Guests

One of my dearest friends, MP, is counting down the days until her husband comes home from overseas. I think we are in the low 70's at this point. I don't know Tim's official title, but he flies those big C-130's delivering all sorts of things to places these things need to go. This is his second deployment, and his first was during their engagement. Now they are happily married, and MP is holding down the fort with their new beagle, Ellie, until he comes home. I absolutely cannot imagine Wes being gone that long, and MP has been so honest in how difficult it is for her to have the love of her life gone for months at a time. Our moms are great friends as well, and we have talked to Ms. Pattie and MP about a fun trip up here to do some shopping and eating for quite some time. It finally happened this weekend!

MP, Mom, and Ms. Pattie met Reese and me in Fayetteville at Riffraff around 10:30 on Friday morning to start off our day together. We each made a fun purchase, and then we headed to a fun flea market before eating at one of my favorite's--Hammontree's. We strolled down West Avenue after lunch going to a few more sweet stores, and then Reese declared it was naptime. It was so fun just to lounge around together for a few hours at the house, and of course it was really good for Reese. We then strapped her back in her carseat for round 2--northern NWA (my hood). Off to Signed, Sealed, and Delivered we went. These women went crazy in there! As I nursed Reese out in the car, the ladies did some damage to their wallets. And of course Mom got me something. This really fun spring bunny got me so ready for the flowers to bloom and the sun to shine long enough for me to bust out the shorts and sandals. Mom couldn't wait to show off Bentonville, so we drove around showing Ms. Pattie and MP some of our favorite places. I think Mom secretly wants to move up here. :) We had dinner at Table Mesa and then settled in for the night. After some homemade bran muffins and fruit on Saturday morning, I left Reese with Wes, and we all found lots to love at True Treasures. I came home with a white stoneware bottle, an old white window, a green candelabra, and two of my favorite French Market candles. The Conwegians (Conway folks) made a few more stops after dropping me off at home and then headed back to central Arkansas. It was such a wonderful time. Mary-Phillip is one of those people you just love to be around, and I hope this short trip helped her spirits while Tim is away.

The weekend didn't stop there either...I stepped in for the high school cheer coach and coached a game on Saturday afternoon, and then our great LR friends, Bradford, Carrie, and Walker, come over for pizza that night. We mostly speculated how our Florida trip will turn out in a month and a half. During the first week of April, we are heading to the beach together, and it's going to be interesting. I'm just glad we don't have too many expectations.

Okay, that's enough I guess. We didn't take one single picture this weekend besides Reese's five month pictures. We were all just having way too much fun being together, and I enjoyed showing off the place I now call home.

Happy Monday. And Happy Presidents' Day.

(Just because I don't like posting without a picture. This is Mary-Phillip and me on her wedding day last June!)