"We've Come Home!"

Yes, our 2 day adventure in Shreveport had to come to an end eventually. In this case, after two days. But we managed to have a lot of fun and even though we lost most of our gambling cushion, we didn't lose the farm. If we had a farm that is. We wouldn't have lost it if we had it. There we go. A few pix:



Apparently you can get drunk on too much money. The $1,000,000 wall at the Horseshoe Casino! A bunch of hundreds in sequential order! Must have been special ordered from the mint. I'd like to see the fool who'd try to steal this one.



Ahh, relaxation! This room looks identical to the one we had last year. So...I guess all of them are exactly the same...no matter which one you go to. Kind of a letdown I gotta say.



Here we see Jerramy (yet again) take advantage of the free lunch buffet we won when we registered as new players at Horseshoe! Since I lost $30 there that night and the buffets for me and Cari added up to about $37, I figured we came out ahead. Man that place was huge. Endless rows of anything we wanted. I think I got my money's worth. I know it was hard to move afterward.



These I found at the really good beef jerky / BBQ place on the way home. I don't remember Mamaw making pies like this. She did know how to make some yummy things though.

So, we came back, and after going in late Wednesday, we had a St Patrick's Day party up at work! I won a few tickets but I guess I didn't win anything. Was funny to watch people do this though:





What? No pictures of me? Wait, here's one....



This shirt is...I don't know. Maybe stripes aren't my thang.

So I get home Friday to find out that Cari got roped into chaperoning this lock in for the Girl scouts. So, while they were overnighting it at the church, Zach and I had the house to ourselves. So...what better time to break these out:



Toys of course! I've had this box for over 15 years...all I needed was the boy who was mesmerized by it all. I think we played for about an hour before he Zach wanted to fight, which consists of him sitting on my back and hitting me over and over. But I haven't played with those for a while. Was good to get those out.

So...the next morning while Cari and Emmy went to see this:



...which Zach and I had no real interest in seeing, so I took him to Dunlop park where they have these really neat bike ramps. Well, Zach thought he wanted to ride his scooter on them but it's easier with a bike, so instead we took a nature hike:



There's all these house foundations that look like they were knocked down or never completed. Kind of spooky if you're alone. Fortunately I had my boy with me to keep me safe. After hiking and playing some hide and seek we went to McDonald's for a guy's lunch. Was a really good day. I've mentioned before how I always feel like time slips away quicker and quicker as kids get older. Hopefully we'll have more days like this. Can't wait to go to Hurricane Harbor this year! It's been 21 years!