The week before Christmas, Sarah and I decided to take a trip down to San Antonio. With Sarah starting her new job in January and only having so many vacation days, we knew that it would be harder to go, so we packed our bags and were off while we both had Christmas break from work and school. The fact that we had a free night at a Marriott that we needed to use and friends to visit both along the way and in San Antonio made the decision even easier.
The first stop on our trip was Anna, Texas where our friends the Findleys moved last summer. (Matt got his PhD from OU in psychology and now teaches at Austin College in Sherman, Texas.) We spent the afternoon at their house (and at the park), playing with their two kids, Link and Ada.
Link was really excited that his friends Bryan and Sarah had come to play with him and he didn't think his parents should get to talk to us. ("But Mom, I haven't played with Bryan and Sarah for a long time and I don't get to play with them very often so I want to play with them.")
After spending the night at their house, we drove from there to San Antonio the next morning. We had dinner at a restaurant on the River Walk, where a live mariachi band came and played a love song for us. That evening we saw "The Lion King" Broadway at the Majestic Theater, which we both really enjoyed.
The next morning we went for a run along the River Walk which had been lit up with Christmas lights in the evenings (not quite Temple Square but still beautiful). We also took a river tour with Tony from Rio San Antonio Cruises. It was a little chilly so the boat wasn't very crowded.
While still in downtown San Antonio, we visited the San Fernando Cathedral and the Alamo.
We then traveled to the other Spanish missions (besides the Alamo) in San Antonio.
Mission San José
Mission Concepción
Mission San Juan
Mission Espada
That evening we met up with our friends the Allens who moved to San Antonio last summer. (BJ started his PhD in marketing at OU the same time as me but moved to UT-San Antonio when his advisor went there.) We stayed with them for the rest of our trip, where we enjoyed a good game night once the kids were in bed--BJ is still undefeated in Monopoly. We're so grateful to have such wonderful friends who we were able to spend a little time with during this last minute adventure.
Our last day there we went to the Natural Bridge Caverns (named after the natural bridge seen below).
The final highlight of our trip was going to the San Antonio Temple. The inside has such beautiful woodwork, not to mention the gorgeous stained glass windows.
It is always wonderful to visit the House of the Lord.
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