Road Trip!

This past weekend was our first family of 4 mini-vacation/road trip.  Our destination....NEW ORLEANS!  We packed up the car Thursday afternoon and headed to Conroe to spend the night and pick up GiGi- our "hired help" for the weekend :)  We got an early start on Friday, and our first stop was in Jennings, LA.  There were several huge billboards that read Hold Baby Alligators, and I said, of course we should do that!



Remy checking out its feet

 

Ryan loved that thing! She kept grabbing at it.

 After checking out the gators, we headed over to the pond to have our picnic lunch.  It was very hot outside, but we found a shady spot right by the water.  We had a great view of the wildlife: geese, ducks, and turtles OH MY!

After successfully making it to our hotel, we got settled in and Rory and I had a date night while the girls hung out with GiGi.  Our original intent of the trip was for a surprise birthday party for a friend- so we met up with everyone for dinner at Oceana and drinks on Bourbon Street.  I enjoyed my one drink and gawking at the crazies out there!!

Saturday morning we were full on tourist! 


Beignets at Cafe du Monde



Jackson Square

 Transformers ARE real!

Carriage ride through French Quarters.

Enjoying the Street Car and GiGi!

 We ended our evening a little earlier on Saturday, we still met up with friends, enjoyed some Blues, and some very delicious crab cakes down in the French Market. 

 It was a great first vacation as a family- my favorite part was just all being together.  Thank you GiGi for helping with the girls!