The Family Monk: Mardi Gras in New Orleans

While we were on vacation in Destin, Thomas called and invited us to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. I was slightly nervous about taking the boys to Mardi Gras but Thomas assured me that his area was very family friendly. The boys were very excited to see Uncle Thomas and Aunt Jessie. We arrived on Thursday and headed strait to a parade. Thompson got on Thomas shoulders and started trying to catch as much stuff as possible from the floats; they made a great team. After the parade, Thomas gave William and I his hotel room and he kept the kids for the night! It was a wonderful treat.

Friday came and he and I went to brunch. It was so fun spend some one on one time with my brother. Then we put the kids down for a nap and William and I headed to the WWII museum. It is one of my all time favorite history museums. we spent 4 hours there. Thomas brought the kids to the museum and we all did the submarine exhibit and had dinner at the American Sector. Friday night, Jessie flew in and we went to another parade! Again, Thompson (and Thomas) were all over it. That night, Jessie said she felt like she "missed out" keeping the boys so they put us up in their hotel and kept them. Can you say, Aunt and Uncle of the year! We met up for lunch on Saturday and then William stayed with the boys for nap! We had a day of parades on Saturday! Thomas and Jessie stayed at their hotel on Saturday night and then we all drove downtown to have some world-famous beignets. Then brunch out on Sunday with more parades. William and I decided to get a hotel room on Sunday night and leave Monday. We enjoyed spending more time with them!!! It was a wonderful weekend with fantastic memories made with some of our favorite people! Thank you, Thomas and Jessie for being out of this world-hosts!

On the drive home we stopped by Birmingham and met my cousin, Drew for dinner! It was a fun jammed pack vacation!