Lunch At The Park 7-21-14

I got a yummy lunch from our friend Lindsey's Sol Kitchen summer project. Today she made some delicious, healthy chipotle veggies wraps with a salad and blueberry dressing made of local blueberries. SO YUMMY! I took it to the park and watched the pond wildlife swim around. I saw this little guy out there who I hadn't ever seen in the pond before. It was the perfect weather and a perfect lunch hour.

Summer Evening By The River 7-20-14

Tonight we took our pups on a hike by the White River on Big Bluff Trail out at Gaston's resort. It was a beautiful evening with our little family.

A Day With The Nieces 7-19-14

We took our two nieces out to marionette puppet show at the library today. The Puppet Show was the story of Rumpelstiltskin. The girls seemed to enjoy it.

After the puppet show we took them over to the park to play for a bit. We played on everything several times. I love seeing them so happy and care free.

After playing hard at the park for a while we all went to Pizza Hut.

They asked if they could spend the night at our house tonight and so of course we said yes.

We went out on our driveway and drew with chalk. There was everything from Godzilla to cute turtles and flowers colorfully decorating our driveway. I drew this little scene and let Renee fly away on the big pick balloon.

Burger and Bowling 7-18-14

So I've been having a craving a cheese burger for about three days now, I finally gave in. I have not had a hamburger in years. I am mainly vegetarian, only eating a little bit a of fish now and then. We went to The Back Forty in Mountain Home. We watched Karaoke and had amazing hamburgers. We had such a great time together. Then Dustin's co-worker called and we went bowling with him and his sweet lady friend. Great evening!

A New Book 7-17-14

I bought a new book for my kindle app tonight. I didn't get very far it is very weird and hard to follow. 

Produce 7-16-14

This is produce from our friend's garden. They have a huge garden and

are producing so much they had some for us.

Baby Melon 7-15-14

We have little baby melons all over our plant

but none of them are turning yellow yet!

I hope they taste good once they are ripe!

Orange Juice 7-14-13

Our favorite Orange Juice.

Sad Day 7-13-14

So I forgot to take a picture this day. I didn't realize until the next day. I was so very sad the next day that I had forgotten to take my daily picture. I even thought about not even continuing with the picture of the day blog. Sometimes, in my life at least, my head gets filled with so much muck and yuck that I forget about who I really am and what I enjoy. Sunday was one of those days. I was so lost in my own little rainy day cloud I didn't even think to take a picture.

Floatin' Down the River 7-12-14

We got to go on an impromptu float trip with the Cochrans today. We floated down the North Fork River up in Missouri. It was pretty hot today but I managed not to get very sunburned! We all had tons of fun!

Putt Putt and Marshmallows 7-11-14

Tonight we got an invite to go Putt Putt golfing with my sister's church group. We got to play mini golf with our my sis, her husband and our nieces and nephew. When playing mini golf with young children you just don't keep score, but it was really fun anyway. After golf and a few arcade games we went over to my sister's house and roasted marshmallows on their new fire pit. What a wonderful Friday night!

Cucumbers 7-10-14

This is our first harvest of cucumbers! I swear I had another picture for tonight, but I just don't remember what is was! Oh well, our cucumbers came out pretty good!

The Mantle 7-9-14

So just laying on the couch tonight and realized I hadn't taken a picture yet today. So there you have it our mantle over our fireplace. Yes, there is still a snowman up there in July. My Grandma made it, and I never wanted to take it down after Christmas, so I just didn't. Just pretend he is Olaf from "Frozen", a year round snowman. We have our engagement picture that we had people sign at our wedding. There is my wedding basket bouquet. Some of the flowers from my Grandpa's memorial. A picture of our wedding and of my sister's family along with many other miscellaneous items that hold value to me.

Expired 7-8-14

So I found out yesterday that my license was expired from the nice server at Arena Sports Grill. So I took care of it today. I am so glad to have a new picture on there! Last time I got my license renewed, I had braces....yea so much better this time.

Night Out 7-7-14

Tonight for our monthly date we went to Arena Sports Grill. They have really yummy fish tacos! They also have great margaritas. Which is a good thing I had one actually, because when I handed the server my license she asked me if I knew my license has been expired since March. Ugh no...but thanks for letting me know! Glad it was her that got to tell me and not a police officer!

Walking With the Guys 7-6-14

Went for a walk with my girls and two of my favorite guys tonight. Kib came over to hang out with us tonight. Kib is a guy that knows a little bit about everything and always has a story, we love when he comes over to entertain...I mean...hang out with us. :-)

Lazy Day 7-5-14

Today was a lazy day. I spent a lot of time in the hammock today reading. We also took a walk down David's trail and sat on a rock for a while just talking and sitting on a big rock watching all the boats go by. We came away from that rock with lots of chigger bites, but it was fun in the moment.

Perfection is a beautiful day, spent in a hammock with a good book.

Dustin and our sweetie, Gracie.

Independence Day 7-4-13

What a fun day! Started out with family time over at my parents house with my family. We ate good food, played outside in the perfect weather, had patriotic ice cream and just had a good time together! So thankful for my sweet family!

My youngest niece. I love her free spirit!

My youngest niece and I
have kind of kindered spirits.
We like to be out of the ordinary.
So of course our little bead doll
couldn't have normal color hair, no,
we made that girl some purple hair!

Patriotic little ladies!

My amazing momma and her grandson blowing bubbles!

We also were going to go out on the boat for the Fireworks over the lake tonight  with Dustin's family. We didn't quite make it though because, as is tradition. you just can't have a Johnson outing with out some kind of hiccup. On the way out of their driveway they crunched a small hole into one of the pontoons of the boat. So long story short we sat on the hill together facing the lake and watched the fireworks from the shore. It was just fine though we still had a good time.

Overlooking the lake, waiting for the fireworks to start.

Golden Rays 7-3-14

Sarah and I took the pups for a walk tonight at Cooper Park while the guys where out playing tennis. The sun was shining through the trees just perfectly.

Out Back 7-2-14

We cooked dinner out on the grill tonight. Unfortunately, we over cooked the asparagus and the corn on the cob wasn't good at all. Oh well, we had a good evening anyway. The dogs and cat had a good time outside too.