Chloe and her best friend Rider McClendon

Tamra, Rebecca, CoCo and Rider
We were waiting on Katelyn Matthews to show, but she had a wardrobe malfunction...we'd
planned to take photos at the Birdeye Store and the cemetery but it didn't happen

August and Stella come every year to see Chloe's dress...so sweet of them!

Saturday morning of prom, I had to work and Chloe changed up her plans to go to JB's steakhouse
with Rider and invited all her friends over to a light dinner then they all went to prom....which
was fine but I had to get some food, clean up the house and take Chloe into town for
hair and makeup so here I am still in scrubs

Tamra and Chloe have a very funny sense of humor...I hope they'll be life long friends

Tamra's mom and Rider's mom ended up staying over for our light meal which was Hay's
chicken strips (reheated and for the record, you really shouldn't re-heat them they're much
better straight from the deli!! Lesson learned) mac and cheese, fruit and her choice of
freezer cookies.  For the record, Jackie didn't show up at all.  He hid in the back watching
ESPN...then we he did emerge when he didn't hear laughing and carrying on, he said,
"that food was terrible".  That is a quote.  And it didn't bother me because I had to throw it
together so last minute and waiting until dusk for a girl who didn't show, it was all fine for me

Friday, April 27, 2018

Well, we survived another prom, thank goodness.  Chloe asked a good friend, Rider, to go with her which was fun for her.  She did hang with her group of girls so they all went as a group.  Chloe said it was a lot of fun.  Afterwards, they all changed and went to Hijinx in Jonesboro, which is an arcade place then they went to Buffalo Wild Wings then to IHOP.  Yes, she got home at 3 am and Rider's mom came and got him at 4 am.  It was a long night!!  But they all had fun and were safe, thankfully.  I enjoyed talking with Tamra and Rider's moms over a light meal.  They were a sweet bunch.  I loved too that Tamra's mom asked why I don't use paper plates...she said it's so much easier to clean up....That's what Jackie said on Easter when he wondered why we weren't using plastic forks and paper plates at Easter!!  Hilarious.

Easter 2018, Birdeye

We had 36 people over for Easter Lunch, it was fun and delicious.  It was cloudy but it didn't rain thankfully

Our pastor asked everyone in the sanctuary to take a selfie during Passing of the Peace, it was a cute idea...look at CoCo...

Traditional photo in front of the cross on Easter

Tom B and August playing Egg Russian Roulette...

After this, we had an egg toss and the kids all had a good time.

April 5, 2018

I was excited to have Easter lunch again this year!!  We had 36 attend and played lots of games.  It was fun having everyone over.  Jackie made a comment as to why I was having him get down all the plates and silverware, he was like, "why aren't we using paper plates and plastic silverware?".  I looked at him like he was crazy....We only have the family over once a year, so it's not that often that we get plates out.  I think he was just being ornery.  But fun was had by all, Benton, Julie and Alexis stayed until after 5 then they went over to Martin and Kara's for a soccer game.  Fun times with great people.  Happy Easter!

Bentonville, Fayetteville and Hot Springs

Saturday, March 24, 2018

At the end of our Spring Break trip...Chloe spent 4 hours at the Crystal Bridges Mueseum reading every.single.description.of.every.piece.of.artwork...she LOVED it!

Jackie insisted on this photo

My favorite photo from Spring Break

At Crystal Bridges

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I meant to get this on the Rose Bowl post but here it is...

After a wonderful dinner at Hugo's in downtown Fayetteville, the girls and I ubered back to
Carnal Hall and Jackie wandered into Maxine's.  He said it was kinda the same because of the
pay phone on the wall but the ski ball games were gone, known as "ding ding"

Pig statue at Carnal Hall...so cute and smarty looking

Jackie's text to Chloe about supporting banning drinking straws....hahahahaha!

At the 21c hotel, they always move penguins throughout the hotel....this was on our floor then...

At our elevator doors....

Sunday, March 25, 2018

At the end of our Spring Break, we stayed at mom and Gary's in Edmond and she took Chloe prom dress shopping in Oklahoma City.  Chloe found a darling dress and some shoes at the first store, amazing.  Thanks Meme!!!  We went on to Bentonville the next day and stayed at the awesome 21C hotel and toured Crystal Bridges.  I've never seen Chloe so into a museum before, she studied each and every painting and sculpture.  Jackie got impatient and kept telling her that museums aren't set up to see every single thing in one visit but the parts Chloe did see, she studied every painting.  Ori hung with her, but she was mainly on her phone (which she is a lot of the time).  Then we went on to Fayetteville and stayed in historic Carnal Hall on the campus.  It was a neat spring break for both Chloe and Ori.

The weekend after Easter, we squeezed in a night in Hot Springs and took the girls to the historic Arlington Hotel (which is soon to be renovated) and to Oaklawn. Thankfully, Jackie went to the track first thing and got us a box so we'd have a place to sit and lots of room, it was perfect.  Ori enjoyed the races but Chloe really did.  She studied the horses and jockeys and ended up even for the day thankfully.  She's like me on betting on races, we love to pick the gray's.

It was cold and rainy but we all enjoyed the races especially Chloe

At the finish line