And this is night two of my Mother Truckin' Birthday Weekend.

It all began with a pint of Guinness (in a Miller Lite glass? Blasphemy!) and our two favorite people in the whole wide world!

Dax and Michelle didn't make it out to the Friday night festivities but we had them all to ourselves on Saturday night. Our best RCPM friends and traveling buddies, we've done Texas, Colorado, Las Vegas and TWO Mexico trips with them since we met them two years ago! We don't get them out of the house as much as we'd like because they are very busy, highly successful and totally awesome parents to two energetic boys and three dogs, but when they do come out and play it is always a blast. 

We kicked of night two with dinner at The Abbey Inn, the restaurant above The Boiler Room and moved on over to Hooligans before heading back to The Boiler Room. The appetizers were great but the dinner was so-so. Dax got the Monte Cristo as seen here:

Here's a cute photo of me and Michael looking like a hoodlum at Hooligans.

The night before at The Aardvark I told Teal my friend and I were going to do our hair "Teal-style" for Saturday night's show. So just before we headed down to The Boiler Room Shell & I went to the ladies' room to get our cute little pig tails done for the night. See:

And here we are with Teal after the show!

So about the show. Two opening bands. Both quite good. I really like The Jungle Rockers but they looked like they stepped out of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. 

The Heelers were pretty rockin' too. I have no video as proof but you can check them out at their myspace and since they're from Denton, you can probably catch them live for yourself.

I will say though that it was hard to make it through this show. The weekend and AGE was definitely catching up with us this night. The Mother Truckers didn't hit the stage until close to midnight and it had already been a very long night for us. I was also disappointed a lot of people left after The Heelers' set. It's understandable that the hometown band brought more people out but I wish they would have stuck around to see what The Mother Truckers were all about. However, the awesome Tommy and Cheryl made the trip up to Denton to see them again so that made me very happy! I am glad we were able to come out and support our favorite Austin band for their two nights in North Texas. I know the band really appreciated our support too. I even got a birthday dedication! Josh gave the birthday girl a shout out and dedicated Alien Girl to me! Awwh that was so sweet.

I didn't really get much in the way of good photos or video but here's a little something:

I must say my Mother Truckin' Birthday Weekend rocked in every way possible.

And on Sunday (still not my birthday) we had cake from Swiss Pastry Shop with my family.

Monday I went back to work but took off early for birthday dinner and a movie at Movie Tavern. We saw Inception. It was fantastic.

Thanks to all my family, friends and my favorite band for four days of birthday fun! I love you all!!

 

 

 

Oh my this weekend was long and fun but now I need a weekend to recover!

I slept in this morning and went through the first round of my weekend photos. The Fab Four.

I messed with some of the video too but only got around to posting this for my brother…

My niece Kaydence (aka Kiki)

Hopefully I can share more videos from the show before I lose interest and move on to something else. The group was quite good and it was nice to spend an evening of entertainment with my family. I would definitely see this show again and again.

 

On Saturday we went to a pre-races pool party at my friend/co-worker Tami's house. They had some extra tickets to the Indy races at Texas Motor Speedway and invited us along. It was my first time at the Speedway and my first time ever at races like these. We really enjoyed the experience and I've decided following the Indy races is something I could totally get in to. I have photos and video from the event but I haven't had a chance to go through them yet. Maybe tomorrow after I submit my Circus Mexicus video entry but for now here's a cute photo of us at the races.

 

Today we spent the day trying to recoup from the fun in the sun but also spent some time working on our Circus Mexicus videos. Michael is also entering the contest for a chance to win the VIP passes. I think both of us have a pretty good shot at winning. In fact his will likely beat mine. Deadline for entry is Tuesday at noon Rocky Point time but I know we'll be done in time. I think mine's about as good as it's gonna get.

And so I am pooped from a great weekend and have a short 4 day week to look forward to because come Friday I am outta here. We'll be in Mexico for four days with our favorite band and friends! Circus Mexicus!!

 

 

Friday, three generations of The Beatles fans in my family enjoyed The Ultimate Tribute at House of Blues in Dallas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

and Ringo!