Mardi Gras 07
Well, I survived another Mardi Gras.....barely. Whew, I think I'm getting to old for this. But, I had a great time!My precious friends Mel and Shannon came in town to celebrate. I miss having them in New Orleans, I really think they should move back.
We paraded ALL day Saturday, all day Sunday after church, Monday evening and all day Tuesday. Craziness. I wish I could find the right words to describe Mardi Gras in New Orleans. 'The world's largest family reunion/tailgate party' just doesn't seem to cover it. Oh well, guess y'all will have to come down and experience it with me sometime!
Enjoy the pics!
This sign scored some pretty good throws: beads from Drew Brees and a beanie baby from Sean Payton!
Here's Mel and Amanda viewing the parade from a couple of ladders we brought for the kiddo's (don't worry the little kids had already gone home!)
The Lee kids joined us for most of the parades. Stephen finally got into the spirit of things on Monday evening. Do you like his sign? (We'll do just about anything for some good throws!)
Here's Stephen and I enjoying lunch on Saturday afternoon. We also celebrated Carter Cox's 1st B-day at the parades
The Hit Me sign is always a crowd-pleaser....but you have to be brave to hold it. Krewe members love to pelt the sign with a large number of beads thrown at very high speeds.
My Mardi Gras experience changes just a little each year. The new addition/experience for this year was a camp-out on the neutral ground (neutral ground = median, for all you who are not schooled on New Orleans lingo) on St. Charles Avenue. You may remember last year's post about Nick, the owner of the restaurant, Rio Mar, whom we stood next to last year. Well, I got in touch with Nick, and we decided to all join up and camp out together. Unfortunately, by the time we made it to St. Charles Monday evening, the neutral ground was almost full of other campers! We ended up separating from Nick's crew. Mel, JB, Jonathan and I were so tired from all vou parading, that we set-up our tent and went straight to bed!Here's a pic of Mel and I inside the tent.
Brushing my teeth in front of half the city was a little different.
All in all, I had a great Mardi Gras! Can't wait for each of you to come down and celebrate with us!
posted by Liz | 9:52 PM
6 Comments:
Liz!!
So great to get an update from you! I was about to email you to see what you have been up to! We miss seeing you. Hugh, Hollie, and Laney invited us to their cookout this past Saturday night; it was like a mini BSU gathering!
Take care!
Mariah
cmbadura.blogspot.com
HI Lizzie!
Thanks for finally updating your blog. Loved the pictures. Very glad to see you're keeping your teeth clean even when camping out.(your mom, the hygienist) How about posting some tennis pics.
Love,
Mom and Dad
hey liz..i wanna see you soon!
sorry we missed the mardi gras fun. glad we didn't trek down there since J didn't care for it so much...maybe next year!!!
love you!
call me.
T
Uh hello...what's it got to take some parade for you to update your blog?? I'm with your mom, I've been checking for updates so glad to finally see one :) Looks like ya'll had tons of fun at mardi gras. I miss you bunches and can't wait til your next visit to GA. I remember you telling me I was top on the list to see :) Love you! I'll talk to you THIS WEEKEND okay:)
love the mardi gras update sweet liz! can't wait for some jazz fest fun. much love to you!!! :)
Ahhh, one day Jason and I will come party with you at Mardi Gras! Looks like so much fun! Great update!
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