Some Louisiana Pics

Pool time, self made OJ, birthday parties, bird house painting, quilt making, bird feeding...

Eureka!

During our three week stint in Louisiana back in May, Pop & Tudi rented a house in Eureka Springs for several days and the whole family came. Uncle Luke, Aunt Katy, Avery, Betsy, Pop, Tudi, and our little family. Woo! We quickly learned that a vacation with 4 little kiddos isn’t the most relaxing... but all of the kids were fabulous and thoroughly enjoyed each other’s company.

Backpost: Gatlinburg

We went to see Pop & Tudi over in Gatlinburg (as listed on that blog about why I haven't been posting much) April 1st - 3rd... well over a month ago! It was fun to get out in nature a bit and take a hike. Levi got to tag along and was the happiest dog on the planet for a few days. Somewhere (I think on Dan's iPad) there are many more pictures, but these are all I have.

V-Day

Julia enjoyed her very first Valentine's Day while on our ski trip. Her Daddy picked out a little lady bug card that he thought suited her. She showed her approval by chewing it up in less than 20 minutes.

Ellie received an Ariel card and a movie (Madagascar 2), but she was being a booty that morning and did get very excited about either. In her defense, we had a busy day of travel the day prior to Valentine's Day.

The girls gave out Valentines to those on the trip. We made them before we left for Ellie's class, but thanks to the snow (canceling schools up here), our family got to enjoy them instead of Ellie's classmates. :)

North/South...

Catch me if you can! A new favorite game...

Helping unload the car... she later ate most of those strawberries!

A little pansy behind the ear makes everyone look better, right?

Playing in water is an all time favorite

Ellie and Pop!

Me and Pop! Er, Dad.

iChatting with Dan (and apple-eating)

While at my parents Ellie and I didn't do much besides enjoying the great outdoors. While at my parents, we ate at Johnny's Pizza... which by now, you loyal blog followers have probably notice how much we like pizza. And this seems like a perfectly good opportunity to take a moment to give a shout out to Johnny's Pizza. Let's see, how do I describe Johnny's? It's awesome! When I was growing up, every Friday night that our school had a home football game our little family piled into our car and drove to Ruston for pre-game Johnny's Pizza. Now some people think there's too much hype around Johnny's (Ok, so just Dan...). But ever time I eat it I could sit back, close my eyes and relish in the sweet crust, the mild sauce piled high, the medly of toppings, and the tingly sting of coke washing it down. Sounds good, doesn't it? Well, you'll have to go to Louisiana to taste it! Oh, did I mention we had a Johnny's within walking distance from our house in Shreveport? In fact, I could see it from our bedroom window...

So, enough about pizza already. Back to what we did at my parents: I tried to find Ellie some shoes that fit (with no avail), we had a bonfire which we haven't done since I was in college (Ellie didn't get to attend, she was sleeping!), Ellie swung in a new tree swing, I got to see my old friend Claire and meet her boyfriend while eating at another fine dining establishment (Sonic!), ate dinner with my family (aunts, uncles, cousins...) at my parents, and.... well, I can't think of anything else. We had a blast!

Anna