Opa!

We went Greek!!!
This weekend was the annual Houston Greek Festival. Since our family now boasts a Greek member we HAD to check it out!
First of all, it's huge. Really huge.

Literally thousands of people converged on the Greek Orthodox Church. We were invited by a Kingwood family who is involved with the festival. They're Greek (the grandparents still live there!) and the dad, though he goes by "John" actually share Janni's name - Ioannis.

Their son, Zack, is a sophomore at KHS and was one of the dancers at the festival.

In addition to dancing there was a lot of food - which we tried, of course!

Janni said the food was pretty good but plans to get some recipes from his family and make us "better" Greek food. I can't wait!

We also enjoyed some more high school football this week. It was the Homecoming game so it was great fun...even though we didn't win! A bunch of the guys tailgated before the game...

 Janni seems to be enjoying all of the fun associated with Homecoming - even the mums! He and his darling date Amanda exchanged them Thursday night:

It's been fun to watch Janni find his friends and branch out and do things with them. After the game on Friday night he hung out with these guys, staying up late and playing video games. I know I keep saying (writing?!) this but he's adapted so well. A true testament to the amazing child he is :)

 It was a gorgeous  weekend here in Houston - finally felt a little like fall! Since the temperature dropped below 90 degrees the kids dusted off the fire pit and enjoyed the great outdoors Sunday night, staying up late talking and celebrating the fact that they did not have school Monday. Janni tried another new American icon - the s'more....

Yum!

It's another busy week for our family - Tom is in Canada so I'm completely outnumbered by the teens! Luckily I am not afraid.

Last night marked an exciting milestone for our family. Hunter officially (verbally) committed to play basketball at Pittsburg State University. He's excited about his future and loves the coach and the variety and depth of technology degrees offered. We are thrilled as well. Knowing that your child has a bright future in the classroom and on the court makes the heart happy. One sad side note was when we were all talking about how we could watch the games that we can't attend online. Janni pointed out that he will be able to watch them in Germany. My heart stopped a little when I realized that he won't be around next fall. I can't even think about him leaving and can't imagine how much his family must be missing him.

So my plan is to enjoy every day of this amazing experience and try not to think about the fact that it will end in June.

Denial. It's my new coping technique.

Don't judge.