Road Trip

After Max's soccer game we headed up to Roaring River State Park. There is a rainbow trout hatchery that has a cave where the spring originates and opens up into a huge spring pool. Then it flows down into the hatchery and on to fill a really nice creek where fly fishing is extremely popular. We had fun seeing all the fish in the crystal clear water. We also found a craw dad (max thinks it is a lobster), caterpillars, skink, and a crazy spider.

When we finished up at the park we headed down to Eureka Springs to the train depot. They have quite a few old trains and steam powered tractors to look at. The kids enjoyed it.

Then we headed up the hill to the Crescent Hotel to explore the hallways and stairways for ghost. The Crescent is a known haunted landmark.

On the way home, the kids were fighting to stay awake in the car. Alex lost that battle and was sleeping hard ten minutes after getting in the car. Max held out and we stopped off at a chocolate candy store that makes their own chocolate for all to watch. Max and I quickly went in and grabbed some peanut butter/chocolate clusters and some cashew chocolate clusters. Max fell asleep on the way home after he was able to eat up some of candy. Good day.

First Soccer Game

Max had his first soccer game Saturday morning. He had a ton of fun and is doing really well. He is much taller and faster than the other kids on the team. About half way through the game, while sitting on the side lines, Max found a 3 leaf clover. But after it was his turn to play he returned to the side lines and it was gone. Therefore, next time it was his turn to play he told the coach that he had to stay on the side line to watch out for his clover.

The Little Bean

Earlier this week, I was out in the garage about to leave for work. Right before I got on the motorcycle Alex came out and gave me a big kiss goodbye. Then she watched me through the cat door as I finished getting ready and left. Such a sweetie.

Road Trip - Branson

On Friday afternoon we surprised the kids with a trip to an indoor water park in Branson, MO. They had a blast and got to play Friday night, all day Saturday, and Sunday morning. There is a hotel on the property so we would just get our suits on and walk over to the park. Max was old enough to run around all on his own while Kelly and I watched. There was a huge three story structure that had two slide tubes to go down. There was also an enormous bucket that would fill up with thousands of gallons of water and every eight minutes it would tip over pouring all the water down on everyone. Max loved it. Alex would walk around and splash in the water. She had a great time being on her own pretending to swim or stomp around. Now it is time to plan another road trip somewhere fun...maybe Little Rock or Kansas City.

Goodbye to the BMW R1200C

The bad news is that I sold my beloved motorcycle this week. The good news is that I sold it to a good friend that I have known and worked with for a long time. Therefore, I will get to see the that kickass bike every once in a while. Of course, in the future if Paul ever decides to sell the bike I will hopefully be right there to buy it back.

Grand Country Inn

This weekend we are surprising the kids with a two night stay at
It is a hotel in Branson, MO that has an indoor water park. They have an outdoor park too but it will probably be too hot for us to venture outdoors. I will hopefully remember to add photos soon.

Purple Ice Cream

Tonight I ran up to the store to get the kids (and kelly) some ice cream. Max wanted chocolate, Kelly wanted Strawberry, and Alex wanted purple.