Children's Hunger Fund dinner

me & Maria

me, Taylor & Frankie

Jesse, Monica, & me

Rebecca & me

Morgan and Me :)

Fort Worth Stockyards

FtW Stockyards- website

Attractions-
Cowtown Cattlepen Maze
Billy Bob's
Stockyard Museum
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
Cowtown Coliseum
Stockyard Station

Cattle Drive at 11:30pm and 4pm DAILY!
Also, during the summers there is a gunfight following the cattle drive. 

Mr. & Mrs. Miner

Location- Hofmann Ranch, Castroville Texas
website here       


Josh & Laurie's website theknot.com

CEREMONY!

Groom- Josh & his parents

Bridesmaid- Sara

Bride- Laurie & her dad

Mr. & Mrs. Miner!

Bridal Party

RECEPTION!

me & Karen

marathon running buddy- Karen

Karen, Emily, me & Karen

me & Emily

yummy food

Tony & me

Chad & me

me, Josh, Laurie, Emily, Karen

Craziest little trip to San Antonio

FRIDAY


8:00 breakfast in Waco @ Katie's house

12 noon arrive in San Antonio

mission- find black shoes for wedding in storage unit

    discovered my summer clothes :)
    laundry at mom's house

2:00 meeting with my financial advisor- Brock

5:00 get ready for wedding

5:45 drive to Emily's house

6:20 Emily & I drive to Castroville- Hofmann Ranch

7:30 Josh & Laurie's Wedding

12:30 sleep

SATURDAY

7:00 wide awake.

8:00 breakfast with Maribeth at Las Palapas

9:30 oil change

10:00- visit with Fatman Belton

10:30 Farmer's Market with Mom & Julie, ran into D & Jim Schattel

12:00 Zoo with mom, meet Boo- new Asian elephant

1:30 nap :)

4:00 meet up with Nicole @ the rim

5:00 Oak Hills Church- Rich Stearns, World Vision US President, speaks

6:15 meet Rich and get his autograph!

6:25 refuel my car

6:45 bbq dinner at Josh & Lauries

7:45 drive back to Dallas

Mustangs @ Las Colinas

Opening in 1984 the Mustangs at Las Colinas are the largest horse scluptures in the world!! Located in Williams Square in Irving (near Dallas)  are nine realistic bronze horse scluptures are running across a stream.

Here are some pictures-- enjoy :)

San Antonio Trip

Going home can be just so wonderful. 

Working here in Dallas and working every Sunday in May & June is totally not any fun but I am trying to make the most of it. So having 3 days off and no plans here  in Dallas I took advantage of my time and took a trip home. Plus I knew that I did not want to be traveling on I-35 over Memorial Day weekend. While home I saw a few friends and mostly just relaxed and enjoyed San Antonio! Having done quite a bit of traveling I have come to realize that San Antonio is pretty amazing. While in New Orleans in February I just loved it for all the culture and that is what Houston and Dallas lack. But San Antonio has it!!

So while home for only 2 nights I made the most of my time. First things first- laundry at home!! I felt like I was in college again and raided mom's kitchen :)

Thursday I went to the Japanese Tea Gardens and Brackenridge Park. Taking my camera and not using the automatic mode all wknd was a bit of a challenge at times  but I learned a lot!  Thursday night I went to see my second family- the Beltons!! And hung out with my main man Ottis & James :) GTs!

Friday I made my way downtown to meet with an old friend my our SACC swimming days- Melissa! We met up at El Mercado and had lunch at Goodbytes Cafe (run by Goodwill). Then Melissa had to go back to work :( but I wandered the streets of downtown and made my way to San Fernando Cathedral-- beautiful! For dinner that evening I went with my family to Alamo Cafe- one of my favorite places in San Antonio!!!!

Saturday my mom and I traveled to Fredericksburg just for the butterfly house at Wildseed Farms and it did not disappoint!!! I love butterflies and taking pictures and it was wonderful!!!! The field of flowers were in a transition but it was nice just to be there! After hours at Wildseed Farms we drove back to SA for lunch at Cosi. Then I made the 4 hour drive back to Dallas-- very limited traffic the whole way!!!! And made it back before dark and went on a long walk/jog with another traveler- Jill at Katy Trail. 

Japanese Tea Gardens

Brackenridge Park

El Mercado 

Santa Rosa Children's Hospital and the park

Mi Tierra's Bakery & Cafe

inside Mi Tierra's 

El Mercado

San Fernando Cathedral

Lunch with Melissa @ Goodbytes

Alamo Cafe with my family

Wildseed Farms

Butterfly House