In February we took a short trip to San Antonio for the birth of our new nephew, Gabriel. It's always great to visit with family, but we also took a quick driving trip through the Texas hill country and of course ate a lot of tacos. Here are a few pictures from our brief stay in the Alamo City:
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| First tacos of the trip, straight from the airport - Torchy's tacos! |
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| Doing "itsy bitsy spider" with Alex. He seems uninterested... |
Dang Paul and his easily pronounceable name!
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| Alex learning his shapes and letters. |
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| Baby shower gifts for the couple! |
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| Cake time! |
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| Prost! A lot of German immigrants came to the area near San Antonio and Austin in the 1800s. |
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| Downtown Fredericksburg. |
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| More tacos... breakfast tacos this time! |
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| "Interesting" decorations at a restaurant in Fredericksburg. |
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| Driving through hill country. |
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| Driving over a river on the back roads. |
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| Nice scenery in hill country, even though the trees hadn't filled in yet. |
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| Time to try out "puffy" tacos, a San Antonio specialty. |
| Kids never get how these work... |
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| Puffy tacos are good, but super greasy. |
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| There were literally thousands of grackles flocking around. |
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| Dena with baby Gabe! |
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| David and Gabe. |
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| Adorable! |
| Brothers meeting for the first time. |
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| Paul found a powered coaster! Not a credit. |
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| See ya later, San Antonio! |



















