Quick Update from Texas

We've arrived in Texas to beautiful sunshine and heat to warm our old Canadian bones. Hubby's quest through U.S. immigration for renewal of his work visa went smoother than last time. We were able to catch an earlier flight out of Toronto to Chicago O'Hare to meet up with our connecting flight to Austin. It was much less rushed that way as we had to move from one end of O'Hare to another. We even had time for some breakfast which gave us the energy and fuel for the entire day!

God has a sense of humor to be sure because as hubby went to the car rental desk at the airport to pick up our rental, the only car they had available for us was ... get this... a Rav-4. The very same vehicle we were test driving last weekend. Apparently we now get to have a "dry run" with the vehicle before we ever decide to get one (in the distant future!).

It was SO great to wrap my arms around Denise again as we arrived at their beautiful home around 4pm. We showered them with Canadian gifts (from the airport- lol) upon arrival and caught up while sitting on the balcony sitting area outside Denise's master bedroom.

I love that we never run out of things to talk about and we truly feel "home" when visiting Denise and her family. It's always sad to say good-bye but at least this time we were here for the night and so we had a long evening of dinner (delicious Texas ribs) and chatting. We even got to meet the good friends who live next door, one of which is a fellow Canadian!

Slept like a log and this morning Denise and I sat out on her new patio living room furniture while we sipped our morning beverages (tea for me and coffee for D) and chatted some more. Now I have to get off here and flat iron the mess on top of my head, called hair before we head off to church and my first "real" Mexican lunch. I've taken some pictures but I'm Denise's computer right now so I'll post them from the hotel later!

That's all for now... wish you were here yet? ;-) More to come so stay tuned...