Jacksonport

Yesterday I went camping with dad and Peggy at Jacksonport State Park. We didn't get there 'till late and tried to set up camp but the bugs just about carried us away. Once we got set up and in bed it was pretty late. Then, sometime before 6am this morning my little brother Logan woke us all up using his super loud morning voice. I'm telling you, this child has no volume control in the mornings! He screams inside our tent, "Hey Guys, I think we slept all the way through the next day cuz the clouds are orange!!!!!!!" What he didn't realize was that it was the Butt Crack of Dawn! I hadn't been up that early in over 3 mths. and hoped to prolong it at least another week. Anyway, since I was up to see the sunrise, I took some pictures. The river was really a beautiful and peaceful place to be at that time. Who woulda thought? Anyhow, we fished, swam, went to a park program about butterflies, and of course had hot dogs and smores. I had to leave early to get ready for Jonesboro tomorrow, but I won't miss that 6 am wake up call!

Wild River Country

We have been planning on taking the girls somewhere on vacation this summer, but haven't really been able to afford it. The summer is almost over and we haven't done anything, so spur of the moment this afternoon we up and went to Wild River Country in Little Rock. This was big for us because the girls have never been to a water park. We saved 40 bucks by going after 3pm today! At first, it(I) was miserable! It was hot and crowded and no one explained to us how everything worked. We ended up spending 20 bucks to rent tubes the lady told me we had to have, when come to find out, we didn't need them unless we wanted to go down individually. We lugged those damn tubes around the first 2 hours, up and down stairs, before we realized we didn't have to have them! At one point I thought I was going to get sick from the heat, and we had to take a break. I am really out of shape! After the temp went down a bit, and we lost those stupid tubes, we had a blast!!! The kids went down rides that I never dreamed they would dare do. We went down every single ride, except 2 that were for adults only. I didn't take my camera in, but I got a pic of the girls on the way there. They thought we were going to spend another day in the house and all of a sudden I showed them the website for Wild River Country and said get ready we are leaving in 30 minutes! They were hysterical!

Hint, Hint...

Yesterday, I caught my little brother Logan wearing this shirt. You don't think he's trying to hint around to something do you? O.K. It's true, I talk too much and even he knows it!

Where's Maddy?

The other day Maddy asked me to take pictures of her behind different things in our yard. She kept asking if I could find her every time she hid. The pictures actually ended up being really cute and she loved them!

The Pool

Dad and Peggy got their new pool up and it is HUGE! It's 33 feet and takes up the whole yard. After the pool guys left, it looked like a meteor had hit their yard. Their whole yard is dirt now, but it was well worth it. The pool is awesome!

Learning To Ride

Jadelyn finally talked Tony into taking her training wheels off her bike. He was a little scared of taking them off because of the major hill we live on. We were scared she would get to confident and zoom down the hill full force and crash. Well, she got all geared up in her elbow/knee pads and helmet(Bratz, of course, with matching outfit and bike) and we had a little lesson in the driveway tonight. She actually did pretty good. Although, she said I was "stracting" her by taking pictures! We are going to continue with the lessons in the morning.

I've Spotted a Rare Creature!

It's my husband mowing! Tony ABSOLUTELY HATES to mow. He simply refuses to do it and would rather pay someone to do our lawn. I don't think I have ever seen him mow. Our backyard here is so unlevel, it takes me about 2 hours to mow. It was so grown up because I have been waiting on a cool day. I couldn't wait anymore because I was afraid the neighbors were going to start complaining. Most of them have a lawn service. So, I got my big butt out there and mowed till I thought I was going to have a heat stroke. When I came in to take a break, I heard the mower fire up. Tony was mowing! I must have looked rough! I just had to take a picture. This, my friends, may be a one of a kind photo!