HOUSTON

We had a lovely time in Houston. We left from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA on Saturday morning last week. When we got to Houston, Mark and I took an Uber to the hotel and Adam, Gabby and James got the rental car and drove to her cousins house about 45 minutes in another direction. They spent the night there. 

Mark and I checked into the hotel and then we took an Uber over to see Mark's mom's new place. She had moved into a retirement center so we had not seen her apartment yet. It is lovely. The building inside is so beautiful. We have never seen anything so elegant before. Absolutely gorgeous. Every inch of the place is decorated with beautiful wooden cabinets throughout the large hallways and fabulous artwork over each one in huge fancy frames. She is very happy there and her balcony faces over the pool area. 

We visited with her for awhile and ordered a pizza. It was a nice evening. She is amazing for 96 years old. She will be 97 in January. She doesn't need a walker but loves to use one in the hallways for safety reason. She is so fast!! 

We headed back to the hotel for the night. It was a nice morning and we went downstairs for breakfast. Adam, Gabby and James were going to arrive early afternoon. They got settled in and we headed back over to Mom's place on Sunday afternoon. 

She was so happy to see them and especially James. 

We had a nice dinner out with Mom and Mark's brother Jeff, along with his son's. We didn't get any photos. We didn't stay to long after we got back to her place. Everyone was pretty tired. Adam and Gabby had a late night on Saturday at her cousin's house. We meet Adam, Gabby and James down in the hotel lobby and had some wine before heading up to bed. 

Monday morning we saw them for breakfast and then we all got ready to go see Mom for awhile before we headed back to the airport that afternoon. We ordered in lunch. We didn't want to exhaust mom too much by going out again. It was a very nice visit. 

Then we did head to the airport for our flight at 5:30 that evening. On our first flight going to Houston James got to meet the pilots and I believe Gabby got some photos. They spoiled James so much on that first flight to Houston. Gave him a big box of treats and a large bag of Gummy bears. Not to mention that when Gabby talked about James' upcoming plane birthday party, he gave Gabby like 20 bags of pretzels for the kids gift bags. It was so much fun. 

So heading home he got to meet one of the pilots and I got photos. He was so excited and happy. So here are some photos. Enjoy!