Mom and Dad visit New Orleans

Ok, so I know I am not good about updating my blog, but here's my excuse.... By the time that I look at everyone else's' blogs, I don't have time for mine. Not buyin it? Ok, I will just have to work on updating it more often! It has been really fun getting in touch with some old friends though! I haven't been the best at keeping in touch with friends from high school so this definitely helps!

I am still working on our condo and will download some pics of it later. In the mean time I will tell you about what I have been up to. Mark and I had our birthdays and it was so fun! Mark surprised me with a LCD TV! That was our joint gift to each other! He also bought me a dress form so that I could use to sew some clothes I have designed. It has been so much fun! If you are into fashion design, you have to have a dress form. I got mark a very attractive outfit!

My parents were in town for my birthday and we had so much fun. If you ever want to come visit I will have you know that I am an excellent tour guide! We went to Gulf Shores one day, and while we were there we went on a dolphin cruise (Liz you would have loved it!) and shopping. On another day we went to several of the plantation homes! It was so cool to see such beautiful mansions! We also went on a dinner cruise on the Mississippi River. They served dinner and had a live Jazz band. We went shopping in the French Quarter and walked down Bourbon street, toured the Audubon Zoo, toured Katrina sites, went on a swamp tour on an airboat, toured the Garden District, and went to several amazing restaurants! So Fun! We miss you already mom and dad!

We had so much fun being in New Orleans for Mardi Gras! It gets kinda crazy but there are some family friendly parades going on every day. Here are some fun pics of us at the parades.

Mark and I met August of 2002 at the University of Utah. We dated for a year before we got married. We got married August 6th 2003. 4.5 years ago! We were married in the Salt Lake Temple. 2 years after that we moved to New Orleans to go to school. 2 weeks after that we were forced back home by Katrina! 4 months later we moved back to see what was left of our stuff and go to school for a semester. 4 months later we moved to Tennessee for Mark's internship with Master Craft. 3 months later we moved back to Utah. The summer of 2007 Mark moved to Mississippi for an internship with Trinity Yachts. I stayed in Utah to work. I do hair. We missed each other a ton, but got to visit each other every other weekend. Thanks to Liz, I survived! August of 2007 we moved back to New Orleans and bought a beautiful condo on the lake! You are all caught up now!

For those who don't know, Mark is going to school at the University of New Orleans. He is majoring in Naval Architectural Marine Engineering. Basically he designs boats. His passion is designing yachts. I work at a cute salon doing hair. We are now renovating our cute condo in our spare time. We really love living in New Orleans because of the warm weather and the fun atmosphere!