Me and my sidekick for the summer :)

It's a beautiful day in the Ozarks!

We are not in Arkansas!

Phillip and I headed to Shreveport to visit mother for Mother's Day.  I have fond memories of going to Ford Park as a child, so we went by there to check it out.  

And....we did not play in the swamp as children :)  I just didn't get a picture of the playground equipment - which included the equipment that was there when I was a kid!

 We also drove down to the park along the Red River that is on the Bossier side.  Mother likes to go down here occasionally for a walk and a picnic.  I have been wanting to check it out.

It was such a beautiful day and I had a great day spending some time with Mom!

Phone pictures...

I have been taking a lot of pictures with my phone lately...  Several weeks ago I did lunches with the Pitts boys...all on the same day!  First stop was Burger King to pick up their order and then Pop Williams Elementary.  Evan had his lunch first.  After we ate, he wanted me to go on the playground and watch him play....I know, he is so sweet!

 Then I had lunch with Kyler and 4 of his friends

Then a quick drive over to Jayden's school to have lunch with him!

These pictures were taken one day when I was hanging out

with Miranda and little Avery...

It started snowing while I was there....

Jayden and Evan hanging out at the lakehouse and playing with Legos...

While they were playing, Pop and Kerry were taking the boat lift

out of the dock because our party barge is too big....

 Here is a picture of Pop hanging the ceiling fan in my

new screened porch.  He has done an amazing job on 

the porch!  I can't wait to "move in."

This is several weeks after the earlier picture of

the dock - look at the difference in the water color!

Kerry bought a couple of jet skis and the boys were checking

them out.  This is April and it is still pretty cold around here...

I'm going to be keeping Avery this summer, but Miranda

brought her by for a trial run.  I think I passed inspection :)  In this

picture I caught her mid-sneeze....

When she is sleepy she covers her eyes and then sleeps that way

Notice that in this picture she has no clothes on - just a diaper.

Her mother did not bring her enough cloths!  She had to go

home just wrapped in a blanket....

When Phillip and I are in NWA we seem to be so busy (in a good way).  These pictures are from the weekend of April 27th.  Phillip went up a couple of days before I did to work on the porch.  I had a meeting on Friday, so I went up on Saturday morning and got there in time to see  Jayden's football game.  Kyler had a game right before Jayden's, but I didn't make it in time.  Kerry, Jayden and Evan came over to the lakehouse on Saturday and spent the afternoon.  They were helping Pop pressure wash the dock and get it ready for the summer.  Evan had a T-ball game on Monday so we headed over there.  We were running late and I forgot to grab my good camera, so these are iphone pictures.

 I love that Evan loves to have someone watching him....

Back in Arkadelphia, Phillip and I riding on the backhoe....

A table had fallen into the pond so Phillip and I went down there so

that HE could fish it out.  While I was standing on shore a water

moccasin slithered close by....Phillip to the rescue!

AND he caught the table!

WHEW!  I think I am caught up!

Grandparent's Day with Evan

Evan was so excited about Grandparent's Day at Pop Williams Elementary School.  He has heard both of his brothers talk about the event and this was his first time to share in the fun!  As soon as Phillip and I walked in the door, guess who we saw?  Yes, Evan was one of the greeters at the front door!

They had a cute little program for the Grandparents.

Notice the cute little hat that Evan has on?  That is because he had

the role of a "candy man."  This meant that he got to pass out candy

to the Grandparents.  He was so excited and as soon as he got

his candy he started walking straight to me and Pop. :) He

was walking so fast that he is a little blurry.....

This is Evan standing next to his "Flat Stanley" poster.  I took the pictures

of Flat Stanley hanging out with me and Phillip, then Evan and 

his mommy made the poster.

 It was a great grandparent's day!  I had to head back to Little Rock because I had class this night :(  However, Phillip and Evan got to have a "man" day.

Grandparent's Day with Kyler

I'm so excited that Phillip and I both were able to attend Grandparent's Day at Pop Williams Elementary School! Last year I had class and Pop had to go without me and this year is Kyler's LAST Grandparent's Day because he is moving up to another school.

I loved getting to see Kyler in his school and with his friends.  Afterwards we took Kyler out to eat, we looked around at Petco, and then got a couple of books at Barnes and Noble.  Kyler had told us they were studying the planets in class and we found a cool book on the planets!

Just look at this sweet little face!