san antonio mini spring break: day three

Are you all sick of hearing about my travels yet?

No! 

Good to hear! 

Today I get to tell you all about day three and in a separate post will be the last day :(

Sunday was one of the best days of our vacation. The weather was perfect. So perfect in fact that we didn't even need jackets to walk the 3 miles that we walked. Man I love Texas in the springtime!

We waited at lots and lots of crosswalks along the way...

I am not sure what building this is but I am in love with this photo! 

The Texas flag against the morning sky.... it is just beautiful!

Which way do we go?

I had to take a picture in front of the Alamo. 

We do it every time we are in San Antonio. It's kind of like tradition now. 

The Alamo all by itself.

They had re-enactments while we were there. They had a Mexican army, shot canons and had live music. It was really interesting.

For lunch we headed to the Rainforest Cafe...

Where I had a flashy pink drink

My boys being silly!

After lunch our friends headed back to the hotel to put their kiddos down for a nap, we on the other hand went to the wax museums.

This Dr. Phil is really creepy!

After the wax museums we walked back down to the river. 

Do you see a pattern? 

I LOVE THE RIVER WALK! 

Anyhoo, we found a little bar in a back corner called Crazy Sam's. I have to say it was the coolest bar I had been to in years! They played good music, had games for the kids and they served popcorn with their beer. And they had beer to go! I will definitely go back my next time in San Antonio.

That night we went to a place called Perry's Steakhouse for dinner. It was a little out of the way and SUPER fancy. Here we come walking in with five kids. I was a little scared I won't lie. 

This place was so fancy that there was a valet, and sitting there was a Bentley! I panicked just a little. We had a talk with the kids about behavior and sat down for dinner. Which was fantastic! 

So if you are ever in San Antonio you must try Perry's. 

san antonio mini spring break: day two

Good Morning! 

Saturday started out day two of our trip. This was our view from the hotel balcony. I know it wasn't white sand beaches, but I have to say it wasn't too shabby. That is the Tower of America in case you wanted to know :) 

The one thing that I love about vacation is breakfast. But not just breakfast... but breakfast with my husband! See the thing is on every other morning he leaves before daybreak and we never have a chance to eat breakfast together. Except on vacation. It is also the thing I miss the most when we come home. Well, that and not having to clean up the mess after breakfast. 

After breakfast we all piled into our cars and headed for the San Antonio Zoo! 

With a little rain along the way...

Tyler annoying this poor kitty cat

One of my favorite pictures! 

Mama and her boys

Icee break!

Love having family pics taken. 

I think it's wonderful to see how much the boys grow from year to year. 

Fun family photo in the car...

After the Zoo we went to Dave and Busters for lunch.

I followed Tyler around since he was smaller. Jacob ran off on his own and stayed gone the entire time only coming back for more money. He is so my kid! 

Between both of the boys we collected 2200 tickets.

Later that night we walked down to the river again for dinner. I have to say that it was way funner (is that even a word?) to walk everywhere. I like driving don't get me wrong, but I would love to live someplace that I could ride a bike or walk and be able to take wonderful pictures.

A view of the River Walk at night..

Tomorrow: day numero three of our mini spring break trip!

san antonio mini spring break: day one

This year we decided to take a little mini spring break with some friends of ours. There were the four of us and the five of them = a hell of a lot of people!

The crazy thing is it has been 10 years since the last time I did anything for spring break. That's how I know I am getting old. *sigh*

We started off pretty early on Friday. We left the house at 6:30 am! For me... that is SUPER early. Especially when I don't have to get kids to school. But I will tell you that I am so super glad that we left when we did. It was great to be up and at em before the rest of the travelers. 

Number one must have: STARBUCKS!

I diss it all the time, but West Texas is really beautiful in it's own way.

The first thing we did when we got to San Antonio was check into the hotel. We asked for rooms with an adjoining door so we could let the kids run from room to room, but nope! They gave us ones across the hall from each other. So it was quite crazy in the evenings with the kids running back and forth and back and forth again. Luckily no one seemed to mind. 

After we unloaded and put on our walking shoes we made the two block walk to Market Square. I had been craving La Margarita since I woke up and was so happy to be there!

It was beer thirty!

My sweet hubby... before he came down with the stomach bug. I know. It was horrible. This was the only meal he really got to eat the entire vacation. Poor thing got sick later Friday night, but he was a trooper the rest of the weekend. 

Jake with his guitar that Lance bought all the kids. 

(wanna buy a really really annoying toy... get them on of these!)

Later that evening we walked down to the River Walk. Which I still love going to even after being a million times. No matter how many times you go, there is still more to see. Plus, it is a prime place to people watch!

For dinner our first night we headed on down to Joe's Crab Shack for a sea food feast. I would not recommend letting all four kids get crab legs. You will spend all night cracking theirs while yours just gets cold :) but oh so worth it!

Tomorrow: day numero two of our mini spring break trip!

washing dishes would be better with a view

I happen to like dishes about as much as he next person, which isn't much at all.

But I do have to say that I think I would like them even more if I had something pretty to look at while I was doing them! I mean who wouldn't!?

Right now this is my view while I do dishes... (and this is on a good day)

Sadly, my view is nothing more than the neighbors fence and some trumpet vines that are struggling to survive. *sigh*

I would love to have a pretty bird feeder hanging outside the window...

Maybe some rolling hills to gaze at...

Or even a lovely landscaped backyard with trees, green grass and flowers...

{all photos found on google}

happy monday y'all

This morning we woke up today to 60* weather here in West Texas.

It was absolutly perfect! 

And guess what... Spring is only 15 days away!

comfy warmer weather outfits

Good afternoon lovelies! 

You wanna know some super awesome, super exciting news?

Spring and Summer, you know those two seasons where warm weather starts pushing the cold weather out and you don't freeze your tail off every time you walk out the door, are almost here! 

Time to jump for joy! 

I have been been waiting almost 4 months for warmer weather to get here. Just when we think that winter is almost over WHAM! some cold front makes it's way down from the north and slams us with cold weather all over again. It's really depressing. But with SpRiNg BrEaK right around the corner (literally!) I thought I would share some of my fave SpRiNg BrEaK outfits. 

It doesn't matter if you are going to be relaxing in some cozy seaside town or hopping from place to place in the busy city, I think these are the perfect go to outfits for any occasion. The best part is I can make almost every outfit with stuff from my closet :)

What are you doing for SpRiNg BrEaK this year? What are some of your go to styles?

my big hair reveal

Long time no blog! 

I can't believe that I have been so busy that I have not blogged in two weeks.

To be honest nothing exciting or interesting has really happened in those two weeks. Life has been kinda boring, just super busy. I'm not sure if you can be boring and busy at the same time, but that has been the case.

Well last time I posted I was posting about the great hair debate. I couldn't decide what to do with my hair. Did I want bangs? Did I want to cut it? I had been growing it out for three years. In that three years I only got trims and hadn't had any color on it in almost two years. It was so sad and lifeless. And almost always stayed in a ponytail.

I already had a hair appointment and the day had come. Finally! I was so excited. I got up early and got ready, dropped Tyler at school early so I could make it there on time and was on my way. Only when I got there my stylist didn't even show up! I was pretty bummed out about it. After whining to my husband and feeling sorry for myself for like 4.25 seconds I called a salon that was close and LUCKY ME! They could get me in with no appointment! Which is practically unheard of at this place. So I get there and it is a fancy place. Everyone was so nice and they got me back to my chair. I was sitting there when the owner of the salon came over and introduced himself. We talked for a minute and come to find out he was the one who was going to do my hair. Score! I was pretty excited at this point. So fast forward past the highlighting and hair washing. We talked about what I wanted to do with my hair and we went over options and this is what happened next....

ELEVEN INCHES! 

We put my hair in a ponytail, measured out 11" and started cutting! Halfway through I won't lie, panic started to set in and I started to have second thoughts. But by then it was too late. It was a done deal. Seconds later he hands me my ponytail. My hair is officially chopped plum off. The next time I see what my hair looks like is after they were done drying and styling it. I didn't even sneak a peek! The best part was there were 5 people in the salon standing around waiting to see my reaction for the BIG reveal.

I absolutely LOVE IT!!!

The best part is now I can donate my hair to Locks of Love!!! This will be the second time that I have been able to donate my hair, the first one I blogged about here.

Here is a quick before and after look just so you can see. It is crazy how different I look and feel!

Here is a quick before and after look just so you can see. It is crazy how different I look and feel!