Louisiana...Home At Last!

Where to begin...we had such a great time being back in Louisiana last week. I love, love when Mark is on vacation. It's so nice to wake up and be able to do things as a family and have no set schedule. We took full advantage of that last week. We had our first fire with the boys and cousin, Kylie as we roasted weenies for hotdogs and marshmellows for smores! They weren't too interested, but sure ate their share of both. I had the best time loving on our new nephew, Nolan. He is the sweetest thing and seems to best the best little baby. We had family pictures made and much to my surprise, they turned out rather cute! I love having pictures made at this time of the year because of the boys birthday. This way I will always remember how old they were when the pictures were made!

Halloween was a lot of fun, but we all wore out rather fast. We had the cutest two doctors in town or so I think, but I'm very partial! ;) I made special pumpkin muffins for Bently's birthday and he enjoyed lunch with the guys that day at Fieldhouse. It wouldn't be a trip home if we didn't visit Cotten. As always, it was delicious, but the laughs and conversations were the best part! Nothing like best friends and being able to pick up where ever you left off. They are good for the soul!

Friday, Mom and I snuck away to Shreveport for a little shopping and to pick up the boys' birthday cake. I never realize how much I miss a place until I visit there. Shreveport is filled with so many little shops that are locally owned. We don't have near that here or I haven't discovered them yet...probably a good thing!!! It was nice and I enjoyed that time with my Mom. Thanks to Louisiana weather and high humidity the cake began falling apart on the way home. I was stressed and upset I had spent so much on it and there wasn't a thing I could do. So...realizing I couldn't do anything, I let that stress go and focused on everything else that needed to be done.

Saturday was party day, ULM game, and LSU game. We tired out at PARTY! I spent WAY too much on this party, but the boys had fun and were excited and that's all that mattered to us. We don't know if we will make it back next year for a party, so we made the most of this year. It was so hot that day! We crashed and never made it to the ULM game, but we watched at Mom's as we packed. That night we went to a friend's house and watched the LSU game. They had the best food!!! So needless to say, we came home with a few extra pounds, but it was worth every bite! ;)

Thanks to all that made a point to see us. Time seems so short when we are in and we try so hard to see as many as we can. If we missed you this visit, hopefully  the boys and I will see you late December. We will spend Christmas here as a family and make our way back there after Christmas. I dread the drive already, but I know some will be ready to see the boys again!

Love to all,