Baton Rouge wedding, Cajun food, Busy weekend

This past weekend we drove over to Baton Rouge for a wedding.  The lovely couple getting married was our friends from college.  T met the groom through his ME major and had many classes with him.  We all our good friends now and meet up occasionally, they live in Houston.  We were asked to be a part of the wedding, as gift bearers, and it was quite an honor.  On Friday night we went to the rehearsal and practiced our very "important" parts and then went to the rehearsal dinner for some good cajun food.

At the rehearsal dinner:

With the lovely soon to be married couple:

The next morning we woke up early and ran around the LSU lakes, which I had never done in college since I had never really ran before.  After running we went to CC's (Community Coffee) for some good coffee, we have missed CC's since we moved to Houston but we do get big bags of their breakfast blend coffee beans and make it fresh every day.  The wedding was at 11:30 so we got their around 11 and were ready for our parts.  It was the first wedding we had been to besides our own, yes we are pretty unexperienced in the wedding department.  The bride was beautiful and so was the wedding.  The reception was at a place called Oak Lodge and was really nice.  The food was amazing, the cake was white with vanilla icing and a raspberry filling (I think it was raspberry) and it was delicious!  T and I shared a piece of each cake, though I ate most of them... I couldn't stop!  T and I danced some slow dances and it was incredibly romantic.  Memories of our wedding came back to the both of us.  That evening we went to dinner at Chimes, possibly our favorite place in Baton Rouge, and had food and drinks with some LSU friends.

Us before the wedding, geez T looks creepy:

The almost newlyweds:

Us with the newlyweds:

Blowing some bubbles:

The newlyweds off to their honeymoon:

The next morning I met up with some girl friends at CC's and we chatted for a little bit.  Talking with my friends made me want to move back to Baton Rouge, it was so nice to just pick up where we left off and just talk.  As we left Baton Rouge we ate lunch at Cane's, sooooo good!  There is one about 30 minutes away from us here in Katy but in Baton Rouge they are all over the place.  We drove over to Kingwood to pick up Izzie, who stayed with T's family, and finally headed home.  It was nice to be away for the weekend but it was also really nice to be home.

Last night I went to my first ESL prep class in Houston.  The teacher was pretty good, a little confusing at times but there was another woman in the class who kept thinking she was the teacher... interrupting, repeating what the teacher said, trying to finish the teacher's sentences, and adding her two cents... annoying!!  Today I went to the library and picked up a study book that has a little section on the ESL supplemental but really anything will help.  I hope that being ESL certified will help in the hiring process.  I could really use a job right now.  We aren't struggling financially but I think if my unemployment continues for much longer we might be in trouble.

Onto happier things... running... today while I was running I was just thinking how great running is, minus the gear, running outdoors is free.  Free things = happiness.  I am going to be working on running longer distances and building stamina.  The furthest I have run has been 3.1 miles.  I'd love to find parks to run in with Izzie (and hopefully T).

What's for dinner?: Grilled cheese and soup (a common occurrence in our household lately)

Saints won!!

T just left for Austin for a couple days for business and I miss him already!  Izzie misses him as well.  Luckily he took the day off, this morning, and we spent a nice lazy day at the house.  We watched the last few episodes of The Jersey Shore that I had recorded from the MTV marathon yesterday.  That show is addicting!  I didn't watch it when it was on for its season but I'm glad I caught the marathon.

Yesterday was the superbowl.... Saints won!!  Woohoo!!  Ok so even though I'm not a big sports fan, I am a loyal Louisiana sports fan, I love the Tigers!  Anyways, I know everyone in Louisiana is happy and wishing today was a state-wide holiday.  In order to celebrate the superbowl, I made shrimp etoufee and it was so good!  Sadly I did not take pictures of my awesome etoufee.  I also made biscuits and salad, dessert was a strawberry filled king cake, yummm!!  We had some friends over and enjoyed their company while watching the game.

Hmmm... what will I do this week??  I know I have lunch plans with a friend and movie plans with T's mom.  Otherwise I guess I'll be playing with the pup and waiting for T to get home.

What's for dinner?: Leftover etoufee