We've been busy with home projects, vacations, quality time with family...you know, enjoying life! God has blessed us, we say this a lot, and we Thank God all the time for all of the wonderful blessings spiritually, physically, mentally and financially.
We celebrated my 28th birthday here at home, my hubby got me a cookie cake and I was able to spend the day with both of my boys! It was great! We did dinner at Peter Piper Pizza with the in laws, I was blessed with many gifts, cards, calls and texts!
Easter was just 2 days after, we had a small hamburgers and egg hunt here at our house, my oldest sister was able to stop by, we had my parents, in laws and my husband's father's parents here for lunch & to watch Corbin (ever so slowly) hunt the eggs!
He had to check out what the bunny left for him before getting ready for church...
Every good egg hunter must take a M&M break!
At the end of April we took a family vacation to San Antonio! We had a great time. We stayed at a Drury, so we had free breakfast, free (ended up being supper both nights!), free soda & popcorn mid-afternoon, indoor pool, and for Mommy & Daddy...free adult beverages each evening! (We mainly booked here for the drinks indoor pool! :)
Our first day there, we went in through San Marcos so we could reminisce from Travis' Texas State days! (can't believe he graduated from there with his Bachelors 6 years ago!!) We ate at Gills (best fried chicken & biscuits EVER) & realized that his apartments on the river were no longer there! The river changed SO much since we were there last...6 years ago I guess! And so has the campus. Crazy. We did some shopping, of course Corbin received an abundant of new clothes! I purchased a cute little Vera Bradley wristlet & that's about it!
We checked into the hotel, ventured out to the Bass Pro Shops & I got some new sunglasses (Whoop whoop!)
Swimming, running around our hotel was on the agenda the remainder of day 1!
Day 2 we drove out to Fiesta Farm Zoo! That was to be the BEST place for kiddos, heck, I enjoyed it too! (Super cheap!) Corbin was able to interact with chickens, goats, bunnies, pigs, horses, even rode a PONY! He had a great time, as did we. We took a hay ride & all...
No, we're not holding our nose...we're blowing kisses to Daddy!
After Fiesta Farm we went out to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch Drive through zoo! We have been there a couple of times prior, but Corbin has never been (Unless you count the weekend when I found out I was pregnant...and he was only like, 2 weeks in the womb!)
He got a HUGE kick out of it. Of course, anytime he gets to ride shotgun he LOVES it.
Not going to lie...the Zebra scared the bag right out of my hand!!
After the drive through zoo we ate at Red Robin...I'm pretty sure Corbin's favorite part (besides freckled lemonade) was the doting waitresses, and receiving a balloon on our way out! That balloon made it the whole evening, next day, and until we were unloading in our driveway...then kaboom!
On Friday, our final day...we went to the San Antonio Zoo! It's much larger than I remember, so we knew we weren't tackling it all in one day. We began the day with a FUN train ride! Not many people on board, and it was nice weather.
I'm pretty sure he enjoyed chasing the "free" animals more so than viewing the sleeping exhibit ones!
Yep, still terrified of the carousel
Afternoon snack in his red wagon! Let me explain this picture...it almost didn't happen. You see, while we were on above train ride, we left this gem of a wagon parked between the train station & the track, with people who work there (thankfully) all over. Everyone leaves their strollers, buggies, ect. there, because you can not pack these items into your train car! Well, we get back and get to loading up Corbin in it, to take off to the zoo, and a conductor comes up and says "You know, someone came up and started to take off with your wagon, but saw we were watching & dropped it and took off" We were both in shock, and if Corbin could understand to that level he'd have been as well. You really can NOT trust people. Don't get me wrong...the wagon is nice, but it's not overly expensive and it even has a license plate with Corbin's name on it. How could anyone steal from a child? I just don't get it. After that we kind of "took turns" with exhibits that required us to forgo the wagon...until the carousel, we insisted we do that as a family...and our concept was "If someone needs that wagon more than us, then so be it..." It was still there, and that is how I was able to capture this image above. He's eating his animal crackers & drinking out of his monkey cup (from his Birthday party, yes, I'm cheap...he knew no different, and he thought it was awesome he got to use it!)
After this, he was crashed out. We grabbed a bite for the road...and vacation was over. It was a blast spending so much time with my 2 main men.
In between all of the fun above... with the help from our parents, we were able to replace our privacy fence! It saved us a lot of money being able to do it ourselves, and we appreciate all of the time & help our parents gave between giving advice, wrangling Corbin & physically helping remove/replace posts! It looks great...and even our 2 pups enjoy it!
We all know what spring means, especially in south Texas, ESPECIALLY with the amounts of rainfall we have received as of late...DEWBERRIES! We loaded up! Corbin was eating them as fast as we picked them, he's definitely our child, haha. I've already made 3 cobblers, and still have 1 gallon bag in my freezer, Whoop!
Travis tackled a "pinterest" idea...! We had been discussing a "catio" or "cat-itat" to get their box out of the main house, and give them some "freedom" of outside. Based on the layout and where we were willing to budge...they have a catio in our garage! They seem to enjoy it. The shelves are covered with green outdoor carpet, he used left over wood from my craft table he built me to do the shelves & total cost out of pocket was under $100. Not bad :)
To end this ever so long (was going to be a quick post... & not picture heavy (ha, like I've EVER done that!)). Here's a capture of our front page of the newspaper. I'm sorry, we live in SOUTH Texas. Not the Panhandle anymore! We lived there in Amarillo for a little over TWO years, and NEVER did we ever see this, nor have to have a "Code Black" at work! Here, TWICE in one WEEK! This is crazy weather! Thankfully no major damage has been done, and everyone's stayed safe!
Anyways, thank you guys for reading & keeping up with our 'adventures of married life...with kid!'
Until next time :)
