Happy New Years!
Ed and I started the year in New Orleans at the Saint -vs- Carolina Panthers game! We spent the morning walking around Champion's Square. If you have not been there during a ball game it is a must - a band was playing before the game and once the game started, they showed it on the big screen so that all of the people that couldn't go to the game could watch from right outside the Superdome!
After walking around the Superdome and doing some people watching, and walking in with the Imagination Movers (Disney television characters) we headed up to our seats for the game! As it turned out, the Imagination Movers were singing the National Anthem...to my surprise they did a great job (my kids were jealous that I saw them)! Who knew they were New Orleans natives!
Ed and I started the year in New Orleans at the Saint -vs- Carolina Panthers game! We spent the morning walking around Champion's Square. If you have not been there during a ball game it is a must - a band was playing before the game and once the game started, they showed it on the big screen so that all of the people that couldn't go to the game could watch from right outside the Superdome!
After walking around the Superdome and doing some people watching, and walking in with the Imagination Movers (Disney television characters) we headed up to our seats for the game! As it turned out, the Imagination Movers were singing the National Anthem...to my surprise they did a great job (my kids were jealous that I saw them)! Who knew they were New Orleans natives!
Pregame
I had to show you a little of Drew....
and Cam! (It was fun to watch him play again - even if I was pulling against him.)
You have to love a little game time entertainment! "Oh when the Saints...."
I didn't get a picture, but on Friday afternoon at horseback lessons, Mary Virginia was able to jump again. (I know, I need to video tape it to put on here.) She is doing so great on her horse - they trotted around the arena and then jumped over 2 different jumps! She did this a few times! It was a great start to the new year! On Saturday, we all headed over to Bass Pro to finish buying our camping gear! We all got new sleeping bags and air mattresses to get ready to camp out in Ed's new tent! I can't wait to camp out with the kids next weekend. We also made some other progress this weekend...Mary Virginia learned to ride her bike. Thanks to some great advice from friends, we took the peddles off the bike so that she could learn to gain her balance and then all of the sudden, MV was riding! She is amazing, we have been taking long bike rides around the neighborhood ever since!
After a wonderful holiday, we are ready to get back into the swing of things and get our routine back! Get ready for 2012...we start basketball, selling girl scout cookies, and more horseback riding.
I had to show you a little of Drew....
and Cam! (It was fun to watch him play again - even if I was pulling against him.)
You have to love a little game time entertainment! "Oh when the Saints...."It was a great get-a-way in New Orleans! We had a blast and the Saints won! We can't wait to take the kids to a Saints game next year!
Back to the real world...the kids still had another week off. Trying to entertain the kids for the 3rd week of vacation was a little difficult. Thanks to the girls in the neighborhood we made it and we even made a trip to the mall! The girls came up with an itinerary for us to follow which included shopping at Justice, Gap Kids, Aéropostale, Kids Foot Locker, eating lunch, a ride on the carousel, the candy store for a bag of candy, Bath & Body Works, Build a Bear, and then Smoothie King. I have never been more exhausted after a trip to the mall, but we had so much fun! The girls are so much fun to have around and the kids love them!
I didn't get a picture, but on Friday afternoon at horseback lessons, Mary Virginia was able to jump again. (I know, I need to video tape it to put on here.) She is doing so great on her horse - they trotted around the arena and then jumped over 2 different jumps! She did this a few times! It was a great start to the new year! On Saturday, we all headed over to Bass Pro to finish buying our camping gear! We all got new sleeping bags and air mattresses to get ready to camp out in Ed's new tent! I can't wait to camp out with the kids next weekend. We also made some other progress this weekend...Mary Virginia learned to ride her bike. Thanks to some great advice from friends, we took the peddles off the bike so that she could learn to gain her balance and then all of the sudden, MV was riding! She is amazing, we have been taking long bike rides around the neighborhood ever since!
After a wonderful holiday, we are ready to get back into the swing of things and get our routine back! Get ready for 2012...we start basketball, selling girl scout cookies, and more horseback riding. 
Go CAM! War Eagle, right? Can't wait for our trip!
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