New Orleans and the Wedding of Mr. & Mrs. Compton

Flash back to last month!  It was October 20th and Josh, Jonathon, and I had gotten up early, packed up the car, and were New Orleans bound.  I really like the drive to New Orleans.  Mainly because there are a limited number of turns (I think it's only two highways the whole way there), which means it's pretty difficult to get myself lost.  It's also just a beautiful drive.  Especially when you get to all of the great, tall trees that aren't very prevalent in our area of town.  We hit more traffic than we would have liked, but ended up getting there and checked into the hotels in just enough time to change clothes and head to the ghost tour.  Here are a couple of haunted places we happened upon.

After the ghost tour, it was time to party on Bourbon Street.

The next day, we grabbed some breakfast and everyone split up to do their own thing.  Josh, Jojo, and myself went to Reverend Zombie's House of VooDoo.  We got a VooDoo doll to protect our home and we found our cake topper for our wedding!  It's a Day of the Dead bride and groom.  After that, we dropped off our goods at the hotel and headed to the casino!  Woooo!

I had never been to a casino before.  It was really fun!  I love slot machines and nice people bringing you free drinks.  You really can't beat that!  Next, we headed to the rehearsal dinner.  We made the mistake of taking the trolley that lies about what time it will pick you up and drop you off at your destination.  We were a little late, but it was alright.

A cool sculpture in the sculpture garden.

The Compton family.

That night we all went out again.

Peter's last night as a bachelor!

The view of Bourbon Street from our hotel room.

The next day was the big day!  We had some errands to run, mainly getting Josh's hair cut because it was slightly out of control.  Before that, we had breakfast with Jojo, Mary, and Trevor at this great little place that I can't remember the name of.  A lot of the beautiful houses uptown were decorated for Halloween.  This one was especially awesome!

Pretty soon it was time to head to the wedding!  I had to bust out some pretty awesome defensive driving to make it there on time.  We made it just fine (by the way).  The wedding was absolutely beautiful.  I cried like a baby the whole time.  I love people in love.

After the ceremony, we all headed upstairs for the reception.  Before I knew it, it was speech time and I promptly continued my crying when Mary spoke.  Then, I wiped my tears and tore up the dance floor (thanks to those glasses of wine).  After that, we decorated the car and went back up to the reception to hang out, drink, and dance some more.

I met Kendi Everyday!

The beautiful couple.

It was a wonderful trip and beautiful wedding.  I'm so thankful for our great friends and being able to share such a special time with all of them.  Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Compton!