Our Southern Morning Christmas

This is definitely a Christmas Morning we will never forget! We didn't really know what to expect? We all woke up to Miss Becky's amazing heart... She had a stocking filled for each of the older kids and married couples. Then she had a tree bottom filled with gifts for the three kids. I was overwhelmed by what Becky did for our kids. She's like Valli and can find incredible things at garage sales and what not and got Mase the coolest things. Clothes, toys, books & a break dancing tiger (that I think every family member wanted more than the kids, ha ha). They made sure to include some very memorable southern things in there: camo overalls, an alligator & the book "A Cajun Christmas." Everything was so thoughtful and we were sooo touched.

This is mason right when we woke up. A little confused by all the commotion.. eventually he warmed right up:)

Christmas afternoon was neat for the McVea's. We got to drive down the road to see the house they built, which their family still owns. Seth's grandpa owned 400 hundreds acres of the most beautiful country and still owns 36 that the house still sits on. The property was as beautiful as Seth described.

One of the coolest things they grow up doing was cutting vines off the trees and swinging over the ravines. We decided to see if they could still hold their weight and we ended up spending over an hour acting like little kids...it was so fun!

Apparently we lost our flippin minds Christmas night because some of us brave ones (okay, some would argue DUMB ones, ha ha) decided it would be fun to jump in the pool in the middle of winter... after my heart started to beat again I decided it was a little fun. Actually, it was really fun... ha ha. we must be crazy! I can't believe I did it. Such a funny memory.

New Orleans

Saturday we were all dying to go to New Orleans so we made the 1 1/2 hour drive and toured the city! This was also one of my FAVORITE days! New Orleans was everything I thought it would be: fun, a slew of different people, streets filled with performers, artist & musicians, neat buildings, great sites & amazing food! Oh we had what are called beignets (pronounced ben-yays).. good night I fell in love with them. They're French donuts and they are made of two of my most favorite things: bread & powdered sugar! Heaven! We walked around for hours, went to the french quarters, through the amazing cathedral, walked along Bourbon St. & went through the red light district (don't worry we went during the day) and walked on the levy by the Mississippi river again and took pictures by the big bridge!!!! It was so new and exciting. We ended our day by eating at the "Hard Rock Cafe" and it definitely didn't disappoint:)

{ YES, a bird pooped on me while eating my yummy biegnet... totally ruined the moment}

......still they were delicious