St. Patty's Day Parade

One thing that Jackson (the city) does well is the St. Patty's Day Parade.  Or so I have been told.  This was the first year we had ever been.  The M4's had a tent sponsored by someone else trying to sell them something.  Again, fine with me!  But it was a great time to get together and hangout after such an eventful time in everyones life.

 Our little family pic!  This was at the beginning of the day before we all got hot and sweaty.  I was SO hot by the time the parade started!

 As usual, J-Man was a super cool dude!  He and Mary Frances were so good!  And a huge thank you to Gran Dan and Sheshe, they helped us with the kiddos during the festivities.

 J-Man just hanging out being the center of attention.

 I think this is my favorite picture of him.  It just captures him so well.  Beads, sunglasses, and eating.  Life doesn't get much better than this.

 I would like to point out that I am the only female in this picture NOT in medical school, but they let me in the picture any way.

 More of J-Man being super cool.

 Then it was 1:00 and time for the parade to start and what do my kids do?  Take a nap!  The parade was SO loud, but they didn't seem to care.  Slept through the entire thing!  And can I just say thank you to Mrs. Anne Beyer for Mary Frances' tutu.  She got more compliments on it.  My Aunt Teresa brought J-Man's shirt back from Ireland when they went.  You can't get more Irish than that!

I also discovered that the parade is an excuse for everyone to dress crazy so I played along and wore the blow up leprechaun hat for a bit!  We had a blast and it was the perfect ending to an eventful weekend!  We went home that night and crashed.  We were all in bed by 9:00!