Walkin'

Lately, there have been a lot of walks.
One weekend we participated in the NAMI walk. The National Alliance for Mental Illness is an important part of the community. People need support and help when dealing with mental illnesses. We were proud to be a part of the event! It was awesome to see so many participants.

Last weekend was the first Walk for the Waiting event here in Little Rock. It's to raise awareness and funds for the children still waiting in foster care to be adopted. The money is used to train foster and adoptive parents in order for the waiting children to have a forever family. This cause is close to our heart and meant a lot to us.

We have had some weekends with a lot of meaning! I hope the girls take something away from it all. And that others may be encouraged to get involved and support your community one way or another!

Day at the Zoo

Olivia's Kindergarten field trip was the Little Rock Zoo. We had a really good time together. It's always nice to get to spend one on one time with the girls.

Olivia was a social butterfly. She jumped around and said hello to all of her friends.

She was really excited that I was there. I'm hanging on to all the times that she is happy that I am with her.

It was a great day that I hope neither of us ever forget!!

Picnic and Newhope

The girls and I are pretty random sometimes. They were playing outside last week and we decided to have a picnic. It was really hot and short lived but we enjoyed it while it lasted. Poor Daisy was beside herself while she was chained up and the girls were eating.

Meanwhile, everyone is growing up like crazy. Just take a look at Livi and Daze.

The kiddos took a trip to Newhope with their daddy a couple of weeks ago. They ended up at the McBay Pond with some squirmy stinky fish. They talked about the trip for days. Makayla was a little freaked out by her slimy fish. I think they had a blast!

We are still busy with life in general (Luke everyone else in the world). I'm hoping some more posts make it in here soon.

Easa 13

Easter was a little different this year.

We spent it at home instead of traveling. So we had a whole new adventure and activities going on.
The girls and I attended an Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary of Saline County for special needs children. It was raining and cold but they had a blast. The bunny was there for pictures and the kids had a field of eggs to chase after.
Olivia filled her basket to the brim and then turned to face me with a look of despair. The next thing I know, she had recruited a JA volunteer with a poncho as a pouch to help her be greedy with the eggs! The poor lady was standing in the drizzle of rain while Olivia dumped bucket after bucket into her poncho. Lol.
They got lots of prizes and really enjoyed the event.

We had a glow in the dark night time hunt in the house due to weather being bad. And then had a big Easter feast on Sunday.

New traditions are fun. We missed our Newhope family and send them all our love!

29 and holding

I took a few days off work during spring break to be with the girls and Tuesday of that week also happened to be my birthday.
I wrestled with what fun activities to do during the week and decided on a trip to Heifer International in LR. We had never been and they had neat activities going on.

It also turned out to be one of the most beautiful days we had all that week. We enjoyed learning about Heifer and exploring.

Brent met up with us and we walked around downtown LR. We also rode the trolley, which was a first in Little Rock for us as well. Lunch was Gusano's and then we hit a neat local Popsicle stand.

It was a really nice day. I live for days like that. I love my Brent and my big ol' family.

An now I will be 29 for several years to come.