Well, winter break has come and gone and man did we enjoy it! Today I'm back at the work and the girls start back tomorrow, and I'm still not quite sure we are ready for it.
After we celebrated Christmas, we packed up and headed south to San Antonio for the Alamo Bowl, and man, were we spoiled! Each bowl that we've experienced is completely different from the others, and it's always fun to see what the bowl committees have in store.
We checked in to our hotel room, and had gifts waiting for us, which was a fun surprise!
Adalyn received a monogrammed blanket, and all of the girls received a stuffed shamu, and the big girls received a bug flashlight and a light up frisbee.
DJ was busy setting up meeting rooms so we walked to Travis Park for ice skating with friends, and it was warm! Ice skating outdoors in Texas was definitely an adventure as the ice was melting, and with every fall, the more soaked you'd get. Adalyn wasn't so sure about ice skating at first, but we went ahead and rented her skates just in case, and she and I watched while the big girls went around with their friends.
Eventually she decided she wanted to go, and she hugged the wall the entire way around.
Gretchen eventually got the hang of it and slowly crept further and further from the wall.
And then she fell down and was soaked!
Megan was skating over to make fun of Gretchen and of course, as she did, she fell down and came up soaking wet herself!
After an hour or so of skating, we went back to the hotel for warm baths and dry clothes. We took a quick photo with Bevo.....
and then walked down the Riverwalk for a bit.
We eventually made our way over to a rooftop deck overlooking the Alamo and were treated to dinner and.....
our own pair of Oakley sunglasses. DJ picked out a brown pair, and I picked out a red pair.
We had gorgeous views of the alamo at night.
On Saturday, we headed to Sea World. Our first stop was to see a bald eagle.
We watched a show and then fed sea lions.
Gretchen was all about the fish.
Adalyn was not!
These brave girls rode a roller coaster!
And after lunch we went to see the shamu show. They were all upset because we wouldn't let them sit any closer- they wanted to get wet! And I assured them that they would because they were still fairly close, and then they didn't get wet at all! Sigh.
Sea World was all decked out with Rudolph and friends.
Adalyn found a carousel, and was in heaven.
And these girls hugged Sesame Street characters.
After our day at Sea World, this guy and I got dressed up and headed to dinner with the coaching staff from Texas and from Utah at a performing arts center.
Dinner was yummy and the view was too.
Our first two days were full of fun and adventure!
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