2nd Annual Moody Family Crawfish Boil!!

 

A little slow on getting the Crawfish Boil blog in, but here goes...

Such a GREAT weekend!! I seriously love going home and I think that is so awesome. A lot of people cannot appreciate their parents and don't look forward to hanging out with them, but I just love mine and always have the best time. They are so happy and I love seeing them together again and they just always seem to be having fun.

Got up Friday morning and sat around all morning enjoying having the day off. Packed and dropped the dogs off at Elizabeth's house for the weekend. Went to the 'Tan Party' where me and Alyssa and Jana all got a beautifully bronzed spray tan and then it was off to get Luke and hit the road. We finally left Austin around 3:30 and surprisingly hit no holiday or Friday traffic at all. Got to WFalls in time to watch Lebron James score the game winning 3 and hang out with my dad. Mom was out for a Girl's Night Out and we were too tired to wait up for her.

 

Saturday was just getting ready for the party and making cookies, running errands, picking up the crawfish. Luke ventured out on a shopping excursion with me which just proves how amazing he is - he even carried around the clothes and went to get me different sizes and colors. I am a lucky girl :) Got back to the house and started getting ready for the party. I LOVE a crawfish boil more than anyone else I know. We had 100 pounds of crawfish and so many corn and potatoes...it was amazing. About 30 people came and everyone had a blast. Margaritas might have helped with that too!! The food was absolutely amazing - my dad always outdoes himself with this...gets better every year. Everyone ate until they were miserable (in a good way) and stayed till the wee hours. Lots of laughing and so much fun. I am so thankful to my parents for putting on this party every year, it is one of my favorite new family traditions.

 

Sunday was just sleeping in and hanging out before having to head back to Austin. A little after-party clean up, but mainly just more laughing and hanging out with the family. My Aunt Alicia was in town for the party and brought all my favorite foods from Baton Rouge so I was in heaven all weekend. We finally got back on the road around 3 with the car packed up and crawfish for when we got back!! So, we were able to have a whole round 2 of crawfish upon arrival in Austin Sunday night...just as good the second time around.

I am not sure when I will get a chance to go home again, but I hope soon - it is always a fun time and relaxing with no obligations to do once I get there. Thanks again to my parents for hosting us and everyone else for a really great party!!