the weekly update [Bentonville Film Festival fun]

We have had a fun week during our May intercession from school!

On Sunday, we returned from staying with family and got back in time for the GA's mother/daughter tea and awards. C Girl earned a new charm for her bracelet through all of her completed GA Journey projects! 

That night, our church hosted an evening with the Duggars. 

I admire this family so much. Their children are super talented and very respectful. 

It was great to hear Michelle and Jim Bob's testimonies and stories from their life and marriage. 

On Monday, I took the kids to Orchard's Park to run around some and get some energy out!

They have some neat red fish in the pond.

Monday night, we had team baseball pictures for B Boy.

Tuesday was the opening day for our local strawberry patch. 

We had a fun time and picked 6 quarts of strawberries!

We have eaten a lot, made a strawberry cake, strawberry shortcakes and 7 containers of freezer jam!

On Wednesday afternoon, we went to explore the inaugural Bentonville Film Festival.

This is such a cool thing to come to our little town.

It was co-founded by Geena Davis and focuses on women and diversity in media.

We even had other A-list celebrities in town during the festival.

We hopped down to "sponsor village" to check out everything going on.

We had free hot dogs, drinks, and all sorts of things from the sponsors.

There were so many freebies and even a VIB (Very Important Beauty) lounge. You could go there and get your hair styled, get your nails done and your makeup!

Wednesday night, we had planned to take B Boy to High Rise for him winning our family bracket challenge back in February.

As we were leaving, C Girl started having an upset tummy. I decided to stay home with her and let the boys go have fun.

About a half hour later, I get a call from Tim- he didn't have his debit card and had no way to pay.

C Girl was feeling better, so her and I loaded up to go and meet them there.

Both kids ended up having a blast!

B Boy had a soccer game on Thursday night. His season is almost over. It's been fun watching him play!

Friday afternoon, C Girl had tennis lessons. B Boy had a baseball game at 8 pm. I haven't been feeling great the last half of the week, so C Girl and I decided to stay home and relax.

B Boy was supposed to have a baseball and soccer game this morning, but they were rained out.

We decided to make a trip to the farmer's market and one more visit to the film festival.

It was a beautiful morning!

Tim had me go in some boutiques to find something new, but I couldn't find anything I loved.

We came home and hung out and I finished decorating my Mother's Day/birthday cake.

I can't wait to eat some of it tomorrow!

a weekly update

I am coming to you today from the most beautiful day of the year to date!

It is sunny and 70 degrees. I'm outside working because I have people cleaning my house!!! (Thank you, Tim!)

I had a great follow up appointment with my GI doctor about my Crohn's this morning and do not have to go back for 6 months!

It is a good day.

Thank you to everyone who left a comment on my previous post. 

It has been a tough winter for me, for sure.

I know my health will get better and I'll regain my energy. 

For now, I'm going to enjoy that today is a good day.

Last Tuesday, I met with my Christian mentor. She is a lovely lady who goes to our church and I serve on the BPTO with! We had a great lunch and wonderful conversation. I am so looking forward to our times together!

 C Girl had an ortho appointment on Wednesday. Afterwards, we hopped into Hobby Lobby which just so happens to be pretty close to her dentist! We also ate at Popeyes for the first time ever. We are fans!

 It has been very rainy and dreary lately. B Boy has "officially" started soccer and baseball, but we have not had one soccer practice yet and only one baseball practice. We have missed 5 soccer practices!!! We are supposed to have one on Thursday evening, but yet again, it looks like rain is in the forecast!

On Thursday, I had a BPTO meeting. I love serving on the district PTO board- I feel like I am always in the loop!

We had our normal piano lesson on Thursday and I got to catch up with my friend, Amber whose son has lessons at the same time!

On Friday, I did our weekly grocery run and had to get ready for a Sunday school fellowship that night. It was called "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." We knew the home we were going to, but we didn't know who else would be there! The hosts also did not know who their guests would be! We had a lot of fun visiting with the Murray and Bates families!

 C Girl had her GA Journey night at church that night! They had a lot of fun! Next year, she gets to stay the night!!!

 photo from my friend, Ginger

 This boy is already almost finished with the 5th Harry Potter book!!! He loves this series so much!

The Hogs have been playing some GOOD basketball this year. We are No. 21 in the country and we were the 2 seed in the SEC tournament. We ended up losing to Kentucky (the No. 1 team in the nation), but we are a 5 seed in the NCAA tournament!!!!

I need to fill out my bracket ASAP! The kids and Tim are all excited to fill their's out too! We all compete and whoever has the best bracket gets to choose a place to eat or go have fun!

C Girl played with a neighbor friend who is also in her class on Saturday. She ended up staying the night and they had the best time! We took B Boy to his favorite restaurant and just relaxed the rest of the evening.

Yesterday was also a gorgeous day. We had church, a makeup piano lesson, the Hog game, and then we sat outside and enjoyed the sun. Tim grilled burgers and it made me look forward to spring and summer so much!