10 year anniversary trip to Hot Springs!

We celebrated our 10-year anniversary with a trip to Lookout Point Bed and Breakfast Inn in Hot Springs, Arkansas. We LOVE this place! We enjoyed the food, the hammocks, the rocking chairs, the waterfall, the boat, a picnic in Garvan Gardens, playing putt-putt, and shopping. We truly did very little other than RELAX.

Here's Steve in the huge hydrotherapy tub---next to the shower that had THREE shower heads! (Steve seriously took 10 or more showers in the four days we were there---he loved that shower!) We enjoyed dreaming about remodeling our own bathroom to include these features---who knows? Maybe one day...

Kindergarten Field Day!

Mommy and Chloe went to cheer Hannah on at field day at school. Here's Hannah and Chloe with the girls from Hannah's class. Chloe enjoyed lots of attention and "doting" from these girls who think they are so much bigger than she is...What a fun day!

Hannah competed in the tug-of-war, balloon pop race, egg toss, and some relay where she had to run while balancing a ball on a cone (?). She earned FOUR ribbons---3 2nd place and 1 3rd place! Here she is showing off her ribbons.

Hate to brag, but this coupon thing is getting FUN!!

I have been couponing for about 2 months now and have consistently saved 50% or more on each grocery trip. Well, today, the girls and I ran to Target to grab a few items...

We purchased several items in addition to the ones pictured above---BUT---each of these items in this picture was absolutely FREE!! (Actually, they were less than free, because I made $0.17 on this deal---but who's counting!?)

It's kind of fun to stretch a dollar and to be a better steward of the money God gives us.

A fun afternoon with our friends Jolie and Sarah!

A few weeks ago, we had our friends Jolie and Sarah come over for the afternoon. The girls enjoyed playing dress-up, jumping on the trampoline, swinging, and riding bikes. Here they all are in the wagon---enjoying a snack!

We survived Kindergarten! First grade, here we come...

Hannah had her kindergarten end of year program at the school a couple of weeks ago. She and her class danced and sang "western" songs! Very cute!

It's official, Hannah is now a kindergarten graduate! I cannot believe it. She has grown so much this year---she's even reading! Wow!

Here she is holding her diploma and her Character Counts Medal. She was chosen out of her class as the one who most displayed the character qualities of kindness, discipline, honesty, etc. We are SUPER proud of her! Yay!!

Mothers Day!

Here's the latest video...It's one Steve and the girls made for Shelley for her best Mother's Day ever!! They made the video while Shelley was at work on Thursday. Hannah even kept it a secret for 4 days! WOW!