Springtime in NOLA

So the month of February in NOLA has felt like spring. Its been crazy b/c everything is now in full bloom and the weather has been warm for what feels like weeks! Honestly I am not complaining though. After the FREEZING cold we had in December and January. So Saturday we knew an outdoor family day was a MUST. We ended up going to City Park for the opening day of the amusement park. The kids had such a fun time and we adults did too. Ofourse the highlight is always the Ladybug Coaster. This thrills me so much since it was my very first coaster as a child. Anyway we rode that, then they did Bumper cars with Austin, then we went back to the Ladybug. Afterwards we decided to let them do the Fun House then we rode the Train. After the Train ride it was lunch time. We decided to just eat there in the park. Normally we leave and eat somewhere else...b/c obviously the food is expensive and not that great. We knew the kids wouldn't be ready to leave though. So we took our break and ate lunch before going back to do the Fun House and roller coaster again. After we left and went to get our first Snowball of the Season at Sal's. It felt like such a typical NOLA spring day...I just loved it. The flowers are so pretty everywhere. Once we got home we just rested and hung out. We spent a lot of time outside as well. 
Sunday we got to sleep in b/c we were attending 2nd service. We had a family dinner afterwards so it only made since to go to that one. I honestly have started enjoying that one better though b/c many of the teachers go to that one and I enjoy seeing/talking to them. The dinner for Randall's b-day at my parents house was fun. There were many laughs and funny moments as always. We stayed most of the afternoon. By the time we got back from there the day was about gone. We hung out outside some and tried to get things ready for the upcoming week. 

It was really nice a weekend. We are loving having austin home more on weekends now and that we really haven't had much we HAVE to do so we get to play and have fun! =)