10th Anniversay Weekend

Friday was our 10th anniversary!

On our wedding day

This young and skinny couple is Wes and I on our wedding day ten year ago. Our marriage has been good, but not without our own ups and downs. We have learned that the only constant was change. We have been through a lot, school, finding jobs, losing jobs, infertility, high risk pregnancy, birth, twins and life with twins. We still work on making a great marriage.

To celebrate, Wes and I went to San Antonio while the girls spent the weekend in Oklahoma with Grandma and Papa. We used some of Wes' well earned hotel points and stayed in a Holiday Inn Express that was converted County Jail. The room was long and narrow. I called it our "cell". Our hotel was within walking distance of everything.

Our cell

As soon as we arrived to our hotel on Friday, I received this text from my sister.

Gracie

And then this one.

Lizzie

I believe this is the work of my niece Sydney. She loves to put on makeup right now.

After we got settled into our hotel, we headed out to the River Walk. It was hot. We walked up and down the river and enjoyed being together. As we got to one part of the river, we saw some people on a stage. Turns out they were rehearsing for a marriage proposal. We hung out a bit to watch and wait for the bride-to-be to arrive. Good news, she said yes. After that, we went and had a great dinner and then went back to the hotel. 

On Saturday, we got up and went to Market Square. It was only a couple of blocks away. We spent the morning there shopping, walking and eating lunch. On the street they were having an old car show. As we walked out of a building, there was a pink car and an orange one (Gracie's favorite color is pink and Lizzie's is orange). It was a beautiful reminder of my sweet girls.

 After we were done with the market, we went back to the hotel and rested a bit. Once we rested up, we got in the car and went to see some sites. We drove by the Alamo (we have both seen it several times) and then went to the King William district to see some old houses. They were really pretty. Once we had seen enough houses, we decided to head to San Marcos outlets. Got all the way there and decided there wasn't anything to see and instead shopped at a shopping center nine miles away. By then, it was time for dinner and we had steak! A cold front moved in and started making it chilly.

On Sunday, we packed up to leave. We checked out of the hotel and had breakfast. After breakfast, we got on the road. We made a couple of detours and stopped in Waco to see our friend Candace. We were exhausted when we got home and ordered a pizza. 

We had a really good weekend and anniversary. We have many more anniversaries to celebrate ahead.