We had a wonderful trip to Arkansas. We got back a week and a half ago and life has been pretty hectic since. The trip was very relaxing. I read 3 magazines and finished my book (I don't get much time to read so it usually takes me forever). Bill's grandparents have 3 acres with huge pond. They have gotten record rain this year so the pond was extra full of water and fish. We fished with bread as our bait and caught five small fish. Bri and Alyssa were so excited (it was their first time fishing). On one of the days we were on tornado watch. There was a lot of thunder and lightening. We had to go to Bill's grandparents in case we needed to get in the "scaredy" hole. It is a big closet they have that is built up so it will protect you in a tornado. We got some crazy rain but no tornado fortunately. They had some bad tornadoes the week before we got there and we saw the damage (it was about 6 miles down the road).
We went to a beautiful place called "The Old Mill". It was where they filmed a scene from "Gone With the Wind". I'll attach some pictures of it. It looked like a Thomas Kincaide painting. We ate lots and lots of wonderful food. Some good home cooked meals- thank you Grandma! It was great to spend time with Bill's mom and grandparents. The girls were really well behaved. It was like an adventure for them with all that land to run around on. I thought Brianna was going to run over Grandpa when he let her drive his ride 'em lawn mower.
Now it's back to the real world. I finished doing my yearly evaluations yesterday. That is a huge relief! Definitely my least favorite part of my job. We are getting more involved in our new church. We met with our small group for the first time last week. I think it's going to be great. There are 3 other couples and they all seem really nice. We went to a lunch at church on Sun. and met the pastor and more of the staff. We've signed up to be greeters before the Sat. night service. I just feel like this is where we were meant to be. We've been more involved in this church since starting in Feb. then all the years at Harvest.
Bill and I get to take off this weekend to Las Vegas. It is his annual work weekend getaway. They pay for our hotel and some of the meals. Brianna and Alyssa are staying with my parents. It will be nice to get away and relax. I better get going. Alyssa is playing outside and last night when I was getting ready for work, I found her on the roof of their playhouse in her panties. She said something cute the other night at dinner. Bill asked Brianna if she would rather be the smartest person in the world or the fastest person in the world. While she was thinking about it, Alyssa said, "I'd rather be the cutest". She sure is!
