Busy Weekend

We had a great but very busy weekend. Mark's little brother Alan, one of his oldest friends Derek, his roommates Emily and her sister Liz all came to visit this weekend. Alan just came to see us and Brody or should I say Brody and us. Derek and the girls came to volunteer with the Obama campaign. Derek, Emily and Liz flew in on Friday and headed straight to San Antonio for a rally. Alan got in at around 9pm. Brody and I dropped Mark and Alan off downtown and then Derek and the girls met up with them a little later. After having such a long day Derek and the girls came back to the house around 1am. I was still up so we visited until Mark and Alan got home later. Everyone had way too much fun and we didn't end up going to bed until almost 4am. What was I thinking? I had to get up with Brody at 6am. Well I survived and once Mark got up I was actually able to go back to sleep for a little while. On Saturday we took everyone out for BBQ. You can't come to Texas and not have authentic Texas BBQ. It was really yummy and we all ate way too much. After that Mark, Alan and Brody came back to the house and the rest of us decided to go see a movie. We went to this place called the Alamo Draft House, it was very cool. You can order food and drinks (yes even alcoholic drinks) and they bring them to you. It's set up kind of like a regular movie theater but the seats have skinny tables in front of them with menus. We didn't have anything like this in California so it was something new and a lot of fun. We saw Vantage Point which I would recommend waiting to rent instead of seeing it in the theater. Then it was back to the house to shower and get ready for dinner. We decided to go into Austin. Our friends Tim and Shara watched Brody for us. It was the first time we have left Brody with anyone but the grandparents. Tim and Shara are the only people we have met so far that we really trust with Brody and who live close. It was really nice of them to watch him. Especially since they just moved into a brand new house on Wednesday and have about a million other things to do. Anyway we headed into Austin and went to eat at a cool little place called Shady Grove. It's nothing fancy but it has a great atmosphere. The weather was beautiful this weekend so we were able to sit outside. The staff was so much fun and we ended up having a blast. Originally we were going to go out to some bars on 6th street but we decided to head back home (I missed Brody). We ended up playing Apples to Apples (if you haven't played I highly recommend it) and drinking some nice wines. Again we had way too much fun and stayed up way too late. Derek and the girls got up and left Sunday morning and we had a very lazy day watching movies and recovering from our crazy weekend. Alan left on Monday and we miss everyone already. We really enjoyed having a full house for the weekend. Now we have this weekend off and then my sister Kelley is coming to visit on the 14th. We can't wait! We were really bad about pictures this weekend. I only got one of Alan and Brody and then the girls got one of all of us at dinner so hopefully they will send it to me and I can add it to the blog.