Christmas at the Roosevelt and Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing came to the Saenger so we decided to make a day of it!

Sarah came over early and we exchanged Christmas gifts with her, Ashley and Andrew.

Then we headed over to the Roosevelt to enjoy a cold beverage.

Ashley had mentioned the Roosevelt was serving a “Ms. Claus’ Cookie” drink that was pretty fantastic. We we sold.

We arrived and headed straight for the Sazerac Bar.

All the girls had Ms. Claus’ yummy drink and Doug ordered a Hot Buttered Rum.

Doug’s drink had donuts in it!

Then we enjoyed the decorations that make the Roosevelt so famous!

We checked out the Gingerbread houses…

and then we finally headed to the Saenger.

The show was pretty good except that we sat by a lady that carried a large amount cat feces in her purse. Not kidding. I was terrible. We moved seats at intermission it was that bad. Alas, you can’t win them all!

Love and Hugs, Lizzie

Christmas Luncheon at The Rib Room!

I was honored to be invited to the Annual Christmas Luncheon at the Rib Room the Friday before Christmas.

Perry, a friend of Gay’s, organizes the luncheon each year and I made it on the invite list!

The Rib Room was beautifully decorated and the company was even better. I sat on one end of the table. Pretty sure it was the “loud” end of the table.

I enjoyed my hot chocolate and even had a bit of a water fight!

THAT was cold.

The French Quarter was hopping! Sadly, it was a rainy day, but we made the most of it. Thank you again, Perry, for having me! I had a great time!

By the way, lunch on the Friday before Christmas is AN EVENT. It took 4 hours so prepare yourself if you find yourself out for a Christmas Luncheon!

Love and Hugs, Lizzie

O’ Christmas Tree!

Doug and I put up our Christmas Tree on December 14. Dad gave me some stakes and we assembled the structure. I say “we”…I mean “Doug”.

 

Then we put up the “green” and decorated! 

We used our favorite ornaments and hung them all over!

The finished product!

I really love my nontraditional tree! Thank you pinterest!

Love, hugs, and merry late Christmas,

Lizzie

Mom’s Birthday! (Dec 13)

My beautiful, wonderful, fabulous mother celebrated her birthday last month!

We woke her up with a surprise coffee cake for breakfast!

 

Doesn’t she look so dainty blowing out the candles!

Then we headed out for a walk!

We walked 2.something miles around Southeastern…and we might have ended up in a dumpster for a bit.

We digress….anyway, then we headed to lunch! Adobe was calling our names!

Then “the cootie hat” was placed on Mom and a song was sung!

Enjoy this amazing video!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Then the cootie hat was passed around…

and I might have put whipped cream on DB’s nose…

Then we headed home for the official birthday party!

We decorated with signs and other fun décor.

More candles to blow out.

The whole gang was there to see her open her gifts.

Later that night we celebrated one last time…

Doesn’t Andrew look pumped?! hehe.

We played Phase 10 (which mom won) and some telestrations. It really was a fun night. We laughed and laughed. One day we will have to share the drawings, but they are not all rated G.

Happy Birthday Mom! We love you!

Love and Hugs, Lizzie

Saint’s Game–Doug won tickets!

(a little out of order – forgive me )

Doug won tickets to the Monday Night Saints game on November 24th so we went! The Saints played the Ravens and it was a sad game overall.

We had fun though. We sat with Doug’s coworkers and entertained ourselves.

We actually got to hang with the State Troopers too! One of our friends was working the game and we had amazing police protection the whole game.

Yay for winning tickets. Boo for losing, but its all good!

Love and Hugs, Lizzie

The Acro Cats!

As official cat ladies, when we heard a cat circus was coming to town, we were in! Sarah, Ashley and I traveled to the (dreaded) Marigny for this circus and it was worth it!

It was their special Christmas show and it was super special.

My favorite part was when the cats when rogue and ran through the audience.

It really was awesome and I enjoyed it very much. It motivated me to keep training my boys.

Here is a little excerpt of the fun when the rock cats were playing their music!

The Rock Cats!

They will be back in March if you want to see their regular show. It really was fun. Get there early so you can sit in the front row!

Love and Hugs, Lizzie