Australia Day 2009

Happy Australia Day to all our Friends and Family!

We are thinking about you and wish you well.

New Orleans 2009

We drove our new Ford F-150 truck to the airport for our first 2009 vacation. We arrived in New Orleans at 3pm on Friday, January 9 and stayed till Friday, January 16. Both Stuart and My's first time. Our hotel was just a couple blocks from the River Walk and Bourbon St.

Saturday we went to the RACES! The first race I bet on, picking the horse by it's name, I won $40 on a $2 bet. Awesome! Though Stuart won more money then me over the course of the day. We just spend the day watching the horse races, betting, and that evening we watched the Carolina Panthers get slaughtered by the Arizona Cardinals. Which is all I have to say about that game.

Sunday we visited the World War 2 Museum. It was very educational. Laura came in that evening around 10pm and we caught up on all the gossip.

Monday we went to the French Market and ate beignets at Cafe Du Monde. YUMMY! We walked the River Walk drinking Hurricanes. That night we went to Molly's Bar suggested to us by Laura's friend who lived in New Orleans for 8 years. Great bar though had one to many Stella beers. Ouch in the morning.

Tuesday started off with the above hangover. Found a great all you can eat pizza place and asked our hotel which Haunted tour is good. Took a nap and was ready to go eat dinner before the Haunted tour. Belows picture is of the LaLaurie Mansion perhaps one of the best known stories of haunted houses in the city. If you want to learn about it here is a website: http://www.prairieghosts.com/lalaurie.html

Our tour guide was great and gave us more on the history on why the ghost stories came to be instead of getting us to believe in ghosts. He was also very funny.

Wednesday we went for a trolley ride to the Garden District. Their are the most beautiful houses. We ate at Slim Goodies having an awesome big American Breakfast. Walked to Miss Mays Bar had a few drinks and then went to another bar that Laura's friend works. Very fun just hanging out and enjoying each other company.Thursday we went out for Muffalettas and parted ways for Laura to go to some Art Museums and Stuart and I to go to the Zoo.They had a cool part at the zoo with all the old stories of the trappers who live in swamp house boats and how they caught alligators. And they say Beware of the Swamp Monster!
After the Zoo we met up with Laura and went to eat some good seafood. Then went to Bourbon St for some drinks. People were already out throwing beads for the Marti Gra. It was a great trip and if you are thinking about going DO IT!

New Years 2009

Happy New Year 2009! On New Year's Eve we went to our friend's house for a BBQ. We sat around the fire, ate and talked. I wish we could have stayed all night it was so cosy by the fire. Around 10pm we went to one of our favorite pubs Murphy's to bring in the New Year. We watched the ball drop and 20 minutes later we were in a taxi heading home. The older you get the more anything after midnight just doesn't make since...lol. Below is a picture of Paul the owner of Murphy's (yes he is Irish) and our favorite bartender Crystal. The Iowa game was on New Years Day at 11am. Our friend Grant came over to watch the game and see the slaughter of the South Carolina Gamecocks! GO HAWKS! It was awesome and if you want to see highlights click the youtube link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPmJDmBetDU&feature=related

My new year's resolution is to blog more. I really want all of our friends and family to know what is going on with our lives. Hopefully 2009 will bring even more joy to everyone.