Ok, so like 3 weekends ago, we took a trip to Lafayette with Steve and Lizzie, our youth pastor and his wife. And the kids. It was so much fun! We went to Gatti Town, which is like Chuck E. Cheese, or Playtime Pizza, really. On top of the arcade games, they have go carts, bumper cars, mini golf, mini bowling, and a great buffet! Bryce and Shaun played a price is right style wheel and won 1,000 tickets! Bryce shared them with Cayson and they were able to get a set of cars.
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| The boys at Gatti Town |
We then traveled a little outside of Lafayette to Jennings and visited a park that had some rescue alligators. The kids each held a baby gator! (Except for the babies!) Let me back up...Steve and Lizzie have 2 girls, Laura Beth who just turned 4, and Julie Ann, who is exactly 1 month older than Natalie. We did let Natalie pet one, though.
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| Bryce and Laura Beth dancing at Randol's |
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| The dads put the babies to sleep at the mall! |
2 weekends ago, our Heber Springs Mamas (as we introduced them to our new church members) Pat and Carol came and visited. They were bringing our van to us that had been in the shop in Heber Springs. However, it broke down on them in Ruston. We let them come visit, anyway! ;) It was so good to see them! We had a great weekend! I really hated to see them go. They better come back soon!
This past week, my parents came and spent the night on Monday night. My mom had a doctor's appointment in New Orleans the next day. Also, my in-laws came Thursday night to visit, but had to leave Friday morning when my hubby's grandmother was admitted to the hospital with heart problems. Friday night, my cousin Meagan and her husband Jayson came for a visit. They had planned on going on a cruise this week and were leaving out of New Orleans, so they split their trip in half and stayed the weekend with us. We were kind of touristy with them! They love going to pawn shops and garage sales so we took them to Silver Dollar Pawn shop, home of Cajun Pawn Stars! It's a neat store. There's all kinds of stuff in there! I'm sure that will be a regular stop when they come to town! We also did a lot of shopping while they were here.
In the middle of this 3 week period the boys started tee ball and Shaun joined Titanic! Theatre Louisiana College is doing Titanic for their spring show. They needed some more male voices so Shaun joined the chorus. The only problem was all the practices seemed to interfere with tee ball practices. Or company visiting. Or something with church, like revival this week. And we only have one vehicle right now. So Shaun had to drop out. I hated it, because he loves being on stage and he hasn't had a chance to be in a show since college. But, I guess there will be other opportunities, hopefully!
Speaking of tee ball, Cayson has a practice tonight at 7 and we have revival at 6. I guess I'm going to have to leave early and take him. He's already missed one practice because it was scheduled for last Wednesday during church. I will be so ready for my van to get fixed!!!
Well, there you have it! An update on the last 3 weeks in the life of the Martins!
