An "Enchanted" Afternoon

Emily and I went to see Enchanted after church on Sunday. We really liked the movie and had a fun afternoon!

There were not very many people in the theater so we were able to kick our feet up and relax.

This is going to be me and Emily in 60 years! I could not help taking their picture, they were just so cute! The lady on the left said I could take their picture just as long as it did not show up in the newspaper!

And The Fun Continues...

We went to Toys R Us on Sunday evening and we saw these dolls from the movie. I of course, picked the handsome prince as my favorite!

Emily LOVED the princess from the movie. She continued to sing and move around like the princess the whole evening!

The Crew

This is after Sunday morning church. It is the first picture we have of the four of us together. We are sitting around trying to decide where to eat lunch!

Emily and Mandi

Sunday Morning

Emily got a few pictures of our service on Sunday morning. We are running an average of 20 people on Sunday morinings!

Michael giving announcements

Michael and Brandon talking with some guest that came to visit.

Girls Night Out!

Mandi, Angie and Heather at Possidans

This is a real "Southern" Meal...red beans and rice with grilled chicken and sausage

Angie, Heather and I all went out for Christmas tonight. We had such a nice time. We started out at a Greek Restaurant called Possidans. We had cokes and appetizers there. Then we went to a cool restaurant called Zea's for our main course and dessert. We had a really nice time and it was nice to hang out together without being at the store. Angie and Heather are the other two assistant managers at BABW. Since Angie's birthday was yesterday we told both restaurants, we were celebrating her birthday. We got to eat some really good desserts!

This is the first birthday cheesecake from Possidans

Angie got bread pudding at Zea's

See What I Have To Put Up With?

I came home yesterday after work and this is what I found on my refrigerator...I am not sure if Buster or Michael put it up there!

Cafe Du Monde

Every time Michael and I go to New Orleans we have to stop at Cafe Du Monde for some beignets and Iced Coffee. The first time we went to New Orleans, we asked people what we should do while we were there and everyone said go to Cafe Du Monde! The coffee is this really nice blend of milk and coffee. The coffee has chickory in it...it is an interesting flavor. The Beignets are these little french doughnuts covered in powdered sugar. I would say they taste most like funnel cake. They are very yummy and we always stop to have a nice little treat. Michael always dips his hot beignets in his coffee. Cafe Du Monde has been located in the French Market since 1862. They are open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Another fun little fact is, Cafe Du Monde was the first place to re-open in the French Quarter after Hurricane Katrina.

Kisses From Buster

Mandi's 29th Birthday

Michael threw me a little surpise dinner for my birthday. Rachel got me this really cool candle holder. I love it so much and it goes with my living room so well! Emily got me some really good smelling candles to go inside of it, and she also gave me a bracelet. If you look close you can see the bracelet dangling in my hand.

This is what the candle holder looks like when the candle is lit!

Update on Acadian Baptist Church

We have now had two official Sundays at church. Our first service, we had 24 people there. We were very encouraged, but realized some people were probably just coming to see what we were all about. Sunday night we had 9 people there. It was basically Brandon's family there. Then on Wednesday night we had 9 people again. We were encouraged since people around here do not usually go to church any other sevices but Sunday morning. Yesterday we had 18 people come to church in the morning and then last night we had 14 people come! We had a family come on Sunday morning and evening that has 3 kids. We also had a lady come and visit last night that saw our newspaper article in the paper and decided to give us a try...how exciting! We can not believe how the Lord has worked everything out for us. We praise Him and Thank Him every time we think about it! Just like the good old Doxology goes..."Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye Heavenly Host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.....AMEN"

Volleyball in December

I can not believe it is December 8th and we played volleyball tonight! If you notice in the pictures, everyone is sweating really bad! It was 85 degrees today. I'm not sure I will ever get used to the heat around here.

Look at the sweat marks on Brandon and Michael!

Buster and His Daddy

Since we do not have kids, you will see lots of pictures of our dog Buster. He might as well be our child. We treat him like a human, and as far as I am concerened, he IS a human! Buster LOVES sitting in the recliner with his Daddy. He always posistions himself so he is in Michael's lap, but is able to see me on the couch. We love this dog so much! I heard someone say that dogs are just furry humans who can not talk. And I have to agree!

More Appartment Pictures

This is the finished product...I never got any pictures of the inside once it was finished. It endded up looking really nice!

Michael's Summer Project

This summer Michael turned Brandon and Emily's garage into a studio appartment.

We had a running joke that Brandon always just supervised Michael, and when no one was around, Michael verbally abused Brandon!

Little Miss Blue Eyes

I got to babysit Adeline last week and we had a little photo shoot. She has the prettiest eyes!

Adeline and Buster

I just love this picture of Buster and Adeline. Adeline loves Buster so much!

Welcome to South Louisiana!

Some of the perks of living in South Louisina is the nice warm weather in December. Some of the disadvantages of that warm weather is the creatures that come along with it. I found this little lizzard in my bathroom yesterday. I HATE creepy crawly things!