Labor Day in San Antonio

Jen and Simone stop to smell the flowers on the Riverwalk

Our B&B had a wonderful outdoor patio for exploration and a relaxed breakfast.

King William Historic District

San Antonio has some amazing historic homes along the southern bank of the Riverwalk. This area was originally settled by well-to-do German merchants.

Pancakes for Dinner

Blueberry pancakes. Need we say more?

Privacy Please!

Everyone needs a place to get away and suck down 8ozs of milk.

July 4th in Mexico

We recently celebrated our first 4th of July in Mexico. The 4th is the big holiday for the Foreign Service community, where the US mission usually throws a big party, inviting colleagues from the local community. Matamoras is no different. On the day of the 4th, we had an afternoon banquet with jazz band, mariachi band and speeches commemorating America’s birthday.

That night the Consulate sponsored a jazz concert at the central plaza that the whole DuBord family attended.

On one side of the square was a traditional dance in front of a church and the other side was the jazz event.

Isle de Padre

Can you say, "ready for the beach?"

We have been to South Padre Island twice now

and it has proved to be one of our favorite things

about Matamoros, albeit that it is in the US.

This is me walking out into the waves with a

colleague of mine and spouse of one another colleague.

(The smallest one is Simone; I guess you never know

with the DuBords.)

On our first trip to the beach, Simone screamed

bloody murder when the water hit her toes and

she scampered up my back.

This time, as you can see, see went charging

down to the waves and even stood on her

own in the water. Amazing what a couple

of weeks will do.

Saddle Up

So, when you live with one foot in Texas

and the other in Mexico, it seems appropriate

to get comfortable in a saddle.

Pony for the second birthday?