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Eli's World

Eli has been begging me to help him make a movie as part of our family time during the holidays. 
Well, this is our New Years Eve day project.  Hope you enjoy.  Happy New Year!

Crazy Cajun Christmas 08

Well, here's a peak into just one of my Cajun Christmas Celebrations.  This was one of the smaller gatherings...

Brandi's Birthday

It was a great Birthday celebration tonight.  Brandi wanted a low-key night at home with family and friends.  Jennie made the cake and Todd gave Brandi a 'Chic-Flick' movie.??..  and provided the laughs. 
  Eli wrote a movie and somewhat presented it during halftime of the Dallas Cowboy's game (if you can call it that).  I cleaned up the kitchen and Stitch ate the left-overs.

Happy Birthday, Brandi!

He made it!

Out of surgery and alive and well. First thing he said was, "please make the man next to me stop moaning....give him some of my pain medicine.".

Going Under the Knife!

With my brother today as he is about to go into surgery!

Electronic Fellowship

There was a time when friends came over to your house and had a real conversation! Guess I'll have to buy another laptop(wife has commandered my laptop) and get on Facebook so I can write on a wall and tell everyone what I'm doing in 28 characters or less.

Happy Birthday

It's been a great Birthday week-end.  Eli got me this cool LSU water bottle for my birthday and many family & friends called or brought nice gift cards.   Brandi cooked up some of our old favorites from Louisiana.  Saturday night, we invited some friends over to sample some of the savory, rich cajun cuisine.  In fact, we're so far removed from eating that kind of rich food, that we're sick tonight from the feast.  Now back on our regular diet. 

 For today, on my birthday, we went to church and then to Denton for some BBQ at Rudy's, a cool restaurant from our New Braunfels days.  Typically I don't buy food from the same place you can gas up your car.  Rudy's would be the exception.  Started actually as Rudolf's Gas Station/Grocery Store in Leon Springs off I-10 near Houston, Rudy's is a no-frills, Texas BBQ success with over 25 locations mainly in Texas.  They slow-cook their meat with oak wood without any sauce added....similar to Memphis BBQ minus the dry rub.  Anyway, it's good stuff.  It was a great B-day lunch.

One interesting trivia note:  down in New Braunfels, the Rudy's slogan was "Worst BBQ in Texas" playing off the German influence in that area.  Up in North Texas, they dropped that slogan.  

Sunday night, we're having a hurricane party watching Gustav tracking to the Louisiana coast.  Ava & JJ are out of Lafayette and our friends in Baton Rouge are getting ready for a nasty storm heading their way.  We'll be praying for all those affected by the storm. 

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Strawberry Beer . . . with Pictures

So often it's always a race between Brandi and I to be the first to blog on something we all experience.  Well today she beat me.  BUT, I HAVE PICTURES!!!   I'll steal her post and give you what you REALLY want to see....  photos!

Today at lunch my son ordered a "strawberry beer". When we asked him what he was talking about he pulled up a strawberry soda out of the ice at Spring Creek BBQ.

At similar restaurants that display iced beer, he's always been told, "Son you can't have that. That's beer."

Today he found a nice loophole in the beer ban for six year olds. So he pulled the strawberry beer and proudly placed it on his tray....that is until he found the lemonade in the fountain: Strawberry Beer -- history!
 
  

Coffee at the OG

On vacation! Woohoo! Trying to get my blogging legs back on the way to Hot Springs! Pit stop in Texarkana at the Olive Garden and another cup of caffee will further us up I-30.