Top 10 of the decade.

Lots of people hated 2019 and even the last decade but my whole adult life happened in the last decade!  And while the world seems to be struggling in 2019, I think I'll mostly remember it as the year we settled down. 

Here are my top 19 of the decade (in chronological order)

1. Got married to o the smartest, handsomest guy

2. Lived and loved our first home 

3  Accidentally found my dream job

4. Visited Thailand

5. Lived in DC for a summer

6. My Rey was born and made all my dreams come true

7. Moved into the home of my literal dreams

8. CoCo completed our family

9. ATM cave tour in Belize

10. Got to see my husband through a PhD program and land his dream job - he makes me proud 

Iowa Christmas

Reyna and headed on a road trip to Iowa the day after Christmas. 

 We got to spend time with new cousins 

 Lots of playing and eating. 

Christmas Eve and Santa.

Christmas was a lot of things.
Toddler crazy.

 Family filled

 Cookie decorating 

 Village playing.

 Christmas Eve service was sweet. Reyna got to be an angel for the second year.

 Christmas morning was fun especially with Reyna's excitement for Santa.

She didn't get the real baby unicorn she wanted but she got a people standing one.

 Santa brought Marco the Paw Patrol lookout tower.

Review session

This is what my classroom looks like most days. This day happened to be a review day. Multiple stations are set up around the room. Students rotate through the stations and the answers are revealed at the stations so that they can self correct.

 QR code reader

 Dry erase practice stations

 Sequencing

 Fill in the blanks/matching.

I do teach college students but even if this seems juvenile they are ALWAYS glad for a change if pace from the classroom lecture.
It's a lot of work on the front end but seeing the students reaction and level of participation is always worth it.

Legoland San Antonio

We took a last minute to Legoland Discovery Center in San Antonio and I thought it was awesome! 

Besides these awesome Lego builds, there was two small rides, two playgrounds, and the potential for a few building lessons. 

Being from San Antonio, I was extra impressed with the landmarks they built.

Especially the church we got married in - Miision Conception.

It inspired me to create our home out of Legos!

The Science Mill

The second day was pretty cold so we found a kids museum about 25 minutes away. It was called the Science Mill and it was perfect!

There was something for everyone.
Marco LOVED this particular fish tank!

 Lots of science experiements. 

 Some building and playing outside. 

That silver hand in the back was kinda cool. You could move the fingers into different positions. 

It was the perfect way to spend the day. It's in a small town so it didn't feel packed at all. 

We headed back to the campsite and did some scavenger hunts, wagon rides, playground, etc.

Spring Break 2019 - Enchanted Rock.

This is the first year that Neil and I are both off the same week for Spring Break.
We have a lot of trips planned coming up so we decided to go low key. We stayed home for the first part of the week. We did "normal" things.

target runs. 

Reyna LOVES their big pretzels. 

 We hit up the museum and Steel Pops. 

 This one is just too cute to miss. He loves baths!

Then we met my parents in Fredericksburg, TX for a little camping and hiking. The weather was a little bit cold so we bundled up. 

 Played lots of games. 

This is the top of the Rock we climbed. 

 I did come prepared with a fanny pack for Reyna with a scavenger hunt and a kids camera but she didn't even need it!

 Luckly, we borrowed this hiking pack for the trip. 

Marco must have like it because he was very quiet the whole way. 

 On this trip we learned that Reyna is a little adventurer. She loved the climbing sections and wanted to play hide-n-seek which was terrifying!

 This trail was straight to the top so it was very steep in some sections and it is a huge granite rock so it was pretty bare and slick in many places. 

 She didn't stop once, so we didn't either!

 This was the marking at the very tip. 

 We hit the top and took a peek around. The wind was pretty strong so we headed back down. 

 Reyna explored every formation she could. 

 We did let Marco down at the end. I'm sure he'll be running along side his sister the next time!

It was so fun to see her joy and love for adventure. It certainly encouraged me to plan more hiking trips in the future. I know she will remember this hike. To be honest, she never seemed intimidated either. even at the base, looking up and this mountain and seeing tiny specks of people, she never thought it was difficult. I'm sure she would have gone longer but her legs did hurt that night and she slept well.

Neil and I went back the next day for a run. We went on different trails this time. He got lost on his because part of it was closed but it was a running trail. I basically went rock climbing the whole way. I think Reyna would have loved it. I was kinda regretting not bringing her. We had decided to leave the kids because it was 43 degrees when we left. 

 I ran to the small lake and turned around. 

 It was a good, quick run. 

Hiking in Texas in March is perfect!