Arkansas

pooped......

This past weekend was probably the longest weekend I have had in a long time. We loaded up Thursday morning and headed to Mena, Arkansas for a little R&R with the family. We had food, drinks, games, 4-wheelers, music, etc to last us for 4 days. Once we got into Mena we stopped by the local Wal-Mart store to load up on goodies! The only time I have ever been to Arkansas was in the 4th grade with the Maxey's. So it's been awhile, huh? It's actually very pretty where we were and we were getting more and more excited about it as the winding roads went. We finally made it to our cabin around 4 and began unpacking. We loved our cabin-very rustic. But there was NO TV, NO phone service so of course NO internet! We knew we were going to get very close to everywhere there. That night we played games, ate chili dogs and laughed at all the kiddos playing! (My aunt and uncle were there as well with all their kids and grandkids). So far so good...............

Friday morning I woke up to Taydem throwing up. Hmmmm I thought.....I told myself she just ate too much junk food the night before (which she did). She seemed to have felt better afterwards. So we headed down to the river to watch the guys pitch horseshoes and to swim a bit. I took her back to the house for a little nap and she threw up again. Hmmmm I thought.........she really ate a lot of junk last night. The rest of the day Leven, Mom, Molly and I took turns staying with her in the cabin while everyone else was outside doing their thing. She was a sick little girl. She for sure had a stomach bug. So that night I stayed up with her all night long. She eventually spent the rest of the night dry heaving. And I watched the sun come up! Wow....pooped! She has never been sick with a stomach bug and I have never had to deal with it. I was worn smooth out come Saturday morning. This wasn't really what I had in mind for a mini vacation. It actually sucked for us! We decided to leave on Saturday b/c we knew she wasn't getting any better and I wanted to get her in her own bed. Plus I didn't want to get anyone else sick. The drive home really didn't take that long. She seemed to be getting better the closer we got to the house. Then we get home and she sleeps for hours. She went to bed that night with 101 temperture. Ugh! She slept most of the day on Sunday as well and her fever finally broke that afternoon. Now she won't EAT! She's so afraid she's going to throw it up! I swear the girl has lost 10 pounds. I just pray that no one else gets sick from her.

This weekend Leven and I are headed to Dallas to finally celebrate our anniversay a little ALONE! We are going up on Friday for some R&R and then staying with some friends on Saturday.

Pics soon to follow from Mena!

devin's seven....

My ToP 7 for this week:

~ Mena, Arkansas with the family
~ Sweet and Salty Nut Granola Bar (Peanut)
~ My long hair is finally BACK!
~ My husband (Our anniversary is this week....4 years!)
~ Taydem's prayers
~ Trever being back home
~ Taydem's singing................

sweet summertime

we spent another weekend outside around some water! we were on the lake ALL day saturday and it showed the next morning. poor little taydem's face got burnt. dustin and darin brought their boys out there later in the day to let them swim and then mom and dad joined up for some hot dogs!

on sunday we all got together at the 'rents house to help danin and eric address ALL their wedding invitations. no offense to danin (bc she knows it's true), but she writes probably worse than a 3rd grader!! while we addressed the envelopes the kids swam and the men watched a little of the college world series. mom made the best dinner EVER (chicken spaghetti)! and i make the best dessert EVER (Death by Chocolate) !!

Devin's Seven.....

TOP Seven at the moment:

1. Movie: Robin Hood (loved it!)
2: Song: California Girls (Katy Perry)
3. Danin's wedding DRESS (Gorgeous!)
4. Taydem's dimple under her left eye
5. Singing with the Praise Team at church
6. My flowerbeds
7. Rain, rain, rain....is a good thing!

bummed out as of right now.....

Yes, I'm bummed! I'm actually upset, pissed, sad, frustrated and TIRED over this dang oil spill! At first it didn't seem like a big deal. I just assumed they would clean up the mess they made. But now, we've had to cancel our trip to Gulf Shores because of it! I've been waiting for this trip all spring. I couldn't wait to see Taydem running and playing in the sand. I couldn't wait to get my beach chair and lay out all day in the sun reading and sipping on my drink! Dang BP! Can you only imagine what the person responsible is feeling right now???

So now what can we do for a vacation this summer? Sucks!

Memorial Weekend

Loved the sun we had this weekend! We spent ALL day Saturday at the lake with family and friends. Danin's friend Jeni and her two gal friends drove up from Houston to spend the weekend with us. Leven's buddies Mark and Patrick also drove up to hang out. We couldn't have asked for prettier weather. Yes, it was hot alright but we got our white bodies a little darker. We played volleyball pretty much all day until we finally lost. We stayed on the lake until the sun went down. Sunday we went back out on the lake until Taydem and I were comletely pooped. We came in a little earlier than everyone else and headed to mom and dad's for some more relaxation! We swam in the pool, at a wonderful supper and visited! On Monday we did NOTHING and that was wonderful! We layed around the house until it was game time. Leven's girls are playing in a summer volleyball league where they play every Monday for 5 weeks. I'm coaching the younger ones. Last night we didn't leave the gym until 10! Welcome to our life!