Showing posts with label Baton Rouge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baton Rouge. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2008

Baton Rouge!

As I mentioned yesterday, this weekend was quite the adventure with my parents being in town. Here are the pictures I promised!




Sean got a gun for Christmas from my parents, grandparents and my aunt and uncle. We decided to give it to him early, as you can see he's excited.



A family portrait, I just wish my hair looked decent!



Flower at the welcome center in Layfayette.



I thought the turtles were cute too!



A window outside the capitol building.



One of the statues outside the capitol, they were huge!



How impressive is the capitol? It has an observation deck on the 27th floor. If you are ever there go up there! It's awesome!



My parents outside the capitol.



The inside was gorgeous too!



One of the views from the observation deck.



We visited the Laura Plantation outside of Vacherie, LA. It wasn't what you would imagine with the huge, white column plantation home, but our guide told us it was actually more typical of what the plantation homes looked like. Our guide was FANTASTIC! I learned so much on this tour, if you have the chance you really should check out the Laura Planation. This plantation was also where the story of Brer Rabbit was first written down.



One of the slave quarters



In one of the rooms inside the plantation home.



I thought these were such pretty flowers!



This is Oak Alley Plantation, we didn't get to go in since it was closing, but I did get a few pictures. I want to go back there and stay before we leave Louisiana, it is just gorgeous! I love the trees in front of it.

After the plantation tour we headed back to Baton Rouge and then home to Fort Polk, but not before stopping at Faustos in Kinder. I love that place! They seriously have the best grilled shrimp and baked potatoes. If you are ever in that area you need to eat there.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

I Have Returned!

Wow...this last week was crazy busy, but oh so fun!

I'm going to try to post pics tomorrow (depending on my workload). I'd do it from home, but my computer doesn't really like the pictures my new camera takes, so uploading them and editing them at home is a chore.

First of all I'd like to say a big thank you to Pink Cupcake for her awesome giveaway last week and the magnets I won. I got them in the mail yesterday and they are so cute!




I had a blast with my parents during their visit and we had a little outing yesterday to Baton Rouge. Don't worry, I got plenty of pics!

The only damper to the weekend is Sean hurt his back when he was in the field on Saturday, so he's taking it easy and most likely will be visiting the doctor tomorrow.

I'll leave you with a few pictures of Sara and I....and the puppies!







Please excuse the fact that these are not the most flattering pics of me.