tour de san antonio. . .

my parents came to visit logan & i this past weekend!

it was pretty much the bomb.com.

we loved showing them around the city that we are

currently calling home.

we started off our tour de san antonio with the 2 biggest

tourist attractions the city has to offer:

the alamo & the river walk.

the first day my parents got here they got to experience

some of the lovely hot & sticky weather we have here

 in san antonio on pretty much a regular basis.

i have spoken my peace about the 

humidity & the awful heat that never seems to go away here, but

it actually wasn't too horrible so we were able to eat outside 

without melting :)

 word to the wise-

if you ever eat on the san antonio river walk, do NOT

feed the ducks.

they will never leave you alone if you toss them so much

as a single crumb.

let's just say my mom learned this lesson the 

hard way & she also may or may not have accidentally knocked

the pepper shaker off the table into the river.

oops.

after eating lunch we took a ride on a river taxi & had a nice

little tour of the entire river walk area.

 

 anyone like the movie miss congeniality?

remember the interview scene when miss rhode island was

asked to describe her perfect date and she said april 25th?

well, this is where that scene was filmed.

nbd.

 because my parents were in town during general conference

we had to make a yummy breakfast for the 

sunday morning session.

my mom has an amazing recipe for french toast with a

 berry sauce so it was an obvious choice. 

conference was amazing & so was the breakfast.

the japanese tea gardens were another stop on our 

tour de san antonio.

logan & i went several weeks ago to check it out & while it

 was hot and muggy a few weeks ago-my parents brought

the fall weather with them on this day & it was chilly enough

outside to wear boots!

boots people!

and a blazer!

my dreams of wearing fall clothing in texas came true on this 

very day & i was pretty much elated.

while at the gardens we were privileged to see a girl

getting pictures taken for her quinceanera.

when i first saw her i literally thought she was a bride because

she was basically wearing a wedding dress.

we hit up the orange leaf a.k.a my new favorite frozen yogurt

joint here in san antonio several times during my parents stay.

i decided if i could only eat one food for the rest of my life

it would be fro yo.

 we took my parents to our favorite restaurant called mi tierra

in the market square area.

the square is filled with little shops and fun booths to peruse. 

my mom may or may not have had a little too much fun

shopping for souvenirs. 

 it was a quick trip for my parents but we were able to pack

in a lot of sight-seeing in just a short amount of time.

if anyone else is interested in visiting us we would love

to give you the tour de san antonio!

thanks for coming mom & dad!

we miss you already :)

our first adventures in san antonio. . .

logan & i took a trip to san antonio to find an apartment.

logan is still there completing training for his job, so i am here

in good old provo awaiting his return.

i think it's safe to say that our first adventures in san antonio

were indeed a success.

i really fell in love with the area and i can't wait to go back!

here is a synopsis of our texas adventures:

we went to the airport bright and early.

logan was sporting his bright blue hawaiian flower luggage.

nooob.

one of the very first things we did in san antonio was hit up

the spurs/okc playoff game.

needless to say-it was logan's favorite part of the trip.

it was actually pretty overwhelming at the game.

those spurs fans don't mess around!

it was the LOUDEST game i've ever been to.

they gave everyone white spurs shirts to wear during the game.

logan was actually cheering for okc-but there was no way

in hades he was going to let anyone around him know

that he was cheering for the other team, so he kept a low profile

during the game and kept his fist pumps to a minimum

whenever okc scored.

my favorite part of our trip was enjoying the river walk.

it was gorgeous!

restaurants and shops line a river that flows right in the 

heart of down town san antonio.

they have river taxis that can take you and drop you off

wherever you would like.

we saved riding in a river taxi for another time, but we

enjoyed strolling along the river enjoying 

the amazing mexican food.

while eating along the river walk, a little mariachi band

came to our table and offered to serenade us while we ate.

they made an interesting song choice.

"i need you baby" by lauren hill.

i was hoping for something in spanish or something, but i guess

they thought us gringos wouldn't appreciate that.

while they were singing logan and i looked at each other

with wide eyes that screamed "this is both hilarious

and awkward at the same time".

i guess you had to be there.

our texas adventure continued when we drove 2 hours

to the coast and went to the beach in corpus christi.

when we first arrived we walked around a little pier that

overlooked a boat dock.

we then headed to a little shop that had everything

from a-z for fun on the beach.

we drove to padre island and enjoyed the sandy goodness.

logan was literally a fish in the water.

the second we got there i had to force him to wait for

a few seconds to put some sunscreen on before he took off

toward the water.

i enjoyed laying in the sun while logan dove in and out

of the waves with a huge grin on his face.

he convinced me to get in with him for about 10 minutes

and i couldn't stop laughing at how much he loved

being in the water. 

we are excited to plan more trips to the beach once

we get back there.

on our last day in san antonio we went to the alamo.

i'm glad we got to see this unique piece of texas

history, and it will be fun to take people there when

they come to visit us :)

in between all our adventures we did manage to spend some

time apartment hunting.

we found a place in a beautiful area called stone oak.

our place is about a mile away from the temple and 

it's pretty much perfect.

the one thing that's going to take me some time

to get used to is how HUMID it is there.

it wasn't totally unbearable, but it was pretty much close.

we cant wait to get back to san antonio together to start setting up our place! 

and logan can't wait to buy some cowboy boots :)