Home Sweet Home Louisiana

Hello Friends!

I've got a ton of catching up to do not only with this blog, but many of your blogs too.

I took a bit of a break with my trip down to Louisiana then recuperating from it.

Brad and I knew the month of October was going to be nuts, but I have to admit, it was more crazy and hectic than I anticipated.

We're both vowing to stay put for the rest of the year after a wedding in Greensboro next weekend.

So, onto the topic of this post, recapping my trip back home to South Louisiana.

I made this same trip last year with my Mom and just loved it.

I'm pretty sure LSU Homecoming will now be an annual thing for me and Shelby.

This year we traveled in on Thursday evening and we ended up staying with my brother and niece Holly.

In pure Dee fashion, we had a packed agenda on Friday!!

Top on the list was to take Shelby to see LSU's Mike the Tiger for the very first time!

This is a big deal for LSU fans.

His habitat was revamped my Senior year of college and it's just beautiful.

 Mike was actually out and laying in the shade.

We got a pretty good view of him!

 I think Shelby was pretty taken with the whole experience probably because I made such a big deal about it.

Not to sound cheesy but I really was very excited about it!

I truly love LSU!

 Shelby was pretty shy around my brother Wes unless we were out and about doing things.

Then she was all about him.

Made his day..

 After a lunch of hushpuppies, crawfish tails and etoufee we decided to drive out to one of my favorite places in South Louisiana.

Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana.

About 30-minutes from Baton Rouge, it's the largest remaining plantation home in the South and I just happened to work here my sophomore year of college.

 I was a tour guide on the weekends and just loved it!

Nottoway was a wedding venue and a small bed and breakfast back in the 90's, but the place is a full out resort now with a spa, inn and more.

What a gorgeous setting to get married, right?!

 Truly a fun afternoon!!

Not to mention, gorgeous weather!!

After putting Shelby down for the night my Mom and I ventured down into the bayou town of Maurepas to hear my nephew and his girlfriend perform.

Always fun to hear them at one of their 'gigs'

 

A fun start to the weekend.

The next day was JAM PACKED with LSU Homecoming, the game against Ole Miss where we WON!!

More to come, once I upload all of my pictures!

Fun at the Delta Gamma house and tailgate!

Stay tuned...

Unwanted Visitor

In case you're new here, I spent a majority of my life living in South Louisiana.

Baton Rouge to be exact.

But, I moved on in 1998 and never moved back, all while my brother and his family stayed.

For the past few years he's lived on the Tickfaw River in Springfield, you might recall we spent Thanksgiving there this last year.

It's cute, fun, and LOADED with wildlife.

How many of you have watched Swamp People?

Well, Troy Landry doesn't live too far-off from Springfield.

Anyway, on to today's post.

My brother called Sunday night and said he had an altercation with a gator that was hanging out on their boat dock.

He was pretty excited about the pictures he caught of it all, but not about the gator being so close to their house!

Here the gator is swimming by the dock!

Making his way out of the water.

And, onto land.

My brother said he was HUGE!! Like twice the size of me in height even though the photo doesn't look that way.
He and his neighbor threw rocks at him to try and get him to leave along with other tactics.

And, from there I'll let your imagination run wild as to what happened!

Not cool having gators hanging around your boat dock when you have children, dogs and cats!

I guess that's life living on the Bayou!