Cajun Christmas

Well, here we go. I promised that I would have more Christmas stories for everyone once we got to Louisiana! Felix and I arrived first thing Thursday morning to have Christmas in Baton Rouge with Felix's mom and her side of the family. We had a nice day with Grandma Eydie, Andrew, Jason, Melissa, Harrison, Harper, Garrett, Anthony, Uncle Rodney and Aunt Donna! I'll tell you, Melissa sure is better than me about having all these people at her house! Between the toys, the wrapping paper, the dishes and all the commotion; I don't know how she does it! I'm learning, I promise! Grandma Eydie made Jason's favorite dish for lunch (why does Jason always get his way? Ha!) and then we spent the afternoon relaxing and spending time together. We all got some really great gifts, but the best gift of all was being together.

Grandma Eydie with Harper Rose

Uncle Fe and Uncle Garrett sure do like Harrison's new toys!

We wore Harper Rose out!

On Saturday, we met all the Verdigets' family (all 25 of them) at Sammy's for a good ole' cajun lunch for Grandma Rosie and Stephanie's birthday. I'm pretty sure we had the largest and LOUDEST table in the restaurant. No one in the family got the "quiet gene". We had a nice lunch followed by cake with the special Verdigets' birthday song. If you have never experienced this , then you sure are missing out!

Does it get any better than this?

Grandpa Bert and Grandma Rosie

On the last night, we got to enjoy a nice Italian dinner with Paw Paw Felix and Gina. We went to downtown Baton Rouge and had a great time :) Melissa's mom was nice enough to keep the kids so we could all enjoy some time together. The trip to Lousiana is never long enough, and we look forward to spending some time together again very soon!!

The Verdigets Crew

Superman was waiting on us when we got home from dinner!

BTW, Harrison put these Superman PJ's on as soon as we gave them to him (Thursday) and did not take them off the whole time we were there. Melissa is petitioning his school to let him wear them instead of his uniform. Good luck.