Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Ruby's Birthday and San Antonio Trip


Ruby's birthday was the Monday of Thanksgiving Break, so we opened up some presents and hit the road for a quick trip to San Antonio. 




Birthday Interview 2015

What is your favorite thing to do? Nothing.
What do you do really well? I don’t know. I don’t do anything.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A princess
What’s your favorite food? Spaghetti without sauce
Who do you love to spend time with? Malia
What makes you laugh? Nothing.
What’s the best time of day? Christmas
What are you afraid of? Monsters and wolves and tigers
Who is your best friend? Addison
What do you like to do with your family? Nothing. I like to be alone.
What do you love to learn about? I don’t know. Nothing.
Where do you like to go? To my grandpa and grandma’s house
What is your favorite color? Light pink, dark pink
What is your favorite book? The books that I make
If you had one wish, what would it be? That every day would be Christmas
What would you buy if you had $1,000? 1,000 things
What is your favorite song? Fight Song and I Threw A Wish in the Well (Call Me Maybe)
What do you wish you can do before your next birthday? Nothing. No, not nothing. Go to the North Pole and see all the presents.

Ruby is such a joy in our family. She brings so much energy and love and excitement and noise to our home. Ruby feels and acts and loves with her whole self which is often loud and energetic, but it's so real. We always know exactly what she is thinking. She is so incredibly creative. Give her some paper and tape and she can make anything - a house for her dolls, a kite, a dog bed, a costume, anything. She is a creator and inventor and artist. She is very creative and has an eye for design. I'm constantly amazed by what she comes up with. We sure do love her!

We headed to San Antonio after presents and had such a good time! We stayed downtown in an old bank building with the original vaults open for display. We loved the river walk and exploring a new place.

  

  
Ruby was really happy to pick out the flavors of bundt birthday cake on the way down.

  
The vaults in the basement were really cool...Look at those hinges on the doors!


  
The next morning we headed out to the Alamo and to explore the river walk more. There were some neat live historical people there to bring it to life.

  

  

The kids loved the koi fish that ran through the complex. They were huge and beautiful!

  

  

  


  
We did a boat tour to see the whole river walk that we weren't able to walk ourselves.

The next morning before heading home we visited all of the Texas missions. It was kind of rainy so we didn't explore them all, but it was really interesting to see them.