Remember the Alamo!

Brian and I made a last minute anniversary trip to the Alamo this past weekend to celebrate our 9th anniversary. Thankfully my mom and dad carved out some time for us to be able to go so that they could keep Natalie for us. We really didn't have to twist their arm too much!  That's the beauty of dad being retired and mom working part time. What a blessing! These are a few other blessings....

 new outfits for Nat!

and much needed new pjs.

Thanks Mimi and Poppi!

Now on to the trip.....

Two days before we left we finally booked a hotel on the Riverwalk. We stayed at the Embassy Suites and it was perfect! We orginally had a king suite with no river view, but when we checked in the lady upgraded us to the 16th floor for a room with a view!





 My only requirement was that it provided breakfast so we didn't have to spend money on that. This place had the BEST breakfast of any hotel, EVER!  Eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, made to order omelets, oatmeal, pancakes, and french toast. And that was just the hot stuff!  Then there was fruit, yogurt, pastries, and cereal along with your typical morning drinks.......AND a soda fountain. Whew! We stuffed ourselves both mornings and took stuff with us to the room=)

On top of this every morning, there was a manager's special every evening from 5:30-7pm that served free drinks (if you are in to that which we aren't), fruit tray, cheese tray, veggie tray, pasta salads, chex mix, and some candies! What?! After the first night of eating that as an appetizer, we decided the next evening to eat that for dinner (saving money, folks!), then head to the Riverwalk for dessert. So we did! It was a great evening.

Nice people taking our picture!

We spent quite a bit of time walking the Riverwalk by day and night as we just love the ambiance of it all. And to top off the touristy thiings to do we caught a ride on the riverboat. Sorry, no pics here because we were on the last ride of the night at 9pm!  Our driver/guide was excellent and really made it enjoyable and fun.  It was nice to sit for awhile but we also felt like we got a bit of a history lesson as well as some good tidbits about the area.

All in all, we had a wonderful time getting away together, but we were ready to come home and see this sweet little face:

It was killing me not kissing her and telling her good night each evening. I knew she was just fine, and having a blast but goodness I missed my buddy!

Like I said, she was spoiled and just fine without us, but I wanted to be home with her again.

Alamo Part 2 tomorrow