FFF 2010

I'm very late on posting a few of our pictures from this year's family vacation, but let me put a few up now and link to the Picasa album for the rest :) At the beginning of July we headed to San Antonio for this year's FFF, making it a road trip since we had known ahead of time the Richardson Blackwells would have a two-month-old and the Richardson Lawlers would have an eight-month-pregnant mama who wouldn't be allowed to fly :) Mike and I really enjoyed getting to visit with everyone and hang out at the resort. We had a couple of excellent dinners, also, including one at a steakhouse out in the middle of hill country that Mike raved about as one of the best meals he's ever had in his life. Michael had a blast running up and down the hallways and playing with Lita, Pere, Canon, and his aunts and uncles. The property was nice because there were a lot of sidewalks and shady grassy areas to walk around on, so I took him out for a little exploring a few times.

We also did a (half-)day trip to Sea World. I liked the aquarium, penguins and killer whale show quite a bit, but compared to other amusement parks or zoos (and this place is kind of a hybrid) I felt like there was an overly high ratio of walking to actual exhibits -- not sure why they designed it with so many winding paths with so relatively few destinations. Then again, I was in full waddling mode and that was one of the hottest days we were there, so I may have had a skewed perspective and everyone else thought it was fine. Michael certainly liked checking out all the animals (and holding hands with people while walking -- something new for him that I find pretty cute). Mike picked up a frozen lemonade for me at one point, which was sweet of him because I needed it more than I realized at the time! :) Honestly, I don't know how Canon is making it through his first Texas summer of life because that poor baby has got to be just baking all the time. We did catch a break in San Antonio, though, in that it was overcast with enough of a break in the heat that I was grateful.








Here's the link to the rest of our set: