We arrived Thursday night and immediately went to Olive Garden with her parents and sister.  She loves that place and I must admit that I enjoy it too.  Saturday was spent seeing friends and taking care of some Texas specific business.  That evening we had a party at her sisters house for Frances, her dad, brother-in-law, and myself…we all have October birthdays.  Now to say that Jackie (Frances’ sis) went all out planning this little soiree is an understatement.  We had homemade hats specific to each of us (there were 8 of us there), M&M’s with print on them for the birthday boys and girl, a mix of all our favorite music playing, and our favorite dishes for dinner plus favorite cakes.  We had to send all this info to Jackie and she worked her magic.  Thanks Jackie!! It was a lot of fun.

Check out the red hang glider on my hat!

Saturday we went to go see the Michael Jackson movie “This Is It” in IMAX.  I loved it.  I have always liked MJ’s music and this was going to be an awesome tour.  Go see it and on IMAX if you can.  Halloween night we went to 6th street in Austin.

Reminds me of Mardi Gras!

Michael Phelps and Morning Wood

Handmade 'Max'. Best one all night. She was totally into it!

The rest of the night was spent watching LC Rocks.  Frances’ favorite 80’s cover band.  We closed the place down and then went to breakfast with a bunch of the band and crew.  They are a lot of fun and they sure miss Frances since I  ’stole’  her away.  We finally crawled into bed around 6:30 am.  Haven’t done that in a looong time.  If you get the chance to go to 6th street in Austin for Halloween, don’t miss it.  It was crazy fun.

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