Busy times But Good times

Hey People, 

Sorry it's been so long!! Life has been very busy ;)

Much has happened since I last updated y'all so I'll do my best to give you all the highlights. 

Wedding| No not mine :) I went to Canada to attend my cousins wedding and the best part was...I got to see my parents too :-D
It was really nice trip - I didn't really get to see much of Canada as I was only there for about three days but the country seemed nice. They have Queen Elizabeth on their paper money and have similar looking coins. 

Me, Mummy and Daddy at the wedding :)

And the hotel were showing that week's Arsenal match so I got to watch it before leaving for the wedding #perfectsaturday 

Dallas Mavs| Basketball is big out here and the Dallas Mavericks are the big team in the area. Well a few week ago we got free tickets to see them play. It was SO fun!! Our seats were kinda far back but the atmosphere was amazing and it was very interesting to watch all the entertainment that happens when the game has stopped (aka commercial breaks). Basketball is definitely my new favourite sport. I even know the players names now :-) 

I also had a little accident on the way to the game on the train and hit my head (quite hard on the overhead coat rack #donotask). We were teaching at school the next day and the teacher took me to see the school nurse who gave me some ice to put on it and told me I had concussion. But I'm all good now :-)

Me with the icepack on my head at school.

Pep Rally and Homecoming Game| I've been learning and see many new things since being out here and this is one of my favourite things. I love the school we work at (Eastern Hills #keeptheminyourprayers) and we went to there Pep Rally and Homecoming game last month. What's a Pep Rally I hear you say?....Well it's a school event that is before a game - in this case a football game. The purpose of it is to support the football team and get everyone in the school spirit before the game. There were performances from the cheerleaders, games and the school band played some songs. To make it even better it was the Homecoming pep rally game. Don't worry I didn't know what homecoming was either! - it's a traditional where the school's alumni are invited to the game - it's a way of welcoming the alumni. So we went support some of our students in the game that night too. 

Fresh| So each year Pais take the apprentices on a retreat and this year we went to a small town called Glen Rose. It's a completely different look and feel to Texas and so so relaxing. It was 4 days of bible study, musical worship, prayer, laughter and relaxation. My favourite thing was watching the sunset. It was so beautiful! We also had a chance to play some football (soccer) and of course my team won...hehe. 

Road Trip| We took a road trip to San Antonio. It took about 6 hours to drive to San Antonio and we stayed at a lovely house with my team mates former hosts. San Antonio has a lot of Mexican influence and history. We went around and saw many of the historical sights and had a tour of the Alamo which is where the Battle of Alamo took place. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the building :( 
We also went to an old Cathedral which was so beautiful inside. 

On our way back home we stopped off in Austin, the state capital. Austin is a really cool city. It's busy and fast paced with lots of places to eat and numerous cool coffee shops. Austin also has a car rental system with the smallest cars I have ever seen. They are called To Go cars and they are even smaller that the average smart car!

The Circus| A lovely couple from the church bought us tickets to see the circus last weekend. I didn't really want to go and didn't know what to expect. But when I got there - it was amazing!! Tigers, elephants, candy floss (aka cotton candy aka my weakness), flying people, horses, motorcyclists in a cage and so much more. I had a lot of fun and am very glad I went :) 

Weather| Whoever said it never rains in Texas.....well they lied! It does. And it rains nonstop for over 36 hours at a time sometimes. I'll leave it there. 

Thanksgiving| It's Thanksgiving next week!! I am so looking forward to all the new food I am going to try for the first time. I'll be sure to contain the excitement for long enough to take pictures for you all. 
On that note: I have so much to be thankful for. I am thankful for everyone reading this - for all the love, support and encourage you gave me before and since coming out here. I love you all very much!

Well I won't leave it so long before writing again. Have a blessed week ahead people. 

Much love. 
Tess