Memorial Day weekend

We had a blast last weekend and enjoyed the long weekend off from work. Friday we worked until early afternoon and then went shopping and out to watch Night at the Museum II. It was great, not quite as good as the first one but still enjoyable. Before the movie we went to Sear's and bought a patio set for our back patio. I've always wanted a casual set and I love the sofa with 2 chairs sets. So this is one we got. I love it (especially since it was on sale)!!

Tommy had to work Saturday so I did more shopping and cleaned the house from top to bottom. Sunday we had a few friends and neighbors over for a crawfish boil. I think everyone had a great time. The crawfish were great and I got to play with 2 twin 6 month old boys. My neighbors daughters had twins in late November and they are so adorable...it definitely gave me baby fever. Anyway, Monday we lounged around and watched Taken which was also a great movie. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would now.

And now Tommy and I are both fighting off a terrible cough. He went to doctor Tuesday and was told he had bronchitis. So I went to the doctor Wednesday and lucky I do not have it also but I have a upper respiratory infection...so I think we're mostly going to recuperate this coming weekend.

More Disney and Universal Pics

I don't remember if I mentioned it in my last post but we were also able to spend a day at Universal Studios: Island of Adventures park during our trip to Disney. IoA had more adult type rides. They were faster, flipped upside down, and just scarier than all of the ones at Disney. The Hulk and Dueling Dragons at IoA was the best. On Dueling Dragons there are 2 different tracks, one for Fire and one for Ice. Both tracks operate at the same time and there are times when the two coasters come within 12 inches (YES 12 INCHES!!) of each other. So needless to say, you better keep your hands and feet inside the coaster at all times. Here's a picture of the Hulk coaster.

I've always been a huge fan of Jurasic park so when I walked into the IoA and saw this

I was so exicted. They even had a Jurassic Park boat ride where you enter Jurassic Park and almost get attacked by dinosaurs. It was awesome.

Although I mentioned IoA was more for adults or older kids, they still had some great rides for younger kids or like us, younger at heart. They had an entire Cat In the Hat section.

We had a blast at Universal. It definately wasn't has detailed as Disney (no hidden Mickeys) but it was just as enjoyable.

Here are a few other pics from Disney, for some reason I didn't post any pics from Magic Kingdom last time but here's the infamous Cinderella's Castle.

Just kidding, thats a blown glass replica of the castle that you can purchase for $25000. I'm sorry, but if I had $25000 to spend I definately would not spend it on a glass version of the Castle. Here's the real deal...

And we visted the fire station on Main Street USA in Magic Kingdom. Tommy even brought a fire dept patch from his dept to put on the wall. We got see where Mickey sleeps

And where Minnie lives

Magic Kingdom is a little kids dream come true and a parents nightmare. Little kids will love the fairytale atmosphere and seeing all of the things there read about in books. Yet parents will be bombared with THOUSANDS of kids running and screaming through the park. We choose to arrive very early and leave at about noon, which was perfect. The lines were shorter and we were able to get out right when the crowd was getting very large. The light show parade and fireworks at MK are amazing. That was my favorite part of the entire week. They played the song, "When you wish upon a star" while the fireworks went off behind Cinderella's Castle and Tinkerbell flew through the sky. It was just perfect. And the lights on the castle changed color ever few minutes.

The last day of our trip Tommy and I took it easy and walked around Downtown Disney. He stopped at a candy store and bought this...

It's a rice krispy treat in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head dipped in chocolate with oreo crumbs on the edges, M&Ms on one side, Butterfinger pieces on the other, and drizzled with white chocolate and caramel. It was abot 3 pounds of solid sugar. And he loved it! I think that was his favorite part of the entire week. Although he only ate one ear and then had to save the rest for later because it was so sweet.

We had a great time and Tommy and I have already said that we will back again in a few years. And we definately have to bring our kids here one day. If you are visiting Disney world soon and have any questions just let me know. I read the Unofficial guide to Disney world 2009 from cover to cover and I think that book as every detail you would ever want to know about the park. It even details which Disney resort hotel rooms have more noise and which have more lighting in the rooms, etc etc. I'm telling you it has every detail. So if you have questions just ask.

Disney 2009

It's been a while...actually a long while. I've been busy with my new job and Tommy's been on vacation from the fire department so I don't get my computer time in the afternoon to blog. He's back at work tonight so I took advantage of that time to update you on the highlight of the year, we went to DISNEY WORLD! It was awesome! I've never been to Disney before and I've been saying since I was little girl that I wanted to go before I had kids (no, that does not mean we are having kids anytime soon). So needless to say, I was soooo excited! We saw Mickey, Goofy, Minnie, and so so many more. We had a blast. We stayed in a 5 bedroom house with 2 of my aunts, and a few of my cousins. We visited each of the 4 Disney parks and also went to Universal Studios Island of Adventure. Everything was amazing. Seeing Cinderella's Castle and watching the fireworks show was my favorite part. Thats what I always dreamed about when I thought of Disney world so when we walked into Magic Kingdom I lost my breath. Cinderella's castle was beautiful. Below are just a few of the pictures from the week. I hope you enjoy.

Disney's Hollywood studios

Flower and Garden festival at Epcot, this was Timon and Pumba in flowers

Epcot

Ole Rafiki from Lion King

Entering Africa in the Animal Kingdom

Ok, thats enough for now. I'm off to bed. I promise to post more about Disney within the next month. :-)

Prince Charming

I woke up at 3:30 Saturday morning because Cajun was barking right next to the back door. I opened the door to this...

That sucker was HUGE!!! That sure would be some good eatin'...yummy, fried frog legs. But we let him escape to the ditch. So long buddy.

Catching up - Part Deux: Mardi Gras

Laissez Les bon Temp Rouler
Show me something mister…

Yuck, That definitely didn’t get us many beads. But we did have a great time at the parades this year. We missed our old hang out spot on the lot that Tommy’s parents owned. But it has been sold so we were forced to claim our territory in a different spot. Needless to say, I think we scared everyone off.

Tommy trying to “do the stanky legg”

The annual slip & slide in the ditch/pond event after the parade

At the after party

Dione’s birthday shot

Everyone had a great time and we can't wait until next year.
Don't forget to check out my catching up - part one posted earlier. Yep, two post in less than 1 hour!

Catching up - part one: Valentines Day & 10K run

Hey everyone! I’m so behind on my blog posting. I like to keep track of holidays and “special” events on the blog and well I have a very special event to tell you about. Tommy and I actually ran a 10K…yep that’s 6.2 miles! We couldn’t speak, and could barely stand after it was over but we finished!! It was the Mardi Gras Mambo on Valentines Day. It was a lot of fun and it felt great to actually finish.
The rest of Valentines Day was even better. I got beautiful roses, some monogrammed wine glasses and a fabulous dinner. Tommy received a heart attack on his bathroom mirror, a new watch, and some chocolates.

Here is a picture of his “heart attack”. I saw it on a website and thought it was something nice I could do for him. I know…I’m cheesy.
We went to dinner at Zea’s and it was amazing. Their food is just awesome. After Zea’s we got ice cream and watched “He’s just not that into you” which is just not that good. I didn’t really like it very much. I was expecting much more since there were numerous great actors in the movie. Oh well, we had a great time and I love my valentine!!

Mardi Gras Party

We hosted a Mardi Gras couples shower for Tommy's brother and his fiance last Saturday. It was ALOT of work but it was also alot of fun. We had about 60-70 people show up and it seems like everyone had a great time. Lots of fun, good music, beads, and masks...what more could you ask for. I love Mardi Gras season!

Madison
The guest

Tommy

More guest

The food!

More food!

And even more food!

The chocolate fountain and cheese fountain which was a huge hit with the kids (and my mom apparently).

The outside covered in purple, green, and gold!

The happy couple

My Mardi Gras mantle