Our Anniversary and a few quick trips around Texas

We've been so busy lately I haven't had time to post.   A few highlights from recent adventures:

We had our 21st wedding anniversary, June 15th.  We didn't do anything special for that except go out to dinner, all three of us!  The thing I love about our marriage is that we celebrate it all the time; oftentimes an anniversary is just an excuse to splurge a little.  But alas, with adoption coming up our budget can't afford a real vacation, so we just went to our "go to" favorite Mexican food restaurant (Chuy's) and we ordered 2 entrees instead of sharing just 1!  I love celebrating our love to each other as a family, we always allow for healthy alone time as well for just Chris and me.

After resting for a weekend (except Chris almost gets no rest, he works on the weekends), we decided to make a quick trip to San Antonio to visit my 90 year old grandmother and make a quick visit to a cousin who is getting married and meet his bride to be.  My grandmother caught pneumonia a month ago and Anton and I were able to visit her then.   So, this trip, we could all go together with Chris.  I'm realizing that if I don't see her as much as I can now, I will regret it when she is gone.  We love her so much.  She is the sweetest lady.

we had time for a quick trip to the River Walk in San Antonio.  Anton wants to give me a kiss on the cheek for the photo.  His pappa has taught him to dote on me too much (IMO), so with Chris and Anton doting on me, I feel pretty well-loved.  Coming from a broken home myself, isn't God good to me? 

  

those familiar with the Houston - San Antonio trip know that you have to stop at Buc-Ees.

One thing is for sure, I get tired from doing too much.   I need a few days to recover from traveling and have a difficulty doing what I should during the day.

What I really wanted to blog about was we also visited Ft. Worth, to attend a Pathways Conference.  It was nice being able to talk on the road, as Ft. Worth is about 4 hours away.  We got to see my cousins and my Aunt in the evening.  I wanted to see some other family members too but our time was pretty limited.  We arrived the night before the conference and left immediately afterwards.  I'm so thankful for my wonderful friends in Houston and Katy who kept Anton.  He had so much fun.  I'll blog about the conference in my next blog.