April–Anniversary and San Antonio

(I got a new camera, and all of these pictures are MINE! )

Ben and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on the 7th.  In the morning, we went canoeing on Lake Washington. 

Then we went to a park.

In the evening, Ben and I went out to dinner.

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Then the next day, Emma and I went to San Antonio for a week to visit my parents.  Ben stayed home and worked on the programming book he’s writing.  He got a lot of work done on it while we were away.

Emma played with Aunt Lauren’s dolls, and she strummed Grandpa’s guitar.

My dad gave my mom a beautiful guitar for her birthday.  Can you believe my mom is 60?

We went downtown to watch a play and go to the Children’s Museum.  They were setting up for Fiesta downtown.

 

 

We went to Sea World.  We could have easily spent two days there.  Next time we’re going to devote one day to seeing the shows and another day to playing at the kids’ waterpark.  I rode the Great White and the Steel Eel.

We saw Disney on Ice. The only analogy I can think of is whip cream to my mouth through a fire hose.  Next time Ben is going.  Emma liked it.

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We enjoyed my parents’ backyard.

We went to a restaurant and Emma waited very patiently.  There was only one woman on staff and it took her a long time to bring our food out.  We helped her clean up afterwards; the poor girl was exhausted.  While we waited, Emma drew pictures of a whale and wrote her name.

This is her first picture of our family.  Emma’s the one on the left, Ben is in the middle, and I am on the right.

Emma loved ’Umpy and Abuelita

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We enjoyed walking and playing with the family dog, Cooper.

We came home after a week, and have been spending a lot of time playing games, riding the bike, and going to our neighborhood park.

 

 

We’re grateful we were able to leave town for a little bit.  Now I’m trying to get back into the groove …