This weekend my mom came to visit.

She arrived Thursday afternoon. Her flight was delayed due to ice on the plane in KC. Ice? What's that? It was cool here when she arrived - only 60's. But warmed up over the course of the weekend.

I greeted her at the airport with birthday cake, complete with candles b/c it's her birthday Tuesday! Happy Birthday, mom!

First things first, we went to the Red Room for drinks and appetizers...they provide people with ponchos to stay warm. We needed ours - like I said it was only in the 60's that night :)

We took her to Rudy's BBQ Thursday night for birthday brisket ;) Then ate cake and played games at home.

Friday morning we went for a hike in the park with Louie. Then we went to the Outlet Mall in Round Rock for some SHOPPING! On the way we stopped at my office to show her around. After shopping we ate at La Madaline's, a french bistro, for lunch.

That evening, while I worked, Jack took her to a dinner and a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse. This place is great because they serve your food and beer while you watch the film. They saw "Be Kind Rewind". Then Jack took her for a little campus tour and a trip to the lab. His work never ends.

Saturday morning we packed up and went to San Antonio. Got to see the Alamo and went shopping and ate on the Riverwalk. Long drive, but fun, and we ate chili and watched movies Sat night.

Sunday morning we all went to Chez Zee for brunch with mom's friend, Pat. Afterward, we put on our hiking gear and went to Pedernales State Park. (see link on the side).

We worked up an appetite hiking for 2 hours

That night went to The Oasis for dinner.

After dinner it was off for drinks downtown. We found a couple live bands that were both really good. I want to post a video of one because their look is awesome, but I got an error while doing it, so Jack will give it a shot when he gets off work.