Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Cute Shoes and BBQ

Yesterday we spent most of the day with Justin's parents, Nancy and Luis Guzman. They are absolutely wonderful people and have such a joy for life! They always seem to smile and laugh at things. Luis is notorious (yes, notorious) for bad jokes (no offense, Dad). And they both are notorious for telling you the same story from Justin's childhood for the 57th time. And they have three horses and two huskies, so they always pop up in conversation too. :) True Texans.

We first went to lunch at Sweet Tomatoes, which is a soup-n-salad place and had really good food! Then we went shopping at Kohls, which was so much fun for me, but for some reason, Justin wasn't too thrilled at how long we (meaning I) spent there. But I got some really cute shoes and few new clothes. Here are the "very comfortable and perfect for teaching all day in" cute brown shoes.

Then we headed over to Sam's for some bulk American grocery supplies to take back with us to BP. We got chocolate chips, Rotel tomatoes, Pace salsa, and Oreoes, among other things. While there we had a freshly made (and very salty) pretzel! It was SO good.

Then we travelled about half an hour to the town of Howe, Texas, to see Justin's cousin's house. It was REALLY nice. It was like a cabin and very spacious. It was built in the early 1900s. They've done a lot of work on the house, including uncovering original wooden floors that the previous owner had glued carpet to! I had my camera, but forgot to take a picture. :( It was so great to spend some time with Lindsay (Justin's cousin) and her boyfriend, Jeff. Living so far away and only coming to Texas occasionally, we do not get to see them often.

Then we all headed to Texas Roadhouse, which is a BBQ place. I had 1/3 rack of ribs, sweet potatoe and salad. It was delicious!

Jeff and Lindsay
Justin and his Dad


3 comments:

Kristen said...

Yeah for new shoes! I am all about comfort when it comes to shoes, unlike many of the Hungarian women. I won't tell Kevin you went to Texas Roadhouse because he loves it and has been complaining about how much he misses the food recently, mainly a good steak. :)

Julie said...

Those are cute shoes and I am jealous about all the American food... drooling...yummy

Audrey said...

Cute shoes AND Texas Roadhouse? Ah, the fashion! Oh, the buttery rolls and beef! I hope your time in TX finishes well. Looking forward to seeing you.