louisiana love

this weekend, we drove to louisiana for a long-overdue visit with family and friends. we stopped to see the new and improved allen home in ruston (well, actually its residents...the house was just a plus :) ). we had not seen walter since february and the kids since april so we picked up right where we left off...eva loving uncle lee, emma & jonah sharing all of their latest stories with us, and mario kart on the wii for the guys.

we later made our way to mr. joe's house, grabbed some dinner, played with the kids, and settled in for our first night. monday morning, we woke up to a delicious breakfast from mr joe...but of course i was too excited about food to stop and take a picture.from there, the guys went on to play a little golf while the girls went shopping. let me just tell you, if you ever need a shopping buddy or two, our nieces are the best! seriously, even at 18 months old, eva is an excellent shopper and picks out all the "cute" clothes and shoes. lee also spent a little time in the afternoon working with jonah on his pitching technique.monday night, mr joe and emily whipped us up a delicious catfish & shrimp dinner. we were all sad to say goodbye after such a fun day but it was only for a few hours.tuesday, we met fred and allison for lunch. fred is one of lee's oldest friends and allison is his wife. fred and lee are hysterical when together and today was no different. i had every intention to snap a picture of at least fred and lee, but alas, no picture captured.

we stopped by in ruston again for one last, quick visit with walter, emily, & the kiddos before getting on the road to head back home. our last detour was in shreveport to see lee's mimi. with such a large family, i am continually impressed with how well she keeps up with everyone...all the way down to her many great-grandchildren.

we were both very thankful we were able to squeeze in such a great visit before traveling becomes obsolete for us for a couple of months.