Thursday, June 25, 2009
New music on the playlist...enjoy!!!!
I'm taking the girls to see Miley Cyrus in concert on October 24th in Little Rock. I decided to add a little "Miley" to the playlist to get us geared up for the concert. The girls were so excited when we told them that we had tickets. David's not going because there's an LSU/Auburn game that weekend at LSU. Normally, I would be going to the game too, but I can't miss out on an opportunity to take the girls to see Miley. These songs are just a few of our favorites...enjoy!!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Wait a minute...wrong jersey!!!
Ok...as you all know, we have lived in Arkansas for 10 years now (David 11) and are surrounded by and are friends with Razorback fans!!! Lauren and Morgan spent the night with Jordyn the other night and this is what they did to my child!!! David said no more spending the night with Jordyn (of course, he was kidding). They do things like this to us all the time...they even have Lauren saying "Go Hogs" and that crazy cheer "Woo Pig Sooie" (dumbest cheer ever). Anyway, I just had to share this picture because this will probably be the last time she wears Razorback red for a while...I guess at least until she spends the night with Jordyn again and they MAKE her wear it!!!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Morgan's baptism June 14, 2009
As you may already know from reading our blog, Morgan was saved here at home on May 19, 2009. Brother Ryan Copico (AWANA commander) came over to our house and talked with us and Morgan for over an hour and she was saved. We have been out of town and missed church for about 4 weeks which is why she wasn't baptized until June 14th. My mom and dad were here also.
Brother Chad (our pastor) called us up to the front at the beginning of services and told the congregation about Morgan being saved. Then she and I headed to the back to get ready for her baptism.
Brother Ryan was telling the congregation a little bit about his and Morgan's conversation the night she was saved. He said that she was full of so many questions about Jesus and Heaven. He told the congregation that his favorite one was, "Do you think they'll have Hawaiian sweet rolls in Heaven"? Of course, everyone got a big laugh out of that one. 
At Pauline Baptist Church, anytime someone is saved they get to ring the big bell outside. Here she is outside ringing the bell!!!
Can you tell she is proud??? This was one of the happiest days of our lives...watching our little girl accept Jesus and be baptized. It's definitely a wonderful feeling!!
Brother Chad (our pastor) called us up to the front at the beginning of services and told the congregation about Morgan being saved. Then she and I headed to the back to get ready for her baptism.
Brother Ryan was telling the congregation a little bit about his and Morgan's conversation the night she was saved. He said that she was full of so many questions about Jesus and Heaven. He told the congregation that his favorite one was, "Do you think they'll have Hawaiian sweet rolls in Heaven"? Of course, everyone got a big laugh out of that one. 
At Pauline Baptist Church, anytime someone is saved they get to ring the big bell outside. Here she is outside ringing the bell!!!
Can you tell she is proud??? This was one of the happiest days of our lives...watching our little girl accept Jesus and be baptized. It's definitely a wonderful feeling!!
Our annual camping trip at Lake Greeson
Every summer we go to Lake Greeson and camp with 2 other families: The Robbins and The Woods. We've had this camping trip planned since November and were all so excited about going. Since we moved to Monticello, we don't get to see our friends that much but we can count on seeing them when we go camping.
We camped from June 3rd through June 7th. Rickie came down to our campsite to visit and Tiger thought he would clean him up a bit!!
Caught in the act...When we're camping, we really don't worry about our kids much. They're good about staying somewhere closeby or at one of the 3 campsites. Well, I decided I would see where they were and found them down by the waterspout having a little fun. You can see who is having the most fun here though...Lainey Bug!!! She kept pulling her shirt out and letting the water run down inside her shirt. That girl's a mess!!!
Tiger loved camping too...much better this time than when we camped on Lake Chicot. He and I took frequent walks through the campground several times a day. I would take him down to the boat docks and let him run and play in the water. I would've taken pictures, but that would've been a little difficult!!!! He was a little hard to control and as David kept saying, "Tiger is taking Misty for a walk". I love this picture...isn't he pretty!!!
Here the girls are anxiously waiting to go on a boat ride. We had a little trouble with the boats at first, but once they were up and running, that's pretty much all we did.
Morgan would live on this thing if we'd let her. Here she is with Layne and Gage ready to ride. Kristi and Rickie bought this thing called a "Slingshot" and it's perfect for the kids. You can actually sit down in it and just ride. Now don't get me wrong...this thing gets pretty bumpy...especially when the driver of the boat is trying to throw you off...you'll see what I mean later!!
LuLu LOVES to ride in the boat! She's not much for tubing yet, but it'll come soon enough. She's still a little scared.
She loves to jump in the lake though to cool off. Although, we didn't need to cool off much. The weather was pretty cool while we were there. The water was definitely cool...I had chill bumps the whole time I was in the lake.
At Lake Greeson there's a swim beach. There wasn't much of it left after the flood...oh, I forgot to mention, we were worried there for a little while about our trip being cancelled because with all the rain we got in April, the campground flooded...yes, everything was underwater. Anyway, here's Lauren playing on the swim beach by herself. She cracks me up when she plays by herself...I just sit and watch her because she must have an imaginary friend or something because she is constantly talking to herself. It's so sweet!
Talk about sweet...here she is with Lainey Bug and they are having them a bigtime conversation here.
Uncle Mike decided he would ride the slingshot with Morgan. He loves the girls and they sure do love him.
Millie was enjoying the boat ride too!!!
Here's Uncle Mike with Riley and Morgan...I told you...Morgan would live on this thing if we'd let her.
Millie and Jersey decided they wanted to kneeboard!!!
Uncle Mike and LuLu!!! I love this picture!
Ok...this is a funny story. Mike and Mel decided at the last minute to come camp with us. So we pitched a tent on a walk-up site until they got there. Anyway, Mike was so worried that he would miss the LSU baseball game because he couldn't get a satellite signal here. Look very carefully at the front end of the RV. Notice how the front tires are up off the ground???? He moved his RV around until he could get a satellite signal and this is how it ended up. All I could think about was the movie RV...I could just see this thing taking off and heading toward the lake. Well, it didn't...thank goodness. I just had to get a picture of this because some people (Mike) will go to great lengths to watch their favorite team. 
Here's the kiddos. We cooked out at Rickie and Kristi's campsite on this night. I wanted to get a picture of all the kids together. Hmmm, look who Morgan has her arm around!!
The only ones there to take a picture of the adults together were the kids. I gave my camera to Layne and showed him how to work it. He took two or three pictures and each time kept saying, "yea, that's a good one, that's a good one". Well, they're a little on the blurry side, but at least we have one of us all together. 
Ok...I know you're probably wondering why the guys brought their golf clubs on our camping trip. Well, Glenwood is only about 20 minutes away and apparently there is a nice golf course there. Soooo, every year the guys plan one day of golfing while we're on the lake. They also like to see how far they can hit a golf ball across the lake...which is what they were doing in this picture. I'm not sure where Woody was, but David, Mike, and Rickie had just finished hitting a few balls across the lake.
David, Rickie, and Lainey rode the slingshot together. We kept trying to get Lauren to ride, but she wouldn't. She had seen the guys pulling everyone else extremely fast and didn't trust that they would take it easy with her on there. Maybe next time.
Kristi and Allison decided to give the slingshot a shot!!
Then me and Mel. 
Boy, that thing is rough...especially on your rearend...you can feel every wave and bump in the water. They never threw us off, but they sure tried. It was funny because when you'd hit a bump, your legs would just fly way up in the air!!! We didn't ride it too long...I had enough after just a few minutes.
We may try to squeeze another camping trip in this summer before school starts back. We just have to work it around everyone's schedules. We had a great time as always and look forward to the next trip.
We camped from June 3rd through June 7th. Rickie came down to our campsite to visit and Tiger thought he would clean him up a bit!!
Caught in the act...When we're camping, we really don't worry about our kids much. They're good about staying somewhere closeby or at one of the 3 campsites. Well, I decided I would see where they were and found them down by the waterspout having a little fun. You can see who is having the most fun here though...Lainey Bug!!! She kept pulling her shirt out and letting the water run down inside her shirt. That girl's a mess!!!
Tiger loved camping too...much better this time than when we camped on Lake Chicot. He and I took frequent walks through the campground several times a day. I would take him down to the boat docks and let him run and play in the water. I would've taken pictures, but that would've been a little difficult!!!! He was a little hard to control and as David kept saying, "Tiger is taking Misty for a walk". I love this picture...isn't he pretty!!!
Here the girls are anxiously waiting to go on a boat ride. We had a little trouble with the boats at first, but once they were up and running, that's pretty much all we did.
Morgan would live on this thing if we'd let her. Here she is with Layne and Gage ready to ride. Kristi and Rickie bought this thing called a "Slingshot" and it's perfect for the kids. You can actually sit down in it and just ride. Now don't get me wrong...this thing gets pretty bumpy...especially when the driver of the boat is trying to throw you off...you'll see what I mean later!!
LuLu LOVES to ride in the boat! She's not much for tubing yet, but it'll come soon enough. She's still a little scared.
She loves to jump in the lake though to cool off. Although, we didn't need to cool off much. The weather was pretty cool while we were there. The water was definitely cool...I had chill bumps the whole time I was in the lake.
At Lake Greeson there's a swim beach. There wasn't much of it left after the flood...oh, I forgot to mention, we were worried there for a little while about our trip being cancelled because with all the rain we got in April, the campground flooded...yes, everything was underwater. Anyway, here's Lauren playing on the swim beach by herself. She cracks me up when she plays by herself...I just sit and watch her because she must have an imaginary friend or something because she is constantly talking to herself. It's so sweet!
Talk about sweet...here she is with Lainey Bug and they are having them a bigtime conversation here.
Uncle Mike decided he would ride the slingshot with Morgan. He loves the girls and they sure do love him.
Millie was enjoying the boat ride too!!!
Here's Uncle Mike with Riley and Morgan...I told you...Morgan would live on this thing if we'd let her.
Millie and Jersey decided they wanted to kneeboard!!!
Uncle Mike and LuLu!!! I love this picture!
Ok...this is a funny story. Mike and Mel decided at the last minute to come camp with us. So we pitched a tent on a walk-up site until they got there. Anyway, Mike was so worried that he would miss the LSU baseball game because he couldn't get a satellite signal here. Look very carefully at the front end of the RV. Notice how the front tires are up off the ground???? He moved his RV around until he could get a satellite signal and this is how it ended up. All I could think about was the movie RV...I could just see this thing taking off and heading toward the lake. Well, it didn't...thank goodness. I just had to get a picture of this because some people (Mike) will go to great lengths to watch their favorite team. 
Here's the kiddos. We cooked out at Rickie and Kristi's campsite on this night. I wanted to get a picture of all the kids together. Hmmm, look who Morgan has her arm around!!
The only ones there to take a picture of the adults together were the kids. I gave my camera to Layne and showed him how to work it. He took two or three pictures and each time kept saying, "yea, that's a good one, that's a good one". Well, they're a little on the blurry side, but at least we have one of us all together. 
Ok...I know you're probably wondering why the guys brought their golf clubs on our camping trip. Well, Glenwood is only about 20 minutes away and apparently there is a nice golf course there. Soooo, every year the guys plan one day of golfing while we're on the lake. They also like to see how far they can hit a golf ball across the lake...which is what they were doing in this picture. I'm not sure where Woody was, but David, Mike, and Rickie had just finished hitting a few balls across the lake.
David, Rickie, and Lainey rode the slingshot together. We kept trying to get Lauren to ride, but she wouldn't. She had seen the guys pulling everyone else extremely fast and didn't trust that they would take it easy with her on there. Maybe next time.
Kristi and Allison decided to give the slingshot a shot!!
Then me and Mel. 
Boy, that thing is rough...especially on your rearend...you can feel every wave and bump in the water. They never threw us off, but they sure tried. It was funny because when you'd hit a bump, your legs would just fly way up in the air!!! We didn't ride it too long...I had enough after just a few minutes.
We may try to squeeze another camping trip in this summer before school starts back. We just have to work it around everyone's schedules. We had a great time as always and look forward to the next trip. Sunday, June 14, 2009
Our 10 year anniversary trip
David and I took a trip back to Eureka Springs for our 10 year anniversary on May 29th. We wanted to stay at the same place we stayed on our honeymoon, but were unable to locate it online. Instead, we found treehouses. It's the neatest thing. These treehouses were built in 2007 and there are only 10 of them in here so far. The owner plans to expand soon. This is the entrance gate to the treehouses. Yes, that's right...you don't have to worry about every Tom, Dick, and Harry passing through...only treehouse guests!
They even have little bears carved throughout. Here's the one just as you're coming through the gate.
This is the waterfall as you're coming in.
I meant to post pictures of the outside of our treehouse first, but just realized that I didn't....soooo, I'm not re-doing it. You'll see the outside last! I can't believe that I took pictures of everything except the little kitchen. There were no separate rooms inside except the bathroom, of course. It was all open. David said it was probably about an 18 x 24 in size. Here's the jacuzzi...it was well used that weekend!! I'm not going to comment on every picture of the inside...just look and enjoy!
This is outside on our deck...of course our view consisted of trees because we were in trees!! On either end of the deck was a privacy wall...so you couldn't see people in the treehouse next to you.
OK...here's the front of ours. Each treehouse has a different theme...I believe ours was the Venice!
See, it's actually built on trees...how neat!! You can also see the towel hung outside on the hook by the door. That's how you let the housekeeper know that you need more towels and washcloths.
The Blues Fest was taking place the weekend we were there. Lots and lots and lots of motorcycles there. These next two pictures don't even skim the surface of the number of bikers that were there. This is downtown Eureka Springs. We walked through and looked through lots of little shops there. 
We visited a place called Mamma Roux's twice while we were there. We ate there for lunch that Saturday and the waiter told us to come back that night to hear the blues band. We did and enjoyed every minute of it. They were AWESOME!!!
We were by ourselves so we didn't have anyone to take pictures of us together...so I did it myself! 
We spent Sunday in Branson shopping and headed back to Eureka Springs. We had a great time and it was a much needed vacation for the both of us. We definitely plan to visit the treehouses again...we would recommend them to anyone!!
They even have little bears carved throughout. Here's the one just as you're coming through the gate.
This is the waterfall as you're coming in.
I meant to post pictures of the outside of our treehouse first, but just realized that I didn't....soooo, I'm not re-doing it. You'll see the outside last! I can't believe that I took pictures of everything except the little kitchen. There were no separate rooms inside except the bathroom, of course. It was all open. David said it was probably about an 18 x 24 in size. Here's the jacuzzi...it was well used that weekend!! I'm not going to comment on every picture of the inside...just look and enjoy!
This is outside on our deck...of course our view consisted of trees because we were in trees!! On either end of the deck was a privacy wall...so you couldn't see people in the treehouse next to you.
OK...here's the front of ours. Each treehouse has a different theme...I believe ours was the Venice!
See, it's actually built on trees...how neat!! You can also see the towel hung outside on the hook by the door. That's how you let the housekeeper know that you need more towels and washcloths.
The Blues Fest was taking place the weekend we were there. Lots and lots and lots of motorcycles there. These next two pictures don't even skim the surface of the number of bikers that were there. This is downtown Eureka Springs. We walked through and looked through lots of little shops there. 
We visited a place called Mamma Roux's twice while we were there. We ate there for lunch that Saturday and the waiter told us to come back that night to hear the blues band. We did and enjoyed every minute of it. They were AWESOME!!!
We were by ourselves so we didn't have anyone to take pictures of us together...so I did it myself! 
We spent Sunday in Branson shopping and headed back to Eureka Springs. We had a great time and it was a much needed vacation for the both of us. We definitely plan to visit the treehouses again...we would recommend them to anyone!!Lauren's Pre-K graduation
I know I'm late posting this so just bear with me. I still have a few more things to post. I can't believe that my baby has graduated Pre-K and will be starting Kindergarten next year :( Lauren attended Monticello Pre-K this year and this was the first year that they had a Pre-K graduation. That's why they don't have on gowns with their caps. The caps were actually taped to their little heads. Here they are on stage performing one of the songs they learned. 
Here she is waiting to go on stage...you can barely see the tape on the front of her cap...it's taped to her hair! :)
This is one of her best friends, Chelsea. I had Chelsea's brother in my class this year. I'm hoping Lauren and Chelsea will be in the same class next year.
Ok...the cap is slowly falling off her head...hanging by the tape!!! She did so good on her songs...I was afraid she would get up there and want to come sit with us, but she didn't. She stood proud and sang her songs and did the motions...just like she was suppose to.
Where does the time go? Just five years ago, I was holding this precious little baby. She's still my precious baby, but not so little any more. I still can't believe how fast time flies. Before I know it, she'll be graduating high school. If you ask her, she doesn't want to grow up either. She wants to stay little. She also doesn't want to start Kindergarten. Her reason is quite funny though...no naps and too much work! She wants to stay in Pre-K. I don't blame her...I would want to stay in Pre-K too!
Here she is waiting to go on stage...you can barely see the tape on the front of her cap...it's taped to her hair! :)
This is one of her best friends, Chelsea. I had Chelsea's brother in my class this year. I'm hoping Lauren and Chelsea will be in the same class next year.
Ok...the cap is slowly falling off her head...hanging by the tape!!! She did so good on her songs...I was afraid she would get up there and want to come sit with us, but she didn't. She stood proud and sang her songs and did the motions...just like she was suppose to.
Where does the time go? Just five years ago, I was holding this precious little baby. She's still my precious baby, but not so little any more. I still can't believe how fast time flies. Before I know it, she'll be graduating high school. If you ask her, she doesn't want to grow up either. She wants to stay little. She also doesn't want to start Kindergarten. Her reason is quite funny though...no naps and too much work! She wants to stay in Pre-K. I don't blame her...I would want to stay in Pre-K too!
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