My Trip to the US of A!

After our great trip to the beach I had 6 days until I was off on my 9 day trip to the US.  I was on my way to a board meeting for the online Christian infertility ministry, Hannah's Prayer, which is also a non-profit organization.  As a non-profit organization, we had lots to do!!

First stop though was Texas.  I had arranged it to fly in and out (of Madrid) by way of Texas and purchasing separate tickets to go to CA.  That way I could spend some time with my family and do some shopping.  I had less than 48 hours in TX before heading to CA and I packed that time up!!  My first stop after getting into the airport was for Mexican food at Abuelos where I met up with some good friends, the Vanns.  Where I forgot to take a picture!!  I was having too good a time chatting it up, although I did pull out the ITouch to SHOW pictures.  Somehow TAKING a picture slipped my mind!  Ha!  It was fun, guys!!

I fell asleep in the car on the way to my parents house in Granbury.  Then of course I woke up bright and early with jet lag setting in.  It didn't stop my from getting going for a full day of shopping in Fort Worth!!  Kohl's, Old Navy, Bath & Body Works, and Target with lunch at Chick-fil-a!!  Woohoo!!

Couldn't resist a silly pic in front of Target!  Ha!  Couldn't see very well either, it was SO bright!

That evening I met up with my niece, Corrie.  We hadn't seen each other in about 8 years!  With both of our comings and goings from the US we just kept missing each other.  We had a fun time!

The next morning my parents and I were up bright and early to meet my in-laws at Cracker Barrel before catching my flight to California where I had to continue fighting jet-lag with the additional 2 hour time change.  That's ok though, it wasn't too bad.  Simply Sleep was my friend during this trip!

I meet up with my other 5 board members.  We originally were going to host a retreat as well as the board meeting, but we had to cancel.  Most of us had already bought plane tickets before we cancelled, so we were all there for an extra amount of time.  We had lots of business to discuss and it gave us ample time to get it all done!!  We were sad to have to cancel the retreat, but God gave us the time we needed to get down to business!

 We set up shop in a corner of the hotel and went to work!

With the extra time, we were able to get a bit of playing in too!

And evening out to dinner by the beach!

Karon, Rachel, and me

 Sarah, Traci & Kris

I asked the girls, before coming, if there was a Trader Joe's nearby.  Texas doesn't have them yet and I'd heard so much about all their great products.  Not only that, but I had tried some of their freeze dried bananas a few years ago when some volunteers left a part of a package behind in Prague.  I fell in love!  The girls thought it was so funny that I wanted to make a trip to TJ!

I'd also heard about their chai mix!  Yum!

These granola bar packages cracked me up!

I also got some good eating in!!  I had 2 firsts in one day!  A trip to TJ's and my first In-N-Out burger!!  Don't forget "Animal Style!"

I love these Christian establishments!!  Different versus from the Bible printed on every cup!

Being silly at the mall!!  This is just one of the many!  I thought I'd refrain from showing all of them!  Lots of trying on of hats and jewelry!  Fun time with girls!!

A trip to Disney......

.....Downtown that is.  Have you SEEN the prices of Disney?!  Something like $84 per adult and 70-something per kid!  Yikes!  I am but a poor girl.  I can't see us taking our kids anytime soon!  Wow!

Disney Downtown was fun with all it's shops and eating places.

The Lego Store!!

Not quite in, but a picture at the gate!!  So close, yet so far away!

Office supply shopping with a little break in the office chair section!

On our last day we had a chance to get some fish tacos in at Wahoos!

Shrimp for me!  Oh my, yummy!!

Stay tuned for my last few hours in Texas.  I had quite a doozy of a time getting home to Madrid!!