It's been a busy weekend around here. Friday night we attended our first UL football game. (Matt went to a game or two last year, but this is the first time Juliette and I have attended.) UL played Oklahoma State, who is ranked #22, and since we aren't ranked, that meant we were in for a slaughtering. Since the game was televised on ESPN2, it didn't start until 8 pm, which meant for a VERY long and late night. (We got home at midnight and we left with about 6 minutes left in the 4th quarter.)

At first, Juliette wanted to sit at the very top and we were practically in the corner of the end zone. I wasn't too thrilled with that seating option and wanted to sit a little closer, but then Juliette decided she wanted to sit ALL the way at the front. See how close we were!

Juliette cheered (with free pompoms she got from someone) and clapped when everyone else clapped for about the first quarter and then she got bored. For most of the second and third quarter, she played with a little handheld game we bought from home, and then she decided to start cheering again at the beginning of the fourth.


This is Cayenne, UL's mascot. He kept giving high fives to the kids along the front and Juliette was scared of him at first, but then about halfway through the game, she decided he was okay and any time he came by, she held out her hand for a high five!

This was the score at halftime. We were leading 21-17, which is quite impressive considering we aren't even ranked. All of that changed, however, within five minutes of the third quarter and it just all went downhill from there. We did score again, but OSU scored a ton and I think the final score was somewhere around 54-28. Ouch!

After Juliette warmed up to Cayenne, she started holding out her hand to anybody who walked by--band members, cheerleaders, dance team, etc.

This weekend was the Festival Acadiens at the park down the street from us. It's a Cajun music and food festival and so we walked down there yesterday for lunch and to check it out. Matt got a shrimp poboy and I got chicken and sausage jambalaya...yum, yum! Matt also got beignets, but I didn't eat any of them. It was quite hot, though, and Juliette didn't want to listen/watch any of the music, and did I mention, it was REALLY hot, so we didn't stick around long. I did take a quick walk through the craft booths and almost all of them were local artists and had some gorgeous things for sale--not just paintings, but mosaics and ironwork and ceramics and wood...really pretty stuff.

Juliette was REALLY tired (from the night before) and at this point, she had "switched" with me. I had gotten her a baked potato, but she wanted my jambalaya! This isn't the best picture, though.

After we got home, we all took naps and then last night, I took Juliette to see the "owl movie" that she has been wanting to see. It was really good...we both enjoyed it!

And since I'm watching the Saints game while I'm writing this, I have to show this picture of Juliette from this morning. This was right after we got home from church. Geaux Saints!