Arkansas Trip (Part 2)

The second half of our trip was spent with Neil's sister Tammy and her family. Her oldest boy, Curtiss was chosen to play on an All-Star Baseball team, so we only got to see him for one day. (His team won though, so I hope he had a great time.) I made sure to take some pictures with the girls and their cousins before Curtiss left. Curtiss and Craig have gotten some new pets since the last time we saw them. Their names are Darla and Slinky. They are ferrets. Anna loved watching them run around and chase each other. It was so cute to hear her yell "Darla" whenever they would disappear.

Anna with her Uncle Scott. He could sure get her laughing.

Anna had a blast following Craig around. I think Craig didn't enjoy it nearly has much as Anna did! :) We got to see some very clever things that Craig has been making. Curtiss and Craig are some VERY clever boys. Craig is making a bow just the way the Indians used to. He is also chipping his own arrowheads. It always cracks me up the things those boys can come up with. I was NEVER that creative when I was a kid. I'm not even that creative now!!!

Craig is also in a golfing class, so he really wanted to take his Uncle Neil out on the course. It was so fun. I had actually never been to a golf course before. Tammy, the girls and I wanted to go too, so we got three golf carts for three golfers. Tammy and I sat in the shade of our golf cart and chatted, while Anna went from cart to cart to Daddy. Anna got a new friend from her Aunt Tammy. He is just as soft as her favorite friend, Puppy. So he is making a great cuddlier.

My favorite thing that we got to do is go to a junk yard. It had the coolest name, "The Junk Yard Dog". I have been trying to collect license plates from every state for several years now. I got 6 new states while at the junkyard. A few I already had, but I didn't have that style. I now have 26 states, so I am just over half way there. It is so silly, you're are not allowed to get license plates from junk yards in California, so I only get the chance to look when I go out of state. I love going to the different places and looking at all the cars they have there. It is like a treasure hunt for me.
There were some many good pictures I wanted to share, but this post is already packed pretty full. Thank You Tammy and Scott for spoiling us while we were there. We haven't eaten that yummy in a very long time. I loved that white browine, strawberry, chocolate thing. I was very sad when I forgot to eat a second piece. And that was the best carrot cake I have ever had!! No wonder it is Scott's favorite!

Arkansas Trip (Part 1)

Neil and I have been Arkansas for the past week. It was a packed week full of family. Of course I took too many pictures to fit into one post so this is the first half of our trip. We flew out of Reno on Monday (the 13th) at 2:30pm and landed in Little Rock at 10:40pm. Then we rented a car and drove to Uncle Charles and Aunt Martha's house. We arrived at their home at 1:00am. The first thing Anna said to Aunt Martha when she opened the door of the van was "Cookie". And of course Aunt Martha had the cookie jar full. So Anna had her cookie at 1:00 in the morning. Silly girl! But hey, she's on vacation!

When we got to the car rental place at the airport, the guy behind the counter said they didn't have anymore cars the size we reserved, so we got a free upgrade, to a Mini Van! Neil was NOT very excited about that! He said he felt like a dork! But it was actually REALLY nice. It had the automatic doors and a DVD player and it was really quick.

The flights went pretty well. Neil and I both had our own row each flight on the way there. Anna had two seats to herself and she could never decide where to sit, so she was constantly moving the whole flight! Abby pretty much just sat and watched and slept! When we walked out of the airport in Little Rock my eye glasses fogged up. It was 11:00 at night and humid!!!

It was so fun to get to sit and visit with Neil's uncle, aunt and grandmother. We sat around and shelled peas one morning. Then Aunt Martha cooked them and we ate them for lunch. We even had turnip greens one day. Neil's dad loves turnip greens. Neil and I, not so much! :)

They have a really big piece of land that is pretty fun to hunt on. So we went for a walk one day and Neil scoped it out. Aunt Martha even has some tree stands set up to hunt deer out of. Uncle Charles has a plane that Anna got to climb around in.

Anna had a lot of fun playing on the piano. She was so cute sitting there wiggling her little head around while she was singing "LaLa" and banging on the keys. I took a little video of her that I will post later.
This is Abby with her name sake. We named Abby after Neil's G.G. They have the same middle name. Louise. It was so fun to watch them play together. I think they both got a kick out of each other. I am so glad that we got to go and that G.G. got to meet Abby!!!

It was a blast to finally get to see the farm. Thank you so much Aunt Martha, Uncle Charles, G.G. and Leann for having us and taking such good care of us.

(Check back for part 2)

Happy 4th of July!

Neil and I had an amazing time with the girls in Crescent City over the 4th. The town does a parade every year in the morning and Neil and I went to that. A lot of the floats through out candy and prizes to the kids. Most kids were ready with buckets in hand to take home their loot! It was so cute! Anna waved her little hand and yelled "Happy 4" as cars went by. There was a group of veterans driving go carts up and down the street, racing one another. That was really fun to watch! Anna scored a beach ball, some pretty necklaces, and pockets full of candy.
After the parade we drove around and went sight seeing. We found a Whale watching platform and took a family picture. We had such a nice relaxing time. And I think it helped me with my packing for next weeks trip! I don't NEED to take everything, even though I WANT to!!!! And it's not like they don't have stores in Arkansas. I hear they even have a Wal.Mart!! :)