Wednesday afternoon, Jordan started throwing up. We took him to the Cook Children's Medical Center Urgent Care facility in Hurst where he was seen by a doctor pretty quickly. She said a stomach bug was going around, and he was its latest victim. Poor guy couldn't keep Pedialyte down or anything. Over the course of Thursday, Jordan got much better, and by Friday morning Dondi was able to head down to San Antonio with Julie, Gina and Kristie. Dondi was one of the bridesmaids. Me, I was just along for the ride. I waited a little later in the day with Grandma and Grandpa, then dropped Jordan (who by then was fine) off at Grampy and Grammie's house for the weekend, and headed south to San Antonio.
I hit Austin during rush hour. In case you're wondering, I know why Austin is growing. It's because people, on their way between DFW and South Texas just give up during rush hour, and figure, "what the heck? I'm never getting out of this traffic jam, I think I'll just start a new life over here." And it keeps growing. But, back to my story. Early Sunday morning, the traffic cleared....
Just kidding. Sort of.
I made it to our hotel in Schertz, Texas, just northeast of San Antonio about 8 p.m., and then joined the wedding party at the County Line barbeque restaurant (excellent brisket and ribs) on the west side of San Antonio. Dondi and I left there about 10 p.m. and headed to the Schertz Wal-Mart (every trip we go on requires a stop at a local Wal-Mart) for some last-minute craft supplies and a couple other necessities.
Saturday was the wedding day. Dondi went with Kim, Gina, Kristie and both Julies to the spa for the day. I went downtown. First stop was the Rivercenter IMAX to see The Alamo: the Price of Freedom, a fantastic IMAX production on the battle of the Alamo. Then, I walked down the river to eat at a County Line barbeque place there. Finally, it was back to the car for a drive by the Alamo before heading back north to the Natural Bridge Caverns near Schertz. Formed over the last several million years, these caverns have an amazing amount of beauty.
Saturday evening was the wedding at the First Baptist Church in Universal City. It was a beautiful worship center, and a great wedding. Kim and Dusty's pastor seemed to know them well enough to tell some good stories and really provided a great message with the service.
Afterwards, we hit the reception at Granberry Hills, which was beautiful. The food was outstanding, and the DJ did a great job. Dondi even got me out on the floor for one dance. Thankfully, there are no pictures of that. :-)
Here are the pictures:
From left to right: Julie Harris, Julie Von Hollen, Dondi, Kim (Smith) Graves, Dusty Graves, Gina Scurlock, Kristie Seward and Holly Torres.
Dondi and me at Granberry Hills.
Sunday morning, we sprang forward (thanks a lot for that, Congress), Dondi and I headed north. We stopped in San Marcos at the two outlet malls. We were there for 30 minutes and spent well over $100. I'm glad we weren't there for an hour! But, it was all for Jordan. And, he made out pretty good: two polo-style shirts, two pairs of sunglasses, a baseball cap and two short outfits from The Children's Place outlet, a swimsuit, two pairs of jeans and a camp-style shirt from Oshkosh outlet and two pairs of shoes from the Stride Rite outlet.
We finally made it home about 4 p.m. (yep, we hit a traffic jam coming through Austin on the way home). Jordan was thrilled to see us, and we him. Now, it's back to work tomorrow.
Bright and early!
