Houstonian Rivers Update

Hola Familia!!!

We hope everyone is well. The Houston Rivers are living the dream and having a blast. Life has been busy, crazy, and hilarious all at once, but we are thankful that our Lord has sustained us through it all.

We just celebrated 5 magical years of wedded bliss. Five is the number of grace and we are thankful for all that God has blessed us with and how He has grown and changed us. We enjoyed a fun weekend in New Orleans at the Jazz Fest with friends and of course ate like gluttons. The following week we went to Costa Rica to celebrate and had a blast eating food, sailing, snorkeling, exploring, seeing sloths and drinking morning coffee with monkeys in the rainforest.

We met a lot of expats and may plan to retire down there in a few years. We just have to pick up a hobby or trade that we can use to support us financially. Lee is leaning towards surf lessons and Q will be a street dancer/juggler/fire blower. We are still working out the kinks. We'll keep you posted.

At this moment, we are taking a short break from packing as we are relocating to a different neighborhood. Our landlord is selling our beloved condo so we are moving to EaDo (East Downtown). No worries visitors, we are still in the inner loop near all of the excitement. Super close to the light rail, the soccer stadium, and baseball field, and obviously downtown which has tons of cultural and food events. We officially move on Monday so that will consume our entire weekend.

Of course Q is extra excited about becoming an aunt again. She has been telling strangers, once again, about the newest Rivers baby!! We cannot wait to meet him/her/them!! We are also excited about the upcoming birthday of nephew #1 and cannot believe how fast he is growing. Every picture we see is just remarkable. Can you all make him stop? We are so proud of him.

Quick Updates:

Lee has been traveling. He just returned from D.C. visiting legislators on the Hill to discuss continued funding for international education. He will continue his travels with a trip to Denver in a few weeks. He has been working on proposals for sponsors, conducting campus visits, sitting on a few focus groups for the restructuring of the organization, and being a general boss. He is closing out the academic year for outreach. Lee has picked out a few marathons that he wants to train for and has been hitting the gym pretty frequently when travel allows.

Q has been busy with presentations, organizing her program more effectively, doing some public policy work in Austin. The month of March was busy with multiple dance performances. She is scheduled to do a table reading for various monologues from “For Colored Girls”, “Lady MacBeth”, “The Colore Purple” and Joe Turner’s “Come and Gone”.  And she is still singing with her young adult choir, Psalms of David. If you like gospel music, check them out:

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That is all for now. These boxes won’t pack themselves. We’ll post pictures of the new place soon. Love you all to the moon and back!

L + Q