The Webb Family: Family escape

Simon came home from 4 weeks in Australia which was bittersweet on a few levels. He had a great time, was busier with work and networking than originally thought but he enjoyed himself with family and friends none-the-less. I asked him to take photos of his time at home which I have placed for you here:

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Did you like those? Oh I'm so glad, they're a permanent record of his special memories!!!

Moving right along. The upside of Simon's travels is that he has racked up a few hotel points along the way. So we took advantage and escaped for a 4 day break to a place in Texas called San Antonio - this was our first time away together where Simon hasn't had to work. We enjoyed it immensely despite the bitter cold weather we had. The hotel we stayed at had a kids club and one day a company brought some unusual animals along.

Although a wallaby isn't as rare a sight for us it was a nice taste of home.

A tarantula is not so inviting but intersting none-the-less. I thought it was fake until it started moving and decided to move to the back row - ugh.

We had the male Mexican stand off!

We had free SeaWorld tickets left over from May when we went with my Mum and Dad so decided to venture back to the scene of the infamous Shamu meltdown. Fortunately all went well and we avoided any dramas, just battled the cold.

My oh so favourite part of the trip was feeding the dolphins at SeaWorld. Many moons ago when Simon and I were young and dating he took me to swim with the dolphins. Unforunately this numskull couldn't master the whole snorkel beathing thing to the point that I missed all the dolphins. So when I saw this I was all smiles (and so were the dolphins).

The Shamu show was just as spectacular just not as wet this time. They kindly refrain from drenching the seating area in the winter months.

We were able to stay one night on the reknowned Riverwalk of San Antonio. It was all lit up with beautiful Christmas lights and was a very pretty sight.