Part 2 - Breakfast Tacos for beignets

From Lafayette, we headed to New Orleans to visit Monica and Al. We were so happy to make it for the Steeple Illumination Ceremony at Rayne UMC. After three years in the making, we were thrilled to be present at the ceremony, to be able to contribute by designing the landscape plan and seeing everything come together for such a special place.

We made sure to get to most of our favorite spots. We had our fill of gumbo, croissants from La Boulangerie, poboys with friends at Parkway Tavern, and much more. Of course, we loved spending time with Aunt Mocha, Al and Mimi and getting beignets at Cafe du Monde (which we traded for breakfast tacos when we moved to Austin :)

Whirlwind new baby and friends tour, part 1

We have been home almost a week now so I have begun to go through my photos from our Labor Day trip. It makes me so happy that we were able to fit so much into a week. We were able to visit with our closest friends, see the two new babies that have come into our lives and visit our old church in New Orleans. I will post these photos in groups of postings.

On the first leg of our trip, we stopped in Lafayette to visit the Blakeman's. We had a great time visiting with Haley and Shannon, holding baby Hayes and letting Pierce and Ava run wild. How I wish I could see these guys everyday :( I was also super excited to get some great photos of little Ava...

A great visit with

the lovely Lori Thomas. We were so happy that Lori came to visit us here in Austin. She stayed for over a week, played with P continuously and we were so lucky to spend so much time with her. We miss her already but we are excited that we have already planned our next trip to St. Louis to visit my dad's family at Thanksgiving! Yay!

henry and baby joseph

C and the donkey

buried by p at the beach in galveston

p

in galveston with MawMaw and Mimi

finally...

We have photos that have been edited, sized and ready for posting. It has been a long time coming but I finally have photoshop CS2 on my home computer! Yay! Enjoy the photos from our last few months!