Arkansas 2011

We tagged along with Bud on a business trip to Bentonville, AR last week. We were able to meet Miss Caroline Penturf (6 weeks old), celebrate Daniel's 30th birthday with a surprise party, and hang out with some wonderful friends all week.

We visited the new splash park. Samuel was terrified at first, but overcame that when he saw that his little sister was enjoying it without him. There were several of his old friends there as well, but they didn't stand still long enough for me to get a picture. :)

We were able to attend the annual Low Country Boil at the Penturf home. It's a little crazy that this year we "kept it small" and still had 8 kids under 3 (6 under 14 months) there.

Pictured left to right... Blair (10 Months), Emma (7 Months), Reese (10 Months), Sarah (14 Months), and Sam (Not pictured, Jude (10 Months), Riley (2.5), and Caroline (5 weeks))

Sam, Sarah, and Caroline...
Kari did such a wonderful planning Daniel's surprise 30th wine tasting party. It was a great time to hang out with all our friends without kids. As much as I love the kids, it's pretty hard to get a complete sentence in when the kids are around :)This is how we roll... it was quite comical getting all 4 kids and car seats into the van...
The PHL airport had a great play area near our gate. Samuel filled the plane up with gas...
While Emma drove...
Emma's first plane ride... They both did great on the plane. Emma slept on all four flights, ate several snacks, and got to experience two diaper changes in the teeny tiny airplane bathroom. Samuel watched a few movies, played games on the iPod touch, and played with his new truck sticker book. Pretty easy travel over all.