Surprise from Kota-Bear

I got the best surprise in the mail tonight! Dakota sent me this picture in the mail. It made my night! I put it right up on the front of our fridge! Thank you Dakota for the pretty stickers & the pretty pink writing! I love it & I love you!! You are the BEST niece EVER!


Thank you Natalie for sending me her artwork in the mail!

Darius Rucker & Lady Antebellum

Josh & I attended the Annual Wal-Mart Shareholder's Meeting. We got see Darius Rucker & Lady Antebellum for free!! Josh was so awesome! He stood in line for over an hour to get us in the front part of the line so we got pretty good seats! Both performers were amazing!! We had a blast!!!



Darius Rucker! He was great too! He sang his country songs & threw some of his Hootie & the Blowfish stuff too!!



It was packed full of Wal-Mart associates & a few of us who sneaked in!

During intermission--Elijah & his friend Sky


Lady Antebellum! They are not only very talented artist but they have also written a couple top 10 hits for other artists!

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day weekend was very fun filled! Josh & I went down to Mountain Home, Arkansas with some friends to spend time on lake! We had so much fun!! Josh & I came back on Sunday and spent time at the pool! We went to the airport on Monday & flew to Joplin, MO then we went to dinner & watched the Hangover Part II (so good by the way!)and topped the night off with Cold Stone ice cream!!

Josh came home after work on friday and brought me some surprises!! He came home with a Hello Kitty tank top I mentioned I wanted as well as a top, dress, and a pair of earrings from a boutique called SoHo! He also brought home a little pen thing I can use on my ipad!! I am such a lucky girl! The picture below shows all my surprises & presents before I opened them.

Josh & Mallory

Josh worn out

The boys

Me & Jami

The girls

Travis & Josh


Tubing! Josh absolutely LOVES going tubing!! He tubed as much as he possible could!! It's the cutest thing! He always has such a big grin on his face while he's out there!
Cody & Travis tubing


Josh & Bailey tubing

Josh tubing


Kara, Meagan, & I tubing

Kara, Josh & I tubing


Josh & Kevin tubing

Josh worn out from tubing


Norfork Lake


Josh & I flew to Jopin, MO today to see all the devastation. It was horrible. It really made us feel so blessed to have been spared.
Getting ready to fly!

The Hospital

Apartment Complext ruined



Wal-Mart

School

Forest (or lack there of) The tornado tore all these trees up from the ground-incredible


Devastation

Memphis Weekend

We had a great weekend with both families this weekend! Thank you for coming up to see us & thank you for entertaining us Brad, Natalie, Dakota, & Maddox!!

Here are pictures we took on the way to over the bridge to Memphis! The closed road is one that we used to take all the time!




Josh & I went to Rendezvous to eat for the 1st time. It was a great restaurant & very good food--very SPICY food but we had a great time!



We went down to the Riverwalk to see the debris--there was driftwood everywhere & it was amazing to see how much of the land was covered in water compared to this time last year. It was crazy to see pictures of sand bags & barricades around the area keeping back the water.












Catchin' Cotton: There are a lot of white cotton-like things that were floating in the air down by the River. We called them cotton & we tried to catch them! Very hard but very fun too!!!








Mom & Daddy had never been on the Trolley train before so we took them around the Riverwalk loop! Brad was an excellent tour guide during the ride!













Brad, Natalie, Mom, Daddy, Josh & I all went to play Putt Putt while Jimmy & Darlene stayed with Dakota & Maddox. We played in teams--1st place--Mom & Daddy 2nd place--Brad & Natalie 3rd place--Josh & Mallory. (I gotta work on my putt putt game)








Dark clouds on the way to our apartment---we have tornado warnings all night.