Enjoyer of Grace

Friday, August 3

PLANNING OUR NEXT SAN ANTONIO TRIP!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of SAVE for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Here's my husband and I in 2008 when we last took a road trip down to San Antonio. (Wow we looked ~~like we were in high school~~ young. o.O) We were there visiting a good friend of his who had moved there for work. He took us to so many awesome spots like the Japanese Tea Garden, Chris Madrid's for burgers, Tower of the Americas, and of course, the Alamo, the famous River Walk, and Sea World.

Recently we've been thinking about making another trip so that we can take E to check out Sesame Street Bay of Play at Sea World. In case you're new to this blog, my son's a HUGE Elmo and Cookie Monster fanatic. I'm a little worried though about how he's going to handle meeting these life-size characters... either he'll be super excited or super freaked out! ;)

Oh and "Aquatica" - Sea World's new 18 acre aquatic park with UP-CLOSE animal experiences, high speed thrills, and relaxing sandy beaches just looks too good to pass up! I also heard there's a beautiful lagoon there with tons of exotic fish - I bet E would love that!

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The timing couldn't have been more perfect when I found out about SAVE – San Antonio Vacation Experience! Traveling just seems a lot more expensive these days, so anywhere we can save is a plus for us. Already one of the nation's most affordable vacation destinations, SAVE just makes going to San Antonio even sweeter with all the additional savings! :)

Not only did SAVE make it super easy to find deal and discounts on tons of hotels, theme parks, tours, you can download their mobile app or follow them on Twitter @SAVEinSA to get the latest deals and ideas for travel plans!

I've been planning a little for our next trip and Hilton Palacio Rio sounds like a pretty neat place to stay at - especially with the Limited Time Offers going on now. I also found so many other great deals with SAVE for all these places that we want to check out too:

Sea World ($10 off one-day admission & family four-pack deals)
Alamo IMAX Theatre Rivercenter (FREE child admission with each adult ticket purchase)
San Antonio Children's Museum (20% off admission)
San Antonio Zoo ($2 off admission)
Tower of America's 4-D Theatre Ride ($2 off ticket)

Any of you planning a trip there soon? Which attractions are you planning on checking out? :D

SOMETHING EVERY HEART IS LOVING + FRIDAY TREATS

Happy Friday, dear friends! We made it through another week. Praise the Lord! ;) It's been kind of an emotional roller coaster week for me, but the Lord continually keeps gently shifting my gaze back on Him. It's so easy to find myself lost in my situations, anxieties, and thoughts, but I'm thankful that we have One who's always interceding for us (whether we realize it or not).

So I leave you with this hymn that I've been enjoying before going into my usual Friday Treats. Hope you all enjoy Christ as grace this weekend! :)

Something every heart is loving:

If not Jesus, none can rest;

Lord, my heart to Thee is given;

Take it, for it loves Thee best.

Thus I cast the world behind me;

Jesus most beloved shall be;

Beauteous more than all things beauteous,

He alone is joy to me.

Bright with all eternal radiance

Is the glory of Thy face;

Thou art loving, sweet, and tender,

Full of pity, full of grace.

When I hated, Thou didst love me,

Shedd'st for me Thy precious blood;

Still Thou lovest, lovest ever,

Shall I not love Thee, my God?

Keep my heart still faithful to Thee,

That my earthly life may be

But a shadow to that glory

of my hidden life in Thee.

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Thursday, August 2

DIY TISSUE BOX COVER

We always buy our tissue boxes in bulk from Costco. However, sometimes the designs aren't the "prettiest" and they'd stand out [not in a good way] in our living room. o.O

I decided to make a simple cover that I'd be able to easily slip on and off. With materials that I already had on hand, I quickly re-purposed an old shoe box into something a little more useful and pleasant to look at. ;)

I found this Sanuk box to be the best fit. The length needs to be shortened a little, but the width and height matched almost exactly with the tissue box.

First I cut off the top so that I would just be left with the base. To fix the length issue, I took the box apart and cut the flaps down to shorten it. The rest of the pictures are pretty self-explanatory.