Arkanscott.
Meet Us.
Jennifer.
Mama. I have a problem with shopping. Night crier. Home decorating. Nacho cheese takes everything up a notch. Not afraid to love Britney Spears. Trying to own all the paper products in the world.
Nathan.
Wild man. Runs on tip toes. Into choo choos and trash trucks. Might miss something when he's asleep. Thomas is everything. Enjoys long walks. Are fruit snacks in the food pyramid? There is no one cuter.
Brian.
Daddy. Cleans his cleaning products. Works for the red roof. Should be in a rock band. Solves all family problems. Drinks way more creamer than coffee. Will be playing Xbox when he's 80.
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Monday, June 23, 2014, 10:17 AM
Hello again, old friend.
We're in full-on, everyone-I-know-come-visit mode. It's great. All I have to do is change the sheets every hour. This past week, my sis-in-law, Jenny came with Miss Marlie for a week long happiness injection. It was like two life partners, toting their two kiddos around town every day.
Every morning, we'd get up, eat breakfast and do some patio playing in our jams. (The kids, not me and Jenny.) Here are Nathan and Marlie tracking down the ever-popular "beetle bug":
After it became so ungodly hot that our skin began to fall off, we headed inside for the day. Truly, it was nice to just have someone to do the every day with. We shopped a bit, splash-parked it a bit, and duh, I used Jenny's decorating super powers! Oh, we also made 15 new Pinterest desserts. An hour.
Our first idea was to spray paint an $11 oil drip pan from Wal-Mart. Bam, Nathan's got a magnet board for his artwork. Or, actually, a new pastime of carrying around 74 magnets at one time around the house.
Also, free-hand sketches, courtesy of Brian. I tried to draw Nathan an airplane upon request and it turned out looking like a ninja star weapon.
As if that didn't get your juices, going.. Jenny showed me the wonderment of thrift stores. Although, I'm not fond of buying peoples used bras, I did score some great toys for Naters and started grabbing plastic animals, because I've always had the dream of spray painting them for my pleasure. Add in an antique store find and some more spray paint and feast your eyes on my second child:
Still have to find some more animals, but I love having some more decorations in Nathan's play room. And if you don't like it, we can't be friends any more. I'm in a relationship with an animal menagerie.
After Jenny's dream visit, my parents came in to celebrate the third anniversary of my 30th birthday. I love having my parents here. Since my birthday was on a Sunday, and everyone but Nathan was leaving me, we did it up on Saturday. First, we ventured out to the paths at Crystal Bridges, where we attempted a hike in 190 degree sun:
Nevermind that I look like an older balding man who plays the saxophone regularly.
After that memory, we dined at Freddy's where I attempted to win the award, "Looks Most Like Vacuum While Eating Food". After that, it was back to Bentonville Square where we showed Mom and Dad the first Wal-Mart, and the Wal-Mart soda shop, beloved gem of America. It was here where I discovered that Dad only drinks things with two straws. Not one. Always two.
After we ingested more food into our bodies, we went home and Brian made a cake and we planned out where we were going to eat dinner. It's what Halls do best. In case you're on the edge of your seat, it was On the Border. After that we walked around the neighborhood to see all the new houses being built. Nathan demanded to wear this hat for the walk and the rest of his life:
It was a wonderful birthday, wherein, I got an outdoor rug for our heavenly patio, a new necklace and a puzzle ball from my Dad. Leave it up to Johnny Boy. I also stopped at Wal-Mart last night and saw a man who had fallen asleep in his 5,000 year old pick-up truck with the door open. I watched him for 10 minutes.