Thursday, October 30, 2014

LSU Homecoming

It's no secret I love LSU and Louisiana with my entire heart.
I would never want to move back there because I feel there is a better quality of life here in the Carolinas for us and our daughter.
But I still love visiting.

LSU Homecoming is totally awesome compared to when I was in school. 
I really feel that they cater to alumni so they will give and donate to either sorority or school.
On the morning of Homecoming each sorority and fraternity hosts an alumni lunch then the parade rolls by.
If this happened when I was in school, I surely was too busy worrying about making party cups and planning my game day outfit to remember!!

What I DO REMEMBER is all the awesome Homecoming decorations we would work so hard to make.
While we worked hard, these girls have come leaps and bounds doing what they do with tissue papers these days.
We used chicken wire.
Not sure what in the world they use these days to accomplish this!! 
CHECK IT OUT!
The first photos are from from my sorority house. 
Delta Gamma.

 This was the winning decoration though. 
Unbelievable!
 We got there around 9:30am, before the parade and lunch to walk to the row and see them all.
I was with my Mom and niece.
My best friend just had twins 6-months ago, so she and several opted out since they were tailgating later in the day too.


 After walking the row I toured my niece through the house.
So fun to see how some of the girls decorate.
 The house I lived in for nearly 3-years.
 Last year the lunch was cajun food, but this year was bbq.
No big, but I was a bit disappointed.
Even so, Shelby loved it all.
 I saw so many sisters.
It was awesome!!
 The place got packed pretty quickly...
 After the parade and lunch, my Mom took Shelby and I met up with my friends for the tailgates.
 My best friend from childhood brought her whole crew except one twin.
She's a rockstar to say the least.
 My school.
So proud to have my degree from here.
 Tailgating is so fun at LSU.
You see the cheerleaders and everyone and anyone you know if your from the area!
 Not going to lie.
I let my hair down this day giving I had been on parent duty for weeks.
 I think I was most excited to be reunited with one of my childhood friends.
Tracy and I were like 2-peas in a pod.
Seeing her was like picking up from yesterday.
I might have had several jello shots with her.
LOL!
 From there we went to the DG tailgate and the rest is history because my phone more less wouldn't work
 A lot of you would be surprised but we didn't even have tickets to the game.
My best friend sold hers when she had the twins and I seized the moment to watch LSU beat Ole MISS with family.
My youngest niece event showed up.
How cool is this?
Brad and my Dad are missing but still a treasured picture.
 I still need to recap the last of my trip, which is, trick or treat on sorority row, but maybe I combine it with Halloween.
Happy Weekend!

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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...