Dump and Run

It seems like I haven't been blogging much lately and when I do, I just dump a ton of pictures and run.

Well, I'm doing that again today. #sorry #notsorry.

First I want to let y'all know some exciting news for our family- we officially joined our church today.
This may not seem big to most people, but we are very excited.  We have went to this church for about 2 1/2 years and we love it so much.  
We have found the best Sunday school class and our children are being brought up in the Word of God by such wonderful teachers.
It's just the place we want to be and the place we want to raise our family in.

B Boy  is FINALLY feeling better. He was sick ALL week with bronchitis :(

We did have some fun here and there though.  We blew bubbles in the backyard, had tee ball practice, and enjoyed the gorgeous weather!

We went to Park Springs park and hiked today.  I love the trail and seeing the water that comes from underground into the creek.  

We also hung out at the square for a while and enjoyed the fabulous tulips.  The weather was perfection.
I hope you guys have a fabulous week!!!
dump and run:

Spring Break & Sickness

So, last week was our spring break here.

It started off very promising. 11 days off from school- woohoo!

The week before spring break, I had gotten very sick. It was just a virus, but ended up lasting 10 days and into spring break.

and then, C girl got sick the first night of spring break and it lasted for most of the week.

I could have handled all that, but I was not prepared for...

the rain.

The pictures below are from Sunday.

C girl was still not feeling the best, but the forecast for Monday-Friday was rain. and lots of it.

We knew if we wanted to have some fun outside, it would have to be done on that day.

I love the Wild Wilderness Safari.  This was our 4th visit over the past 3 years.

It's so fun because there is a drive through part where you get to see so many interesting animals and there is a petting zoo part as well.

B boy also rode a camel for the 2nd time in his life while we were there.

We also watched a lot of movies and ate out a lot over Spring Break. {We tried out a new fried fish restaurant in our town, The Flying Fish, and it was awesome!!!}
On Thursday, I had a doctors visit that went very well.  I'm still working actively on trying to figure out how to feel better with the chronic issue that I have.
And we had a nice little visit from my SIL Veronica and two of my nephews.

Saturday, I had a date with one of my fave people- Jessica!  We met up in Ft. Smith to go see The Hunger Games movie.  We didn't take one photo! Boohoo!  BUT, the movie was awesome! I'm sad that it's 20 months until Catching Fire will be in theaters!


Yesterday was sunny and beautiful so after church and lunch with some Sunday School class members, we headed out to go on a little hike and to check out the beautiful tulips around town. Here are the pictures of the gorgeous flowers!


It was definitely not our most memorable spring break, but it wasn't all bad.  I'm so looking forward to the gorgeous weather this week. Ya know, the week after spring break!

Springtime in Bentonville, AR

This is our second spring to live in Bentonville.  I absolutely love how the city plants tulips everywhere. It makes everything look so beautiful and spring-y.

And I love the pops of color!

Today was a gorgeous, warm, sunny spring day and we went outside to enjoy it!

How are you enjoying spring right now?

I also have another spring photo over on my photography blog.

Tulips

This was recently planted on our town square.  These flowers are gorgeous!  We took the kiddos down last night and took some great spring pics!  I'm not going to post them yet because they are surprises for family.  I can't wait to share them!

Grilling it in...

Lake Bentonville is right up the road from our house so we decided to take the kiddos fishing there this morning.  We didn't catch anything this morning, but I got to see a fish jump straight up out of the water for the first time and B had his first casting lesson.  He did a cast all on his own!  C had a pretty good time.  When she was done fishing, she "grilled" (reeled) her line in!  We also visited another park this morning that has a fountain, waterfall, lilly pads and a tunnel.  The kids love it.

Last night, we went to Orchards Park for the last of the summer concert series.  The band playing was called Full House and they were really good!  The weather was great and the kids had a blast!  They danced their little hearts out!  It was such a great night.

May in Pictures

Dogwood in bloom

It's still alive!

This poinsettia has been around since before Christmas.  It is going on a good 3 months of life at the Sparacino household.  That's pretty good for a poinsettia, right?!  Hey...I've kept a pole pothos alive since my little girl was born, a good 4 1/2 years ago!Granted, it doesn't look near as pretty as it used to!  I wish I had more of a green thumb.  Ahh, maybe someday....