Venturesome Vacation

Wow! What a week! It was a total blast! Although I do think it moved a little too fast! I am already missing the Curiel's and Whitlock's and their awesome selves. Hopefully during the summer we can visit Raul and Kelly more, and then toward the end of July we are planning a trip to Utah, so we may pass through AZ on the way! That would be great!
So, let me tell you about our week. Daniel and I left to pick Crystal and Kevin up at the New Orleans airport on Tuesday afternoon. It was a nice drive (I slept pretty much the whole way) and when we got there, we were unsure where to pick them up, so we ventured around the airport until we found baggage claim. We only waited a few minutes when we saw their smiling faces! And then there was a happy reunion/introduction to our precious nephew Luke! He was just as happy as a lark with those big blue eyes checkin out the world around him. Gosh he is SOOOOOO cute! I couldn't get enough of those cheekies! (He better still have those the next time we see him!) ANyway, so we got in the car and started heading for Alabama. The ride was pleasant. Crystal and Kevin were so excited the whole time about how beautiful and green it is here! It was fun getting to hear that. We only made one stop so Crystal could feed the baby and that was in Biloxi Mississippi! That was a nice experience...lol. We were all introduced to biting knats (or flying fleas) that just wouldn't go away! Even after we left they were in the car with us! So we decided never to go there again. And we finally made it to Alabama to Raul and Kelly's new house. It was wonderful and comfortable and had lots of space for all of us! Plus Raul and Kelly went and got tons of snacks for us so we always had plenty of goodies >) tee hee no we did not follow the diet while we were there, but it was vacation! So yeah, the next day we went to Pensacola Beach and it was gorgeous! The waves were huge and just whacking us around, that was totally fun. But I am a chicken and was scared of all the jellyfish I kept seeing so I got out and sunbathed with Kelly and Crystal. Then we went home all sandy and stinky and ate some WONDERFUL pozole. Oh my goodness, it was beautifully delicious!
The next day, Kevin, Crystal, and I went to the Battleship. It was pretty cool with all of its weaponry and stuff and it was quite huge! There was also a submarine and lots of planes and stuff that were really neat, but some of them had been messed up in Hurricane Katrina so that was a little sad. I also saw the sexiest plane ever. It was a blackbird! And it was GIGANTIC! It hed as much fuel as two and a half semi trucks. (I think it said two and a half it may have been more) Anyways, this things held so much gas...its unbelievable. Then we went to Fairhope and walked on the pier. There was a cute little crane on there thaqt some people were feeding fish too. He was SOO cute with his little crooked neck. Anyway, Raul got pretty close, but it flew away later. And then we went to eat at the Blue Gill. And watched Alabama Idol which was a total hoot!
The next day we went deep sea fishing which totally rocked! Oh man was it awesome! We traveed out about two hours, and Daniel and I were on the side of the boat the whole time enjoying the view. And the waves were kind of hard at times. It felt like a roller coaster! And Daniel and I got totally soaked! It was so much fun. And it wasn't until we stopped and actually started to fish that everyone started getting sick. Daniel was the first to puke! Atleast of the Curiel bunch. I felt horrible for him, but couldn't do anything otherwise I would have gotten sick too...(sympathetic puker) Anyway Kevin also totally puked along with the rest of the people on the boat (pretty much) It was quite humorous actually. And then on the way home the ride was much smoother and we went up top and sunbathed. That's when we all got sunburns! Yes, even the mexicans. Well all of us except Kevin and Crystal. Lucky!
So yeah then we relaxed and hung out while our burns healed and then our last night, we went swimming in the pool. That was much warmer and had less life in it than the ocean.
Yesterday, Crystal, Kevin, Luke, Daniel and I all went to New Orleans on the way home. We kind of got lost because Daniel didn't stop and get gas on the freeway, so we were wandering around downtown New Orleans trying to find any gas station before running out of gas.. That was fun. We found our way back and then walked all around.Crystal and Kevin got to see how dirty it actually is. And Daniel almost got pickpocketed. But thank goodness for promptings and for following them.
We also saw the parts that were good. We went to Jackson square which is quite nice, and then went to the Mississippi River. Daniel and Kevin went and stuck their hands in so they can say they have touched it. Which is pretty cool. And then we drove past the garden district and went home. nce there we brought them to the little swamp that is on the campus of the school, pretty much right across the street to our house and we got to see little alligators and turtles and beautiful wildlife. We wanted to feed them crawfish, but by the time we got around to it, all the places were closed. Oh well. It was fun! I love those guys! And I hope they enjoyed their stay! I know I loved our vacation! But now its back to real life stuff and our old stressful lives...hopefully we will move soon, but I cannot tell when or how.