Erik comes to Town

Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged again . . . let's just say the time has flown by. One of my closest friends, Erik Brockman, came and visited me!! We had a great time, old roommates reunited once again!! Erik quickly got introduced to the whole crew . . . the first morning Gary gave him his nickname . . . Guns (because Erik said he brought his "guns" to Texas to help do some heavy lifting). Pretty cool nickname if I may say so myself! The week was filled with a lot of hard work, but a lot of fun too! On Thursday we were treated to lunch at the Mosquito, our favorite restaurant, by the Diocese of Texas to thank our long-term, hardworking volunteers Larry and Stew. Going around the table in a clockwise direction starting at the bottom, we have: Jim, Maggie, Stew, Gary, Nikki, Allison, Carolyn, Larry, and Erik.


On Friday night we decided to go up to watch the Astros play. It happened to work out that they were playing my favorite team, the Padres!! I was quite happy as the Padres rolled to a 7-0 victory. Afterword, we saw one of the best fireworks shows I've ever seen! Minute-Maid ballpark was a nice facility and the indoor AC provided a nice break from the summer heat!


So the next day I got to lead a crew of high school choir members from Houston tearing out drywall at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church fellowship hall. What a great group of students. I really got a taste of what it takes to lead a crew all by myself. It was a completely different mentality than I'm used to but working with a great group like this made it easy!


On Sunday, Erik and I spent the whole day up in Houston with my family. We went to church with Fred and Mary and then had lunch with them. Fred taught me all about my family history. It was really interesting for me . . . I don't don't know about Erik though . . . haha, he was a good sport about it though. We had dinner with JoAnne and Bishop Andy's house. It was a great way to spend Mother's day since we couldn't be home to spend them with our mamas.

On Tuesday, Erik and I took the day off and went to Brazoria Preserve and checked out the birds and alligators (that's right, alligators!!!)

What a week we had!! Thanks to Erik for coming out to visit!!