After our time in Europe, we returned home to spend a precious two weeks with friends and family while waiting for our Chinese visas to process. We had planned on spending a week or so in Texas and then ten days in Indiana, but due to visa delays we spent most of the time in Houston trying to get everything taken care of. It was good to spend some quality time with some of our closest friends, the Chavez family, and we also got to spend time with Michael and Dawn Doiron, good friends from Kuwait that are now back in Houston. We were able to see a couple of great Rangers/Astros games and had excellent seats provided by good friends! Joe was able to catch up with a couple of his students and coworkers from his time at Houston Christian and we also made it to Baytown to see our close friends Kade, Angie, Kayden, and Karis.
A sad moment came when we sold our car on our last day in Texas. Joe bought Lindsay her 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee brand new for Christmas in 2011 and we have driven quite a few miles all over the country in it. It was Lindsay's favorite car and she teared up as we drove away from the lot where we sold it. We held on to it for our two years in Kuwait, but decided that continuing to pay for a car we didn't use wasn't wise. When we return we will have to replace it with something similar, whenever that day comes.
We only had a couple of days in Indiana once our visas were processed, so we split the time between hanging with family and packing. We didn't get to spend as much time in either place as we hoped and we are looking forward to a much longer summer in the States in 2016!
