Valentine's and Mardi Gras!

February was a fun month here as we celebrated Mardi Gras and Valentine's Day.

This was our first year being in Lousiana for Mardi Gras. Unfortunately we are kinda lame and 

we didn't go to many of the celebrations. The only thing we really did for Mardi Gras was go to the local parade in Luling. While Michael thought the parade was better than it was going to be I was a little disappointed. It was my first real small town parade and I was expecting a big parade like the ones I grew up with. It was still fun and we went home with lot of beads, footballs, and other little things they threw out. John loved getting the beads and had fun walking around picking up the ones on the ground. He eventually had too many on his neck and couldn't pick up any on the ground without tipping forward. It was so funny and cute. We had a lot of friends tell us about the big parades in Metairie and New Orleans and they sounded a little more impressive. The kids here get the whole week off of school and several people go out of town for the holiday. We weren't affected really by it since we live in a small town 45 min away from downtown New Orleans. 

For Valentine's Day we enjoyed a day together as a family with little gifts in the morning. The night before we got Chinese food to celebrate as well. Valentine's Day night we had the sister missionaries over for dinner and we enjoyed that as well. What a great day to celebrate love! 

At the Mardi Gras parade. The ladder in the picture is a big thing down here 

for the Mardi Gras parades. Smart idea for your kids!

Our Valentine's day gifts we got :)