Jim's Dream Come True - Tiger Tour 2008

Because Jim is an LSU alum, he is a die-hard fan. One of his student's parents invited us to go to the LSU Tiger Tour 2008 last night here in Jackson. It was a banquet with coaches, the mascot, the National Championship trophy, etc. It was very fun, and not being a big LSU fan myself, it made me appreciate it a little more. Here are a few higlights:


Jim with the National Championship trophy - he wanted to kiss it, but we decided it wouldn't be a very appropriate thing to do since we were at the Jackson Country Club.


Us with Mike, the mascot.


Football coach, Les Miles, giving Jim his autograph.

I have been told that since I am married to a die-hard LSU fan, I must also become one. So, I guess I'll say (not so loudly) Geaux Tigers!

We're Back!

We're back from Disney World! It was such a great, great trip. We were gone for 8 days and spent 5 of those at Disney. We felt like little kids! Disney is a great place for all ages, I think. There were tons of older (like 60+) couples there by themselves enjoying all of the fun! Yes, we were there during Gay Days 2008 (I apologize if I offend anyone reading this). However, although we saw some interesting sites, it wasn't bad and we hardly saw any at all. We did come to one conclusion: one requistion for our kids to be able to go one day is that they WILL have to be able to walk. We saw little tiny babies there in the Florida heat. They looked as if they were about to die in their stroller (I'm sure I looked the same - without the stroller, of course). We definitely want to take our kids one day, but it was so fun with just the two of us. No agendas, no plans - it was great! Here are a few pictures to highlight our wonderful trip!


Of course, Cinderella's castle




Mickey, Minnie, and Dale entertaining us while waiting for Epcot to open



We were bored in a store - yes, that's Buzz Lightyear on my head and some sort of Mickey concoction on Jim's head


We ate at a restaurant called 50's Prime Time Cafe - great place! This was our table/booth. Every place to sit resembled a kitchen from the 50's era and a TV playing old TV shows in black and white. We loved it!


Because we were first in line for the Rockin' Roller Coaster one morning, we got these VIP tickets to this:

Fantasmic! THE BEST show at Disney! We got to sit in a VIP section of about 20 people in a 7,000 seat theatre (full, of course) and we got free coke! It was exciting because we never win anything.


Ok, this is in Animal Kingdom. It took me a minute to figure out what it was, but, alas, it is a frog. This frog was bigger than my face and I am not kidding. I had to take a picture of it because it was probably THE most disgusting thing I have ever seen!

As you can see, we had a great time! I have MANY more pictures, but it would take about 3 blog pages to post them all. We are glad to be back and can't wait to go again!