Sunday, April 14, 2013

Spring Break in San Antonio

This year, our family headed over to San Antonio for Spring Break.  It was nice to get out of town for a few days and see our old stomping grounds.  And even though she had an epic cold (notice the red nose in all of her pictures), Lindsay had a blast visiting Sea World for the first time!

We stayed at the Westin La Cantera -- what an awesome place!  Our room was in the "Casitas",  which were basically little bungalow-style rooms around a private pool area down the hill from the main hotel.  Since the rooms were separated from the main building, each room came with a golf cart to make it easier to get around the grounds.  It was a fun and unexpected treat!

The Casitas at the Westin La Cantera
Our own private golf cart
Look out world, someone thinks she is ready to drive!
We spent both days of our trip taking Lindsay to Sea World.  When Todd and I lived in San Antonio after college, we would visit Sea World all the time, so it was fun to bring her here for her first visit!

Checking out the Sea Lions
Waiting for the dolphin show to start
Lindsay and Daddy getting up close and personal at the dolphin tank

Sea World has a place for smaller kids called the "Bay of Play", and it features the Sesame Street characters in various rides and character interactions.  The highlight of our trip was having breakfast with our Sesame Street friends!

Lindsay and Cookie Monster pretending to eat cookies
Big Bird was soooo tall!
Elmo is our favorite! 
She wasn't too sure about Bert and Ernie that morning...
But she warmed up to them when we saw them the next day! 
Loving on Zoe
And one more pic with Cookie Monster!
Lindsay's day was officially made when we spotted the carousel -- in her mind, carousels rank right up there with animal cookies and Disney princesses! :)  I lost count of how many times we rode it, but she loved doing it over and over.  She was not, however, very cooperative when I tried to capture the moment on camera!
She would look everywhere but at the camera... 
"Mom, seriously?  We're busy riding the horse over here!"
 What a fun little Spring Break trip!  We are excited to go back and visit San Antonio again soon!

Monday, April 1, 2013

Bluebonnets 2013

This was our second attempt at bluebonnet pictures this year.  The first weekend we went out, we were fighting cold temperatures and TONS of other families/photographers... we could barely get Lindsay to look at the camera, let alone get a smile!  We went out again today after school and it was much better.  Only two or three other families were there, and even though the bluebonnets were a little trampled, we got some great pictures!

Pretty blue eyes like her Daddy!
Cannot go anywhere these days without at least one princess in tow...

Mommy and Lindsay




Desperately wanting to pick the flowers...  
Silly monkey!