First Days in Bentonville

Mimi came to help unpack the house and play with the girls. She unpacked tons of boxes before she left. On this afternoon, she painted birdhouses with the girls while I worked on the house.

We caught a turtle. Contrary to what you might think, they are actually pretty speedy when they want to be. We were just heading to a pool party when the girls found him. We tucked him up in a corner of our yard and he was no where to be found when we got home.

I knew before we came that alot of our furniture wasn't going to be well suited for this house, but I never had time to sell it before we came. I was right and we spent the first few days here with furniture stacked everywhere. Then, I sold it all on Craigslist and we had a few days with no furniture, until I got some new things.

First day at the town square. The girls and I had a blast exploring and they loved that they had just seen this location weeks before on TV, during Jill Duggar's proposal episode on 19 Kids and Counting.

We explored the square and then spent a few hours hiking around Crystal Bridges, which is a huge trail system around our art museum.

Then we had our first Crepe....from a food truck (another first) and we were in LOVE. Definitely a fun, unique must-see experience here. The BBQ truck next door is also delicious.

Unique Art displayed outside the museum, just off the square.

We went to Tulsa for a long weekend and met Miss Debra, Phil and Austin at a horse show Deb was judging.

We watched lots of hours of horse show.

And, on our last day there we went to the aquarium.

We spent many days at Addison's new barn. Thankfully the sisters love to go. These adorable kitties and the owners 4-year old daughter help.

We got used to a new gym. NOTHING even remotely like Lifetime Fitness here. We realized we were spoiled, but we have gotten used to it. Gracyn asked me nearly every single time, "Mommy, why is Jesus naked here?". 

We got to know new neighbors. One of our neighbors built this fabulous bike wash for the kids.

Daddy's office hosted a skating party. Our favorite!!!

The big girls took turns going with me to my early morning Pilates class.

More and more days at the barn.

Thank goodness they love these kitties.

This picture should have been first. It was the day we closed on our house. Nothing eases the pain of a move or makes a home-buying celebration better like a cookie cake. Since then, we get one any time we can think of a reasonably good reason too.