Happy Mardi Gras

Brandon and I went on our first sans-Thomas trip to New Orleans last weekend. We had a blast, but we were missing our little man by Tuesday. Here are the pictures from our fabulous weekend with the Thompsons. Please forgive some of the expressions in the photos. Although we tried, its hard not to drink everything Jim Thompson gives you.:)

The happy, newly engaged couple. Welcome to the family, Anne!

Daisy already knows what to do at the parade. "Throw me some beads, Mister!"

Bethany and Janie getting ready to ride on the Pink Lady float in the SpanishTown parade.

The boys. And yes, it was 9:00 am and those are Miller Lites, but it's Mardi Gras. I'm sure it was 5:00 in the middle of China somewhere...

All masked up.

Jake, Jack, David and Jim before they loaded onto their Bacchus float.

At the ball. Curse the humidity and my curly hair!

Justin doing his Anne face.:)

The group at Bacchus- this is before Bethany had do regulate on the gaggle of 22 year olds that thought they had claimed our parade space. Little did they know the wrath of a pregnant woman at Mardi Gras. She was already having to put up with us drinking and being stupid. She got to take out all her frustration on them.

After the parade.

Okay, I'm throwing this in here because I have to. Here's one of Hugh Heffner's girlfriends. I think this is Holly, but I could be wrong. We saw Kendra too. And if you're wondering how I know who they are, well, let's just say their TV show is like a train wreck. You want to be able to pass by without looking, but you just can't. And then suddenly it's 5 hours later and you've watched a mini-marathon of The Girls Next Door.

Jack and Nick at Pat O's.

Thomas with our spoils.