Crawfish Boil sans the RAIN!

Well boys and girls, the marriage was tested this past Saturday, and guess what?? He passed! HA! Jk...but don't you love those moments in your life when you think to yourself "This is what they were talking about when they said it wouldn't always be easy?" Here's the story...Felix and I hosted our 4th annual crawfish boil in Atlanta this weekend. This is an annual party that we have enjoyed hosting the beginning of every Spring. With Felix being from New Orleans, he sure knows how to boil up a good pot of crawdads! Well, wouldn't you know that we would pick the RAINIEST weekend that Atlanta has had in over a year to throw our good ole' party?!?!? Atlanta has been under severe drought conditions the past year. We can't water grass, we can't plant flowers, we can't do automatic flush at work..you get the picture. But noooooooo...not this weekend. All we saw on the forecast was RAIN, RAIN, RAIN. So, the date was set, the guest were invited (all but Paul Joiner if you ask him), and the crawfish were on the plane...so what were we going to do??? We were going to have a ourselves a party!! Just like most women, I woke up about 5:00 am on Saturday and it was raining cats and dogs. I kept tossing and turning and tossing again..finally I decide to take it to the sofa. I next proceed to put on the news, and the radar looks like the jolly green giant has melted all over the state of Georgia. I just kept thinking "rain+crawfish=indoor party which also = MESS." So, here comes Felix. Very slowly he is creeping down the stairs bc 5:00 am is the middle of the night to him. He very nicely says "Honey, just come back to bed and get some rest." WHAT?!?!?!? Did he really just say that? Get some rest? With 60 people coming to my house along with inches of rain. I think not! I won't get into much detail on what was said after that (Ha!) , but needless to say he starts to understand that if our/his day is going to get any better, he better start working on a PLAN B. So, after much calling, stressing, and all that other good stuff, we end up getting a tent that covers up the entire back deck. The Sloans drove through the Perfect Storm from Nashville to help out; not only with the fixins' but to help with my nerves as well. Michele and Dad also came to help, and believe it or not, the party was huge success. The rain didn't shy away the guest nor the appetites and it was a great time :) We really enjoyed getting to hang out with family, old friends, and new friends all in the same setting. Every year I get asked if we will do it again, and I have to tell them that they need to wait a couple of months before I can give them an answer! It's hard work, but a good time! Here are some pics from the party!

Fe-li, Tara, Laser, B Peso, Angie and Coat Rack

Harris made it to his first crawfish boil! And Dad's in love

The ladies

The guys-checkout Mao (cookie, coke, and beer all at once)

Mandy, Tara, Felix, and Sam