Texas Trip: Day 6

We woke up this morning ready to move. We had a lot to do and I was worried about time and heat. It is scorching here in Texas. We all got ready relatively quickly and jumped in the car. We were headed for the San Antonio zoo. Nana was with us and the kids were dying with excitement to spend the whole day with her and to see all the animals. Each child was interested in a particular animal and so we decided to just systematically walk the whole thing. It was very fun and I took at least a hundred pictures.

There was a butterfly place that cost a dollar extra for each person. I was like it's not worth it I've seen butterflies but Nana insisted knowing that the kids would love it. We got the tickets and entered with all these rules about touching the butterflies, etc... I was speechless. It was spectacular worth the dollar and a lot more. It was my favorite part of the zoo and just so beautiful. Hundred of butterflies flying around, landing on you, landing on these spectacular blooming plants that scented the air with the sweetest smell, and landing on the fresh fruit that was sliced and laying everywhere to feed the butterflies. It was heaven. A butterfly landed on Wyatt and he kept all the rules about not touching it and waiting for it to fly away again. But the kids were filled with awe over watching it so up close.

From there we saw Cheetahs, Wyatt's favorite, Elephants, Issac's favorite, Rhinos, Travis's favorite, and Bella loved every animal. After exhausting ourselves at the zoo we left to go take a train ride that goes around the outside of the Zoo, Breckenridge Park, and by some museums. The train ride was 20 minutes and the kids loved it but were starting to be rocked to sleep. When we left there we got to the car and headed to McDonalds for lunch. We ate and played at the playland. We headed home for naps and Travis and I changed our temple reservations because we knew we would miss our four o'clock appointment. Yes you heard me. The San Antonio temple is a small temple that does a session every two hours but it is by reservation. And Wednesday night they are closed and Thursday morning because of lack of attendance. But after changing our reservation to six and going through it is now my favorite temple. It is beautiful, amazingly beautiful. So new and clean and the stain glass everywhere is so breathtaking. And the murals are awesome. And the details are phenominal.
Travis and I went to the temple, while Nana watched the kids. They went hunting for fairies, built fairy houses in the woods, and ran around. She then took them to play in the sprinklers in the front yard afterwards. Then she got them bathed, fed them snacks, and then that is when we got home. We put them to bed and then talked, laughed, and watched our way through the basketball game.
Travis and his brother Rocky left for a bit to help their Uncle move some furniture back into their bedroom since they had it remodeled. On the way home they saw a bobcat on the property and so they rushed home to grab a gun and go back to shoot it, but with no luck - it had disappeared. It seemed this was the mood of the day as earlier the dog had found a snake and Rocky went out to see it and found that the dog had trapped a coral snake. Apparently this is no big deal to them. But it got away before they could kill it and they all reassured me how not a big deal it is. Whatever. And that is not to speak of the several scorpions Travis had been finding and squashing along the way this week. Eeks creepy crawlies scare me. I ended the night by finishing my fifth book this week. What a vacation. I loved it. I hadn't brought more but was wishing I had. And then headed to bed for some restorative sleep.