Summer Vacation 2012

The first week of June we went to San Antonio for our vacation this year.  We went to Sea World our first day and it was HOT topping out somewhere around 106 degrees that afternoon.  The kids were miserable, which means we were miserable so despite the great shows and cool rides, we did not come back the next day.  Instead we went to visit the missions starting with San Jose.  The kids watched a documentary about the mission and explored the old buildings.  They received a junior rangers badge for answering correctly the work page that was handed out.  Ava and Matthew enjoyed competing with one another searching for answers among the mission grounds.  They still hold Mass there everyday and Sundays.  We were not dressed for it, but maybe next time we'll catch one.  Jake now knows what a cactus feels like when he decided to check one out himself.  I had to pick all the spines out of his hand.  Didn't get a picture....Jake too upset.  We then finished the missions with our famous Alamo.  It has changed a lot since I've been there.   Although the outside remained the same, the inside was a very brief museum and a huge gift shop.   I recommend taking a picture of the outside and move on to other fun things.  Which is what we did.  We had a nice lunch on the riverwalk.  Yummy mexican food and ducks to share it with (or so the kids thought.)  Next, we were on our way to a cavern and panning for gems.  The cavern was really pretty the kids did well through the tour, but I think their favorite thing to do was panning out the gems and arrowheads.  After this we headed home.  Since we came home early from our vacation we decided to take them to Hawaiian Falls water park for some fun at home.