where we live again.

We miss you guys! Thanks for a wonderful week!