Boating - Lake Pontchartrain

Destin Trip

Kyle goofing off in a gift shop

Some beach and pool pics

On our way back we stopped at NAS Pensacola.


Naval Aviation Museum







Lighthouse - we got there too late for a tour but it's supposed to be haunted so I am looking forward to a tour next time.



Fort Barrancas - Kyle thought it was boring but I thought it was one of the most interesting forts we have been to.





We had a really great time. :)

Boating - Blind River, Diversion Canal and Lake Maurepas

We finally made it out on the boat! Either our schedules or the weather has prevented us for weeks. It was a great time.

A sea plane right by the Blind River Bar!

Blind River Bar

Yes, this is actually Kyle driving the boat in Lake Maurepas and he did quite well. Unless of course you work for Wild Life and Fisheries, then no he wasn't driving it. ;)

Last Weekend - Lafreniere Park and WWII museum

Just some random pics from last weekend. We went to a b-day party at Lafreniere Park on Sunday and then to the WWII museum last Sunday.

Mother's Day

We used to mostly visit City Park just for Celebration in the Oaks and Storyland on occasion, but we have gone there a little more often lately and I have to say I am really falling in love with the park, which is why I decided to spend Mother's Day there. Our lunch debacle delayed us, so we didn't do everything I anticipated but it was a wonderful outing. We took a walk on the Arboretum Trail in the Couturie Forest. I am looking forward to spending some time there this coming fall. Afterwards we went to the Sunset Sundays concert in the Botanical Gardens. I had not seen the gardens in daylight previously so I really enjoyed exploring. I took a few pictures of the decorative birdhouses representing different neighborhoods of New Orleans. We also stopped in the train garden and it was nice to be able to look around in there without it being crowded. It was a really lovely weekend overall including the Mother's Day tea at Kyle's school on Friday and celebrating Mother's Day with Kris' family on the northshore Saturday. I received some very nice gifts as well. I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day!

Air Show

We had a great time at the air show in Belle Chasse. I found out about it at the last minute when I checked the calendar on the tourism site (NOCVB). Despite limited advertising and other events in the area, they had a pretty decent turnout. I realized as we were leaving that they must have a thing for competing against other large events. The last one in October of 2007 was the same weekend as Voodoo Fest. I only remember because a friend invited me to go since she got all access passes from Red Jumpsuit Apparatus for that Sunday. As a side note I had no idea who RJA were when I went.

Kyle got to see two aircrafts like the ones his Grandpa (Kris' Dad) was in during his time in the Special Forces. The first was a C-130 that he jumped from. There was a miniature model of it and a full size one. They also had a similar helicopter - a twin Huey which is the newer model that the Marines use. He was a door gunner on a UH-1 Iroquois (Huey). Kris took pics with the 35mm of Kyle next to those two aircrafts as well as most of the good shots of the planes in the air. I have a few shots from my digital that came out okay.

Picture 1 - Cessna

Picture 2 - Lucas Oil Bi-plane

Picture 3 - Heritage flight (P-51 Mustang, F-16 Falcon, F-22 Raptor)

Picture 4 - Golden Knights

Field trip

Kyle's class had a field trip last Friday at Storyland in City Park.