San Antonio Trip

It has been a while since this amazing trip to San Antonio, but that just means I have forgotten a ton of great stories that I would've shared.  I know, all of you are crying as you read this because long boring posts are your favorite!

Let me begin with this story from Kennedy.  As the date of the trip was approaching, I was telling Kennedy that she needed to ask Mrs.Bishop for her work.  I had already emailed the school to let them know that she would miss 2 days of school.  Kennedy was unaware of the fact that I had notified her teacher prior to this conversation.  She said, "Oh, I already told Mrs.Bishop we were going on a free vacation because your school is paying for it!"  Ouch!  That was not an exact translation of the conversation that she overheard.  Yes, we had to have the  "Private versus Public Information" talk.  What she actually overheard me say to my mother was, "We decided since I had to go to San Antonio for work and the school is buying the gas, we may as well take the entire family and make a weekend vacation of it."

The River Walk (before the rain)

The River Walk (during the rain)

Um...it's raining and we started WAY over there!

We made it back to the mall and found the frozen yogurt shop and it was "Two Spoon Good!"

Here's another funny from kid #1.  While we had yogurt, Chad walked over and bought a beer.  He walked back to us drinking his beer and Kennedy said, "Daddy if you can walk around the mall and drink a beer, what CAN you get arrested for in San Antonio?"

I can get ice!

Roll-Away Bed?

Blake was restless at the hotel so we went to
Sea World 45 minutes before opening...and she was restless there too!

Feeding Dolphins

Wait a minute, Daddy!  I'm not through looking!

I have no idea what they were looking at here, but aren't they cute?

San Antonio Trip

Waiting on a show to begin

How many times can you go through "Penguin Encounter" before they lose interest?
We still don't know, but Chad and I lost interest after about 4 times!

Behind bars at such a young age

This is Jack.  He's quite the celebrity at Sea World in October.
We were so proud our biggest chicken got close enough for a picture!

While Kennedy was visiting Jack, they were visiting the concession stand.

Sisters Forever

Shamu

And the best Sea World picture of the day...
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Yes, we are H~O~T!

Yes, we will do autographed copies if you send a self-addressed, self-stamped envelope to the Dickerson Domain in Henderson, Texas!

The final stop of the trip before the incredibly long drive home was the San Antonio Zoo.  I have been to many, many zoos.  I would encourage you to take the time to visit the San Antonio Zoo if you ever have the opportunity.  It was an awesome zoo!

Dragon Rides are FREE!

I think he could eat Tater!

You can imagine her saying "look!" In reality it was more like "uh, uh!"

Ever seen one of these in a vending machine?

Elephant rides are FREE too!

Kennedy in the Butterfly Garden

Taylor breaking the "Do Not Touch" Rules

Henderson City Limits Sign

45 Days

At the beginning of 2011, my goal was to update this blog 3 times each month.  I truly felt like once per week on most week was doable.  However, since it has been about 45 days since my last update (and about 30 before that), I've decided that in 2012, my goal will be one update per month.  Maybe I'll overachieve and sneak in two on some months!  With that, I decided to make a list of what we've done for the last 45 days since I posted.  Some of these will become links in the next few weeks because stories are collecting and need to be written!


1. Celebrated September birthdays for Dickersons and Sadie Watson
2. Blake was a chew toy at school for a couple of days
3. Dyslexia workshop
4. San Antonio for business and Sea World
5. San Antonio Zoo
6. Mini Cheer Camp and Performance @ football game
7. Kennedy's school homecoming week
8. Blake up all night
9. Blake to doctor--no apparent reason--minus $75
10. Tuesday/Thursday 5AM workouts with Sonia
11. Blake fell off my bed
12. Blake fell into the neighbor's goldfish pond (15 minutes after #11)
13. Homecoming week at Taylor's school--got a corsage from a boy
14. Pink Out day @ Taylor's school for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
15. Early release day @ Kennedy's school
16. No school day @ Taylor's school
17. Blake says "Tucker!" at kiddo across street
18. Constant trainings and retraining at work
19. Realize cooler weather and my kids are naked
20. Kennedy has sore throat
21. Kennedy goes to doctor--strep--drugs!
22. Miss attending Lori's baby shower because I have sore throat
23. Roscoe got baptized
24. Bunko at my house
25. Pumpkin carving and volleyball @ Aunt Candy's house
26. Girls got cards from Popsi in Pennsylvania (and I didn't get one!)
27. Get travel trailer ready to go to deer lease
28. Refrigerator goes out
29. Load up garage freezer to "save" groceries (see #28)
30. Acadia leaking something in garage floor (of course at the same time as #28-29)
31. Acadia goes to shop
32. Appreciate that travel trailer has working refrigerator as well as dorm refrigerator in garage
33. Repair man comes and FIXES refrigerator
34. Feed Popsi's cows and mow mom's yard
35. Conference with Kennedy's teacher
36. Storybook character pumpkin--Kaya the American Girl
37. Lunch with Kennedy at Wylie
38. Tumbling for Taylor
39. Finally meet Lisa at Fair Park
40. Kennedy melts down with sharing issues and moves into closet
41. Fall Festival at Taylor's school
42. Football duty in Chester, Texas
43. Fundraiser for A&P class
44. Cut firewood
45. Forget Karen's baby shower


Oh, and we went Trick Or Treating too!


Yes, things have been quite busy.  Today, I finally have time for an update because I'm at home with a sick kiddo.  Yep, Taylor said her stomach hurt this morning.  We went to school and she said she was good but tired.  By 8:20 her teacher called me.  She had vomited in her classroom.  While she was waiting at the high school for me to get things together to leave, she was sick again in the hall at the high school.  So, we called Chad on the way home to tell him we were headed home for rest and rehab.  He kindly suggested that we go to Wal-mart and get the groceries on the list.  Yes, he is a typical man!