Nawlins Trip #2

This second trip to New Orleans was also filled with dear friends and family. I am so grateful for this as being with people that you love just lifts you up and renews a spirit. It was so wonderful to spend time with my mother's sister, Junie and her husband Bill as well as the Forets! Shane, Jonathan, Emma, Raley and Baby Boy-on-the-way, all drove in from Lake Charles, LA to be with us! Many of you know that Shane and I went through all five years of residency together and it was just fabulous to hug her neck, be with her and let our girls play. She really was (and is!) my "army wife" that has shared so much with me...I am so grateful for her and her family!

 The four of us at Aunt Junie's house, after an amazing supper of her gumbo and Louisiana style BBQ Shrimp. Deeee-lish!

 Big hug from Junie.

 Aunt Junie, "Flat Walker", me and Shane in front of the zoo.

 

 Sweet embrace!

 The girls riding the carousel in the zoo. Check out how little Sawyer looks!?

 Saint James Cheese lunch...That gruyere and caramlized onion sandwich that I had lives on in my dreams!

 Sawyer, Emma and Sullivan snuggle in our bed watching a show.

 Sullivan (4), Emma (3), Raley (2) and Sawyer (2) posing at Sunday lunch.

Thanks to Jonathan's sister, Amanda, we were plugged into all these new and hip places to eat (Saint Jame's Cheese, Satsuma...) and thanks to my sweet Aunt Junie, we were able to enter the impressive New Orlean's Zoo as well. A great weekend! Thank you, Forets, for driving all that way and sharing the weekend with us!