St. Patrick's Day Parade at Nannie Kim's

The girls and I have gone to the St. Patrick's day parade in Baton Rouge several times with  my sister Kim, but for one reason or another had not been in a few years.  Luckily this year we were able to go, and I was very excited b/c my brother in law, Richard was boiling crawfish afterwards.  (Mark, of course, never goes b/c of the almighty baseball!)

Here the girls and I get a Carroll family photo in our green.  Don't you love my Kermit shirt?

Mrs. Richard and his girls waiting for the parade to start:

Kim and I wait for the parade:

Kim and Addie (Richard's granddaughter):

Here comes the parade!

Emma and her flower (from the drunk man in the kilt):

Richard and all his girls!

The Budweiser horses (this one's for you daddy!)

This one is also for Mark (I'd love to see him in a kilt):

Throw me something, mister!

So, as I mentioned earlier, Richard boiled crawfish afterwards.  Katie, of course, won't touch them, but I knew Emma would eat some if I peeled them for her.  After I peeled a few, Emma asked if Iwould show her how to peel them, and would you like to know she did it!  She peeled about 10 of them and ate them.  I was so proud of my little cajun girl!

Here's the whole crew:  Basically, it was my parents, my nephews (Kim's 2 boys), Richard's daughter and her boyfriend and their combined kids - what a great time!

Then... this Sunday, the girls and I (Mark had another All Star game meeting, notice a pattern here???) went to City Park and played on the playground.  It was a gorgeous day.  They have a great dog park there, and we promised Jovi we'd take her next time!

Northside Beta Club field trip

The Beta Club at Northside took a field trip to tour Tiger Stadium, so of course this LSU alumni had to go along.  I think I was more excited than Katie to go.  Here are some shots from the trip.

Mike was very active when we got there that morning

Katie, Kaci, Ali, Meg and Faith at the Tiger cage

Lining up to go in.  That's Katie's teacher Mrs. Pruitt to the far left.

The painting as you enter the facility

The film room - where we saw a great highlights show.

All of the first round draft picks

They have a room, where there is an NFL helmet for every team, and on each plaque there are the names of all the Tigers that play or have played for that team:

My boyfriend, Tommy Hodson is on this one.

Lots of Saints ones, of course.

This is the real crystal football from the wins.  You can see fingerprints on the ball from the players holding it up!

Katie posing with one of the national championship trophies.

The Beta club.

Katie and I in the "jersey room:

Doesn't this one look like we are in a game?

"Little" Alana, Katie and Ali

The names of all the LSU Lettermen who have graduated.

I took this one for Mark!

Katie about to touch the "Win Bar"

The Win Bar

My future tiger!

It looks so different from the field.

The view from the tunnel - our seats are to the left.

What a great motto!

Disney School trip part 2

The last day of our trip, we headed to Animal Kingdom to finish up our quick tour of the Happiest Place on Earth.  

Julie and Katie after we checked out of our room

We stayed in the Basketball section of All Star Sports

The pool and Food court area

Our amazing bus driver - Dewayne

arriving at Animal Kingdom that morning

Katie and the Tree of Life

Meeting Pooh

Katie and Eeyore

Julie and I meet Tigger

Julie with Expedition Everest in the background

Self portrait on Triceratops Spin

Katie and I meet Meeko

notice the gorilla butt in the background!

The happy group with Donald before our character lunch

Kim and Richard with Mickey

Katie and Goofy

Who loves Goofy?

The safari ride - Giraffes

close up of the giraffe

elephants on the safari

this Rhino got so close!

Overall, the trip went very well, the kids behaved themselves (as well as teenagers can be expected to behave!).  The trip home was a little rough, but we survived.  I'll be ready to do this again in 2 years.  Its now time to take the Carroll family back there again!  Have a magical day!