Kyan's Adventures in This World: September 2006

St. Rosalie Fair pt 3

For those who are Cajun impared, that means "Go Tigers"

The processional cometh

Yes, those are motercycles parked at the youth center of the church.

here come the altar boys!

The boys taking St Rosalie for her walk

and thus a fun filled weekend at church ended. Hey, this is New Orleans, y'all.

St. Rosalie's Fair part 2

Shawn and Grandma rock out with baby- he has the kiss face down.

Shawn. And plant. And beer.

That's a hundred dollar bill on the baby's forehead at the Bunko table. And dice on his chest. At church.

Chucky has the baby AND the dice.

Just one more dance, Shawn!

St. Rosalie Fair Part One

St. Rosalie is the church that Jimmy's mothers family grew up in, it's also the elementary school that Jimmy and his cousins went to. Jimmy's grandfather lived right down the street for 60+ years. Every year, they have a fair- not what I thought of as typical church fair. For example, the daiquiri booth was RIGHT next to the church. As was the beer booth. And the gambling table. I'll let you think on that.

Hello, daiquiris!

Church. Daiquiri booth.

Shawn and Jimmy. with Beer.

Rockin' Dopsie (Jr) and the Zydeco Twisters. At the church.

The church in which I nursed my son.

The crowd.

To be continued....

Lots of "Uncles" and "Aunts"

Kyan likes Christine!

Kyan doesn't like Todd.

Caroline and Eleanore don't like Jimmy picking on them.

Back when the game was very very good. Bad Spartans!

Shawn and Ike discuss the good ol' days.

Little rocker baby getting ready for a night out!

Some more hanging around Grandma's House

Chewing on Daddy's finger is the new "thing." Think he's teething?

That's my monkey!

Weee!

ohhh, tired from chewing.

Baby on Bourbon St

There is a little store on Bourbon St in the French Quarter that we try to visit every time we come into town- mostly because we find fabulous jewelry there every time. So we packed up the baby and headed down.

Baby Kyan's first Mardi Gras beads- monkeys! Can't tell, but it matches his onesie.

The Family on Bourbon St.

We did not in fact get huge beers to go- but we couldn't pass the sign up.

mmm, beignets and cafe au lait...

at the famous Cafe du Monde

Jackson square

Here's the little monkey. Ahhh, so cute!

Family on the River Walk by the French Quarter

Hanging around at Grandma's house

Kyan's first MSU game!!!

Jimmy's old bike racing jacket. Considering the fact that he probably weighed about 100 lbs when he got this, he's lookin pretty good getting in it to me!

The McDaniel Family

On our way to New Orleans, we stopped and spent some time with Jimmy's father and his Aunt Dottie (Nanny) in Marksville. When we went to Nanny's she had a beautiful home and a beautiful pool:

Kyan's ready for swimming!

Too bad the water's sort of chilly

Jimmy's cousin Alan (who recently passed away) has a daughter and a son I had never met, as well as a beautiful, vivacious granddaughter Lexie. She wasted no time cozying up to Kyan!