Monday, February 15, 2010

Who Dat Say They Gonna Throw Me Somethin', Cupid!

Okay, so some of you may be wondering what the title of this post means? Well, Jay and I took the kids down to Thibodaux two weekends in a row and during those two weekends, we celebrated the Saints winning the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras AND Valentine's Day!

"Who Dat Say They Gonna Beat Them Saints?" - Slogan/Motto/Theme, etc... of the New Orleans Saints, or at least New Orleans Saints' FANS! :)

"Throw Me Somethin', Mista!" - Phrase people shout out at parades during Mardi Gras

Cupid - Well...typcial icon of Valentine's Day

Okay, now on to the next explanation - The Carnival Ball. Well, there are different 'crews' for Mardi Gras and they're the groups that put on the different parades. Some of them even put on 'pageants' known as Carnival Balls. This year, my sister, Sarah, our cousin, Benjamin, and Truett were all in the ball. The first weekend we went to Thibodaux for the ball, but it also happened to be Super Bowl weekend. We were in Louisiana to celebrate the Saints' first Super Bowl win!!! The following weekend (Valentine's Day weekend), we went back because Truett, Sarah and Jay all rode in the parade. We all had a BLAST!

Truett and Jay in the car on the way to the airport THE REHEARSAL:

Emma & Sarah
Truett bowing and escorting his Jr. Maid, Camille
Sarah in her dress at rehearsal
Sarah, Camille and Truett
THE BALL:
Pre-Ball pics
Emma & Benjamin
Truett & Camille and their big moment during the Ball...both concentrating so hard! :)
The King and Queen
Maid Sarah & her Duke, Benjamin
Our handsome Jr. Duke!
AFTER PARTY:
My cousin, Katie
My mom and I
My grandma, Gooey (my dad's mom)
My dad and Gooey
My grandma, MawMaw (my mom's mom)
My mom and MawMaw
Jay and my brother, John
John and I
Truett & my parents
Sarah & my parents
Sarah & Benjamin
THE PARADES (Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine's Day)
Emma
Our cousin, Grace
Dan & cousin Aiden
Cousin Elizabeth
Cousin Claire
The Floats and Sights of the Parade -
Emma showing her beads to PaGou
Sweet Kurstyn checking out her goodies from the parade
Emma fell asleep during the parade...WORN OUT!
Dan & his sister, Aunt Donna
Here comes Sarah!!!!!!!!!
We all had such a great time! Truett kept telling everyone he was in the Super Bowl and when we asked him what his favorite part about the whole thing was he said, "When I got down like I did!" (whatever that means!) :)
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