San Antonio Part 3

Happy Thanksgiving! I know I'm late but I am trying to catch up so hang with me...

This is Thanksgiving Day with Pop and Doris on the way back from our early lunch. It was a beautiful buffet of every type of Thanksgiving food you could ever think of.  

Charlie really enjoyed helping Doris hang Christmas Decorations. 








Such a good husband! Thank you babe!

We had a wonderful time in San Antonio and were sad to leave Pop and Doris. 

I am Thankful for:

My husband

One year of marriage

our home in the mountains

family and friends

coffee in the morning

vacation time

my pets

Wedding!

I am so excited about this next year... My brother is getting married in October and I could not be happier for him.
We love Lauren and have already welcomed her in as a part of the family.
She has worked very hard on a wedding website for them and I wanted to share it as well!
Go check it out and read about the fun spirit and love that they share!

http://www.mywedding.com/jasonlauren/

Look who is being lazy today!

While Charlie and I rush off to Asheville to do some wonderful final Christmas shopping guess who is staying home?



Lazy cat!

Feed the Birds... San Antonio Part 2

Well our second day in San Antonio we went to the river walk in downtown San Antonio as well as the Alamo. We enjoyed a day of exploring this city. We started with a walk down the river walk and found a Starbucks to sit while Charlie checked in with work. This Starbucks was awesome! it is 2 levels with an outside area upstairs overlooking the river walk. I crocheted and Charlie worked for a little while. We both grabbed a muffin and instead of eating his, Charlie decided to feed the birds... there were only one or two to start but once the first crumb hit the ground they flew in from everywhere! This is a picture of them waiting for the next pieces. I don't think Charlie had more than a bit of it himself... it was cute.

Charlie working... He loves what he does can you tell?

me sneaking in a picture... can you see the river behind the rail!?

Us just before leaving Starbucks

We made our way around the sidewalks by the river and just happened to come out at the perfect place to be right in front of the Alamo! (I forgot the map in the car)

This is us out front of the Alamo... you can see part of the building in the back

Charlie looking at the Alamo fishes! He didn't bring his fly rod... bummer.

What a handsome husband!

we finished the day in antique stores... I was not impressed and was hoping for something different then what I have seen before but I really didn't oh well... it was a good day...

Oh yeah and we went to Pier One and I broke the top of a little Christmas tree.. oops. Charlie has now banned me from picking things up in stores... How am I going to finish my Christmas shopping?

Thanksgiving in San Antonio

Charlie and I were so blessed to be able to make the trip to San Antonio, TX this week for Thanksgiving. A year and a half ago or so My Mom's Dad, Pop, and his wife, Doris, Moved to the Air Force Village for retired military officers. This is within just a few miles of Lackland Air Force Base. This Air Force Base is the Basic Military Training Site for all enlisted members of the Air Force. We were excited and privileged to tour the base with Pop and Doris. Pop was at this same base many years ago as an active part of the Air Force around the time of WWII.
We always know that trips to visit Pop mean hearing many stories of his time serving the country. I think it is safe to say he has a story from his military days to go with any conversation or passing comment I may have. I enjoy hearing my favorite stories that I have heard for many years while visiting over holidays and vacations. I am trying to pull out new stories as I hear the ones I have heard before. One of my favorite from this trip came from asking a question about the order of rankings of officers in the Air Force. As he began to tell of the rankings from bottom to top he told me the stories of how he received each promotion from one officer level to the next. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel with his promotion to Colonel on the table when he retired. It makes me so proud to hear his stories and accomplishments in the military and serving our country.

The first day in San Antonio Pop took us to a wonderful lunch at the Tower of the Americas in downtown San Antonio. We had such a wonderful time eating at the Chart House. This has the same idea as the SunDial in Atlanta. The eating area spins 360 Degrees to see the whole city from above.

This is Pop and I in front of the building before lunch. He looks so good for 88!




Here I am with Doris (self-portrait)




View from the bottom... I'm a little afraid of heights... not exactly looking forward to the ride up




Charlie and I before going to the top...




Pop was nice enough to stand RIGHT in front of me so I wouldn't look down as we went up the long elevator ride to the top. Don't you love his look here?!




Charlie and Doris during dinner




Once back on the ground Doris waited on a bench as Charlie and I walked through the fountains... Can you see Doris?




Charlie thought it was really funny to kick water on me... So cute playing in the water!




Charlie and me! I Love this picture!




This concludes Day One! more to come....

Bye Thomas Road House

Last weekend Charlie and I made the trip the Dallas, GA to finish gathering all of his tools and the remainder of our belongings from our house there... As we left after EVERYTHING was packed up I stood on the porch and Charlie asked me what I was thinking... My answer was that I was thinking how glad I was for our "four month move" to be over and how I was kind of surprised to not be sad to leave this time (the last time). I had already said my goodbyes a long time ago.. I think to the moving day coming home from my last day at the Law office and seeing the big truck with all of our things in it and falling apart. going inside and seeing a half empty house in complete disarray... I luckily had the hugs of Elizabeth to help me through...

Anyways so as we left this time I wanted to grab a few pictures of the house as we left...


The house from the front - actually this is the back but we used it as the front


The driveway with fall all around it


I love this tree it is so beautiful... It hangs so close to the house and right over the theater. On stormy nights watching a movie I just KNEW it would come crashing through the roof! I'm glad it didn't... such a pretty tree.



My orchard! the pear tree is in front, the apples behind it and the blueberry bushes in the middle of the apples and up the hill... I didn't get any pears(I couldn't figure out when to pick them... I have blue berries and apples in my freezer. The blueberries were by far my favorite! They were like candy right off the bush! I am going to try to start my own blueberry bushes but have not figured out how to do that yet.



BYE HOUSE!!! Thank you for a great place to start my life with Charlie.. Warm and cozy and full of love!