Memorial weekend picnic by New Orleans lakefront

We attended New Orleans Chinese Baptist church since we moved to New Orleans. On Memorial weekend, the church group organized a picnic at New Orleans lakefront. New Orleans is bounded by Lake Ponchatrain on its east side. This lake is about the size of Singapore or perhaps bigger. I didn't know New Orleans has such a nice lakefront area until a few months ago when I stumbled it while cycling. Anyway, we are excited to finally go a picnic organized by this church group and get to know people who normally just say "hi and bye" better.
Meredith running around with her "buble blower" toy, she hardly goes anyway without bringing a bottle of buble these days. She is obsessed with blowing bubbles.

We just got to know this nice family with kids lately and they are leaving New Orleans for Washington DC soon. The problem with New Orleans is it has high crime, bad public school, prone to damage by hurricane, and lack of proper chinese food, so a lot of chinese families just make New Orleans a temporary stop over in their career. Once they got what they came here for (be it education, work experiences) they start making plans to move to other parts of the US.