Aaron said that I has to take my turn captioning the pictures. At the end of our trip, we stayed overnight in Memphis, TN. We figured that we had seen the Jazz Clubs in New Orleans, so we had to stop off at the home of the Blues. We toured Beale Street, had some barbecue, and rode on the trolley. It was amazing. The first picture is me eating ice cream while waiting for the trolley. The second is the view from our way over priced hotel room that we got stuck with because the NCAA tournament was in town. The third is Aaron at Rendezvous restaurant after eating his rack of ribs. Tasty... and the perfect recipe for heartburn. Aaron is also wearing the shirt he bought in New Orleans, one of the MANY t shirts that he owns from all the places we have visited. Ultimately, it was fun just being together and on the road.

These guy's were playing for tips outside of the building that the Louisiana purchase was signed. I could have listened to them all day they were pretty funny to.

Alida and I found out that we are going to be having a baby girl. Doctor says that everything looks good, all body parts are accounted for and she is healthy.
Bellow are some photos from our spring break vacation to New Orleans. We had a very good time and my driving only scared Alida a couple of times.
Alida is finally over being sick all the time and has managed to not throw up for quit some time now. Her only complaint is that she is tiered. Teaching early morning seminary probably has allot to do with that. Only two more months left until school is over and she will be relived from teaching seminary.

This guy has 3 legs and half a tail, he spent some time on our tent.

This oak tree is @ Oak Ally Plantation and is 300 years old

Having a Beinga (benya) at the famous Cafe Du Monde'

Camping

This is about all we can show of Bourbon st.

New Orleans from the ferry

Waiting for the ferry

Just checkin in with everyone, Alida is doing fine. I am sure if she was the one writing this blog she would tell you that she is sick and tired and tired and sick. Poor girl has been throwing up for most of the pregnancy. We are at week 17 now and when we hit the 20th week we can get a good picture of the baby and see what sex it is. If she does not start feeling better I think the odds of a second baby are not looking very good.

On a different note, Alida and I bought a new tent. It is pretty big I thought maybe we could sell the house and live in it but I was quickly out voted on that one.

Ok here we go Marthea I Finlay am ready to tell everyone my 5 addictions, I don't have a good excuse for not getting to it till now so I will just save it and get it done.
For the record this is not in any particular order.

1. My dog Mali, as much as I try and fight it I just cant help but be addicted to her loving nature and her complete devotion to me.

2. Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. I swear I have this uncontrollable urge to eat chocolate like a smoker needs a cigarette. Especially after I eat a meal.

3. The Internet has to be on this list. When I am board or don't have much going on I find myself getting on the web and just surfing around looking at whatever comes to mind.

4. Reality T.V. I love to watch other people make fools out of themselves, it makes me feel better about myself.

5. My lovely, beautiful and intelligent wife. You thought I was going to leave you out of this list didn't you Honey? I truly find myself more and more addicted to her as the days and months go by. I am not sure what I would be doing right now if it were not for my lovely wife. If I had to number the addictions that I have Alida would be at the very top of the list, hands down.

We had some heavy snow the last couple of days. The snow has been nice but I learned that I do not enjoy shoveling driveways.......