A Crescent City Easter

We decided to travel to New Orleans for Easter this year. Felix's cousin, Jenny, was getting married, and we didn't want to miss out on the fun! Not only was there a beautiful bride to be seen, but this was also the weekend of the Crescent City Classic. We all decided over Christmas that we wanted to give it a go, so I had been giving it my best in order to prepare.

Friday was a beautiful New Orleans day. We went downtown to get our race packets, and then headed to Magazine Street for some food and shopping. This is one of may favorite parts of the city, and it was too bad that Blair's nap time came around too soon ;) We did manage to work in some yummy ice cream. This place is the best!

Friday night we got our carb on and woke up bright and early Saturday morning for the big race. It was unlike anything I have ever seen. There were over 21,000 participants and about 15,000 were drinking. Not water. Alcohol!! People were running in and out of the bars buying drinks. People were walking with beers. People were also stopping along the way for jello shots! I couldn't believe my eyes! There were a ton of costumes and tailgaters cheering for us along the way. The best sign I saw was "Water is for Sissies! Drink Beer!". I couldn't have if I would have wanted to. I was so proud of myself for finishing. I ran it in 59:30. The heat got to me, but beating an hour was my only goal, and I did it! There was only one thing on my end at the end...Grease and Beer!

The big wedding was Saturday night at the Audubon Tea Room in Audubon Park. Jenny was just beautiful as always. It was fun to get dressed up and see all the family. As you can tell from the pics that the Verdigets' boys are all nuts, and Jenny is just super special for putting up with them since childhood!

Uncle Jason decided to have a crawfish boil for Easter. This wasn't really a traditional thing for us, but it was fine by me. That is one of my favorite things to do (and eat), and I knew the kids would love it. Brutha Bill came over to do all the work, and show his kids how to cook crawfish. Blair was confused why we were eating baby Sebastian (obviously she is obsessed with the Little Mermaid).

The crawfish turned out just perfect, and we all sat down and ate almost every single one of them. After our bellies were full, the kids dyed eggs and had a egg hunt. It was definitely a full day of Easter activities!

We got back home to find that the Easter bunny had visited Blair. We somehow found it in us to do Easter all over again one more time. She sure has been a good little girl to get so many goodies! We sure did enjoy our visit to Nola and hope we can go back very soon!