Sitting outside in the jungle that was the backyard
of the Bonner Garden B&B in San Antonio.

We're back from our 1st anniversary weekend! The trip in San Antonio was very enjoyable, jam-packed with sightseeing, relaxing, and fun times. In my previous post, I talked briefly about what I learned in our first year of marriage. Much can be said about all that I learned during our short stay in San Antonio!

For instance...

-Faith and I relate, communicate, and grow much more when we get away together alone. Half of it has to do with the fact that the weekend was spent solely for the two of us. And the other half is definitely due to the lack of distractions--other people, computer, work, etc. I can easily see this relate to my spiritual life. The necessities of life (work, relationships), along with the "conveniences" that make our life "better" (internet, media) regularly distract me away from any semblance of a relationship with Christ. Hopefully I'll be willing to apply this lesson.

-The Bonner Garden B&B is an excellent choice for accomodations if you ever visit San Antonio. It's a beautiful old home. Faith and I particularly adored the rooftop access, swimming pool, excellent breakfasts served by the hosts, beautiful greenery surrounding the house, and exquisite furniture throughout the rooms.

-San Antonio is the absolute worst city for parking. My father ingrained in me as a child the importance of finding the best parking spot (which invariably requires for that spot to be free of charge). So needless to say, search for this best spot I did while in San Antonio. We could not find one free parking space in the entire downtown district. Travesty of travesties.

-In Faith's 24 years of living, she has yet to learn how to open a bottle/can of soda. Crazy huh? I lost count of the times over the weekend she opened a can or bottle of Dr. Pepper and had it spew all over my car. Seriously, this happened more over the weekend than it's happened to me while living in Texas.

So that's a snippet of what this anniversary weekend taught me. Thanks to all you who called or emailed me with best wishes on our first year...they were definitely much appreciated! Here's to year numero dos.

Peace