Monthly Archives November 2011

In my former life, I loved to shop.  Loved it.  And by former life, I mean B.C. (before children).  And by shop, I mostly mean browse. Mostly.  But somewhere in between Jeremiah sleeping soundly in his stroller no matter where we were and turning into a toddler with working legs and arms, shopping has become more of a need than a want.

I remember in the younger years of my life, maybe around middle school, spending the night at my Grandma Skrivan’s house on Thanksgiving night and the next day the two of us heading out to do some fun shopping.  I’d usually pick out my Christmas gift that day and she’d save it to give to me on Christmas Eve.  Sometimes I even got a pretty holiday outfit to sport multiple times during the next few weeks...

No, no problems at all with Houston.  What a great city!  And I was thankful that our pilot didn’t have to radio in that little phrase to the Houston airport.  For some reason my fear of flying is starting to creep back in.  If you think of it, please pray.  I really really hate having that fear.

Anyways, we were there this and last week to meet a church in Katy, Texas that has been supporting us with out ever having met us!  How amazing is that!?  So, we were really eager to get over there to officially meet the missions committee, get to know the church, and then meet with other churches in the area.

We had planned the trip kind of last minute, realizing that we only had a few weeks left before the big holiday madness began, so we bought the tickets and about a week and a half lat...