Surprise...Happy Mother's Day!

For the past month, David's been scheming with his dad and planning a surprise trip to San Antonio for Mother's Day. So last Friday, we headed southbound on I-35. We stayed in Austin for the night so that we could get to San Antonio first thing Saturday morning. We had such a good time in Austin!! We stayed with David's best friend, Clayton, and went out to dinner and drinks with some good friends! I love visiting Austin...such good food and such great friends!

We got up super early on Saturday and headed down to San Antonio. We knew that David's mom wouldn't be home, since she had alter guild. We showered and dressed, ran some errands, and then sat at the house waiting for his mom to get home. We figured she'd realize what was going on before she even saw us, since we parked David's truck in the driveway. We assumed that would give it away...

When David's mom finally got home, she walked into the house with her groceries as if nothing was out of the ordinary. Then we heard her say, "Whose car is in our driveway, Bob??" David and I looked at each other like, uh..really?? Then she came out of the kitchen and saw us sitting on the couch and put two and two together!! My goodness. She's never going to live that down. She didn't even recognize our truck!!! 

We had such a nice visit. Saturday afternoon, we went down to Pearl Brewery and visited the farmer's market and had lunch on a patio. Then we walked down to where the city was working to extend the Riverwalk. It was so pretty!! If you're ever in San Antonio, I highly recommend visiting this place!

Yes, my eyes are closed in this picture. It was bright!! And this was the only picture we took that day! ha! Saturday night, we went to dinner at Paesano's on the Riverwalk. I LOVE that restaurant. It's so good!!! 

Sunday morning, we all went to church and it was so good to see Chuck again! Chuck was David's minister growing up and he's the one who married us a couple years ago. For mother's day brunch, we enjoyed the buffet at the "old folk's home" (as David's mom calls it).  David's parents moved into a retirement community a couple of years ago and they're loving it! 

My eyes may be closed in this picture too. What can I say, not a good picture weekend for me! But even though our visit was short and we spent a lot of time in the car, we had such a great time!!

How Does Your Garden Grow?

At the end of last summer, David and his dad built me a raised herb garden.  We were finally able to plant a few herbs and vegetables earlier this year. So how's the growing going??

This is how the garden looked when we planted everything at the end of March.

And this is how it looks now!

We have a sufficient amount of parsley apparently, but most importantly...we have these little guys!

Tomatoes are coming!!! Our tomato plant is growing so well. We went and got a tomato cage last weekend to make sure everything stays up and off the ground! We also had to get some organic pesticide to get rid of a few critters. Can't wait until these babies are ready to eat and we I can make some caprese salad!!

April Showers Bring May Flowers...?

Apparently April showers also bring colder temperatures. Yesterday's high was only 54 degrees! David actually had to turn the heater back on. When I got home from work, it was 50 degrees outside, so I decided that was cold enough to use the fireplace again!

There's nothing better than a warm fire, glass of red wine, and a super comfy couch when it's cold and rainy outside! But not to worry, it'll be back in the 90's by next week. Crazy Texas weather!!