Spring Break: Arkansas

I'm back today with another recap of our Spring Break Vacation. We spent the first weekend of Spring Break camping in Hot Springs, you can read about it here and here. 

After leaving Hot Springs, we drove to my parents house to leave our camper. We didn't want to pull it with us since we knew we wouldn't be staying in it when we went to visit DJ's parents. We arrived to DJ's dad's house on Monday evening and had dinner, and on Tuesday morning, they put the girls to work gardening! 

Adalyn had her gardening gloves on and was ready to go! 

DJ's parents just moved in to a new home, so there was lots of work to get done. They put the flagpole in the ground and the girls helped plant some flowers around it. 

Then they moved to the back yard for some gardening. 

Adalyn decided she was hot and needed to cool off with her feet in the pool. 

After lunch, the girls and I headed down the road to the neighbor's house to see the goats and cows. 

They decided that we needed a pet goat! 

I told them, our HOA wouldn't allow it and goats climb on everything! But it was fun to see the animals. 

And when we got back, the girls convinced us to blow up a float and let them get in the water. 

Clothes and all! They stayed mostly dry, until Gretchen got out, tried and to pull her sisters around, and then bam, the float flipped over and Megan and Addy went right in!

I'm not sure they actually minded! 

We had rain on Wednesday, so Grandma Dee had art activities set up for the girls. They made aprons, scrunchies, painted, and had so much fun! 

Gretchen drew symbols from her favorite books on her apron. 

And they all painted little anchors for Grandma Dee to keep. 

Thursday morning, we got up to head to Jonesboro, where DJ's mom and sister live. But first, we had to get a family picture! 

When we arrived in Jonesboro, we headed out to eat lunch. Nana took the little girls home with her, and DJ and I took Gretchen around Arkansas State University where we went to school. 

Gretchen has already started making a spreadsheet of colleges, and ASU is not on her list. I made her get out of the car and take a picture anyway. Thankfully, she was a good sport and played along. 

We also drove by to the sorority houses. They weren't built when I was in school, but I can imagine all the fun the Alpha Gams are having here! 

While we were out, these girls were dressing up. 

Later that night, our family from Florida arrived and Gretchen was thrilled to see her cousins! 

All of the cousins in one place! This doesn't happen too often since we all live in different states. 

Later that night, the girls stayed up to watch the new Disney movie and had a sleepover. 

We were up Friday morning bright early to head back to my parent's house because we had another little camping trip planned!