Ahh beautiful Mississippi.
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| Shrimp or crawfish? Claire chooses crawfish. |
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| Shark and crawfish? Claire chooses crawfish. |
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| We went strawberry-picking at a local farm a bunch of times because they are in season, and they are GOOD. |
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| Sometimes we eat more than we pick. |
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| Checking out the USS Alabama battleship with my parents. |
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| The USS Drumm submarine in the background, we checked that out too. |
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| My dad was telling the kids about how planes or torpedoes or something work, and they were in deep conversation for a long time. They were so fascinated, we were there for a very long time. |
With lots of guests, we've had a lot of good seafood and BBQ lately.
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| My mom not knowing quite what to think of oysters. |
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| My dad making himself at home talking to the locals about their food at a restaurant called Tarantos. The guy was more than happy to share his crawfish with my dad. I couldn't help but laugh. |
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| Alligator farm. |
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| Ria |
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| Awesome BBQ |
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| Found a famous guy there, the main star of the reality show "The Shed" |
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| Rosetti's Cafe with the fam. Fish sandwich, and more crawfish. |
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| Ria's 1st crawfish. She asked how to open it, and Claire took it from her, ripped it in half, and showed her how it is done. |
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| Out walking in our neighborhood. Back Bay of Biloxi. |
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| Gumbo |
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| Kangarooz bounce place with cousin Phillip |
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Storyland Park
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| Ria, Dallin Phillip |
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| Xander took 2nd place overall! |
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| Beach |
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| Toasting Barq's root beer, since Mr Edmund Barq invented it here in Biloxi. |
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| Hanging out with our friends down here, Blair said we had to get some Shaq soda, since it had his face plastered all over it and made him laugh. |
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| There's been a lot of frog catching in our backyard lately. We even kept one in a cage inside and tried to feed it bugs for a few days until we set it free again. |
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| Rocking on a porch swing, with a beach view- relaxing! |
CRAWFISH BOIL
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| Now, here's how it's done. Cooked with spices, potatoes/sausage/corn. Dumped out on a table, and eaten with fingers. At a friend's birthday party for their son :) |
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| anytime we go to a crawfish boil, Clair carries around a crawfish the entire time as a pet. She also eats a ton of them, but she loves her pets. |
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| biggest crawfish ever! |
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| holding hands |
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| Food food and more food. Po Boys, red beans and rice. |
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| Backtracking a bit now. Easter stuff, Kroc Center. |
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| Talk about best prizes at an egg hunt ever. |
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| Ocean Springs, MS |
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| Best snow cones ever! The purple cow. |
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| Rootbeer snow cone with a scoop of ice-cream in the middle. Ingenious! |
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| local carnival |
Sketchy roller coaster. Some guy asked me if I needed chiropractor help after that.
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| Painted some pelicans with some friends. |
