Lone Star State

On Thursday Jenna, Erik and I flew to Texas. Jenna's best friend, Sarah, was getting married and Jenna was a bridesmaid. The next post will have the wedding pictures--this one will be about Texas.

We started our sightseeing in San Antonio. First stop the Alamo... I knew the story of the Alamo, but it was much more powerful to stand inside the walls and hear it again. It reminded me that we all need to be willing to take a stand for the things that are right.

Next stop: The Riverwalk


The riverwalk in San Antonio is so much fun. There's a river that runs through a section of downtown San Antonio and along the river are tons of shops and restaurants. The river even goes into the Rivercenter Mall.

There are cool little fountains along the way:

To cross to the other side you have to go up the stairs and over a bridge and back down...We even took a boat tour of the area. So much fun! So hot!! :-)

(the boat in the background is what the tour boats were like...)

Final stop in San Antonio: Chris Madrid's


When Devin served his mission in Texas, he enjoyed going to Chris Madrid's. The walls are hung with signed t-shirts and near the cashier was a signed white shirt and tie from many of the missionaries that have visited. We didn't see Devin's name on the shirt--they must have added it after he was there...


Erik was able to handle a macho Jalapeno burger all by himself . (Yes, it's really called a macho--that's when there's a half pound of meat!) Jenna and I split a Tostada burger--delicious!!

We didn't do any sightseeing in Austin, but we were able to see my Aunt and Uncle and three of my cousins and three of their kids (sorry, Chris, to put you with the kids....). I'm so bad at remembering to take pictures though. I only have two pictures. The first one is of the four cousins together:

Susan, me, Cheryl, Dennis

This picture is of Susan (the youngest of the cousins and expecting her 4th boy in October) with her husband and two of her sons. Susan and her brother Steven grew up in Austin, Texas, while the rest of the cousins grew up in Oregon. It was always such a treat to see them when they would come visit.

Carter, Susan, her husband, Bill, and Max

Texas had more "green" that I thought it would--at least in San Antonio and Austin. We so enjoyed our trip and would love to head back there some day...