As soon as I arrived back home from Roanoke, Kevin and I packed the twins for our annual trip to Little Rock, Arkansas. Why Little Rock you may ask? To visit Kevin's grandma and uncle. This year would mark our third trip since the twins arrived; the second year flying. We drove the first year and decided that even with a stop to visit my friend and her family in Nashville, the distance was just too much. Thankfully, United added a direct flight from Dulles to Little Rock about six months ago. We flew through Charlotte last year and that wasn't the most pleasant of experiences. Let's just say that a certain (daughter) someone almost had us all escorted off the plane because they wouldn't put their seat belt on! The flight this year was full (who knew Little Rock was a popular destination), but with the current state of our airline industry, I'm going to hedge my bets and say that this schedule will be cancelled because the analysts will tell you it isn't cost-effective.
We had a lovely visit with Grandma and Uncle Grand Papa (Uncle Ken) who live in Conway, a little town forty miles northwest of Little Rock. Actually, I wouldn't call it a little town considering it has more churches than Arlington and is the home to three Universities. The demographics would also suggest that this town is the upper crust of Arkansas. They live across from the 18th hole of a country club and we enjoyed watching the golfers try to chip in their shots every afternoon while sipping our sweet iced tea. Conway is not Washington. You function at a different pace, eat three square meals a day (at a table), and nap in the afternoons. We were spoiled!! The highlight of our trip was to the Arkansas Room at the Faulkner County library to admire the town celebrity -- Uncle Ken is a master wood-turner and was asked to display his work. We spent an afternoon admiring his collection (my favorite piece is the Limb Vase, pictured above -- and I hint every time we visit just how much I love it). Uncle Ken has made us a few pieces and we display them with pride at our house.
One afternoon we all hopped in the minivan for a trip to Playworld. Think of it as the Little Rock version of Chuck E Cheese minus the smell of feet (since they make the kids wear socks). They played air hockey and skeet ball; jumped in the basin of balls; and just had an overall good time. They even accumulated (with the help of mom and dad) enough tickets for one plastic snake each! The twins enjoyed a bubble bath in Grandma's jacuzzi tub. With the jets blasting, they've never seen so many bubbles. On our second to last day, we went to Kevin's favorite restaurant -- the Fish House (best place for catfish that side of the Mississippi) for some green tomato relish, homemade hushpuppies and thier signature catfish.
After five days, we had to say our goodbyes and headed back to Washington. We were almost charged $100 because one of our bags weighed more than 50lbs. We frantically rearranged our checked bags and the larger bag came in at 49.7lbs. Just under the wire! We returned home rested and lazily wishing that our vacation could last a few days longer. Actually, mine will since I'm not scheduled to return to Georgetown until Wednesday. Now that the laptop is fired up, I'm sure I'll be clearing emails and checking reports from my couch. Kevin went back to work today, but then has the next two days off. I see an afternoon at the pool with daddy tomorrow!
Me and the twins are off to Kutztown, PA this coming weekend to visit with my Uncle and his family. Our summer has become quite a hotbed of activity. July is around the corner and more exciting events (for one - my Silpada business launch) awaits us!
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