July 4th Weekend 2013

For the long 4th of July holiday weekend my dad took us all to San Antonio for a family vacation.  We had a great time!

The fam drove up Wednesday night and JW and I met them Thursday morning at our hotel on the Riverwalk. Once we dropped our bags off and grabbed lunch, we walked over to tour The Alamo.

They had a lot of patriotic festivities at The Alamo for July 4th. We enjoyed fresh Popsicles which really hit the spot on such a hot afternoon. They also had several tents with people dressed up and talking about life as it would have been like at the battle of The Alamo. We even got to see a live gun firing demonstration. It was really loud but very cool.

After The Alamo, we loaded up in the car and drove to the Outlet Mall in San Marcos. We all had a good time shopping, of course. We grabbed dinner on the way back to San Antonio and then headed up to the roof of our hotel to watch the fireworks. They went off at a park downtown and we had a great view. It was beautiful.

Friday, we started off the day early and headed to Six Flags. Hunter had never been to an amusement park or riden roller coasters so that was a lot of fun to be with him to experience that for the first time.

JW was our navigator for the day, quite a task for this crew. :) He did a great job and took us straight to the back of the park to start off while most people were in the front working their way back. We didn't wait in many lines at all until after lunch. It was awesome. Riding roller coasters as an adult is certainly a different experience than it was when we were kids. It didn't take many rides to make me feel old. I had to pace myself for sure.

Hunt was just tall enough for Superman and was so proud. 

 

JW was the only one with the stomach to ride SCREAM with Claire, a ride that shot them straight up to free fall back down. It was fun to watch them, but no thanks!

We all enjoyed the log ride. Nice and easy and even cooled us off. We planned to hit the water park after lunch but it was packed! By about 3:00 we decided we'd had enough fun and weren't up for braving the masses. We headed back to the hotel to lounge by the pool. Then, we showered and got ready for dinner and walked to Landry's on the Riverwalk. It was yummy. You know we stopped to take pictures on the way back. 

Girls

Boys

We told them to strike a manly pose and I just love this picture. Their personalities are so well captured in each of their expressions. They're so fun. 

Me and the hubs

Saturday morning the girls slept in, had breakfast and went shopping while the guys golfed. We all had a great time!

We packed up and headed back home Saturday afternoon. It was certainly a fun-filled trip and not even the end of our weekend. 

Sunday was Macie's sweet 16th birthday so we got to meet up with the family to celebrate at The Cheesecake Factory. She's now a licensed driver... Beware! :)



We are thankful for our wonderful families and the great memories we made together over this weekend!