And the rest of the S.A. Photos...

Okay I'm a day late...

but here are the rest of the photos from our trip to San Antonio...

We were on the ground floor at the Resort and this was our view off our back deck....I took them in the morning and it was not very light out as of yet...

And a view of the front....

And a view of Michael posing early in the morning...too darn Early!

This was one of many waterfalls at Hemisphere park....

And a gorgeous view of Downtown San Antonio from the Tower of Americas....we had some great weather!

Hwy 37 looking South...a little hazy but compared to the last 2 days (foggy and misty in the A.M.) beautiful...

Inside the top of the Tower of Americas they had murals and lots of history...The flag above is Goliad's flag and information on Santa Anna and his battle campaign with Goliad. He was ruthless...you can click on the photo to see a larger version to read it.

Michael checking out the view...I was a little nervous as Michael seems to be afraid of heights but he was fine, Yea Michael! Wanting to be a Jet Pilot, I hope he out grows his fear...

This was after he was told NOT to play in the water and if he fell in we were not going in after him, sigh!! As you can see he did NOT listen!! Thank goodness he didn't fall in!

The water falls at Hemisphere park.

A view of part of Hemisphere park from above and if you look closely one lone mallard duck, lol....

Grammy and Michael checking out the waterfalls...

He was so happy and just loving all the water!

Mom and I can't remember what this was...possibly a Catholic church?

Michael sitting on a wall that was built on the old foundation of part of the Alamo's fort that sits next to the Downtown Visitors Center...He wanted to pose for me, lol...I don't think he knew what he was sitting on?

Some people were feeding the pigeons (rock doves) & Grackles and Michael was fascinated with them...he actually wanted to grab one but I told him that wouldn't be a good idea! He couldn't believe how close they were letting him get...once again Country boy in the City, lol.

Another pose for me at the River Center Mall.

River Center Mall....

River Center Mall looking back towards the Riverwalk....

River Center Mall and the Island in the middle....

The red building in the back with the Tower is the Bexar County Courthouse...The gray building to the right used to be the Library.

Faces on the sides of a building to ward off evil spirits!

A closer view of the tower on the Bexar County Courthouse...Texas has some of the most beautiful courthouses I have ever seen...

The American Flag, Texas Flag and I'm not sure what the third one is... Flying over a building....Beautiful!

A Hospital...

The same Hospital but a different view...They even had a bar on the bottom level...

A part of the Riverwalk...

A mural made up of 1 inch tiles brought from Mexico...Lots of detail!

Church Spire and If I remember I think they said this was a German Lutheran Church near the Alamo...but don't quote me on that, lol...I was trying to listen to the guide but I was also busy taking photos :o)
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That was pretty much our day in photos...We went to Hemisphere park, toured the Tower of Americas, walked the river-walk, and went on a boat tour too...Michael had his moments but did fairly well and Mom and I both got our exercise. I'm just glad the weather cooperated and it was cool and beautiful out. Thanks for sharing our little trip with us!

A few from today...

I'm really, really tired and have a lot of photos from today but just don't have the energy to post them at the moment...I'm going to post a few to keep you entertained until we get home. Fred is due to head out of town and we have to get home to take care of the animals...But I am so thankful we were able to get away for a few days and really enjoyed it...I think we all did...(also I want to note: please excuse any misspelled words, like I said I'm tired :o)

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Today we went to Towers of America, Hemisphere park, and the river walk...it was a loooooong day! Plus Michael and I of course went swimming too...

Okay so I've been in Texas 10 yrs + and to San Antonio so many times I've lost count but I have never been to the Towers of America or to Hemisphere park...it was sooo cool!! The Tower is over 700 ft tall, I forgot the exact height but it was a good ways up there and I loved it. Beautiful view and today it was fairly clear too...Yeah!

Alamo Dome from above!!

I had a blast at Hemisphere park and taking photos of Michael and Grammy...it was a beautiful day for photos!

Grammy even managed one of Me and Michael!

Mom (Grammy)...

Then we headed over to the river walk...I like to go to the visitor center and check things out and we walked by the Alamo. We've been in numerous times and decided to skip it today...(Michael wasn't being very patient today either, so it was NOT a good day for a history lesson, sigh!)

We did take a boat tour of the river walk...actually Mom hadn't been before and Michael was up for a boat ride...I did manage some pretty cool photos on our ride...

and the rest of the photos, I hope, will be up tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by!

Michael has gotten in the habit of waking me up at 3:30 am and I need to get to sleep...I just love my boy!!

Tomorrow we head home :o) and I miss my Jakers!!

San Antonio and Hyatt Wild Oak Ranch

Howdy! We made it to San Antonio and had a wonderful day! The rain stopped and it was gorgeous! I'm going to blow you away with photos. I was going to put some up on Flickr later but here is the majority of them. It seems the hotel has super fast wifi and I'm loving it....beats broad-band.

Country boy was enjoying the city...actually driving me crazy as he had to check everything out....

San Antonio Casino Club building and sign....

More than likely trying to call a cab, ha ha ha...or possibly waiting for the bus....NOT....we were walking and Michael was chattering non-stop!

Grammy and Michael at one of the bridges on the river-walk. Tomorrow we are going to explore the river walk further...Yippee!!

Downtown near Navarro St.

We went to the Childrens Museum which I found out about on Sarah's blog and Michael had an absolute blast! We couldn't get him to leave the jet liner and then every time we did he would head straight back to it!

If you'd like to visit Sarah's blog and learn more about different places to visit click here...

The ball machine was a big HIT!!

Michael milking a cow....

Grammy remembering old times and trying to see if she still knows how to milk cow...

The grocery store for kids...it was too cute.


We then headed over to our Resort...AWESOME!!

Michael and I in the Pool!

Michael shooting the water canon at Momma...ha ha ha!

A Part of the indoor pool area...Michael and I were just stunned at how big and beautiful it was...definitely a resort for kids!

The indoor water-slide....Michael was an inch to short for it but Momma got to try it twice, sheesh....That thing was fast and I screamed like a wuss the whole way down :o)

My little fish!

What a day...we are all exhausted!!

And NO Michael is NOT sleeping with us, he has his own bed!!

Night All....

Just a few digi layouts....

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Photos I took of Michael this past Sunday...sheesh how I love him!

Credits:

Paper, embellishments, word art/title (Heart flutter kit) by Ashalee Wall at www.digitalpinkink.com
Template 104 by Yin

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Michael is fascinated with his height. Always
asking me to check to see how tall he has
grown. On January 13, 2010 I measured him
once again. I was shocked! Since August 2009
he has grown 1.25 inches, Wow! He is now 47
inches tall. We keep track of it on the door jam
and it’s so much fun to look back to see how
tall he has grown since we moved into this house.

Credits:
Paper (Simply Quick) designed by Sue Cummings
Number Overlay designed by Danielle Young
Template (simple clean 3) designed by armina
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Michael got a book out of the library. It had an experiment on how to change the colors of flowers. After trying red and green for Christmas colors and not having much luck. He switched to blue and Wow, they were gorgeous.


Credits:
Paper (School is Cool Kit) found at Oscraps.com
Template (365Inspiration2-1) designed by KittyDesigns

YeeHaw....

I'm here, lol....Sorry about that little blog silence, just been a bit preoccupied...We went out to Mom and Dad's ranch this past Sunday and I was able to get a few photos...

Dad's managed to trap a few wild hogs...

Michael with his Grandpa.

Oh how I love this boy!! Even when he's playing in the dirt!

Ruby Crowned Kinglet.

This little guy was all over the place and not afraid of Michael playing either...

I just love this view...trees, trees, trees!

My Mother and Fred checking out the hogs.

Frankie (Fred's brother) and normally the guy hiding from the camera with a hand in front of his face...Now look at that beautiful smile! He needs to show it to us more often!!

Dad with Fred and Frankie.

I love photos of the guys!

and back at our place....

the cows, calves and bull enjoying the beautiful day!

Do you remember the doe with the twin fawns? I took their photo last year when the fawns were little and had spots and here they are, and the fawns are all grown up! They aren't too afraid of the truck either.

Fred and I drove down to the creek to scope things out...There's water in it, Yea!! After today there will be a lot more water in it too...The weather people are telling us to expect flooding for the next few days, ARGH!! We had a few days of sunshine and hopefully after this next wet spell we get some more sunshiny days...If not I'm afraid Grammy may just give up and head back North...Definitely not a good winter in South Texas.

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We're headed to San Antonio for the weekend so expect some interesting photos next week...and I do have some on the camera to show y'all and hopefully I'll be able to work on those tomorrow!!