On April 18, 2008, I traveled to
Texas. I planned this friends and family visiting trip to coincide with a few things:
Bluebonnets and other Texas wildflowers blooming,
Fiesta, my good friend's wedding, and my eldest son's moving to
Nevada.
On the first day, Friday, I arrived at San Antonio International Airport at about 1:00 pm. My sister Karen, nephew Matt, and son Emad picked me up. We drove towards one of our favorite family dining haunts, Jacala Mexican Restaurant, to meet the rest of my San Antonio-dwelling family. We made a small detour to check out the street we used to live on, Denton Drive. We then arrived at Jacala, where we all had a lovely lunch together. Mack, Donna, Betty, I'm so glad we could get together- it was so good to see everyone!
After lunch, we went to Mom's and Harry's for a short visit. Then, I went to Boerne to see Bob, Sandy, and Jory where we all played together for the first time since February 2006.
The next day, Saturday, we went to New Braunfels. It was so much fun! Lizzie had a soccer game, and she made the most goals. What a runner, too! All the McDonald kids are good athletes. I got to observe how fast and how much the McDonald kids have all grown. Frances was stellar on that weird skateboard contraption, her bike, and scooter. James did an excellent job of extreme sporting, as well. John was tricky on his scooter--I held my breath a couple of times--he always landed upright. And Bridget--what happened to that little baby? She's a sweet little lady now. We had Jimmy and Kay's brisket and macaroni salad for lunch--Hubby, you really missed something there! Later, we went down to the river, then back home for the best Spurs game ever! Timmy hit the 3!
As my family knows, I subjected them to my camera many times. Therefore, there are many pictures. So as to not overwhelm any of us too much, I've been separating them into galleries by days and events. I've even named some of the photos so that folks would know what it is they are looking at--this particularly pertains to the photos from the plane. And some of those plane photos, well, your guess is as good as mine as to what we are looking at, and where exactly we are in them. I hope you have fun looking at them. My 2 hour plane ride went by very quickly!
So, here are the first 4 galleries:
"Kathy's Plane Ride: Sin City to God's Country!""From San Antonio International to Jacala to the Meadows Home""Jammin' at Bob and Sandy's""Saturday in New Braunfels"I will add the rest in the coming days.
