Trip to Northeast Arkansas

On May 2nd and 3rd, we took a quick trip to see granddad. Before children I would have never guessed how incredibly hard traveling would be with children. After we packed the entire house it seemed like to go there, the night we left, it rained something awful. We got to russelville and found out that there was a tornado warning in Little Rock, the way we were going. We had planned to drive at night so the kids could sleep. Well, I am terrified of bad weather so I talked Jamey into stopping, so we spent the night in Russelville. This is how we found out that Calla is SCARED to death of new places. She literally cried ALL night. It was awful! We were about to loose our minds! Jamey was very sweet and had much more patience than I did for sure. He several times took her in the car and drove her around to calm her down. This was like 2am, 3am, and who knows what other time. I was ready to pack up and go back home! But we really wanted to visit our granddad so off we went and we were all so glad we did. I have been blessed with the best granddad! He loves the kids, they love him and I am so glad that he gets to be a part of their lives. I just wish lived closer. :-)

Carter and his great granddad!
This is the coffee table that has always been in my grandparents living room. There are two doors on it and when Shelley and I were little, every time we would visit the table would be filled with color books and toys. It was so much fun! It was sweet to see my kids getting into it and stuffing their toys in as well. Having children now, I realize why this became our spot for toys. I am sure that we got on their nerves enough times getting into it, that they just gave up. :-)

Granddad always takes them out to the swing on the front porch. I love that swing, I especially did as a kid.

Cedar meets his great granddad!

Now all the babies in the family have taken a bath in granddads sink. It really works out very well with little ones.

Cedar meets his Aunt Alyce. Aunt Alyce, Uncle Tom, and Aunt Peggy took pity on us with the load we had and came to see us while we were there so that we did not have to travel any further with the little ones. (THANK YOU!) It was so great to see them and we were glad that they got to meet Cedar.

Aunt Peggy with Cedar.

I am usually the one taking the pictures so I cherish this one. Our kids mean so much to us and I enjoy every minute with them!