Easter 2013.

Of course we headed to TEXAS for Easter.

We started off the weekend in Arlington so William could go to some Sweet Sixteen games with Chris, Jim, and John while I hung out with all the ladies! We stayed the night at Chris and Cheyenne's, had a yummy breakfast at Sharon's, and headed straight to Houston! It was such a whirlwind, we didn't get any pictures!

Easter Sunday with my handsome love.

Easter Sunday with my other love.

Such a fun boy! I wish we could see him all the time.

We had so much fun hanging out with Kenny and Megan and the funnest nephews and sweetest niece! We definitely missed Jacob, Pierina, and Ian while we were there!

Took a trip to the Blue Bell factory with Braden! The tour was fun but let's be honest, we were there to eat ice cream and get a cool hat.

Spent most my time with my pup.

And we got a nice surprise visit with Aunt Angie (who I never got to see!), my cute cousin Danika, and her sweet baby boy Ethan! It was fun to catch up with her. We never get to hang out!

I wish I had taken more pictures but it was a fun, quick trip! 

I took two days off of work so we could spend more time with the family. SOOO worth it!

Around these parts, we've been...

Ok, ok. So this post is basically a quick review of random happenings in the past two months. 

I know, I'm terrible and lazy. But it's full of pictures and fun so, enjoy!

Going to baseball games and being confused fans!

Hanging out with extremely good looking friends.

Getting AMAZING Texas Independence Day packages from Mom Stutz. 

ALMOST adopting kittens. I still miss her. 

Hanging out with the ONE AND ONLY, Haley Morris.

Being in Monroe and eating crawfish with the Morris family. Best crawfish all year.

Running, a lot.

Eating at Dat Dog, Cafe Du Monde, Sucre, and seeing amazing street performers in NOLA.

Taking a trip to our FAVORITE Cajun Meat Market. Just look at it!

"Pet sitting" Agnes and Cosmo. I LOVE THEM.

EATING PIZZA... and I guess learning fractions too.

Getting our royal portraits done. 

Seeing some amazing theater performances. World class.

And forgetting our homework. And giving Mrs. Morris the dirtiest looks of all time.

And making her laugh really hard at our anger.

Oh man, life is good.

Michael Jackson Experience

William surprised me with tickets to The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience at LSU. Apparently, this man, Joby Rogers, is the only one Michael Jackson himself approved to be an impersonator. I have always loved MJ's music, and at BYU I had a lot of friends who just loved him and we played the MJ dance game all the time. So I was so excited to get a little taste of the King of Pop!

We were so close!

 My favorite scene of the night!

 I dance along in my seat all night. The old people next to me either found it really entertaining or really annoying, sorry!

And then we got to meet him after the show! It was hilarious; the crowd saw him behind a door and starting screaming and chanting. "MICHAEL! MICHAEL! MICHAEL!"

Honestly, I was a little scared of him. Bahaha.

But it was impressive and his moves and mannerisms were just like the real thing!
Thanks, William!

Mardi Gras in Austin, TX

For my first Mardi Gras in Louisiana, we, well, left Louisiana. Honestly Mardi Gras seems to be parades full of kind of raunchy floats and lots and lots of drunk people so I'm not sure if we missed out on much! William and I decided it was a perfect opportunity to go visit Grandma and Granddad Goff in Austin, Texas. You are probably noticing a trend here. If there is time, we go to Texas.

Lucky me, my house is almost right on the way to Austin! So we stopped for a very quick visit.

My poor Penny was in the cone of shame. You can see that is is very concerned about the fact that she looked like a petunia with four legs. She's all better and happy now though! I love that dog with all my heart.

When we got to Grandma's house, we went upstairs to put away our things and look what was waiting for us! We were secretly scheming and planning to find a way to nonchalantly ask Grandma to make us an LSU quilt, but we should have known she'd think of it first! It's beautiful and so warm, I practically carry it around the house with me at all times.

Of course the first thing on our list was to visit the Alamo. I love walking around and realizing what those men were willing to sacrifice for Texas. I am gosh darn proud, y'all!

Rudy's, of course. Ribs, sausage, brisket, bread, sauce. Amazing. 

William drove me around all his old neighborhoods in Cedar Park. It was fun to see his old house and schools. He really loves that place! 

Then we split this horrendous thing. I don't want to talk about it. Yes those are donuts. Please don't ask me anymore questions.

We took a trip to the Cathedral of Junk. It's amazing. Basically, it's a three story clubhouse in a local's backyard. Anyone can go hang out in it, he just collects donations. It was impressive and icky at the same time. There is an estimated 6 TONS of junk in there.

We spent a day in San Antonio where we ate at Chuy's, visited the San Antonio Temple, shopped at the mall and road on the Riverwalk. I love San Antonio, I think I want to live there someday!

William was extremely happy to have his favorite breakfast burritos on our way home the next morning. I was extremely happy to be stopping by my house again on the way home! 

Thank you Grandma and Granddad Goff for having us! We sure love coming to Austin and can't wait to make it back soon. It is one of our favorite places on earth.

***Not pictured: a visit to the local elementary school (Granddad is on the school board) that made me exceptionally jealous, an amazing performance of Hello, Dolly! put on by the local high school, the most delicious burgers and shakes at Mighty Fine, Sunday dinner with lots of family, and lots of Blue Bell and hanging out with Grandma and Granddad.

 Scooby says hi.