Sweet Mae!

I am so late in posting about our Mardi Gras! Most schools are out the whole week but Blake and I only had Fat Tuesday off. The weekend before was our town's parade, the Youngsville Parade! Some of our neighbors got together on the corner of the street, right at the parade route, and had a BBQ and fun jump! We had so much fun! Even though I was sick the entire time, I had company with sweet Mae who wanted to sit on Ms. Ryane's lap during the whole parade!

Blake and I always say that we would love for little Payton to be like Mae! We just love her little personality!

Mardi Gras...WOW!!!

That's me catchin' some beads from the float!!!

This is Blake's fine purchase at the parade...the furry, money hat!! YIKES!

A little slice of home....hahaha TEXAS!!!

People dress up in all kinds of clothes and hats...look at the cone hat on the left!!!

This is the street corner we stood at for the entire parade!!!

Ok, quite the experience!!! I made it alive!! I liked the parade it was fun to see the clothes, floats, and mainly the people that come out to these types of things. I got a lot of beads, and no I did not get them by "flashing!" That's New Orleans Mardi Gras...big difference!!! I would just cheer and shout. I did however, come home with a bit of a bump and bruise on my forehead from a big strand of beads that I didn't quite catch!! Ouch!!! So I have come to the conclusion that a parade is like a fair, eat lots of weird things, buy (as you can see) some wonderful purchases, and the weirdos come out of the woodwork!!!!!!

Here's to Mardi Gras 2009, my first, and maybe last!! Ha

Happy Mardi Gras!!!

So weird to me this Mardi Gras thing, however it does give me a day off tomorrow, so I like it!! Ha Being that I am a Texan, I don't get this whole party on a float deal! Since Blake and I have been together we have never been in Louisiana for Mardi Gras, out of town, Houston, Skiing, so this is my first. Well the festivities actually started last weekend...got to love those cajuns! This past weekend actually is really the true start to it, so we had some dinner with friends on the patio of a restaurant so we could see the parade pass also. It was fun, but apparently going to the Youngsville, the town I live in, parade was going to be my ultimate experience! Too bad I woke up with a migraine from H*%$ and missed the whole thing. Blake enjoyed it for me though! I still had the darn thing Sunday so we didn't do much. Not sure what Blake has in store for me Fat Tuesday, but I'm looking forward to sleeping in!!

Have a safe and happy Mardi Gras!!