Last Thursday night we took off on a little adventure with our friends, Mark and Angie and their 4yr old, Aiyanna. We drove 5 hrs northeast to Angie's parents house about 15 miles from the Louisiana border. The town is really called 'Uncertain' and our GPS found it!
We stayed at the Warren's house. They are the kindest people EVER! Angie's sister (middle) and her boyfriend came out from NY for the weekend too.
Aiyanna and the poor kitten she terrorized all weekend. No injuries; she was gentle and he was very tolerant.
View from the front deck to the river. It was pouring rain. Thunder and lightning for a good 30 mins. Josh and I just sat there listening to the wildlife freak out a bit. It was pretty cool.
This is a smoker that Angie's brother, Chaz, built in his high school welding class.
This is the brisket that cooked in that lovely smoker for 12+ hours. Delicious!
Before 3 hours of decorating in the hot sun for the 4th of july parade.....
And after....Chuck was a very proud captian our of Hawaiian creation.
There are 3 different types of lilly pads in this particular lake. Really.
I just think this is a pretty cool shot.
Checkout the scenery.
There were a ton of narrow water ways as well as this amazing open area.
Zach lead our boat as we headed for the panel of judges.
Aiyanna post snow cone. Angie's mom has a snow cone booth every year for this event!
I will never turn down bbq turkey leg!
After the parade we hung out at the community barbeque area. There was a great blues band, dunking booth, kids games, and of course, the Ms. Uncertain annual contest. Zach, Angie's youngest brother, tied with some other guy in drag for the first time in Uncertain history. Zach is in green shorts and a bikini top. I was thoroughly confused but laughing constantly.
The fireworks show lasted nearly an hour. The firecrackers were launched just across the water, about 60 or so feet from us. I couldn't take a decent picture to save my life.
I took this from the deck during the rainstorm on Saturday.
This was on our drive to Shreveport to gamble in LA. There were about 100 egrets in the area just hanging out. Pretty cool.
These are a few pictures in Shreveport. All the gambling is done on boats that really seem just like your usual casino. We won squat but ate at this hole in the wall and had the best gumbo and crab etouffe ever!
Aw!! Aren't we cute?! We had so much fun. It's pretty easy to have a good time with Josh, though. He is the BEST partner ever. We are really enjoying this chapter of our lives and I look forward to every bit of the future with him.
