Papo and His Water Slide

Papo bought the boys an inflatable water slide this weekend. They had so much fun! Even Papo himself went down it! Thatcher wasn't too crazy about the shower of water that sprayed from the top of the slide but, he did go down a few times with Landan. Liam came over and brought a big squirt gun. He was the smart one in a swimsuit. Here are a few pics(Thanks Amy). As you can see we did not bring swim trunks with us this weekend. Can you say WEDGIE?

Our First Family Camping Trip

We got a wild hair and thought we would take the boys camping this weekend. We looked online and tried to find somewhere close in Arkansas we could go and wound up settling on DeQueen Lake. It is an Army Corps of Engineers lake. Neither Scotty or myself had ever been there before so we were pleasantly suprised to find that the lake was very nice. It was no Greers Ferry but it was pretty none the same. The water was simular to Beaverfork but the lake was 5 times as large. It was in the middle of mountains because it was formed when they dammed a river. Not to mention, it was almost deserted. The lake was smooth as glass. Perfect for skiing.(ofcourse we don't have a ski boat.)

The boys were so good all weekend. Scotty brought their bikes and I brought their trucks, flashlight, and binoculars. We swam, fished and played all weekend. They never ran out of things to do. Our friends Marcie and Kaleb came and brought my girl Gracie. I took lots of pictures of the kids.


Jack came along and was quite the little camper. He fished on the boat with us, swam in the lake with us, slept in the tent with us, he was happy just to be there.

We had a hot shower, clean bathroom, and electricity for a fan to blow on us as we slept in our tent. It was a great weekend. If anyone wants to go for the weekend or even longer, we highly suggest it. We would probably go again with you if you let us know!

Visit From Bea & Landan

Brandi and Landan came down this weekend. It was so pretty out Saturday that Scotty went fishing and left us here to play in the sprinkler and pool. He was suppose to get the big pool out
but he "forgot". The boys were forced to swim in a baby pool and refill it every 20 minutes because they splashed so much water out! I can't complain about him too much because, he kept the boys while my sister and I went to see her favorite band Cross Canadian Ragweed. They were playing in Paris. It was pretty fun. Although, I don't know if it was because I liked the band or because I actually got a night out with no kids or a husband to stress me out. I love them SOOOO much but, a girl needs girl time. I recovered all the next day. I guess I am getting old! Maybe it's just that I am out of practice. That is fine with me. Here are a few photos. As you can see we were really close, 2nd row! We made a few friends too, imagine that!?