Catching Up with Family and Friends in Houston
We have spent the last three weeks in Houston with Kylie and Jon. We always feel at home when we visit. Kylie greeted us with one year’s worth of mail – lucky for us, she had already weeded out the junk and organized it into categories so it wasn’t quite so overwhelming.
A lot of activity took place while we were there with Kylie and Jon working hard on their web sites (check out http://www.bandelle.com/ and the associated blog as well as http://www.pirettigolf.com/ to see why big sister is impressed with their creative and programming skills) while we tried to plan the rest of our travels and pack up the remainder of our belongings that we had left last year. We also did our fair share of shopping to help keep the U.S. economy going. Overall, we had nice days out, lots of quality sister time, caught up on a couple of TV shows, satisfied our Tex-Mex and Chick-fil-A cravings from the last year, and drank lots of tea and hot chocolate. I also got to meet their cute little niece, Evie (the daughter of Derek - Jon's brother - and Erin)...you have to see the pictures of her below.
Fortunately, we were able to see some friends who came to visit us in Houston - Steph from New York, Amy from Chicago, and Leo from Florida. It was so nice to spend time with them and catch up. It almost felt like we hadn’t been gone for the past year.
So now we are in Canada for the next week. Thankfully we didn’t have to say any sad good-byes to Kylie and Jon yet since they will meet us at Dad and Marie’s in a week for the Memorial Day weekend.
"Gossip Girl" evening dinner with Kylie and her friend, Kelly - I caught up on a couple of old T.V. shows and have added this show to my list of favourites
Steph visited from New York. Here she is with Kylie and Jon's princess dog, Aura.
A lot of activity took place while we were there with Kylie and Jon working hard on their web sites (check out http://www.bandelle.com/ and the associated blog as well as http://www.pirettigolf.com/ to see why big sister is impressed with their creative and programming skills) while we tried to plan the rest of our travels and pack up the remainder of our belongings that we had left last year. We also did our fair share of shopping to help keep the U.S. economy going. Overall, we had nice days out, lots of quality sister time, caught up on a couple of TV shows, satisfied our Tex-Mex and Chick-fil-A cravings from the last year, and drank lots of tea and hot chocolate. I also got to meet their cute little niece, Evie (the daughter of Derek - Jon's brother - and Erin)...you have to see the pictures of her below.
Fortunately, we were able to see some friends who came to visit us in Houston - Steph from New York, Amy from Chicago, and Leo from Florida. It was so nice to spend time with them and catch up. It almost felt like we hadn’t been gone for the past year.
So now we are in Canada for the next week. Thankfully we didn’t have to say any sad good-byes to Kylie and Jon yet since they will meet us at Dad and Marie’s in a week for the Memorial Day weekend.
"Gossip Girl" evening dinner with Kylie and her friend, Kelly - I caught up on a couple of old T.V. shows and have added this show to my list of favourites
Steph visited from New York. Here she is with Kylie and Jon's princess dog, Aura.
Amy visited from Chicago - lots of good food and wine at dinner!
Derek (Jon's brother), Erin and little Evie
Leo visited from Florida - do you remember seeing Leo in a previous blog post? Well, we were able to meet up with him in a random town in England last July. It's lucky for us that he has to travel for work to some of the places that we have been in.
I couldn't resist posting this photo of Aura.
posted by Melissa and Klas | 6:41 PM
2 Comments:
Thank goodness I'm going to see you both next week. I'm saving up the waterworks until then :) It was soooo good to wake up and have a cup of tea with you in the mornings -- that was my favorite part. And princess Aura certainly misses you (the daily treat count has dropped significantly since you left)...
Love you.
Kylie
Hi Melissa & Klas,
Wow ... you've been taking some absolutely breath-taking pictures! I am referring to the Australian ones. They are so vibrant, so alive! Now you know what those painters 200 years ago were talking about, when they said they couldn't find the right colours to paint with. How do you describe the "red earth" to anyone who has not seen it, for instance? Keep taking those pictures, I can't wait to see more of them. Funny eh? Like the saying goes, that you find the best things in your own backyard - or something along that line. Lots of love, Uncle Rudy.
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