Memorial Day Weekend 2012!

This year, we spent Memorial Day weekend in Van Buren with family. The Wootens also came up from Texas and we had a great time watching all the kids play together! I loved getting to spend extra time with them! We did a lot of eating and swimming all weekend! Here are all the pictures!!!

Great times playing with all the family! Pops cooked steaks on the grill and GoGo made her famous Caesar Salad! Good food and great times with family!

Brad Blackburn's graduation!

 Our friends Walter and Deborah's son, Brad, graduated from Southside High School this May. 

I can't believe he is already that grown up! We remember him being just a little boy younger than Christian! Time flies! We were so glad to go to his graduation!

 

Congratulations Brad! We are proud of you!

Biking!

For Mother's Day this year, Jim and the boys bought me a bike rack for my car! I love it!

Christian and I have both really enjoyed going riding together and now with the rack, it makes it simple and quick to throw on the bike and go! 

 

We ride the Lake Bella Vista trail alot. A couple weeks ago, we rode the North Bentonville trail and the Crystal Bridges trail.  The trails are beautiful! We stopped at the overlook area that has views of the museum. 

After our bike ride, we stopped at the Frozen Tung in Bentonville to try their snow cones!

 

Christian gave them a thumbs up!

I love going biking with my big boy Christian!

Fishing birthday party!

Christian's friend, Tyler from Cub Scouts had a fishing and boating birthday party!

 It was only Christian's 2nd time to go fishing but he LOVED it! We bought some crickets and hung out by the shore of Lake Ann.

 Tyler's dad took turns taking a few boys at a time on their boat too!

Christian enjoyed learning to bait a hook and cast his line into the water. 

By the end of the day, he was a pro!

Christian and his best friend Andrew enjoyed being together and fishing!

The birthday boy (in the green shirt) had a great party and enjoyed having all his cub scout friends there.

The party favors were little tackle boxes for the boys! Great idea and what a fun party!

Lunch with Tasha!

A couple weeks ago, my friend Tasha (who lives in Little Rock)came up to Northwest Arkansas for a visit. Dara, Susan and I met her for lunch at Eleven, the restaurant inside Crystal Bridges. 

We had a fun, relaxing and kid free lunch on a Friday....which is a very RARE occasion.

Thanks ladies for making the effort to get together and catch up with Tasha!

I had a great time!

CUMC Women's Gala!

This year, I attended the CUMC Women's Gala again with friends from church.

I did not host a table this year, but we all sat at Tricia's table that was really cute!

The theme of the table was "In the Name of the Game"! It was decorated with various board games and our names were done with Scrabble pieces. Very clever! 

After the Gala, Elise, Ama and I sat on the patio of the After 5 Grill and had a great time visiting. 

So thankful for amazing friends!

Best Friends!

Christian has had a great 2nd grade year! He has received straight As this year! He also enjoyed joining cub scouts for the first time! His fellow classmate Andrew, is also in cub scouts with Christian. They have become best buddies this year. So much so, that each Wednesday, they take turns having an after school playdate. One Wednesday at our house, one Wednesday at Andrew's house. He is the sweetest boy and I love having him over to play. I also love that his mom and I have become good friends too. 

Since I still have a few close friends from grade school even in my 30s, I love thinking that the friends Christian makes now may be his friends for a lifetime.