Texas, Angela, Elisa, Doyle - and WHAM = )

As we left New Mexico and headed towards Arlington, Texas we called our friend Angela and asked her if we could meet up while we were in her area. She and her parents quickly offered us a place to stay, and we graciously accepted! We arrived around 8:00pm and Angela, Sandy, and I went to Chili's to eat and catch up! I had missed Angela more than I even realized. She allowed us to sleep in her bed that night, and it was one of the softest, most comfortable beds we have ever slept in! Their home is absolutely beautiful! We almost felt bad parking our "hippie" van in their driveway = )The next day I got up early with Angela and her parents (Doyle and Elisa) to go on an 8 mile walk with their delightful friends the Bechners (sp?). Sandy was tired so she slept in and continued doing the laundry.(Yes, they were even nice enough to allow us to do laundry...and we needed it!)After the walk we all ate breakfast together and the even had WHAM!!!For those of you that did not grow up in the SDA system, the veggie meat WHAM will mean most likely mean nothing to you. Just know that I have not had it in a long time and I was so exicted!!! Elisa even put it in the skillet to warm it up for me...amazing!!! = )They made us feel so welcome and like we were all old friends! They even sent me away with a box of WHAM all of my own = )! We give them a thousand thanks and hope that our paths cross again while we are here in town. I must spend some time talking about ANGELA! Not only does she have the biggest heart of anyone I have ever met, is one of the most beautiful-gentle women I have ever known, but she is so VERY TALLENTED. The art you see displayed in the picture on this blog is only one of her pieces! She gave us a tee-shirt she had designed and as we wore them so many people looked! If anyone would like more information about her custom t-shirt screen printing business (melloflumatic)you can go to her website www.myspace.com/mellowflumatic; email her at mellowflumatic@gmail.com; or call her at 423-504-0152. = ) THANK YOU CARVER FAMILY!!!! SUCH A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU! To all our family back home and blog readers. We are now safe in Arlington, Texas with Sandy's mom. We will be here for the duration of this week. We got a week's pass to the local YMCA so we can work out, and I have decided that it is time to shave my legs = ) The picture of the leg hair my be a bit much for some, but it had to be documented = )Most likely will not blog much during this time. You all have our numbers if you want to chat or spy on us before our next blog posting = ) We send so much love!!!!!! NAMASTE!
P.S. The shirt Sandy is wearing in the group photo is one of Angela's shrits!!!!