March 2008

After Eoghan and Paul left we had about a week before heading to San Antonio for a week. We brought the whole family, even Roxy got to come along. We spent the first couple of days out in Bulverde with Karen and Bill. When we got off the plane it was 95 deg but luckily it got a lot cooler with each passing day. It was fun getting re-aquainted with the area and Karen brought us to a great craft fair where we did some wine tasting. Then Stephen and I headed downtown for a SAS conference. We left Clio and Roxy with Karen and Bill and they all had a great time. They got to go to the childrens museum and Chuck e cheese. Stephen and I stayed in a hotel near the riverwalk about a mile from the conference so we got to walk along the river every morning and evening. It was lovely. And the conference was good too - there were some interesting topics covered and Stephen did a wonderful job presenting his paper. He drew quite a large crowd - impressive as he had to present the second last paper of the conference so a lot of folks had already left. Of course we got to hang out on the river in the evenings and spent St Patricks night in a few Irish bars. Another night we went to a great jazz club. And the hotel had a workout room so we got to workout together too. Oh, a note about the Valencia hotel - the bottles of water in your room are $6 but if you go to the workout room, they are free. This might be the case in other hotels too so be sure to check out the workout room for the free stuff!
After the conference we spent another day at Karen and Bill's, spread some dirt (I love to do yard work at their place) and hung out on the porch drinking margaritas. Our last full day in Texas was spent at Jeremy & Wendy's stables. We rented a car and drove down to see her and little Jaime (who'll be 2 this summer). Unfortunately Jeremy was training to be a helicopter pilot instructor in Alabama but it was lovely to see Wendy again and to meet Jaime. What a friendly little girl - didn't make strange at all and was very generous with all her toys and books. Cliona had a great time with her new playmate. She loved the swing (of course) and the trampoline.
Once we got back to LA, Stephen took Cliona down to San Diego for Easter. Clio and Avery had a great time decorating eggs and hunting for them. The annual Greenhall egg hunt/brunch was a great success again on Easter Sunday. And baby Katherine is such a cutie - Stephen says she is all smiles and giggles.
All the photos for March are HERE