Signs of Spring (& easter egg hunt) in pictures...

Happy Easter!!!

"But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him." Acts 2:24

"For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him."  Romans 6:9

"The resurrection means the death of Jesus was enough - enough to atone for sin, enough to reconcile us to God, enough to present us holy in God's presence.  Christ won; sin, and the Devil lost - that's the good news of the empty tomb.  His death was enough, and so he lives.  And so do we." - DeYoung

Overwhelming gift of grace!

New Orleans Mother/Daughter Weekend

 On March 14th - 18th my Mom, Sister, and I went on a Mother/Daughter trip to New Orleans and we had a ball!  I'm SO blessed by my family!!!!  It's been several years since we've been on a girls trip because our motherly duties have been requiring much of us;)  So over New Years we finally got serious and decided on New Orleans for March!  

It was such a treat to get away from normal life for a few days and enjoy time with 2 of my favorite women in a fun city.  We had a great time!  Here are some pictures from our trip....

We had great weather!

Starbucks stop on my way to the airport!  Vacation!!!!

Street art

First night we went to an art museum where they had live jazz music.

Yummy breakfast our first morning

My beautiful sister and I on the street car

One of our favorite things was seeing things in bloom!!!!  The azaleas were amazing!

We enjoyed some yummy beignets!  

We took a cemetery tour in the Garden District that was really interesting.

Amazing meal!  Turtle Soup, Crawfish 4 ways, bread pudding with whiskey sauce....and then live music!   

I couldn't resist taking a picture of this for my men:)

Jackson Square

  

yep

Mississippi River

French Market

Crawfish Boil

 I got to see an old friend from middle school (when we lived in Pensacola, FL) who is from New Orleans area.  We hadn't seen each other in 21 years!  Crazy!  

Lots of people entertaining on the streets.

 

Acting out the "Slap ya Mama" hot sauce (theys is craaaazy!)

Mom took us to see Cirque Du Soleil....so fun!

We splurged for the Sunday brunch at Commander's Palace!
  Food was amazing!

 




 

Life music on Frenchmen Street

Oh ya know....then a crazy St. Patrick's Day parade

We crazy!

We finished off our good eats with raw oysters on the half shell!  Yummo!  Can you tell what a big focus was of the trip?  We ate good!  

 Thank you Mom for an amazing trip to NOLA....it sure was THE BIG EASY for Sissy and I!  Oh how I hope I can be half the mom you are!  Love, love, love you Mom and Sissy!