Barbie Shopping With Mom....

Today was spent shopping with mom... The girls went to daycare, and Hannah went to the movies to see The Tale of Despereux.... Me and mom went to J.C. Penny's, Target, The Dollar Tree, and Wal-Mart... I got all of Hannah's birthday presents bought, and all of the goodies for the party... The only thing I forgot was a card!!! So I'll have to get that and also a bag of candy to go in the goody bags.... We had lunch at IHOP and then back home....Dave picked the girls up and then went to (Taco Bell) to pick up supper.... Anyways, Hannah has asked for Barbies, and since she doesn't have any, then we had to start from scratch!! I'm glad that she wants to play with them because that was my favorite thing to do when I was a little girl... It's something that we can play together..... So, me and the girls are just chillin, and David is going to a softball meeting... No big plans for tomorrow... My baby girl, Hannah, is turning 7yr old tomorrow!!!!! Unbelievable!!!!!!!! I'm a little sad..... I'm getting old.....

I'm Back!!

As you've noticed, we've been out of town for a few days visiting my grandmother in Locust Bayou... I didn't have Internet so, no blogging!! We made it back to Bryant around 2pm today and boy was I happy to see my house!! My wonderful husband had a surprise for me!! While we were gone, he had new lights installed in the house.... They look great too.... While we were in Locust, we played with cousins, visited with the great-great grandmother, rode 4-wheelers,and did alot of playing outside.... The girls favorite thing to do is pull their red wagon around and pick up cool nature stuff like rocks and sticks.... We went into Camden one day and looked around the new Super Wal-Mart that they have.... Didn't do much else... We really enjoyed going and can't wait to go back soon..... Needless to say, the girls are wore out and we really are ready to get back into our routine..... They will go back to daycare tomorrow and me and mom are going shopping for Hannah's Birthday which is on Wednesday the 15th, and her party is on Saturday the 18th at Larry's Pizza... I'm gonna have a 7yr old!! Hard to believe...... Anyway, hope everyone has a great week... I know I will... It's gonna take the rest of the week just to wind down!!! HaHa.....

A Day Spent With Cousins...

This morning I got to sleep in a little... Much needed might I add....Hannah and Hayleigh's cousin Sarah Beth came to stay the day with us while her mom and grandmother had some chores to do around Little Rock.... The girls had lots of fun... They swam and jumped on the trampoline.... They also played horsey and hide-n-go seek.... They took naps and then got up ready for some more! I got laundry caught up from the trip and Dave mowed the yard.... We also went to Family Dollar and Petco just to get out..... Sarah went home around 6pm and Dave cooked us some steaks.. Yummy! We just got done with baths and are settling down for the night.. Tomorrow we will head for Locust Bayou for a few days to visit with Nana Carolyn.... So no blogging again atleast until Monday night when we will be back..... No good Internet down there! I'm surprised we even have indoor plumbing and electricity!! HaHa... Just kidding!!!

Grant's Farm This Morning:And Now We Are Home!

Hayleigh kept saying 'That ol' goat! He ate my

shirt and stole my bottle!!!'

We got up this morning and got everything together so that we could check out of our hotel.. We grabbed some free breakfast and then off to Grant's Farm... It was sooo cool... We rode on a tram that took us around and we got to see different animals like buffalo and African deer.. Then we stopped at their little village and the girls got to feed baby goats, ride a carousel, and eat snow cones... We also got to look at baby camels and horses... Then we got back on the tram and rode back to the general store. Grant's farm is were Ulysses S. Grant lived at one time... He made his farm there.... When we finished there we headed out of St. Louis towards Memphis and stopped to have supper at Uncle Mike and Aunt Bridgette's house and to see Baby Jake one more time... Hayleigh bought him a little sign at the St.Louis Zoo that said Jake Blvd... We visited for a minute and got back on the road.... We just got home, and boy were we happy to see Bryant!! Now off to bed and I'm not doing NOTHIN' tomorrow!!!!! What a great vacation so far!!!

Next Stop St. Louis Arch...

I left off eating at Hard Rock Cafe and also seeing the Union Station Shopping Mall... Really cool place in itself.... When we were done with lunch then it was off to the Arch!! Me, PaPaw and Hayleigh stayed downstairs... Hannah, MiMi, and Dave went up in the arch... Hannah called all of us chickens!! Me and Hayleigh walked around the Lewis and Clark Museum... It was really neat... When they came back down from the top the girls and I went to the gift shop and bought little arches to take home....And Hayleigh got a shirt..... We finished that around 5pm and caught good ol' St. Louis traffic on the way back... We took a wrong turn somewhere and visited our fourth state on this trip!!! Yes, that's right we drove right into Illinois!!!!! OMG!!! We finally found our way back to the hotel with the help of GARMIN!!!!! I was freaking out, but put my trust in Dave and he got us safely back to our destination!!!! What's a trip without a few hangups??? Anyways, we had supper (White Castle) burgers and then took a swim in the hotel pool for a little bit... We are all now in bed and most of us have crashed for the night.. More to come tomorrow!!!

St. Louis Zoo

We got up this morning and we were at the St. Louis Zoo bright and early.... It's such a big zoo and there was sooo much to do there... We saw some cool animals and rode the train around also.. The girls got to run around until they couldn't anymore... Hannah and Hayleigh bought a souvenir at the gift shop... They both got little penguin figurines.... When we got done with the zoo, we headed on over to Union Station and ate at the Hard Rock Cafe... I've never been to one and it was really neat..... I'll finish the day in the next post.....

St.Louis Here We Are!!!

Well, the morning started early for us... We got up, got dressed and fed and waited on Mimi and Papaw to join us at Uncle Mike's and Aunt Bridgette's house... We headed out early again and made it to Miner, Missouri for lunch just on time... We stopped and ate at Lambert's... It's world famous food and the home of the thrown roll!! Yep, you heard it right... They throw rolls at you... And I mean they chunk them across the room... I felt like I was gonna get pelted in the head at anytime!!! Hayleigh really enjoyed that!! She kept saying "Momma, why that boy throwing that bread?" over and over again.... I didn't have a good answer for her!!! HaHa.... After lunch we got back on the road and we were in St. Louis around 2pm.. We went straight Aunt Nina's house to visit for awhile... She is NeNaw's sister and the girls have never met her... They loved her and her dog Star..... What a nice lady!!! After we were done visiting we came and checked into our hotel and went over to Chili's for supper... We now have had baths and since there were noooo naps taken AGAIN today, the girls have already crashed.... Tomorrow we are in store for more fun stuff. We just haven't decided what we are going to do yet..... More to come.....