We started off our trip early in the morning and headed for Hattiesburg Mississippi to visit the Mississippi Packs for a couple nights before heading to New Orleans for our first interview. We had a blast with the Packs as usual. The night before we left, Jeff was playing football with the kids and stepped in a hole and injured his ankle. After a couple hours in the ER we got some crutches and a prescription for some pain killers and we set out to find an all night drug store. We finally found one and Jeff stayed in the car while I went in to get the medicine. Jeff was rocking out and playing around with the Garmin and when I came out our battery was totally dead. So then we had to call AAA and wait 30 min. for the tow truck to come give us a jump. It was a long night. The next day we had lunch with the Packs and then we headed out for New Orleans. We got there are checked into our hotel the Jeff had to go meet his group for dinner and the boys and I just hung out in the hotel. We thought the Brent house was a little Ghetto, but it kind of matched the areas we had driven through to get there. There was water leaking from the bathroom ceiling and everything was a little dirty, but you can't complain about a free hotel. When Jeff was at the dinner everyone was talking about how nice the hotel was and how luxurious the rooms were. Jeff and one other interviewee were like "WHAT?". It turns out they are in the middle of remodeling after Katrina and they started at the top and worked their way down. Apparently the first floor where we were had not been remodeled. The next day Jeff interviewed and we sat in the hotel. He was done about 1 and we went to the children's museum.
At the children's museum in New Orleans. It was super small, but the kids were so glad to be out of the car and hotel and at a kid friendly place, they didn't care.
The boys love to play restaurant and had such a good time finding food and bringing Jeff and I plates full of random food.
Austin must be the busboy.
We played with this forever. You stand in the middle and then try to get inside the bubble tube without popping it. Ethan did way better at big bubbles then Jeff or I, but we had a lot of fun.
This is a screen that flashes light then when you move, your shadow stays. OH-IO! It took us 10 min. to get this picture because we would have to pose then run and take the picture before it disappeared. After the museum we went to Hammond Louisiana to visit Beth, Ronnie and Becca. They were so sweet and took us to dinner and let us spend the night with them. Thanks Becca for sleeping on the floor. We got to see their remodeling which was beautiful and we can't wait to see the finished product. After Hammond we made the 5 hour trek to Houston.
Outside the Armadillo bar where we met residents from Texas and learned more about their program. We got to Houston, dropped the boys off with our friends Mark and Stacy at Marks parents house and took off to make it to dinner on time. Thanks Stevens for helping us out and letting us stay with you! Jeff and Mark flew in and out of Houston all week to interview. Jeff went to Lubbock Texas, had 2 interviews in Houston and a test. Such a busy week.
We thought Ethan would love to see the huge Armadillo.
The Stevens live on a beautiful little lake with a nice jogging path around it. We were all out for a nice walk and Ethan tripped and fell. Unfortunately Ethan had just discovered his pockets and had both hands in them so when he fell he hit face first. He was so sad and there was blood everywhere on both of us. Poor Ethan!
By evening his bottom lip was so swollen he could hardly talk. It was so sad!
At the Houston zoo. We got a discount with our Columbus zoo pass.
These cattle had the biggest horns I have ever seen. Everything is bigger in Texas.
Playing in the Eagle nest. Austin stood up just as I snapped the picture so his head isn't in the picture, but still cute.
Ethan and Austin love hermit crabs and thought it was way funny to pretend to be one.
Don't mind the shirtless boy in a nice museum. Ethan's reflux was acting up and he threw up all over himself and Jeff just as we got to the museum. It took about a half hour to get to the museum so we decided to wipe off his pants and take off his shirt and continue on.
Austin thought we were at the zoo with all the life size animals. He was fascinated by the Zebra.
Some of the cute homemade ornaments at the natural history museum. These would be super easy to make and the tree looked super cute.
MIC-KEY MOUSE
Paper towel rolls with tops of frozen juice containers as wheels.
Cute animals with fun animal print ribbons and bows.
Cute snowman decorations.
Outside the Armadillo bar where we met residents from Texas and learned more about their program. We got to Houston, dropped the boys off with our friends Mark and Stacy at Marks parents house and took off to make it to dinner on time. Thanks Stevens for helping us out and letting us stay with you! Jeff and Mark flew in and out of Houston all week to interview. Jeff went to Lubbock Texas, had 2 interviews in Houston and a test. Such a busy week.
We thought Ethan would love to see the huge Armadillo.
The Stevens live on a beautiful little lake with a nice jogging path around it. We were all out for a nice walk and Ethan tripped and fell. Unfortunately Ethan had just discovered his pockets and had both hands in them so when he fell he hit face first. He was so sad and there was blood everywhere on both of us. Poor Ethan!
By evening his bottom lip was so swollen he could hardly talk. It was so sad!
At the Houston zoo. We got a discount with our Columbus zoo pass.
These cattle had the biggest horns I have ever seen. Everything is bigger in Texas.
Playing in the Eagle nest. Austin stood up just as I snapped the picture so his head isn't in the picture, but still cute.
Ethan and Austin love hermit crabs and thought it was way funny to pretend to be one.
Don't mind the shirtless boy in a nice museum. Ethan's reflux was acting up and he threw up all over himself and Jeff just as we got to the museum. It took about a half hour to get to the museum so we decided to wipe off his pants and take off his shirt and continue on.
Austin thought we were at the zoo with all the life size animals. He was fascinated by the Zebra.
Some of the cute homemade ornaments at the natural history museum. These would be super easy to make and the tree looked super cute.
MIC-KEY MOUSE
Paper towel rolls with tops of frozen juice containers as wheels.
Cute animals with fun animal print ribbons and bows.
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Poor little Ethan's face! That looked like it hurt. And the armadillo was cool!
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