brookelizabeth
Jambo Wildbunch Gang
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Henry tried to put on his pants all by himself again yesterday - same situation!
He's getting better at it though, he's gotten it a couple times by himself.It really is a beautiful City! We didn't hardly even leave the French Quarter and I know there is a lot more to see. What else is on your list for the US trip?
New Orleans and that wedding looked great! Well done Henry for sleeping through the ceremony and waking up in time to party
It was perfect! I couldn't believe he slept through the music in the ceremony because it was looooooud. I was so glad he did though!
I really tried to get all sorts of angles of the buildings, and to capture the feeling - I'm glad they seem to do just that, I was never quite satisfied....
The wedding was a blast! The jazz band leading us down the street was so much fun - everyone on the sidewalks was watching and shouting with us/taking pictures. I bet the bride and groom felt like celebrities!
It did make us happy! We were all grinning ear to ear. Henry enjoyed it all and so did we.
New Orleans is really amazing. The buildings are so unique - and most of it has been preserved very well!
Capeesh!!!!!!!!!! I so understand. When you get past that stage in life, why oh why would you want to be back to it? Little kid kicking your seat, clawing at you with their grubby hands while they shift around in the seat 973 times...I get it! I look forward to being done with those days! I'll miss him being little, but some of it I won't miss!That stinks that they changed their process. I wonder if they get a lot of complaints about it?
I was SO glad they found his phone....it would have been awful with work. And then he's out a phone for a while until IT can replace it-which was a HUGE problem at his old job since he was the only person who did his job!
I saw Mary Ellen responded to your process question. I am NOT a fan of SWA at this point just due to the hassle of traveling with children + their crazy boarding process makes it even more difficult with children, IMO. BUT, I think $300 is worth the hassle! Plus Claire is 4 or 5, right? She'll be easier to handle than a 2 year old. (i hope!
)Great picutres of New Orleans! The wedding looked like tons of fun. What a great way to get to the receptions by going down Bourbon St. That must have been a blast! Henry did a great job taking pictures! I guess it is in his genes huh?Thanks for sharing!
I was surprised at how well Henry did with the camera! He now has his own digital camera that he loves to take pictures with. He's really getting the hang of knowing how to point it and line up a shot. It must be in our genes - my nephew is really pretty good at it too!
Hey you! Good to see you again! How was good 'ol MN? Did you get some Famous Dave's?
They actually have a Famous Dave's here now - on Times Square! We haven't gone yet, but we plan to!Enjoy the videos! I was thrilled when I saw how many Poppa captured, it really catches some more of the Disney feeling with the sounds.
Henry took some great pics- he's a talented little photographer!
Love the march to the wedding reception with the jazz band- that looked like so much fun! Do the bride and groom live there?
The Bourbon Street pictures made me laugh- I can just smell the beer and Tide now!Reminds me of Savannah on St Patrick's Day!!
The bride and groom actually live in California!
It was a destination wedding for EVERYONE, both sides of the family! The groom's family is mostly from Minnesota and her's is from the west coast. They just love New Orleans, and visit often, so they thought "why not?" Well...the groom thought that, it took some convincing for the bride. She was thrilled that they did it though, they did NOT expect 100 friends and family to RSVP, they thought it was going to be a much smaller wedding, so she got the best of both - family present and in her favorite city!I take it St. Patrick's Day in Savannah is a big party time? Do they do the Tide trick? It really did work, later that day you couldn't smell the beer at all!
The free luggage thing was a huge bonus! We loved that!
On the return trip I made sure to check in right away and we got the A group, but it didn't really matter because everyone that boarded still in front of us chose their own row, so there was basically one person in each row and we still ended up in the back of the plane with the first row with 3 seats open.
I still check their website to see if they have a cheaper flight, but so far they have always been the same price or much more expensive and aren't always direct for us. I would put up with it all again for a good savings/direct flights! It was a very, very cool wedding. Jazz music start to end! The band was excellent - and very funny!
Count yourself blessed that you can's smell Bourbon Street!
I'm back from St Louis and all caught up! You've been updating like crazy this past week!
Back to NYE - My first thought when I saw the wait times board at Epcot was "Figment was 45 mins???!!!", then I saw the 4 1/2 hrs for Soarin'That's INSANE!!!
I'm so sorry that Joe and Henry didn't make it to the Poly in time to see the fireworks with youIt sounds like getting anywhere that day was a major hassle!
I had to smile at your comment about the way Bourbon Street smells, I thought the same thing when we went there for the Sugar Bowl several years ago. Unlike most people though, I couldn't get past how dirty and smelly it was - that one trip was enough for me, I don't care to ever visit the city again.
The wedding looked beautiful!!!
I want to get the TR DONE, I'm itchin' to start the PTR!
I'm hoping to get another update in today!Weren't the wait times nuts?! 4.5 hours...I wouldn't stand in line that long for any ride!
That smell is HARD to forget. It was nasty. The rest of the time we were there it wasn't as bad, but we avoided Bourbon Street pretty much the rest of the trip. We just took other streets that were much nicer. One thing that bugged me was some of the shops - they weren't family friendly and had their doors WIDE OPEN. At least here in NYC you can't see into those from the street!!
I don't think I'd ever plan a visit there again, but if the opportunity arose for some reason (like another wedding, or something), I would go back and try to do some the various museums and things.
That is a great way to put it, it is very distinct! Where do you stay when you guys are down there?
The wedding was fantastic! We all had so much fun!
What an amazing wedding party!!! I can't believe the food and entertainment! NOLA really is such a pretty city with so much history and culture. So different, really, from any other culture in the States!
I think I always have room from pizza too.
Do you think the sidewalk damage was from Katrina? or just that it's generally an old city?
The food was awesome. I tried so many things, I wish I had taken pictures or written down what they were. I know KK asked for a recipe from the chef of a particular dish with grits and shrimp, but he couldn't even give it to her because it was, "a shake of this, then throw in some..."
I think the sidewalk damage is just from being old. I *believe* the French Quarter (at least the area we were in) was unaffected. We were told that a couple times, but it just seemed strange that this entire section of the City wasn't hardly touched and a streetcar ride away we saw some homes that were still gutted and boarded up. Especially since where we were was so close to the waterfront...
I really enjoyed looking at the pictures from your walking/riding tour of the city! Very pretty and so much history!
That wedding was amazing! All that food looks/sounds wonderful! So glad you were able to go and have fun!
Looking forward to seeing what the next day's plans are!
The City was full of history! I really wish it had been warm enough to do a walking tour with a guide. If we ever go back I am doing that!
After about 20 minutes of waiting for coffee, I finally had a cup. It was quite an ordeal. I thanked the frazzled man and gave him a bit of a tip - I felt so bad for him, what a way to start the morning! While all that fiasco was going on I snapped pictures of the beautiful restaurant.
We filed into the tent area and waited in line for a table.
I couldn't get over the plateful of powdered sugar that was left behind, too funny! 
We were so pleased with the service, being on time and efficient AND not having to pay $130 in extra bag fees that we booked them for our October trip and still have to drive a little over an hour to get the the airport that services them. What's bad is we live like 5 mins from our airport! 
I'll be lookin for ya over on the PTR board!
