Do I even need to say that we had an awesome time!? Even with a brief severe thunderstorm on Saturday we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We ate well, partied even better, scored tons of beads and took some great pics. The Boy gained an admirer on Bourbon… more »

My darling boy and I are off to New Orleans Thursday afternoon! :calvindance: So excited to return for Mardi Gras FULLY healthy instead of post surgery :) I am also excited to take some better photos this year with my new Sony a290 DSLR. We are staying… more »

Thanks to my darling boy and his wonderful parents, I got a Sony ax290 DSLR camera for Christmas :calvindance: I am so excited to learn to use it. I absolutely will be participating in 365 Project again this year.365 Project is a photo a day, to crea… more »

Saturday night was our ghost hunt at the Morse Mill Hotel, a gift for Misty's birthday. We left at 5:30pm hoping to get there early but instead we got there exactly on time! Google maps told us to go north where we should have gone south and we went 10 m… more »

Yesterday I taught two IT classes...beginner and intermediate. While I dread the whole concept of being forced to lead a class and teach, I love the result when its so positive. Yesterday all the users were really happy to be in the class and eager to le… more »

This year was my first Mardi Gras ever in New Orleans so I'm far from any sort of expert but here's what I learned from this trip.1. Choose your hotel location based on what you want to see and do. We chose one in the French Quarter two blocks f… more »

Matty got up at 3am to load the truck and by 4am we were on the road. About 12 hours later we arrived in the French Quarter. It took us a bit to get the truck parked and walk back to the hotel. We cleaned up and then walked to a nearby Bar/Grill, The th… more »

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This past Saturday Misty and I took mom to visit some of the cemeteries where our ancestors are buried, including one that has essentially been abandoned. We started out trying to locate a cemetery that wasn't in our family history but that someone m… more »

Monday Morning: We are sitting in the airport in Kalispell with Brett waiting for our flight. Eileen and Renny left about 30 minutes ago. The weather was great all weekend but this morning it was much cooler and a storm moved in as we were driving to t… more »