Viva Fiesta!

Jackson and I made the fun drive to San Antonio this weekend to celebrate Fiesta!  This has become a yearly trip that Jackson really looks forward to.  We started off the weekend with Diana and Dad's Battle of Flowers Parade Party:

Then on Saturday we took him to Kiddie Park.  I think he rode every ride at least 5 times!

After a fun filled morning, we walked across the street for a burger.  Guess who we ran in to at the restaurant?

After lunch I wanted to stop in to the Texas Co-op to see if they had any fun stuff.  After we parked we realized that they were having a huge party, complete with a balloon artist, face painting, snacks and characters.  We ended up hanging out for quite some time.  Jackson loved it.

After we had spent what seemed like an eternity in a HOT parking lot, we realized that the University of Texas band would be arriving to perform soon.  So we stayed even longer for that.  Jackson loved it, but I think he was a bit overwhelmed with the size of the band and how loud it was.  We were right in front of the drum section.

Then Saturday night we had dinner at La Fonda on Main.  I have not been to La Fonda since our rehearsal dinner almost 10 years ago.  It was a fun evening, but a big reminder on how much my life has changed in 10 years!

NOLA

A yummy new restaurant has opened in our downtown square.  NOLA is cajun cuisine with a very New Orleans atmosphere.  Super good food.  We took advantage of the beautiful weather today to have lunch on their patio:

Backwards

I'm not sure how he could walk like this, but he wore his shoes like this for half the day before I noticed:

School Picture

Here is the latest school picture.  He really enjoyed the whole picture process this time around and even came home pretending to be a photographer.  I spent some time in various poses for him while he pretended to take my picture.

Spring Has Arrived!

This is always the sign of spring's arrival in Texas:

Franny Visits Again

Jackson loves Frannie!  He was so excited that he got to bring her home over the weekend.  Here are a couple pics we took with her:

Frannie now and then

Holy Hail!

We had the craziest storm last night!  Lots of hail and high winds.  It started around 8, right after Jackson had gone to his room for the night.  He quickly ran out as the hail was slamming against his bedroom window.  At the peak of the storm I was a little concerned about windows breaking in the living room, but thankfully that didn't happen.  Our house and cars took a bit of a beating though.  After the storm we went outside and took a few pics: