The morning after the wedding we planned to go floating on the Comal River around 10:00 and then go shopping at the outlet mall on the way to Pam & Phil's house in Boerne, Texas. Well, with a family this big, being on time is not one of our strong suites, ha!
Everyone finally made it to the check in point around 12:30 and we were set free on the river! We forgot to bring drinks but still had a blast!
Our floatilla clockwise from bottom: Matt, Jana, Andy, me, Joel, Beth, Cora
Andy, Tami, & Cheyenne
1/2 of the Diakers: Sophie & Scott
More Daikers: Patty & Sam
Rindie, Ashley, the girls, & my mom decided to go shop in downtown Gruene so Kinley had fun with them!
We didn't finish floating until almost 3:00 but all of us girls still had our hearts set on outlet mall shopping! My dad tried to fight it but realized that he was grossly outnumbered and wasn't going to win that fight, even if it was out of the way!
After some power shopping we loaded back into the car and hit the road to Boerne! At this point, poor Kinley had had more than enough of the car and had her first mental breakdown of the trip :( We arrived just in time to watch Uncle Phil cook us a delicious dinner and have some major family catchup time into the wee hours of the night!
We woke up bright & early to play the next morning - this early bird never wanted to sleep past 6am while her cousin Presley sometimes slept until 9, lucky! (but how can you resist this face in the morning?!)
We toured the cute town of Boerne that day. Here's sweet Presley waiting for us get ready to go.
Our first stop was to Pam's salon. We noticed some familiar people under the dryers...Andy, Garrett, & Cora
Kinley was ready for her first haircut but mommy said no way!
The newest Tres Bella receptionist:
I love the picture where Hadley is asking, "Now what would you like me to do to your hair?"
Our next stop was the local winery. This was the middle of the day on Tuesday but can you imagine this place in the evenings? I bet it's beautiful & busy!
Of course, the babies had to go to the winery, too - stroller overload! haha
Their wine tasting system was awesome & I had neve seen it before. You add money to a debit card, then insert it in the machine, and the machine would vend the appropriate amount of wine. You could pay for 1/4, 1/2, or a full glass of wine, fun!
We hung out in the back area for most of the afternoon and took plenty of pictures.
Kinley, Hadley, Presley
...apparently you must have an 'ley' at the end of your name to hang with these fun girls! ;)
Andy & I enjoying our wine selections
Cora, Pam, Kaylen, Garrett, Jake, & Mark
Our little "twins" of the family
Hadley posing with Grandma by the fountain
In classic Joel & Mark style, they decided to go to the car to enjoy a beer while they waited...ha!
That evening Phil cooked us another amazing tex-mex meal called Pozole, pork & hominy. I promise he enjoys cooking, we aren't just awful guests...I think!
After dinner we let the girls play in the hot tub.
Disclaimer: it wasn't steaming hot so the babies were fine. :)
Pretty little Hadley
Our chubby bathing beauties!
After a full week of traveling and tons of fun with our Texas family, we packed up and headed home Wednesday morning and drove straight home until 2am. Whew, I'm wiped just thinking about it, but it was SO worth it!
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