Girl Scouts go to Global Wildlife

This past Saturday, Emma's Brownie Troop had a field trip to the Global Wildlife center in Robert.  It was a family event so Katie and I both went (Mark was at baseball, of course!).  It was a gorgeous day and we had a great time.

Emma and Makenzie

Me and my girls: 

The beautiful grounds: 

The McCaw in the gift shop: 

Sisterly love! 

petting a donkey before we board the trucks: 

The whole crew (siblings included): 

Emma and some of her friends: 

Katie posing with the feed (hope she wasn't too hungry!): 

Saying the girl scout pledge before we leave: 

some of the deer we saw: 

The zebras, which evidently bite and you were not supposed to feed! 

The view of the whole truck line: 

Emma and some of the animals: 

The camel that was not interested in our food! 

Say cheese! 

The bison. 

The longhorn: 

Petting the friendly cows: 

One last llama at the end of the trip!

Easter

I didn't take many pictures on Easter, but I did get a few good ones.  What was really fun about this year, is Mark's cousin from Indiana came down to visit several members of his family, and he ended up spending Easter with us at my parents' house.  

Katie and Emma with their awesome Easter baskets from Paw paw and Juju:

Getting the crawfish ready - yummy!  Needless to say Mark's family from Indiana had never had crawfish before and they were great sports and did enjoy some. 

My little cajun girl peeling and eating some crawfish! 

Mark's cousin Steve, Mark and my dad: 

The crawfish before the boil - I always have to give a little biology lesson before we start! 

 Steve and Paw paw discuss their military experience.  They had quite a bit to talk about - great visiting!

The Carroll family:  "little" Katie, Mark, Steve, me, Katie (Steve's wife) and Emma: 

Cousin Steve with my folks: 

Mark with Katie and Steve:

The bunny cake for dessert (made by me!): 

Breaux Bridge weekend

The weekend we were off before Easter, Mark and "his boys" as Emma calls them played a baseball game at Breaux Bridge high school.  We decided to make a very brief weekend of it and stay one night in Breaux Bridge.  I found a rustic little B & B on the bayou that had enough room for all four of us.  Although we couldn't get a cabin on the bayou, we had a nice size one for the family.

Here is our little cabin:

Emma and I outside the restaurant / store area: 

Katie holding up the giant crawfish: 

When we arrived that afternoon after the game we got an afternoon treat of cracklins (best I have ever had), boudin (also very good) and hog's head cheese.  I actually like hog's head cheese, but this one wasn't my favorite.  It also came with homemade root beer, which Emma loved, but Mark and I choose the other kind of beer!

Another shot of the restaurant area: 

Emma enjoying the swings:

Katie and Emma went "discovering" around the area and found some animal tracks.  Emma thought these were alligator tracks, and I told her maybe they might be raccoon ones instead:

Kitty cat tracks:  We saw a lot of little kitties around the area. 

Some of the cabins along the bayou.  These actually have decks.  We want to try  one of these next time. 

Emma and some more animal tracks: 

Not the best picture, but once again, just to prove I went!

Mark and Emma on the swings: 

The inside of our cabin - the living area: 

Mark and I's room:

Katie and Emma's room: 

Our little patio: 

Giant crawfish once again:

Emma and the giant crawfish.  The plan was to hang Emma from one of the claws, but then we all chickened out, and we might want to go back one day!