4th of July Weekend

We spent the 4th of July weekend in San Antonio! It was 103 degrees every day we were there, which was a big shock to our systems, but we still managed to have fun celebrating! Here are the pictures to prove it...


I hate how the pictures post in the opposite order than I'd like them, but here we go! This is Connell after the fireworks with his new stuffed Pooh that we found for his birthday at the Disney store. He loves him!





Although the San Antonio 20-minute firework show was good, it doesn't compare at all to the 40-minute Idaho Falls firework show! Connell had a fun time watching the fireworks and kept pointing and saying, "Oh, wow!" at each one. Our 4th was complete!



Earlier that day, we went to see Deep Sea 3D at the Imax at downtown San Antonio. It was pretty cool to see 3D. We put the glasses on Connell too, but when he saw the fish jumping out at him, he had enough of that and refused to put them back on! He decided to sit on my lap and take a nap instead, while JayC and I enjoyed the show.



We ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant on the Riverwalk. There was a guy making balloon animals for the kids, and he made Connell a little blue dog. He loved it! He played with it for at least an hour before it popped.


Of course, no trip to San Antonio would be complete without seeing the Alamo! We were here last February for JayC's basic training graduation and saw it then, but I had to get a picture of Connell in front of it to show how much he's grown in the last year and a half. My baby's so big!


We had to go swimming to cool off, so we found a cool swimming suit for Connell to help prevent sunburn and also to help him float. It has floaters in the front and back and in the neck. It makes him look like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle! He was pretty scared in the water at first, but now he can float around on his own once he gets his courage up. He'll be a pro by the end of the summer!