San Antonio

I went on a small weekend trip with my mom and sister last weekend. We decided many months ago that we would all meet in a "new" city that we had never been to and run a 10K together and shop. After finding a place we'd never been to, we realized my sister and mom had never step foot in the state of Texas! I had never been to San Antonio and we had heard good things about the River Walk, and the Alamo. So it became a done deal. Friday we shopped, which does not sound like it would be that exciting but we found the BEST deals at Old Navy and other shops. And there was no kids with us. Let me say that again I went shopping with NO kids and for myself. Now that is exciting. Maybe you just have to be a mom to understand but trust me it was.
My mom at the Vera Bradley store with all these different bags, I was trying to pick one out and it took so long she decided to sit for a while.

On Saturday we went to the race, my sister while training hurt her knee and landed in physical therapy. Which was a huge bummer for her. So she took pictures and was our cheer leader. My mom also wasn't sure about running the whole thing so she decided to power walk.

Let me tell you power walking for her is like running for some people. The runners started and then they had the walkers start 2 mins later. My mom beat a ton of runners!!! She finished all 6.2 miles in 1 hour 19 mins. you go girl!!

Did I mention it rained HARD that morning? Luckily for us it stopped right as we started running there were a lot of puddles, San Antonio must not be use to a lot of rain because they kind of had pour draining systems. Anyway here is the start of all the runners.

That brown patch is mud.And that was the huge puddle I ran around. It was really fun and I'm so glad that I did it, to be honest I was the one that had to be talked into it.

Can you tell which one I am? After the race, hot sweaty, and lucky for you, you can't smell me. But we were so happy that we did it! I did not stop to walk which was a goal and the other goal was to complete it in 1 hour. My time: 58:38.

After the race we cleaned up and headed downtown to the River Walk and Alamo.

This is the Alamo, my sister and mom were shocked that it was downtown. They thought it might be on the out skirts of town. Not so there are building all around it. We read the names of those who died there, and I learned that the last day of battle was on March 6th. Same day as my husbands birthday, it will easy for me to remember that now.Us at the River Walk, has anyone ever been there? Do you see the railing behind us, well its not like that the whole way and my sister kept wondering how many people have fallen into the river, you can walk right on the EDGE of the walk way. People with small kids beware....

We had an awesome weekend and plan on doing this every two years, (note to husbands!).