May - Baseball, Minis, Soccer, DIY, Jared and Malaki birthdays, tornado x7, RVAC

Baseball is back. 

Missed out on the 1st game due to bad weather.

Canyon and Logan were cracking each other up in the dugout but I had to cut the video short because they were not being nice to a teammate.

Hands and bats to yourself!

May gets hot so fast so we are soaking in the nice weather now.

The Equestrian Zone got these 2 cutie patootie mini rescues.

Clementine (with more white) and her 3 year old daughter Spirit.

Canyon was down to take Clementine home but they both are super sweet and soft.

Mother's Day and final soccer game. Sahara said the last game was the one he was most happy at.

DIY project at the Hulls

Jared turns 30!!

Malaki turns 14!!

7 tornado outbreak in NWA!

This is pretty close to Sahara's work and the city Jared was on patrol in at the time. Luckily they and their home were fine.

Path of the tornado nearest their house marked with the blue X

River Valley Ability Center event this month was disk golf and pickle ball.

April - Eclipse, Hike, Upcycle

The Great American Eclipse has arrived!

I ordered shirts for Canyon and myself in the colors that were suppose to "look different" during the eclipse.

Saturday we went down town to Moon Over Main to see what was going on.  NASA was there. We listened to a band, window shopped, ate BBQ nachos and a hot fudge sunday.

We went back Sunday evening and watched another band, ate at a taco/burger truck, and went to the glow dance party.

Monday we went to Merritt Farms to see the eclipse.

Liam got to check out 98% of the eclipse at his house.

 

Because the towels were textured, the crescents weren't as clear as they could have been with the colander.  I completely forgot to check out our shirts for color change.

 

It was absolutely amazing! Unfortunately my phone camera is not. This is what I got.

This is what it looked like with your own eyeballs.

To me, the moon looked like a void, a black hole.

The flares (or prominences as they are actually called) were visible with just your naked eye. 

And a better picture of the partial.

People trickled in from all over the world to our little town over 3 days, but all left at once.  This is heading out of Russellville going west. 3 perfect weather days. Lots of fun. Super unique and fascinating experience. 10/10 would do again!

River Valley Ability Center took the group on a scavenger hunt hike on Mt. Nebo. The weather was perfect.

Donny and Leighanne (my co-workers) and their son Heath, who is a good friend of Canyon's from Hampton and baseball, met us for dinner before we headed up the mountain.

Park interpreters gave a talk about the animals of Arkansas and showed their pelts and skulls. 

They got cards to check off what they found.

Sweet gum balls, fallen logs, and pine cones were found right away.

Deer tracks next.

6 deer ran right in front of us on this road.

We did not lay eyes on a squirrel or a butterfly but found everything else.

This was a really good time!

They upcycled at Hampton and made vases out of water bottles.  A mom of one of the clients there comes about once every other week with a project.