LifeOfLindsay: Girl on Fire

I apologize for my recent absence of correspondence. But maybe you'll forgive me after you read THIS:

It's been a very fun, busy, and adventurous month or so...

First, my sweet baby nephew turned 4! He was such a big boy and we had such a fun LSU TIGERS birthday party! Geaux Tigers! Here are some pictures from the party...

Aunt L, Kade and Cole in our LSU gear

The bouncy house! I was sore for days.

Lunch time with baby C

That smile makes me feel like the luckiest Aunt alive!

Aunt Chels and Kade showing off their muscles!

Secondly...my dad and some of his friends flew in for a Ft. Worth filled weekend. My dad and I had a father-daughter date night that Friday night where he spoiled me with dinner at Eddie V's then we caused a little ruckus with cocktails at Whiskey & Rye. If you aren't familiar with Whiskey & Rye, it is at the bottom of the Omni Hotel in downtown Funkytown. It was the evening of the Michigan vs. Alabama game at the Cowboys stadium, and the hotel was hosting the Michigan fans...so my dad felt like it was the best idea to pay the band at W&R to play the Texas Fight song. Love that man.

His friends arrived on Saturday, and I was able to pull a few "strings" to get us dinner reservations at Del Frisco's. YUMMMM. Then they decided they wanted to dance...so we went to the Stockyards. Now stop for a second and picture this... Me...My dad...and three of his friends. Now one is only a few years older than me but they are all happily married (minus my bachlor-life loving father) with children and they don't get out very often. Oh Lord. It was really a fun night.

The next day was the Stockyards music festival, which is the real reason they were in town. My dad's friend, RW, is good friends with Hank Williams Jr, who happened the be the headliner for this festival. Now, RW is known as the REAL alligator man. He has built a very profitable business hunting and selling alligator. Hank Jr wears a gator necklace, vest, and boots from RW. Ok, I know this is getting long, but let me give you a little back ground... I went to a Hank Jr concert in May because RW got me tickets and I happened to get asked to come on stage and ended up going backstage and on the bus and hanging out with the band that night. No big deal. So, when they figured out they were coming to Ft. Worth for a concert, the road manager called me up to make sure I was coming. I happily told him that I was and that I was coming with the Alligator man! So fast-forward...we spent all day with the band, hung out backstage, and I got to meet and hang out with Pat Green, Shooter Jennings, Merle Haggard, among others. We ended up going to a little bar before Hank went on and the guitarist played an impromptu acoustic set at the bar to kick the night off. Here's just a few pictures: