Beads...

Vivi's treasures from our NOLA trip

Eat Drink and Be Married

This weekend we took a quick trip to New Orleans to help celebrate the marriage of our sweet friends Lindsey and Cuatro.  We were a little nervous about leaving the babies for a whole weekend, but they did great.  It was also nice to have a break from being parents 24/7 and just have fun!  We did lots of eating, lots of drinking, and lots of shopping.

We left Friday morning and arrived in NOLA around lunch time.  After a little Cajun cuisine we decided to wander the French Quarter and found ourselves at the famous Pat O'Briens.  Nothing like a little day drinking to get you going.  We relaxed on the patio enjoying the atmosphere and sun before heading back to the hotel to get ready for our night out.  Everyone headed over to Coquette on Magazine Street for dinner.  The food was TO-DIE-FOR.  Trey ordered the lamb and I had the soft shell crab.  Both were so good it had us nearly licking our plates.  Following dinner everyone went back over to the French Quarter for a cocktail welcome reception and a little Bourbon Street madness.  We gravitated to some random bar that had a great Classic Rock cover band.  Nothing like jamming out to some classics.  It was a blast!

Saturday was full of shopping and wedding day festivities.  While the men were at the WWII museum, we hit up Magazine for a little lunch and shopping.  Sarah and I had a great time picking up goodies for the kids and wandering such a neat area of the city.  Orient Expressed and Pippen Lane are our favorites and have the sweetest stuff for kids!  Everything about the wedding that evening was amazing.  The ceremony and reception were at the New Orleans Museum of Art.  Lindsey could not have been more beautiful and they looked so happy.  It was one heck of a party, and not a single detail was left out.  Beautiful decor, delicious food, amazing entertainment, and a covey of quail grooms cake, what more do you need?  There were even those balloons that they lit at the end of the Hangover 2!

Sunday morning we woke up early to attend Mass at St Louis Cathedral.  What an amazing church full of history!  If you ever find yourself in NOLA go to the Cathedral for Mass, whether you are Catholic or not you will appreciate the beauty.  We all had a great brunch at Patois, they make an amazing fried green tomato sandwich and the most perfect burger.  It was sad to see the weekend end but we were ready to get back to our sweet kiddos. 

Swimming

Today was our first swim of the summer!  We went over to Great Grandmama and Great Granddad's house to enjoy their pool and the warm weather.  There was a little bit of a scare, when Lizzie jumped into the water without her life jacket.  It reminded us adults how diligent we have to be about the kids wearing their life jackets and watching them closely around the water.  Thanks to Trey's heroics, Lizzie was just fine and back to her usual giggly self in no time.  Despite the brief drama, we had a great time with the family, cooling down a bit.  I am feeling thankful that Vivi still gets a little bit nervous in the water.  She definitely does not want to swim on her own.  I am hoping by the end of the summer she will be more comfortable and understand that the pool can be a fun but dangerous place without someone to swim with.  I am hoping next year we will even do swimming lessons!

Cousins Party

Sarah hosted cousins dinner night tonight and we had a great time. The kids all thoroughly enjoyed the mild night and had a great time running around the yard.  Vivi is already anxiously waiting for the next party!

2 Months

Happy Mother's Day

This year we celebrated Mother’s Day at the Farm.  It is always fun to bring all of the little cousins together.  They are all becoming such great friends and I am so happy that they will all grow up with one another.  What a gift!  This was my second Mother’s Day, and it was double the fun with my two sweet babies.  I love that we take the time to honor our Mother’s and all of the hard work they put in to raise us!