My family showed up late Friday night with the largest trailer from u-haul, filled from end to end with a plants. Amy has a huge collection of plants and came to Austin with every one of them. While in Dallas, she bought landscaping plants for the purpose of filling my flower beds. With all the plants moved into place, the patio has really taken on a different feel.

Since everyone arrived so late, we had to wait until the next day to unload. I started my day with a quick Shoal loop on my new bike, which was less challenging than when I was riding my Cannondale. I will have to adjust the route to get the same workout. When I got home, Cory had arrived and the whole family unloaded the van, the SUV and the trailer. Linda invited her friends Kay and Ed from San Antonio up for dinner. We all went to dinner at Hut's then Amy and I headed over to Antone's to meet with Jenn for a concert. The bands started at 9:00 but, the headliner (What Made Milwaukee Famous) didn't hit the stage until 11:30.

On Sunday, I started my day by going to Target to get a Mother's Day card and a LCD picture frame as a gift for my Mom. She takes a lot of pictures on her digital camera but, doesn't ever put them on a computer. She just keeps collecting SD cards and fills them up with pictures, so I figured it was a nice way for her to enjoy the images she captures.

I returned home to pick up Amy and do some shopping for the BBQ at Costco. Then we decided to get a few more gifts so, we stopped by REI, grabbed some Crocks (Linda likes to garden), then went to Whole Foods for some Pick-a-Pepper sauce (for the BBQ), and finally stopped at Best Buy to get a satellite navigation device (Linda gets lost sometimes). Each time we stopped, we got really great parking. Somehow, when I drive around with my sister, we always get "Rock Star" parking. I'm starting to believe she has powers.

Jen, Jasmine, Brian, Atticus and Trixie dropped by around Noon to celebrate Mother's day with us. It was such a nice day to be outside. At 5:00, when the party was winding down, I went over to Nomad to see Christine, Jen (again!), Ben, Jared, Tess and Cathleen (Christine's Mom who flew in from Ohio). I had a few drinks but, ended up having to take off because my parents were heading out and wanted me to be there before they left. I intended to meet everyone at the Iron Cactus later that evening but, I got busy with some fence planning with Cory and Amy. It cooled off and we opened all the doors in the living room to catch the cross breeze. It was nice, except for the mosquitoes. I killed three of them in my bathroom this morning. Makes me itch just thinking about them.