Happy Memorial Day Weekend

We had a wonderful and relaxing Memorial Day weekend. My parents have bought a little place on the Little Red River in Heber Springs, and it is so beautiful. Their back porch literally overlooks the river, yet Greers Fairy Lake is only 10 minutes away! So we got the best of both worlds. We spend Saturday fishing and enjoying the river, and then we spent Sunday on the lake. I am amazed yet again with how beautiful Arkansas is. We saw geese, trout, cranes, and a bald eagle's nest with 2 young eagles! And of course we got spoiled with all kinds of great food. Thank you Smiths for letting us crash all weekend!!

Best of Luck Megan!!

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while. We have been so busy! I swear almost every night for 2 weeks we have had something. But, last night the college girls took Megan out to eat at Cafe Prego. She and Grant are moving to Greenville, South Carolina to begin their new lives as Dr. and Mrs. Bennett!! I could not be more thrilled for them, but of course, it is bitter-sweet. We all made pages for a scrapebook for her, and it was so fun to see all the old pictures (and bad hair, brows, and straight leg jeans) from about 10 years ago. We'll miss you Megan!!!!

27 Candles...

Well, my 27th birthday has come and gone. I must say that I am so spoiled! I got to celebrate for 5 days in a row with family and friends. Is it just me, or do birthdays make you pensive? I feel as though each year that goes by the important things get more and more important and all the rest is feeling just like that- the rest of life. So, this year, I'm commiting to spend time focusing on faith, family, and friends- the important things!! Oh, I love this picture not only because it has my beautiful, handmade cake from my mom, but Brent is much more concerned with the whole table going up in flames than me getting a picture!

Third Anniversary and learning compromising

Well, we had our third anniversary on Wednesday. We ate at a fantastic place called 3 Forks in Dallas- one of the best meals I've ever had. Great steak... Great bread... Great dessert :) And of course, the company wasn't too bad either! I can honestly say, every year of marriage has been even better than the year before. We didn't get a picture because Brent HATES to take a camera into a nice restaurant. Something about how it makes us look like we don't ever eat out at nice places and something about how it is not an amusement park. I, on the other hand, am sad for the missed picture opportunity. Oh well, the compromises of marriage...

More Dominican Republic Pictures...

Dominican Republic Trip

I had the blessing to return to the Dominican Republic the last week of March for another mission trip. I was not planning on going, and at the last minute someone else backed out and I was offered the chance. I got off work, got coverage for my therapy schedule, packed, and flew out in less than 36 hours. Crazy! But I would not have missed the trip for anything!! It was so wonderful!! I was able to volunteer at a school for kids with special needs, where I did an oral motor training with a group that was there working, completed a speech/oral motor evaluation, and just helped in some of the classes. I also had speech therapy for an hour a day with two sons of American missionaries that live in Jarabacoa, which was really neat. My group also did a construction project at an orphanage (nothing like hand mixing cement in wheel barrows and the moving it in buckets to the top of a wall!), helped paint, clean, cover books, and lots of other tasks. We also got to drive 5000 feet above sea level to see a new orphanage site in other town, and the last day and night we stayed at a resort on the Caribbean Ocean side of the DR. What an amazing place and amazing people. It is very humbling and overwhelming to see the conditions some people live in and what they have to overcome.

He Is Alive!

I love Easter!! I love the weather. I love robin egg candy. I love little girls in precious smocked dresses and little boys in mini-sailor suits (much to Brent's dismay). I love driving down my street and seeing a family having an Easter egg hunt in their front yard- in their pjs.

I love church on Easter Sunday. I love that I have a King that died on a cross- for me- and then rose from the dead to sit down beside his father. And I think that that is why I love Easter the most, because He Is Alive!

Welcome bloggers!

Well, I finally took the plundge and created a blog for us! My friend Keri swore it was easy, and it was! I think we will use this space to create a virtual scrapbook of our life and times...