St. Joseph's Day Parade

One of the fun things, I suppose, about New Orleans is that there's something going on. When we visited in March we played tourists after visiting the seminary on Thursday and Friday. That Saturday as we were walking around the French Quarter we happened upon a parade.





Actually we weren't sure what it was at first--all of a sudden there were just tons of guys in tuxedos carrying flower arrangements!

We soon figured out that it was the St. Joseph's Day Parade, however. "It's fixin' to get wild," one man told us. "Hmmmm," we thought. But it didn't get too wild, at least not while we were there. Keeleigh did go a little crazy racing full-grown women for beads! (Don't worry, there was no nudity involved.)

Keeleigh ended up getting a balloon hat, lots of candy, several beads, and a rose! She was thrilled and would've stayed longer had I not dragged her out of the street.

Jathan enjoyed the spoils, too!

Yep, I doubt life in New Orleans ever gets too dull.