Mathews Summer Family Vacation 2011!!!
No we didn't go to Mexico. But you might not be able to tell the difference when you're in this Mexican Imports shop
...except for all the stuff from China...
The Cry "Remember the Alamo!" has always had a victorious ring to it ever since the day the Texans defeated the Mexican government and established their own Independent Republic. Now 125 years later we went as a Family to "Remember the Alamo" for ourselves.
Chris has a break between semesters and I start work again at Dow Chemical on September 1st, so we decided to take a small family vacation and stay with my cousin, Lisa, and her husband, Jorel, for a few days in San Antonio.
The Alamo was one of the many historic and cultural things there was to do in San Antonio and Lisa and Jorel turned out to be the perfect hosts.
The Alamo was one of the many historic and cultural things there was to do in San Antonio and Lisa and Jorel turned out to be the perfect hosts.
The first day we went to the Alamo.
Tristan wore a hat to keep the sun out of his eyes. He was very good for the whole trip and didn't cry too much at all.
...But maybe that was because we let him ride the cannons...
Chris and I saw this monument and tried to imagine what it would be like to be among the great heroes who died at the Alamo....Davi Crockett...Jim Bowie....Christopher Mathews....Andreah Mathews...
.... And there we are at the memorial!
This is the well in the center of the court of the Alamo.
And then for the RIVER WALK!
I've been told that San Antonio is the Venice of the United States because of this pristine walkway on the bank of the river.
I agree that the feel of the River Walk was pretty cool with the beautiful architecture, shops, restaurants seated right on the bank of the river, and the tour boats going up and down the waterway.
I've never been to Venice, but now after going to the River Walk in San Antonio I think the people who compared it to Venice probably haven't ever been to Venice either. Here are some fun pictures we took:
Ducks lined up in a row.
Walking on the River Walk...
Cool over pass.
This was a red tunnel we found on the River Walk.
Legend has it that when Geronimo, the great Native American Leader and Warrior, was captured he was held as prisoner in the Quadrangle, an Army base in San Antonio. He refused to eat the food they gave him, saying that he would only eat meat that he killed himself. In order to comply with his request the army had live deer, peacocks and other game brought into the court of the army base where they could be hunted and prepared according to Native American tradition. The descendants of these animals still live in the Quadrangle. Although they are free to go, they stay in the safety of their military base home where civilians and/or people stationed at the army base will feed them every day.
When we arrived at the Quadrangle with Lisa and Jorel we found out that our car's safety inspection was 8 months overdue. How did we miss that?!
Because it's an official army base the guard wasn't supposed to let us in with expired stickers. We tried to figure out how leave our car outside the gate and bring all the kids in too.
I think the guard felt bad for us because he made an exception and let us in. Needless to say one of the first things we did when we got home was update the car's safety inspection.
As long as you had food for them they would let you touch them.
Even Tristan got to feed them!
Just outside the court yard there were a bunch of antique military things.
In this picture (Above) we are all doing helicopter arms. We wanted to climb up and swing from the blades but there was a sign that said no climbing, and since they already let us drive in with our illegal car, we figured we should play it safe...
This is Tristan trying to fire his monkey out of the cannon.
And here's the monkey driving a giant tank he found. He's a little reckless and accidentally ran Chris over, but Tristan and I got out of the way in time.
So, being from Utah, I thought that the Houston temple was pretty small. Lisa watched Tristan for us and Chris and I got a chance to go to the San Antonio temple. I think that it's the smallest temple I have ever been inside of. However, it was very beautiful!
It was a great trip we loved it!
Now whenever we hear the historic cry "Remember the Alamo!" it will forever have a double meaning for the Mathews Family.
THE QUADRANGLE!
Legend has it that when Geronimo, the great Native American Leader and Warrior, was captured he was held as prisoner in the Quadrangle, an Army base in San Antonio. He refused to eat the food they gave him, saying that he would only eat meat that he killed himself. In order to comply with his request the army had live deer, peacocks and other game brought into the court of the army base where they could be hunted and prepared according to Native American tradition. The descendants of these animals still live in the Quadrangle. Although they are free to go, they stay in the safety of their military base home where civilians and/or people stationed at the army base will feed them every day.
When we arrived at the Quadrangle with Lisa and Jorel we found out that our car's safety inspection was 8 months overdue. How did we miss that?!
Because it's an official army base the guard wasn't supposed to let us in with expired stickers. We tried to figure out how leave our car outside the gate and bring all the kids in too.
I think the guard felt bad for us because he made an exception and let us in. Needless to say one of the first things we did when we got home was update the car's safety inspection.
As long as you had food for them they would let you touch them.
Even Tristan got to feed them!
Just outside the court yard there were a bunch of antique military things.
In this picture (Above) we are all doing helicopter arms. We wanted to climb up and swing from the blades but there was a sign that said no climbing, and since they already let us drive in with our illegal car, we figured we should play it safe...
This is Tristan trying to fire his monkey out of the cannon.
And here's the monkey driving a giant tank he found. He's a little reckless and accidentally ran Chris over, but Tristan and I got out of the way in time.
San Antonio Temple!
So, being from Utah, I thought that the Houston temple was pretty small. Lisa watched Tristan for us and Chris and I got a chance to go to the San Antonio temple. I think that it's the smallest temple I have ever been inside of. However, it was very beautiful!
It was a great trip we loved it!
Now whenever we hear the historic cry "Remember the Alamo!" it will forever have a double meaning for the Mathews Family.
Your little boy is amazingly adorable! I want to pinch his cheeks! I love that you've joined the blogging world.
ReplyDeleteI love your new blog, Andreah, and added the url to our blog (http://richardandallisonmathews.blogspot.com/). I love blogging way more than facebook for the same reasons--it's more like a family journal or scrapbook than anything else. Plus, it's a great way to keep in touch!
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