Off to Texas

We left Arizona on Wednesday afternoon. It had been a little cooler for Arizona but had seemed nice to us. When we got to Texas, they were also having a cold spell. We even saw some snow flurries while there. It was so nice to see John and his family. They have a beautiful home and are wonderful hosts.

Thursday evening, John was able to get tickets to a Spurs game at the AT&T Center. That was fun to see some of those famous players

.

On Friday, Carrie and Matt arrived. Matt had been in Houston for work. He rented a car and drove over to San Antonio. Carrie flew in from Missoula with baby Emmett. She had been nervous about flying with a baby, but I think he did pretty good.

Saturday afternoon we all bundled up and drove downtown to the Alamo and River Walk. That is a place we used to take visitors to when they came to see us and it is always fun to eat at one of the restaurants right along the river and ride in one of the river boats.

It was so cold, but we sure did enjoy the beautiful River Walk. Christmas lights were all along the way, in the trees, luminaries along the sidewalks, etc. And, you always have to take a boat ride to see it all!

Sunday was a special day as we went to church and John blessed little Beckham. He gave him a wonderful blessing and it was neat to be there.

Monday morning we got up early (4:30am) and loaded up Matt's car with all our stuff and their stuff and headed to the airport. After driving around trying to find the Thrifty Car return, we finally made it. We wondered for a while when we saw the long security lines. Since the Godfreys had a baby with them they took them right through which was nice. We caught our flights -- ours through Denver to SLC. Carrie and Matt to SLC and then on to Missoula -- with quite a delay in Salt Lake, we even got to see them there. We wondered for a while if they were going to come and spend the night with us, but they finally got home.

It was nice to be home. We woke up Tuesday morning to about 6 inches of snow -- winter was here!
Here is a video of Eden singing a song for us.