Texas ~ Survivor / Part 1

Avery and I had the best Texas get-away a few weekends ago!  I had not flown anywhere in a year and a half, so it was so fun to get away. 

It was so, so cloudy as we left.

But always so cool to see the clarity above the clouds...definitely a spiritual parallel.

We finished the Whole 30 the day before in perfect timing for our trip.  These Cheez Its were so good!

We went to San Antonio to spend the weekend with our dear friend, Larry.  We met him in 2005 and since that next year, we have called him a dear family friend.  He even came to see us for a week when we lived in South America!

While in San Antonio, we were also looking forward to seeing some other friends.  We spent time with Joel and Cayce, whom we met through church about 14 years ago.  They moved to San Antonio about 10 years ago.  We saw them when we were there 9 years ago, so it was so great to see them.

One of the coolest things that happened was we met Kim Spradlin Wolfe from Survivor!  She won in 2012 and is on the new season beginning tonight on CBS!  We were at her house and she was so kind to facetime our girls, who are huge fans.

Really, she could not have been more kind and down to earth.  This was such a fun treat to meet her.

This is her promo picture on CBS for the new season.

The next day, we started our day like this.....

If you have been to Texas, you know breakfast tacos are everywhere.  Mine was full of scrambled eggs, bacon and avocado on a homemade tortilla.  We also got some doughnuts too.

We answered one of life's puzzling questions...how many doughnut holes does it take to make a doughnut?  We decided on 6 :).

We went to look at Larry's new house he is building and then took a guided boat ride on the Riverwalk. 

For dinner, we had brisket.  This is the brisket grilled cheese....so good!

After dinner, we went to visit some other dear friends, Doug and Colby, who we met as well in 2005.  It was just like old times visiting with them.  We loved all the time with our dear friends.

Part 2 coming up tomorrow......