Anna is with us this Christmas time. We took her to San Antonio to see the lights and the history. We walked and rested, then walked again, until our legs could not go for another step. We stayed in our timeshare, where it was close to the Riverwalk for 2 nights. We also experience the ride on the riverboat. There are a lot of interesting information about San Antonio and the Alamo. Enjoy the pictures.

took the winding Riverwalk to the Alamo

Anna is pointing one of the names....gee!...a hero relative


An old cypress tree in the Alamo grounds

Big Daddy and Anna

Just Striking a pose

At the Hilton
Mark passed this way once...ahem...in 1991.
Christmas lights along the Riverwalk

Christmas tree at River Center Mall

Anna's Room in our Suite
It's me in the kitchen




Some of the views in the Riverwalk, from L to R:


A 3D view of an old hospital along the river; the oldest cypress tree along the Riverwalk;


Gargoyle building; Mark, the illusionist; 5 bells that symbolized the first 5 taco bells.

Our Christmas Eve Pictures...

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas Trees

We decided to have a fresh Christmas tree from a tree farm this year. We got a 9 ft. frasier fur from Silo Christmas Tree Farm. It was a 'muggy' Sabbath afternoon when we decided to drive to Temple, TX to see what's in store for us on this advertised Tree farm. We saw an old grain silo that has been hit by a lightning twice and still standing ever since in the early 1900's. Mark trimmed off the bottom to fit to our house. It was perfect. This tree is decorated with flowers, fairies and butterflies and the fancies in tribute for Anna which we are very excited for she going to spend the Holidays with us this year. This is a big deal because Mark hasn't spend time with his daughter for 2 1/2 years up to this date. As we were putting up the tree, the short footed darlings were very curious to see what was going on, but in the end Cookie was very tired and that she crahed at the back of our couch. Enjoy the pics.