A Perfect Rainy Memorial Day Weekend...

Our view from the porch

John got to play on the patio of a steakhouse/grill in Heber Springs this weekend so we decided to make a family vacation out of it. We got lucky and were able to rent a little cabin that overlooked the Little Red River. We were all were so lazy, except John who actually had to get dressed and go play music at night! The highlights of the trip for Julia were walking in EVERY mud puddle she could find and seeing the fish hatchery. The highlights of my trip were hanging out with John and Julia, sitting on the back deck and staring at the river, and most importantly, having no cell phone, internet, or sewing machine! Only a portable DVD player with some great movies and a good book. We watched Benjamen Button and Rachel Getting Married.....both very good. I am reading Water for Elephants for book club this month and am liking it so far. We just finished Outliers which was a fascinating nonfiction book about what makes people successful.

Julia at the fish hatchery. Her finger HAD to be tired from pointing the entire time we were there!

Julia makes friends with every one's pet!

Good thing we brought the rubber shoes. She waded around in every mud puddle and wet spot she could find!

What Julia's feet looked like throughout our vacation....

Julia has been enjoying some time at home with John for the past couple of weeks while he is on break from school. He has made all A's and only a couple of B's throughout his college career. He is a brilliant and talented man who could do anything. I am trying to talk him into applying for med school.....LOL! Julia loves her dad more than anyone and he is cherishing every, well almost every, second of being at home with her. We are so grateful that things fell into place for us to be able to pull this off. He will be taking a summer class this first summer term and Julia will be spending some mornings at Miss Melinda's and one morning a week with my Mom. It's only for five weeks and then he has the rest of the summer off. Believe it or not, John will start his last semester of college in the fall!