The last weekend of July the kids and I went to Little Rock and Hot Springs to visit friends and family. It was wonderful to be back HOME! We went straight to our old street and said hello to our neighbors and dropped Alexee off at Addison's house for her "almost sleepover" birthday party. She had such a good time hanging out with her friends! While she was there, the boys and I went to Larry's Pizza for dinner with some other neighbors and Rhett's friend, Lawson. I loved getting to catch up with them. It seemed like a lot had happened in just seven weeks.
We picked Alexee up from the party and drove to Hot Springs to spend the night with Lane's parents. We had a great time there, too. We took the kids to
Mid-America Museum Saturday morning then had lunch and let the kids swim at the pool.
The Thursday before our trip, the kids finished their two weeks of swim lessons. Rhett and Alexee were both swimming already, but they practiced strokes, etc. Crosby was really excited about learning to swim--he was ready to be able to do the things R & A could do at the pool. Here they are on their last day of lessons:
So when we got to the pool in Hot Springs on Saturday Crosby decided he would swim across the pool. I was nervous about it, but Rhett stayed right beside him and Crosby did it!! He went back and forth across the pool several times! He was SO PROUD!
That evening we went to Purple Cow for dinner, and the kids were happy that their cousins met us there!
Flowers in bloom at Lane's parents' place:
Sunday morning we left Hot Springs in time to make it to our church in Little Rock. It was SO GOOD to be there!
After church we went to the Apple store, per Rhett's request. We all miss things about Little Rock--the Apple store is one of R's most missed. And one of mine is the BLT wedge salad from Big Orange, also pictured below (that's where we had lunch). Moving has made me realize that (among other things) Little Rock has wonderful people, many lovely streets, neighborhoods & parks and plenty of delicious food.
Next stop, the Martins' house to spend one more night! We were so glad to get to see them. They'd just returned from vacation with extended family, so they could have probably used some quiet time, but they were super sweet to welcome us for the night! We went to the pool with them, which was super fun. Crosby decided he was ready to jump off the diving board, so with Emily's encouragement (and a life ring in hand) I let him do it. He loved it, did great and jumped off the board many many more times that day! Oh, we had some other excitement too. Rhett threw a ball at Kylie (while saying "think fast!") and knocked out K's (kind-of) loose tooth. It could have been bad, but thankfully it didn't hurt her and they found the tooth in the shallow end.
Love these friends!
Monday was a beautiful, not-too-hot day so we packed a picnic and went to one of our favorite parks to play and eat lunch. I miss this so much.
On Friday we visited the C of O Farmers Market that someone had told us about. It was a fun morning, especially watching the swans on the campus lake.
We have had a very mild summer--67 degrees that day, AUGUST 1! Crazy, but I'm certainly not complaining!!!
I'm realizing this is the longest post ever and covers way too many topics...but I just want to get caught up. :) That Friday evening, 8/1, Lane had to work so the kids and I met my parents for dinner. It's so nice to be close enough to do that, 30 minute drive for us, 45 min. for them. We had a great time with them:
the girls and the boys
We've also been school supplies shopping...
...and made an another trip to Silver Dollar City one afternoon when Lane was off work
...and Crosby had his K screening appointment at the school. He did great and wasn't nervous at all.
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