Hot Springs II

Thursday

-I bought white cotton dresses at the end of the last summer with the idyllic vision that we would take the girls to the beach this summer. Well, we decided to stay in Arkansas to save money and wait on the beach until the girls were a little older. I brought the dresses with us this week and attempted to get some pictures on the deck under our condo. It was not too successful but with girls that cute you are bound to get something good.

-After the hot photo shoot we changed clothes and went to Hot Springs Tower. It was fun and pretty cheap...both girls got in free. It was pretty windy and cool so it was a nice excursion.

-Wes was told by a coworker about a good restaurant in Mount Ida and a neat spring in the Ouachita National Forrest. After the tower we headed that way. It was supposed to take only about 30 minutes to get there but the whole trip took almost 4 hours round trip because of the gravel roads and things we had to take. The restaurant was great and had a lot of different homemade pies to enjoy after lunch. Then we went the spring which is in Collier Springs. It comes out of a mountain and there is a gazebo built over it and it comes out the other side. The water was ice cold and there was a small pool at the bottom of some little waterfalls. While it took a long time it was neat and Alyssa Kate like the water.

Friday-
- We were told that there was a beach area at Brady Mountain on Lake Ouachita, so we attempted to get the "beach" pictures I wanted with the white dresses. It was quite bright and Caroline was much too interested in eating the sand and rocks but there are a few good ones. After the pictures we changed into swim suits and Alyssa Kate and Wes built sand castles. She really liked it and said that we have to go to a beach with "more" sand soon :)

-When we got back from Brady Mountain Wes took Alyssa Kate to the dock under our condo to fish. While they didn't catch anything she was very proud of her Dora fishing pole.

-Mimi and Pop came up while they were fishing to swim and spend the day. We swam for a few hours then Pop and Wes grilled some burgers for lunch. When the girls went down for a nap Pop and Wes dozed on the couches and Mom and I were able to go shopping which was great. The girls then went home with them so Wes and I could have some fun with friends on the lake.

-Wes and I went to dinner at Fisherman's Wharf that night and had a great time. It was very nice to have dinner just the two of us. Then we went and played miniature golf...it was like a real date :)

Saturday

- We rented a boat with some friends and played on the lake all day. It was lots of fun and I was going to put some pictures up but really it was just a bunch of old guys sking :)

Hope you enjoy!