Busy Week

Last Monday myself and Clint went to Houston, Texas. One of our suppliers sent us, they also sent Chuck who is our rep from their company to go with us. He was a great host and made sure we were taken care of during the trip. Once we arrived at the airport we had a driver waiting to take us to our hotel. They put us up in a really nice hotel, we were super impressed. After we checked in Chuck to us out to dinner. We went to this fabulous restaurant called Foco de Chao. It is a Brazilian steak house. The food was so good, we had some of the best steaks. The service was also wonderful. If I had to get up from the table someone was there to pull the chair out for me and when I returned someone was there to pull it back out for me. The food and service was amazing. After dinner we went back to our hotel and Chuck spoke to the concierge and was asking him what places he recommended going to. We went to a place called Sam's Boat. They had music playing and TV screens showing sports(which Clint loved). We ordered soda's and talked and then we ordered dessert. We then went back to our hotel and went to bed. We got to sleep in the next morning which was nice. We met Chuck and the rest of our group in the hotel ball room for lunch. Lunch was great and once again we had great service. We then loaded up in charter buses and went to Goodman. We toured the warehouse and the plants were they make the air conditioning units. It was very interesting and I have to say I learned a lot. When we were done we went back to our hotel, they were having a social hour in the ball room. Since Chuck doesn't drink and neither do we and we were kind of tired so we went up to our rooms to rest for a little bit. We then went to dinner. We went to this Italian restaurant called Mingalone. They reserved the upstairs dining room for our group. It was a very nice restaurant. We had appetizers, salad, bread, four entree's and dessert. We were so stuffed. The food was wonderful and we had a good time. We then went back to our hotel to crash. We got up the next morning and had breakfast at the hotel restaurant which was great. We then loaded up the buses and went to Goodman corporate offices. They had more drinks and snacks for us when we arrived, I think I gained a couple of pound while we were there. We had some presentations and then they had lunch brought in. Lunch was great as usual and then we went back to the hotel. We sat in the Lobby and talked until our driver arrived. We then went to the airport and arrived back home at about 8:30pm. It was a short trip, but it was nice to get away even though business was involved. We had a good time. My brother Oscar kept our kids while we were away, I am sure his house was busy. Thursday I did a few things at home and then I had to catch up on some work in the office so I worked most of the afternoon.

Well Thursday night Oscar dropped off his boys and it was my turn to take care of the kids. Oscar and his wife Luisa took off for a few days to go and celebrate their anniversary and Oscars birthday. The kids had fun playing together, it was definitely busy and crazy at times, no sleeping in for me. Friday Clint's sister Roma and her family came down for the day so I had a full house. Roma has five kids plus her husband. The kids had fun playing together. Saturday I took the kids to the park and then we went grocery shopping. I had to go to Costco, Sprouts and Fry's. I had several people stop and ask me "are all these kids yours??" I guess people thought I was nuts when they saw me with six kids. Everything went well we even stopped at the snack bar at Costco for ice cream and churros. As soon as we got home I fed the kids dinner and then I took the four little ones a bath and but them to bed. I let Taylor and Jordan stay up and do there own thing for a while. Sunday we woke up, and the kids played and I cleaned, then time to get everyone ready for church. The one good thing about boys is that they are so much easier to get ready, their hair takes about 2 seconds to comb. After church we had dinner and then I took Jacob and Josh home around 7pm. Luisa's mom was there waiting for them. Jacob didn't want to leave and neither did Josh. They had fun playing. After I dropped them off I put my younger two girls to bed. About 30 minutes after I put them to bed Alyssa came down stairs, when I asked her what was wrong she started crying and said "I just can't stop thinking about Jacob and Josh." She missed her cousins. It was definitely a busy week but lots of fun.