Spring Break!

It's Spring Break week and since Cannon is off to Nicaragua, and since I haven't left the state of Washington in 9 months, I felt the need to go somewhere!  After considering all our options, I booked a trip to see our great friends, the Jones, in Corpus Christi, Texas.  We haven't seen Liz, Don and Lydia since September and since Liz is pregnant and expecting a baby in June I thought this would be a great time to see them again.  This thought was confirmed when Liz told me it was 80 degrees there and she would take us to the pool and the beach.  Score!

So Saturday we flew down south to the Republic of Texas!  We flew into San Antonio (it was cheaper to fly there) and stayed overnight in a hotel.  The next morning we met another great Oki friend, Angie Kasuske and her daughter Becca for breakfast.  Angie's oldest son, Isaac, was Cannon's best friend our first year in Okinawa and it was really hard on him when Isaac moved to San Antonio after a year.  It was great to catch up with Angie (who is also pregnant and expecting a baby any day), even if it was a short visit.

I was feeling really skinny here!

After breakfast, we headed to the San Antonio zoo - a really nice zoo.

Riding a Komodo dragon

London compared to a condor's wingspan

Some of my favorite animals:

The flamingos.

The Okapi with his really obscene, blue tongue.

And my favorite - the hippos!  You could see them underwater and I thought it was really funny to see their big butts covered all over with colorful tropical fish.

After visiting the zoo for a few hours (and enjoying the sunshine and heat), we piled in the car and headed back to Corpus Christi.