Out and About..... LSU Baseball Game

Stewart, Kelsi and Trace went to the LSU vs. South Carolina baseball game this past Saturday. They tail-gaited with hundreds of other fans despite the off and on rain showers. They left about 10:30 am and got back home about 11 pm. There were a few rain delays and the game went to 11 innings. They were very tired, sunburned, but had fun. They came home with some great LSU slouchy backpacks that the university gave away, a visor and a baseball (of which Kelsi got signed by a few of the players). These pictures were taken by Kelsi--

BTW--they did win the game--LSU 11 South Carolina 10

Happy Spring from my backyard

Out and About...

This past Saturday we went to the Southern Forest Heritage Museum Festival in Longleaf, LA. We had never been to this festival which is part of the history in our small town. The festival focuses around the history of the forest industry in central Louisiana, how the original sawmills came about and then faded away into memory with the modernization of the United States.

Out and About

We traveled down to Lake Charles yesterday to visit and spend time with Katie. It is her 20th birthday today but she has 4 tests this week, and she couldn't come home this weekend. So, we took home to her. ;)

We picked her up from college, enjoyed the alligators on the banks of the bayou, stopped at Raising Canes and then went down to the boardwalk along Calcasieu Lake to picnic. We had fun enjoying the lake breezes, feeding the seagulls and playing in the playground. There is a memorial dedicated to those who died in the twin towers and the Pentagon with actual beams from the towers and a limestone block from the Pentagon.

We got lost going back to the college and ended up down around the Port of Lake Charles. We had stopped on the road to enter the info in the GPS, when all of the sudden there was the Port Police asking up what we were doing and if we were taking pictures of the port. We weren't taking pictures of the port, but we did have 2 cameras and 4 camera phones, so I'm glad he didn't ask if we had cameras!! It was kind of scary but reassuring that Homeland Security is at work even in a small Louisiana port. I guess because it leads directly into the Gulf of Mexico.

It was a fun day and we were sad that she couldn't come home for her birthday, but proud that she takes her classes seriously and is making smart decisions. Happy Birthday Katie!!!

Fun Spring Day

Kids got outside and enjoyed the cool Spring day. They played with play-doh for a while then decided to "wash" my truck.


Water+a mischievous little boy+screaming teenage girl=2 very wet kids and no washed truck.

Happy April Fool's Day!!

I was 1st to prank the kids today. I printed these and placed them on their doors. They got a kick out of them!! Maybe now they will clean their rooms??

The paper reads "Caution! Do Not Enter!" The Dept of Health has been informed of a large thriving rodent community living in this room, due to the incredible mess therein and that the Rodent Recovery & Rescue Team has been deployed. All contents of this room has been confiscated and access to the room is denied--forever!!

I got the obligatory eyeroll and door slam!! ;) LOL