New Orleans Trip

Mississippi River

The adult beverage (looks gross, but very yummy!)

CAFE DU MONDE!!

Siblings and In-laws :-)

I am so behind on blogging, spring is flying by!

Over my Spring Break Clayton and I went to New Orleans for a few days to visit my sister and brother-in-law. We drove which was fun and tiring! We left on a Wednesday night after Clayton got off of work and drove to Shreveport. The next morning we woke up really early and drove the rest of the way to New Orleans. While we were there we ate a lot of great food and enjoyed romaing around New Orleans. It was a fairly crowded because the basketball tournmant was going on.

Things we did:

* Ate at Cafe DuMonde EVERY DAY which was AWESOME!

* Went to the aquarium

* Visited the WWII museum (probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't just had a rather large adult beverage....)

* Watched the filming of the Green Lantern (they were filming across the street from Allison and Patrick's place!)

* Walked A LOT, probably 8 miles

* Bought a painting from a local artist in Jackson Square

Favorite memory from the trip: Clayton was "attacked" by a drunk, "homeless" guy in Jackson Square and asked for a dollar for a beer. Clayton told him he had no money. The "homeless" guy porceeded to ask him how old he was, Clayton said twenty, the guy acted shocked and argued that he was at least thirty. THEN the guy pulls a twenty dollar bill out of his pocket and said I bet you twenty dollars you are not...I thought this was hillarious...

My brother-in-law (Patrick, Allison's husband) said that he tells the homeless people if they lead him to the place where you can get a beer for a dollar that he will buy them more than one beer...I thought that was a good line!

We drove back Sunday, and encountered a heavy snow storm in East Texas which was weird! We had a great time in NOLA and are sad that the next time we go to New Orleans we won't have our excellent tour guides (Allison and Patrick) since they are moving to Waco at the end of May...BUT we are much more excited to have them back in Texas!!

I will try to update more later this week....

House Hunting

About a month ago Clayton and I started searching for a house. Our rent goes up at the end of June and we have made the big decision to buy a house. This is a huge deal and makes us both nervous!! We think we may have possibly found a house in the Benbrook area, but have not decided on the offer we want to go in at. I will keep y'all posted....

We not only had a busy weekend house hunting, but Clayton's parents came in town too! They have not been to the Fort since we got married...needless to say we ate a lot of great food and enjoyed their company :-) They came along on the house hunt and gave us some advice which we really appreciated. We look forward to their next visit!

One more thing.... my bestie Lara came into town Thursday on her way to Dallas. Thursday night we (Clayton, Jason- Clayton's brother, Lara, and me) went ot Blue Mesa and had some yummy food and margaritas. Lara came to school with me Friday and she observed my kiddos, hopefully we didn't scare her off!

We had a fabulous weekend and I am very much looking forward to Spring Break!!! Clayton and I will be going to visit my sister, Allison, and her husband, Patrick, in New Orleans. I am very excited since I have not seen them since their wedding over two months ago :-)

Dr. Roland Goertz (one awesome father!)

So I must do a little bragging in this post....sorry if you do not like this. I am not one to brag but find it necessary to do in some circumstances.

My father, who is a family physician, went to The White House today and not only met the president and shook his hand, but he also was on national TV!! I was so proud! I know many of you are thinking how in the world did he get to do this...well, it starts with a lot of hard work and determination. Ever since I can remember my dad has been extremely active in the Texas Academy of Family Physicians which lead into being an active member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). This past year he ran to be president and won. Now, that he is involved in AAFP he has had a lot of really cool opportunities, one of which was meeting the president today! Here is the link, he is on the left side.

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/03/03/bts.obama.health.care.long.cnn

I have recently decided to start blogging. I love reading what everyone else is up to and thought it would be fun to start my own! I hope to document the things Clayton and I are up to and use this as a way to reflect on our journey together as husband and wife :-)

I will write more this weekend!