September Vacation

A few weeks ago around mid-September, Mark took a week off of work, and we went on a much-needed vacation. We started the trip out with a couple of days at Sea World (our last time to go for this year). Then we drove to my parents' house, and the kids stayed with them for a couple of days while Mark and I went to Concan. We hadn't done anything just the two of us since Ryan was born, and before that, the last time we were alone for an extended period of time was when Rachael was 9 months old. So needless to say, although we missed the kids, we really enjoyed our time just focusing on each other for a few days. Then we went back and spent a couple of days visiting with my parents before heading home. Here are some pictures of the highlights-


Ryan is upset here because I wouldn't let him run off and go just wherever he wanted, which was probably in that water behind us.





Enjoying "Azuuul"




Swimming at the hotel pool-- the pool at the Hilton there has a great toddler swimming area.




Rachael swimming while Ryan is taking it in "the face" (sorry, family inside joke)


I'm not sure how much pool water Ryan drank, but he constantly had his mouth open while swimming.


Our first ride at Sea World with the whole family. We decided Ryan was able to go on the log ride with Daddy holding him, and he absolutely loved it! We did it several times. Thanks to Rachael for making this 'duh' face.



These next few pictures were taken on hikes at Garner State Park in Concan. We hiked a couple of trails, and both took us high up into the mountains. It was hot, and the trails were very steep in some places, and of course we were totally unprepared for hiking-- I was in flip-flops (forgot my tennis shoes), and we didn't have any water with us. But that's how we roll. Anyway, the views from the top were amazing.






This is as close as I got to the Crystal Cave.







Back to Kerrville and my parents. We took the kids to the park in Kerrville; it's got a little swingset that they enjoyed for a few minutes, and then we took them down by the Guadalupe River to walk and feed the ducks.









We had a great time. If you're on Facebook, I also posted some photos on there-- some of them are the same as the ones here; a few of them are different.