Santa Sightings!

Santa Sighting #1:

Santa was at CityBank early last week, so we HAD to go see him! The boys were dying to tell them what they wanted and there were several crafts, activities, and Santa even read them a story, too! Everyone loved Santa. Quin told him he wanted "presents"....what kind? "red and blue ones!"...what do you want in them? "stuff" OK!

Santa Sighting #2:

The next week, Santa came to the Covenant Women & Children's Christmas Party! Lulu invited her grandboys, so of course we had to go!!! There was pizza, a big table of food (Braidy was in heaven), and once Santa arrived, he called each child by name and had a gift for them! 

Braidy went back for 2nds (by himself) and came back with this plate of food! Can you count how many cookies are on that plate? Hey, at least there's some veggies too!

Quin and his friend, Chloe, from school!

Someone didn't like Santa this year....

Braidy told Santa he wanted a real elephant, that would grow, would eat peanuts and would live in his backyard. Santa kept encouraging this want of his, and for that I wanted to kick that Santa!

Thanks Lulu for letting us come to your fun party! 

Everyone "ROARING"!!!

Thanksgiving Part 2

On Wednesday we headed to Baton Rouge. Quin rode with us, and the big 2 rode with Nena and Pops. Ryan took us to eat at Steamboat Bill's....a famous seafood dive right off of I-10 in Lake Charles, LA. It was awesome! I had a shrimp po-boy, Quin had fried shrimp and Ryan had delicious boiled shrimp. And they had amazing fried bicuits. Yes, my carb loving boy, Braidy loved those. Nena and Pops said he got a few "to-go" too!

We hit a ton of traffic, so our 4 hour trip quickly turned into a 6-7 hour trip, but FINALLY we arrived at Granny's house in Baton Rouge! Noah was there waiting on us, and Quin was so excited to play with his cousin! The rest of the gang arrived a little later. Granny had a houseful and we loved being together. There was almost always a game of Gin going on, as Granny is quite the card player!

The next day was Thanksgiving! Several other family members came over, and we had a delicious meal! THe boys enjoyed picking tons of oranges off of Granny's orange tree (their favorite thing to do there!), and playing outside in her huge backyard. We had a great time spending time with family and visiting, and laughing at the crazy kiddos.

The rest of the week was spent hanging out, playing more cards, a few tours of Baton Rouge, a little shopping, but most importantly, breakfast at COFFEE CALL! Beignets! So good, definitely our FAVORITE place there. We all had our share (and then some!) and some yummy cafe au lait's. After our beignets, the daddy's and Pops took the boys to see Mike the Tiger (LSU Mascot)! LSU was playing Arkansas that afternoon, so they didn't get to see him for long, but they were excited either way!























We took some family pictures that evening, and enjoyed our last night together. Granny spoils her grandsons to death (that's her job!), and friend them some chicken. Nothing better than Granny's fried chicken and her mac n cheese. So that's what they got (and us too!) and it was amazing! Good ol' homecookin!

 We had the best time with our family that week. We enjoyed seeing everyone, and everyone being together. I know Granny loved having her little boys and her big boys around too! Very special time, for sure! We have so much to be thankful for!