Ivy & Calder Came to Visit........

This week has been so fun! Ivy and Calder came for a visit from Minnesota. We went to see them at Christmas time but they haven't been here since the wedding which was a year ago this past June. It was so wonderful to have them here. The kids and I picked them up at Hobby Airport Tuesday. Brad was already over in Houston on business. Last year while in Houston for the wedding, Calder's family found this wonderful Mexican Restaurant that they wanted to go back to. Since that one was so far away, we found that it was a chain and there was one fairly close to Hobby! It really was wonderful. It's called Los Cucos! We liked it so much we went back when I took them back to fly home! We did lots of Louisiana things- One of those things was fishing. We went out to the Zachary's camp on the river where our camper is parked. They caught tons of brim. Tiny, but fun to catch, none the less.


We also took a trip down to the Creole Nature Trail. We saw a few little baby gators right at the beginning of the trail. We walked the whole thing and believe it or not, those babies were the only ones we saw! We had fun throwing them pieces of a Fiber One bar. As soon as the food hit the water, lots more little gators and turtles started to show up.

Of course a trip to Steamboat Bill's was a must. Brad and I ate boiled shrimp and Ivy and Calder shared a seafood platter and a big bowl of shrimp gumbo.



They got here Tuesday and could only stay until Saturday but we got a lot into a short time. We had a party Thursday night for Ivy's birthday and just to let everyone see them. We had a house full of people for grilled hamburgers and birthday cake (Jo's Party House, of course). They went shopping a few times, went with Brad and Evan to see Batman, and visited grandparents, cousins and friends. It was sad to see them go but we are so glad they got to come. Now it's back to law school (University of Minnesota) and work for Calder. Also, Ivy is starting back to school for civil engineering (also U of M)and will continue her job at the engineering firm. Glad they could get in a little vacation before the 'real world' starts again!