Our Trip to San Antonio aka Can we go to the Rainforest Cafe?

We just returned home from a mini vacation in San Antonio.  Bruce spoke at a conference and the boys and I tagged along. The weather was GORGEOUS!    


We arrived on Wednesday night, settled into the hotel, and took the boys for a walk along the Riverwalk.  Bruce was going over his presentation one more time while the boys and I settled into our one king sized bed (for the four of us).  Little did we know, we were about to embark upon one of the worst nights of our lives.  Andrew was restless so we made a little pallet on the floor for him. I was awoken at 12:30 by a flash of light in my eyes and the sound of someone at the window.  Andrew was pulling at the curtains, trying to get out.  I brought him back in the bed where he proceeded to whack me in the head and hit the head board about 3 times over the next hour.  We finally settle back to sleep when we are awakened at 3:00 by Mark and a coughing fit which ended in him vomiting over himself, Andrew and me.  After changing everyone and cleaning the sheets as best we could, we tried to go back to sleep.  Acutely aware that Bruce had to present at 10:00 the next morning, Bruce and I had trouble getting back to sleep, but we did.  Only to be awoken at 5:00.  Andrew had wet the bed!!  After changing Andrew, we all went back to sleep for about 45 minutes until Mark was up and when Mark is up, everyone is up.  OH!  Well we offered the whole night up and figured that someone really needed prayer.  Actually, during our family prayer the prior night,  we prayed for all of the hotel employees and guests.  Thank you, Jesus

So happy to say that was the worst of the trip.  The boys and I spent an absolutely BEAUTIFUL day at the San Antonio Zoo.  They wouldn't let the birds land on them sooooo.........

It may be hard to see, but the brown monkey is a momma and her baby is just below her to the left.  She was swinging all around with the baby attached.  Quite frankly, she was giving myself and several moms watching quite a scare.
     

Ok, here is where the aka title comes from.  Andrew has this little obsession with The Rainforest Cafe, which is a restaurant that simulates a rainforest complete with robotical animals such as gorillas, elephants, and snakes.  Every so often during dinner, you hear thunder, lightning, and the animals start to move.  We have been twice and he is scared everytime, but is adamant about going.  I made the  mistake of mentioning to him that we could possibly go to the rainforest cafe when in SA and we heard nothing but "Can we go to the Rainforest Cafe?" the entire 3 hour drive there and about every hour until we finally made it to the rainforest cafe.  After returning from the zoo and freshening up, we headed out to the rainforest cafe to check it out.  Andrew would not go in, he was too scared.  We were halfway back to the hotel when he insisted we return, which we did and he refused to enter.  On Friday, he begged all morning to go back and assured me that he would be brave.  WE ATE LUNCH at the rainforest cafe.  I was so proud of him and he was beyond excited.

At the Rainsforest Cafe with the Gorilla (you can't really see him, he is the black spot in the back ground)  It's really dark in there.

Daddy's conference went well.  His presentation went well despite no sleep and he was done by Friday at 3:00. We decided to head down to Corpus Christi to spend Saturday on the beach.  We had a great time.  The boys were so excited and had a great time collecting sea shells and digging in the sand.  What a glorious time spent with family.


Bruce and I were commenting on the way home how we love traveling and getting away, but we equally love coming home.  Praise Jesus for the wonderful family vacation.