lafayette easter and festival internationale.

last weekend (end of april), we took off for lafayette to celebrate easter with my family and to meet up with justin's dad and uncle for the festival.  it had been five years since we'd been to the fest, what with grad school and having a baby and all.  it was a really nice weekend - the weather was perfection.  it's always a blast to spend time with the fam and be in my home town.

the easter basket from my parents, as i mentioned, was super cute and had all sorts of fun treats in it.  emme got introduced to bubbles (we need to get some pictures of that) for the first time, and she thought they were spectacular.  she also went to her first music festival, but it was a little too cold, windy, crowded, and loud to fully embrace the experience.  but, she made the most of it and i was probably more neurotic about her than anything (shocking).  it was especially nice that both mom and dad took a vacation day on friday, so we had an extra day for hanging out.  justin spent the majority of the time downtown with his family, so they got some quality hang out time while emme and i got extra one-on-one with my parents, which we loved as well.

will and ronald joined my family and gg for brunch on sunday morning before we hit the road back to austin, which was delicious and fun.  my mom made a feast of fried shrimp, corn grits, salad, garlic bread, and broccoli with hollandaise sauce, all topped off with warm cookies and fresh brewed coffee for dessert. mom is truly a master of southern hospitality.

the dogs had a blast, as usual.  etta and arlo are two peas in a pod when they're together, and the three of them wear each other out over the course of however many days we're all together.  that picture was taken with my phone, so it's terrible, but you get the idea....