Spring Break!

Trevor's Spring Break was March 22-27 so we went camping! We went to Petit Jean State Park. It is located down by Little Rock. We had a good time. The weather was nice for the first four days we were there, then the rain came. We went hiking to the Cedar Falls which is 2 mile hike. I believe the first mile and a half is down the mountain. I was worried about Taylor coming back up the mountain but he did great. He climbed all the way back up all by himself. In fact he and Trevor left Mike and I in the dust! Thank goodness the boys found walking sticks on the way down all though I was the one using them on the way back up! We also took the boys on a trail ride. Trevor rode a horse by himself and Taylor rode with Mike. I rode a horse that looked just like Sam except it was a mare and her name was Flicka! They also had a small petting zoo. The boys got to pet a baby pig and a couple of deer! They had a skunk but neither one of the boys wanted to pet it or feed it! The goose next to the pony is a female goose who has just lost her mate. She would follow Mike everywhere he went. She even tried to follow him out the door when we were getting ready to leave. I tried to pet her and she would move away from me! We hiked to the Rockhouse Cave and on the way to the cave were some rock shaped like turtle shells the name of it was you guessed it Turtle Rock! It was a much shorter hike! Yeah! We went to the Petit Jean grave and overlook. You can see the Arkansas River from the overlook. Mike did a little fishing (catch and release kind)! We had a good time with the boys but I think Mike has decided that he can only take about a week of camping especially when it is raining!

Vegas!

After spending a few days in St. George after the race we went to Las Vegas and spent the day and a night there since our plane was leaving at 8:30 a.m. and we had to be at the airport at 6:30 a.m. We took the boys to the Mandalay Bay and went to the shark reef. We also walked down the strip to the Belagio. We watched the fountains and the boys had a blast. We stayed at the Excalibur so we were just a hop skip and a jump away from the airport. Which turned out to be good since they were busy even that early in the morning. We had a great time with everyone and it was great to see the family and my friends. We got to see Shannon and the girls while we were there. We had a little B-day celebration for Trevor since he didn't get a party back home due to the ICE STORM! We had so much fun on our trip. I just hate having to say goodbye to everyone. I miss them all so much! I can't wait for next year!

Nascar Las Vegas!

I know it has been awhile since I blogged. I am getting a very late start on the trip to Nascar but better late than never! We had a blast! Mike and I got to see our very good friends Rick and Janet Brandt who we haven't seen in about 5 years. We all went into the Neon Garage on Friday and got to see the cars practice and we even got some autographs from some of the drivers. I had so much fun and never imagined I would ever see Jimmy Johnson let alone get his autograph. That was so exciting!

Ice Storm!

I appologize for not posting for awhile. We had a severe ice storm here in Harrison Arkansas and left us without power for a week and a half. Not a fun time. We started out ok because we had a generator and we were able to plug in the TV, space heaters, and the refridgerator. We camped out in the living room the first two nights. The next day our generator broke so we ended up going up to Springfield Missouri for two nights and stayed in a motel there. Then we stayed a couple of nights with Mike's sister Keely in Nixa Missouri. We ended up coming back home because Trevor had to go back to school after being out for a week. We have a camper that we were able to stay in and we would charge the batteries with the truck to get us through the night with heat. Our heat is propane but the blower is electric. We finally got our generator fixed and then we were able to plug in the camper to it and we had all sorts of power. You really apprecaite electricity and space of your home when you are stuck in a 27 foot camper with two little boys that can't even go outside to play because of the mud and the down limbs. Here are some pics of the damage around our place.

Deepsea Fishing

Mike, Trevor, and Scott went deepsea fishing. They didn't catch anything though so it wasn't that great of a trip. One of the guides said that when ever someone brings bananas on the boat they get skunked. Mike said their were two guys that had bananas! So No Fish!