Dori and John visit

My older sister, Dori, and BIL, John, graced us with a visit this past week flying into Houston from Denver, Colorado for a long weekend stay.  We had a great visit and enjoyed exploring some new areas to all of us.  On Friday night, Mike and I whipped up a home cooked Texas bbq dinner for our guests including pulled pork sliders, cornbread, green beans with bacon, and peach cobbler with ice cream for dessert.  Mmm, mmm, good.  We finished off the night with a glass of wine from one of our favorite local spots, the Sonoma Wine Bar.  On Saturday, we checked out NASA's "Space Center" museum and learned all about life in space (astronauts "recycle" their pee...or drink their pee after filtering it...Something to consider in case you were ever considering becoming an astronaut).  We had excellent food that day, too, from a few restaurants in the Midtown area.  For lunch, we ate at "District 7" (American food) and for dinner we had Greek food from "Niko-Nikos".  Oh my goodness, talk about a divine food experience.  We pigged out that night and enjoyed every morsel...Gyros, Greek Potatoes, Feta fries, Spanakopita, Loukoumades (fried honey dough balls), Galaktoboureko...YUM!  I highly, highly recommend eating here if you are in the area.  Later that night we headed to an Improv comedy show where three different groups presented.  We ended the night with some good laughs.

 

On Sunday, we headed to Brazoria Wildlife Refuge which is just a little over an hour south of Houston.  We packed a picnic lunch and enjoyed some hiking, that is until John started getting eaten alive by mosquitos.  Then we enjoyed the audio car tour :)  Brazoria had a nice variety of birds and wildlife (including 'gators!) and ended up being a really fun place to visit.

Sunday night we enjoyed a free concert at Hermann Park's Miller Outdoor Theatre.  We brought some drinks, the pup, and our roomies and had a great evening which finished off a great visit with Dori and John!

And now we are at the tail end of our time here in Texas.  Today Mike finishes up his last shift at the hospital and tonight we start our journey back to SoCal.  We are officially moving out of Indiana this time around.  Mike's awesome parents are meeting us on the road to CA with a moving truck packed with all of our house "stuff" and furniture and we will be on our way to becoming CA residents soon.  We've enjoyed our time here in Houston and will miss our roomies but are excited for our next adventure!