Eureka!!

We here for our first stop! So far so good...... or we thought
Everything has been going good, until Jeff went to level us up!!

For some reasons jacks wouldn't come down, but after about an hour Jeff got them working great!! And Markie supervised.

Me and Madi decided to have us a little lunch of ham sandwiches and chips.

After all is fixed, we're ready to hit the town of Eureka Springs!!

Better make sure we know where we are going. I was a little worried when I realized he was reading the wrong side of the map!! No worries though, we found our way back with only 3 trips around old downtown!

There is a very funny blonde moment behind this picture!!

On our way to Onxy Cave, which happens to be in the middle of absolute no where. I see a plane fall out of the sky. I swear to you it made a nose dive to the ground! Okay, my heart just about stops, and i yell at Jeff "Did you see that plane? I think it crashed!" As I look over at Jeff, he is smiling pretty good. Then i see all the people gathered in an empty field.......

Wanna guess what these people were doing????

Flying remote controlled planes!!!

4 hours of sleep will play tricks on the old mind!!

But here are some real plans. This was an hour and half tour to see these planes and to go through a little bitty room. We opted out of the tour and went on to the caves

So the day begins...... I think the only one ready for this morning was Madi.

With only 4 1/2 hours of sleep Jeff begins the drive.

I tried to take a nap on the way, but Jeff just wouldn't let me.

I even put on my sunglass's and had my book like i was reading.. but i didn't get away with it.

About 5 minutes into the drive Markie was fast asleep with the dog right next to her.
And since she was asleep, we had no trouble out of her what so ever.

She didn't give me much to write here. But she will...

Boy, does he look tired!! :-(

However, Madi was awake for the whole drive!!! :-(

That is another reason i didn't get my nap. She talked the entire time and bounced for front to back of the RV.

I did get a picture of us together..... I swear I didn't do anything to scare her!! Must be Jeff's driving!!

And the packing begins! Most of those are Madi's, and she has 10 dress' in the closet!

Never know what we might need.

Between us girls, not much room for Jeff. Good thing he doesn't require more than one or two pair of shoes.

Madi and her pals ready for the road.

Madi's pals !! Hope they behave, may have to put them out on the way if they don't!! They do look a little mischeavous!! :-)

Swimming at Grandma's House

A Day at grandma's house.


This of course is what happens when you swim all day long!!! Madi had the biggest time at grandma's but came home a little sunburned. I took the picture of the both of us so you can see how burned she really is. We made her stay out of the pool for a couple of days (yes, I was the awful parent for this too)....... She would not let me forget that she wanted to go swimming.


Times like that reminds you that kids really have no concept of time!!


She was very happy to finally get back to swimming. She loves going off the diving board!!


She has turned into a fish! She can swim pretty darn good

She was up to something here,,,, think she was trying to surprise her Dad! He played along nicely!!


this is another favorite of mine. She was having so much fun throughing that ugly thing into the pool and then diving for it. (now I see why her eyes were soooo red the other day)!!

She really is a big ham!! I can't get Markie to sit still for one picture but Madi always has a grin for me.

Markie (17) and Madison (7) 2009 (my favorite picture)

Okay, now that I know a little more about what I'm doing on here, let me tell you a little about my family, okay just the girls this time.

Markie showing everyone how big her mouth really is.....

This is Madi trying to blow a bubble with her gum.

These are my two wonderful girls.

They are really going to love that i picked these pictures out of all the others to put on a blog. This is what they get for not doing there chores!! ha ha ha

I have two of the best girls in the world. I couldn't have gotten any luckier with kids. But please do not tell them that. They are far from perfect though. They do like to see how stressed they can make me before I snap and become that wild and crazy eyed lady that doesn't seem to make any sense what so ever!!!

And having a 17 year old girl, really pushes my sanity most of the time.

But for the most part they listen and they don't, or I better say they haven't gotten into any trouble outside of the home.

Prom Night April 2009

Markie and Lloyd - Paden Prom (Lloyd's Senior prom)

Markie and Lloyd 2009 Paden Prom (Lloyd's Senior Prom).

It was Prom night for my little girl. Okay, little might not be the term I need to be using anymore. The little girl is now grown and a teenager has replaced the cutest little girl in the world.

Wow! every time I look at this picture I want to cry........ "I'm getting old!!!"

Where has my little girl gone????