We drove over 500 miles yesterday from Orlando to New Orleans starting with getting a bag full of Florida oranges from a fruit stand, yummy! When we arrived at our hotel we didn't realize how close it was to Bourbon Street and saw a lot of dancing in the streets. Crazy! We took a morning stroll through the French Quarter of N. Orleans and to the River Walk, (yes, the Mississippi River again!) Geoff and the kids indulged me and we drove through the Garden District where there are beautiful New Orleans style homes. I love the style of homes there and the family didn't mind the extra miles.

Logan and Lauryn had an especially great day in the van yesterday. With Luke cutting teeth (we think!) he was pretty fussy the whole trip and even missed a nap. It was a long 500 miles with my back aching and Luke screaming. I did get some Jumbalaya for lunch from a little restaurant with fake alligator heads and lots of fresh crawfish, you know just in case you really want to buy an alligator head while eating lunch = ). Before lunch we were delayed over an hour on a bridge from an accident with so many emergency vehicles and a chopper we knew it wasn't good. We walked on the bridge and made do with snacks in the car for the kiddos. We were praying and thanking God we weren't involved in the accident as we were only 50 yeards from the crash and were there from the beginning before the police even arrived.

Now we are about to take a tour of Dallas Theological Seminary where Geoff has always been interested in going to continue to work on his seminary degree. Since he was a child he has attended a family summer camp at Mount Hermon in the Santa Cruz Mountains that was hosted by Dallas Seminary so we are really excited to see the campus and see if we will ever be Texans at some point of our life (don't worry, we both love being Californian's especially after this trip!) I will add pictures this evening of our New Orleans touring once we get to the New Mexico border.