LSU Alumni Crawfish Boil 2014

This past Saturday was the annual LSU Alumni Carolinas Crawfish Boil.

It's held every May and it's an event that Brad, even being a Hokie, looks forward to as much as I do.

Nothing better than hot boiled crawfish, sausage, corn, potatoes and an Abita beer to get your party started.

This was Shelby's 2nd crawfish boil, but her first time to actually eat one.

She loved them!

She actually loved it all!

 My brother and niece sent her the cute little Tiger dress for Christmas.

It was perfect for a sunny day in the high 80's where we spent the entire time outside.

 Our alumni group has had a group out of Georgia cater it for the last several years but this year we went with Emeril LaGasse's local restaurant E2.

 All you could eat.

We could have literally taken crawfish home if we wanted.

Local, non-LSU friends, joined us again this year.

Josh and Katie.

 Neighbors Shannan and Bryan.

 A little Cajun music was in store too.

Shelby enjoyed that too.

Check it out.

 They had some great raffle prizes on hand again this year.

I would have loved to have won this wine glass but instead walked away with nothing.

 Even so, I walked away having had a GREAT time, despite a little rain shower that moved us inside for a brief moment.

 And Brad walked away having participated in an egg toss for the first time in years and years..

 And, he lost.

Everyone claims it's because he refused to put his beer down but he says Josh was the one to drop the egg.

HAA!

Another crawfish boil in the books!

It was a blast!

LSU Carolinas Crawfish Boil 2013!

Another year has passed and another LSU Carolinas Crawfish Boil is in the books.

This next weekend I have been living in Charlotte for 11-years and this is by far one of my favorite events.

Since I started this blog you can read previous years recaps by clicking here, here and here.

As for this year's recap?

Super special since it was Shelby's first crawfish boil and first LSU event!

So yummy!!

Jambalaya, corn, potatoes, and mud bugs!

This year was the biggest crawfish boil ever with 175 paying people and 650-pounds of crawfish.

Brad loves this event too as much as I do!

We are always excited to invite non-LSU friends to come with us.

Of course, it was Shelby's first too!

I made sure she was decked out in purple and gold!!

She was so happy the entire time!

As usual there were a ton of raffle and silent auction items.

I love me some Elmer's candy!

It's so great to see people I've been in touch with over the years.

These peeps have seen me bring different boyfriends to these events over the years and now my husband and baby!!

Two of the newest Tiger fans.

Maggie and Shelby are only a few months apart.

I can't wait to take Shelbs back next year in her LSU cheerleader outfit!

AWESOME..AWESOME.AWESOME 

TIME!

LSU Alumni Crawfish Boil!

It's time for my annual LSU Alumni Carolinas Crawfish Boil post!

This is one of the best events that the alumni group here in town does.

Really, in any town.

When I lived in VEGAS we looked forward to this every year.

For those of you from South Louisiana you don't need captions but for those of you who are not I'll give them to you.

Here the mudbugs are before being put into the boiler.

It's all about the prep.

Mushrooms, corn, onions, potatoes.

Pure yummy to my tummy.

They had a keg of ABITA Turbo Dog for everyone.

Fun raffle items - that I did not win ANY OF! boo!

Silent auction items that I didn't have the cash to bid on.

Our friends Josh and Katie came with us.  Josh is a HOG fan but is from Lower Arkansas(near the Louisiana border) and was stoked about eating crawfish.

Ready to eat!

Frank the tank.  Nice man.  He was so excited that we asked him to sit with us.  He's about to turn 80 and can still party with the best of them..

How was your weekend? Do you eat/like crawfish?

Back to reality here in Dee's World.

Yep, it's all about salad, water and exercise this week.

It's go time for summer time short and sundress season and I feel gross!

LSU Crawfish Boil

Happy Monday! NOT...Monday for US has been air conditioner problems at both of our houses. Yes, 'our' house and my old condo that we rent. Boohoo..arghh....It was hotter than h--ll here this weekend so I guess that's the reason. Wish us luck.

Moving on to the weekend.
It was time for our annual LSU Alumni Charlotte crawfish boil. It's always great fun and a big turnout. Everyone is welcome to bring friends.

Here's a recap of the fun day.
Mudbugs...ready to be boiled. Yes, they are alive and kicking and screaming.

After - sorry for the blurry picture.

Ready to be eaten!

The first few years I lived here the group tried to do all the cooking themselves but quickly learned it was too much for over a 100 people. Now - we get Catering Cajun out of Atlanta to cook the feast.

Here's one of the guys. We had shrimp, jambalaya, sausage, corn, potatoes, and CRAWFISH!!

I really love this group! Brad does too. While there he said we should look into joining the Hokie alumni group here in Charlotte. I know for a fact that it's actually the LARGEST Hokie alumni group in the nation outside of Virginia.

Here's Natalie and I. Funny story about Natalie. I orginally met her through my Delta Gamma alumni group here in town.(Yes, I'm a weirdo and a part of a lot of groups. Overchiever?Maybe..haha!).

Anyway, she was a Dee Gee at LSU and her sister was actually in house when I was! Small world!

Time to peel!

This was Brad's first crawfish boil experience EVER! (remember he grew up outside of DC). He said it tasted like crab. Funny thing too.. he even ate the claws!

Aww.. love my hubby! We really had a good time.

Our table..

This is Elizabeth and her family - minus two other kids. She works at the Bank with me.

Her son Matthew and most of the other dozen kids decided they wanted to bring crawfish home as pets!

Then a distraction for the kiddos because the ICE CREAM man showed up! I thought this was hysterical. Smart business man.

Don't you love my super cute LSU koozie?? Perfect for the event.

Natalie and her little man Carter.

They had a raffle too. TONS of cool LSU gear - which we won none of :(

My friend Kellie and boyfriend and his son came to the boil with us. She's from upstate NY and had never even seen crawfish!

Ethan had never eaten crawfish either but seemed to like them!

And.. we made some new friends that we hope to be making plans with. This is Jason and his wife Jeanne. He's originally from BR and we know a lot of the same people from school. (BTW..those are raffle tickets on J's head..haha)

After the boil we caught up with some other friends. Yesterday me and my friend Dana went to the last day of the Quail Hollow Championship. Good times...

CIAO!!