Houston and the Newsboys!

Erik and I have been DC Talk and Newsboys fans for a long, long time. So when the Newsboys came here for a concert we had to take our kids. The kids love concerts. We went to see Third day a few months ago and yesterday saw newsboys. The funniest thing about the concert was that the BEST song they sang was Jesus Freak. If DC Talk ever got back together and had a concert I would cry. Literally tears. I teared up hearing Michael Tait singing Jesus Freak. I can't imagine how exciting it would be to see DC Talk. Even so, we absolutely loved the concert. 

Hawk Nelson opened for them and we knew two of their songs (on our Christian radio station we listen to).

Michael Tait singing with the Newsboys

This past week I went to Houston, TX for an Android Training class. I liked the class and the opportunity to spend several hours focused on programming. It was also a small boost to my ego that I was in a room of men who had programmed in the field for years but I did all the labs faster and with less problems than everyone else. In fact, I always finished early so I did my own side projects. I created hangman in Android and sideloaded the app on to my phone. I also made a Euchre 4/6 flip app. This app will cheer when you go from 4 to 6 points in Euchre. I actually want to create a euchre scoring app. It is so much better than the low tech cards....

I rented a Chevy Cruz. It was nice to have a clean car even it if was only for a week.

My car

 One crazy thing happened to me on the trip. On the last day one of the guys from the class staying at the hotel was sitting with me at breakfast. I asked him if he enjoyed the class. He said it was the best he'd ever taken. Wow - that's high praise.

After breakfast, I went back to my room and packed up everything. I heard a knock on the door and it was this guy, Yuan. He asked to come in. Well I thought okay, whatever. He said he wanted to tell me about this android book that helped him create apps. When I let him in, he said the best thing about this class was me. It took me awhile to understand exactly what he said because he had such a thick Chinese accent. So I didn't reply, then he grabbed me and touched my breast and tried to kiss me. I pushed him away as hard as I could and said NO! Then opened the door and kicked him out. Luckily he left. It was so creepy though. I was ready to leave as soon as I could after that. So I busted through the labs in our class that day and left without saying good bye.

Sometimes I am naive to the world around me. I always think people are nice and not creeps. Apparently I'm wrong at times!

I got home at 1:30am Friday night. Saturday morning Jenna and I had to be at a church for the Peace of Cake Ministry. We made cupcakes for kids there. The free store offers a place for people to shop for Christmas presents for their kids for free! Jenna and her friend Addie helped the kids make cupcakes while the parents shopped. It was a great opportunity for them.

Jenna and Addie serving at Peace of Cake ministry

Hawk Nelson opening for the Newsboys

The kids bought glowsticks at the concert - Matthew LOVED it

 When I got back from Houston we decorated the Christmas pipe cleaner tree. Erik loves this skinny tree. I'm okay with it but I don't love it. This is the tree that we have though. I should probably stop complaining about the tree but bugging Erik is one of my favorite things to do.

We are so excited for the next two weeks when the kids will be in the Christmas program and Sarah will get baptized. Praise God that my girl is choosing to follow Christ.