24 August 2022 Summer is Coming to an End

Summer is Coming to an End

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We’ve tried to pack in a lot of fun this summer!

Tyler won us some tickets to Dierks Bentley in NWA, so we headed up to the concert and decided to stay the night and take Friday off for a date day!

We were REALLY surprised by the concert. It was SO fun. And we really enjoyed the lawn seats (which we were surprised by!). Friday, we slept in, went shopping and ate some good food!

Puddin is in full puppy mode. Chewing and stealing toys….figuring out his bark and aggression (we say his chihuahua is showing). But he’s a sweet boy! We are loving him in our family!

We’ve been doing lots of swim days at Mimi’s pool. And thankfully since our vacation when Puddin stayed at Mimi’s with her dogs, they all play and get along….so we get to bring him with us! We all enjoy our pool days!

I try to take him on walks as much as I can….and with it being so hot, mornings are the prime walking time before the road gets too hot. Remi has enjoyed joining us on the weekends. She loves running with him- and BOY can he run!

She and I got a fun weekend together when Tyler went to work on the deer lease. We had a lot of fun, including plenty of “airplane” fun!


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13 July 2022 Having a Blast This Summer

Having a Blast This Summer

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Just a few snapshots of our summer fun!

One Saturday morning, Remi helped me water the flowers early in the morning. She picked one and put it behind her ear. Such a sweet picture of my girl! I love how she’s so interested in the few flowers I’ve got on the back porch.

Before our vacation, we went and had our nails done. She felt VERY fancy sitting in the kids pedicure chair for the first time!

One evening, she spent the night with a grandma and Tyler, Puddin’ and I slipped away to the drive-in! We saw the new Jurassic Park movie. It was a lot of fun!

One of Remi’s favorite people is Barret, or Bear. He’s a friend’s son…and when we run into them ANYWHERE, she runs and gives him a hug. I’m thankful he puts up with her. We snagged this picture at Geno’s- one of the spots where we usually run into Bear.

Remi and Tyler helped me set up for the Farmer’s Market in July. It was hot, but they were troopers helping me carry tubs of soap. Remi is a great helper!

Tyler got in these stackable cots for his camping trips, and he set them up to make sure he got all the parts and stuff. And of course, that led to a living room campout for the night! Remi was SO creative! She made a campfire with lights, and made stars by placing a flashlight under a colander (all on her own!). It was really neat! And of course, we had smores!

We celebrated cousin Hattie’s third birthday! They had planned for some outdoor fun, but it was raining, so we played inside instead. Still so fun to celebrate our “little sister cousin.”


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16 May 2022 Mother’s Day Weekend

Mother’s Day Weekend

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We had a lot of fun over Mother’s Day weekend. Unfortunately, Tyler wasn’t around for most of it because he was called out all weekend long almost, but Remi and I got to do some fun things.

It started Friday after school. I took Puddin to go pick her up, and I told her if she wanted to go take him to the park, we could. We had to go buy a leash (because I forgot one!), and then we hit the park. He’s doing great getting socialized, and Remi loved playing together.

After the park, she said she wanted to go home and make salads and sandwiches, so we stopped at the store on the way home and grabbed what we needed. We enjoyed making our salads together.

Saturday morning, Tyler got home RIGHT as we were loading up for the first Greenwood’s Farmer’s Market, and he was so gracious to come help me set up the tent. Since he went home to sleep (wishful thinking!), Remi hung out with me at the market.

She helped me get my table all set up, blew some bubbles, played on her tablet, seeing some friends, helping me sell soap and then she LOVED walking around. She mostly kept buying lemonade from some bigger girls who had a stand there. It was cute. She really admired that they had their own booth.

Midway through the market, Gigi stopped by, so Remi went with her for the afternoon.

Before she left, she made me this card with my soap logo. She is very proud of momma being a “soap artist.”

Saturday night, Tyler had to work again, so we had a girl’s night! We made popcorn and TV dinners (Remi’s request) and watched a movie on a pallet on the floor. Always fun with her!

Sunday, I had to get to church a little early because the choir was singing at all 3 services. Remi was SO big going with me (Tyler was called out….again), and then sitting in the seats by herself while we sang. I’m just so proud to be her momma.

Inbetween services, we snuck over to the photo area for a Mother’s Day photo. My sweet girl!

Tyler got off work just in time to go grab us a table for lunch. I picked our favorite Chinese buffet- and it was busy for the holiday, but thankfully, Tyler got there before we got out of church, so we never had to wait.

We went to the cemetery after lunch to put flowers out for dad and Gram, and then Remi went with Mimi to set up for our pool party (and I took a good nap!).

The weather hit almost 90 degrees, so we decided to swim and grill burgers for Mother’s Day. We loved hanging all together (us, Mimi and Gigi) and enjoying the beautiful weather!

And Puddin got to experience the pool and Mimi’s backyard, too. All that fun wore him out!


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27 April 2022 Easter Excitement

Easter Excitement

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We had a lot of super fun Easter activities leading up to the big day.

Remi got to go to her hunt at school. I can’t believe it’s her last one! They go to her teacher’s house and have a fun little outing. She picked out her own outfit and was looking great!

We hit up the big egg hunt at our local park the weekend before Easter. We got there a little early to let Puddin sniff around, and got to take a picture with the bunny!

Mimi and Gigi met us there and we had fun watching Remi fill her basket. She also found a prize egg and got to take home a big basket of goodies!

On Easter morning, she woke up to bunny prints and eggs in our yard! Puddin helped her find them- he even got an egg or two in his mouth! ha!

I was just getting over the stomach bug, so I wasn’t feeling awesome, but I sang at all three services. And I loved having my whole family at worship together!

We had a little Easter lunch with the grandmas, and then they helped Remi dye eggs (the vinegar smell was too much for me post tummy bug). It was a great Sunday celebrating that Jesus is ALIVE!


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