Arkansas vacation part 1

Our vacation started with 2 days in a car driving down to Arkansas. I have to say that this was probably the easiest drive we have had since Andrew was in infant. He did so well on his first long car ride since being potty trained & Adam and I were very proud of him. Once in AR we started things off at a fast pace and it pretty much stayed there until we left. With so many people to see and things to do it's hard to squeeze it all into 2 weeks. Probably the most exciting thing for Adam was taking Andrew fishing for the first time. The picture above was taken while we were walking to a catch & release area. I just love how it turned out.

This is a picture of Andrew's very first fish on the first day he went fishing. He ended up catching 3 total that day and they were ALL keepers. He was so excited it was all he talked about for the next few days.

What do you get when a 4yr old boy decides he wants to put sunscreen on himself? Take one look above and you will see. Andrew was in the back of the boat by Adam while we were out fishing on the White River and as you can see Adam wasn't paying close attention to him. Needless to say his little legs didn't get any sun that day.

One day we drove down to Blanchard Springs and went swimming. For those of you not from AR if you're ever in north central Arkansas you should try and go there. The main attraction is the underground caverns. We didn't tour them this time, but we're planning to next time we are down that way. I love this picture of him running up to say hello & shake water on me. He had a blast that day because the little swimming hole we were at wasn't very deep so Adam & I could always touch bottom which made Andrew feel more secure. The water was also crystal clear so you could see right down to the bottom & also all of the fish swimming around too.

There isn't anything special to say about this picture. We were at a local park cooking out with Adam's mom, sister & brother in law. Andrew had a lot of fun playing on the playground and chasing his Aunt Amy around. (Yes Adam's sister and I have the same name).

On July 3rd we went to Batesville, AR with Mike (Adam's step dad) & the company he works for. They had a cookout & reserved the go cart track and put put golf course for everyone to play on. It was a lot of fun despite how incredibly hot and humid it was. Andrew really enjoys "driving" the go carts although I don't think he could see over the steering wheel. They ended up taking 3 separate rides before Andrew grew tired of it.

Put put golf didn't last very long either. He did rather well for his first time, but I don't think it was exciting enough for him. We played 4 or 5 holes before he was distracted by kids on the playground. Oh well. Maybe we'll try again later on in the summer.

This final picture was taken later that same night in Batesville. We went to the local race track to watch the races & fireworks display they do every year. Unfortunately we didn't get to stay very long. We saw 2 heats when the lightning started to move in. Adam & I took Andrew to the truck before the rain started. While we were waiting to see what was going to happen they started shooting off the fireworks so we stood on the cab of the truck to see everything. About halfway through it stared to pour down rain so we watched the last half from inside the truck while waiting in line to leave. I was a little disappointed we didn't get to see all of the races because Andrew LOVES race cars. If he sees a Nascar or Indy race on TV he will always ask to watch it. In case you're wondering what is coming out of his ears in this picture it's ear plugs. When the cars were doing warm up laps he complained about the noise so we got these for him. If only we had known 30min later we would be running to the truck. Oh well....

Well as you can see this post is very long & I'm only half way through our trip so I'll have to do another post. This week covered just about everything we did when we were up visiting with Adam's family. Next post I will show pictures and tell you about our adventures with my family. Andrew had so many firsts during these two weeks. I didn't realize how many until I sat down to blog and started sorting through everything in my head. No wonder the little guy was sooo tired and grouchy towards the end of our trip. Hopefully I will be able to finish posting about our vacation tomorrow, but I make no promises!!