It's Texas Time!

We made it!! Thankfully there were no problems when we came this time. (Last year we were rear ended on the freeway by a semi truck. Nothing severe, but a little scary.) Besides some construction and unexpected delays, we made good time. We were really excited to see everyone and see Isabella again. Although when we went to Lisa and Brandon's for dinner, Isabella did not appreciate us coming into her home and glared at us through dinner. She did warm up to me pretty quick, but not to Kelvin. She is quite determined to ignore him whenever we are around. He was a little perplexed by it all, but I assured him that she would love him by the end of the summer.


This was the look that we got when we first got there.



She kept eying Kelvin trying to decide what to do with him.



Grandpa and Isabella



Mothers day gifts for Lisa from Marta.



Isabella got spoiled with a suitcase full of cute clothes. She was semi-interested in them but more interested in distracting Lisa and climbing all over her lap.



After the dinner with Lisa and Brandon, we went back to his parents house. It was such a nice night that we decided to go for a bike ride. The neighborhoods are beautiful and I love to look at the houses. On Friday we went to the apartment complex we were going to be staying at and when we sat down with the lady Kelvin had been talking to, we found out that the apartment we had was gone!! She had rented it out to someone else. She claimed it was because she didn't hear from us, but we don't know how much clearer you can get then "Yes we would like the apartment please send us the application." She did send us the application, but sent it the day before we were leaving and then made a very casual voice mail to Kelvin asking about the application. She never indicated to him that the apartment would be gone if we didn't put any money down that day. I didn't deal with any of the apartment stuff, that was all Kelvin but I was not happy when we found out that she gave it away. I asked her why she did that when we told her that we wanted it and she said that they didn't have any money down from us so they couldn't take it off the market. I understand that, but then why not tell us that there was someone else interested and that if we still wanted it then we needed to give them money? It was very poorly handled and now we are scrambling to find another place for a couple of months. At least we have his parents here so we don't have to get a hotel. They live about an hour away from Kelvin's internship which is why we wanted the apartment. The commute is a killer! Oh, well. Everything happens for a reason and we are trying to stay positive. The problem is that not many complexes will do a 2 month lease. And we also need furnished. When all is said and done, we might just sleep on the floor with an unfurnished apt. Whatever we can get at this point is what we will take.

Saturday we went to see the new movie Star Trek. It was pretty good. Unfortunately it had some trash in it. Why do they always have to do that in movies? And that night we went to a Steak restaurant. Kelvin's cousin graduated from college and there was a big celebration. The food was great and it was a lot of fun to see extended family again. I love his family so much!

Then on Sunday (today), Kelvin, his dad and I went to Larry and Michelle's boy Sam's Deacon ordination. It was such a happy moment that I did shed a tear or two. He has come a long way and was so excited to have this in his life. We went to Larry and Michelle's house after for lunch and it was such a nice day that Kelvin and I took a stroll in the golf cart around their property (they have 100 acres of beautiful land). Lunch was delicious and the company was the best! We love this little family and all they have done for us and many others. They adopted their 3 kids and have given them such a good life. The kids are great and we love to spend time with them.

So far it has been a great weekend. Busy, but great. Kelvin starts his internship tomorrow and my last class starts tomorrow. Hopefully things will continue to be smooth throughout the summer.