Visitors

 My brother John and his significant other Oro just completed their week and a half visit to Austin.  Unfortunately, the weather while they were here was less than cooperative, it was cold and overcast the whole time, which limited my California family from enjoying the sights and sounds of Austin.  Fortunately this was not the first time they had visited, so they were ok with sitting in our living room playing Wii and watching movies.  We did go to dinner the last night they were here to Fonda San Miguel.  This was a restaurant that John found on the internet and wanted to try.  Sarah and Mike had been there the year before and RAVED about it.

 We went with only the 3 oldest of the 6 grandchildren in tow.  I have to say, it made a BIG difference.  The adults, especially the parents, really could relax and enjoy the food.  We had wonderful appetizers, dinner and dessert with some adult beverages sprinkled in....it was good food, better company.  It was a nice way to end the visit.  The restaurant was BEAUTIFUL too. Very relaxing, and the service was WONDERFUL!  Another thing we did while they were here was have a barbecue taste off.  John found 2 places he wanted to compare (based on Food Network programs he had seen), so we compared Green Mesquite to Salt Lick.  Salt Lick won....hands down.

We did not get many photos with John and Oro, unfortunately.  Here is one quickly taken with the best kids.  You can see how happy Jude was to have this photo taken!  The kids enjoyed playing Wii with Uncle John, AKA Uncle Fuzzy.  Oro was not feeling well the whole time she was here but was a trooper and hung in there!  I think they did get to watch some DVD's they were interested in.  They watched the latest Star Trek movie, Oro is a big Star Trek geek, just like me.  John tolerated the movie.  They watched how William Shatner changed the world, which is a cute Star Trek geek documentary.  They watched Zodiac, which I think is a great movie, but they ended watching the Beatles Anthology, almost got through all of the material, and liked it so much they were going to buy it!  Now this is a miracle, because I don't think I know anyone tighter with their money than these two!  Not that that is a bad thing, but I'm thrilled that they liked something enough here that they wanted to go home and buy it!