Archive for the 'Family Stuff' Category

Zoo Trip

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Yesterday we visited the Memphis Zoo.  We left Conway around 8:15am, arrived around 11:30am, ate lunch, and then spent the next 5 or so hours going through the zoo.  Here are some pictures and videos (most taken by Elizabeth). Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params = { ‘allowfullscreen’: ‘true’, ‘allowscriptaccess’: ‘always’, [...]

Swimming

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Elizabeth has been taking swimming lessons the past two weeks. Today was her last day so I decided to take a day off work and go watch her. She said she was going to jump off the high dive for the first time, so I definitely wanted to be there. I guess since it was [...]

Lucy

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

We had to have one of our cats, Lucy, euthanized last Friday. She had developed what the vet believed was a large tumor on one of her lungs, making it very difficult for her to breath. Lucy became my cat before Rae Lyn and I were married. The way she became my cat is an [...]

Blanchard Springs

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Today Elizabeth’s brownie troop took a trip to Blanchard Springs Caverns. Rae Lyn, Elizabeth, and I left Conway at 9 am and arrived at Mountain View, AR just in time for lunch. We ate at a little diner called PJ’s Rainbow Cafe, and then headed over to Blanchard Springs, about 20 minutes away. After the [...]

Mounds and Hubcaps

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Today Elizabeth’s Brownie troop took a field trip to Toltec Mounds State Park, and Rae Lyn and I tagged along. We saw a short video on the history of the park, then we were taken on a guided tour. All the brownies were given a pamphlet with some questions for them to answer during the [...]

Daffodils

Friday, March 30th, 2007

A couple of weekends ago Me, wife, daughter, and the in-laws made a trip to the Wye Mountain festival. We walked around and looked at the flowers, and I took pictures. For a dollar you can pick a dozen flowers. Here’s Elizabeth with her dozen. There’s not a whole lot to do there but walk [...]