Hey Y'all!

We just got back from our trip to Arkansas on Sunday, and enjoyed our trip...this whole experience is so bittersweet for me, cause I have been looking forward to change, but then when it happened I realized that I'd be leaving people behind! So, I'm excited about new, but sad to leave behind old and dear. We leased this great house in Bentonville for a year, and please say many prayers for our house here to sell quickly...I would greatly appreciate it, and anyway there is a 4th bedroom in it, for our guests! :)

Adam had the awesome idea of putting David's bed into the 4th bedroom, so we can sleep as many as 3 people in there! I was like give me 5, like 5 times for that one...great idea! We just need a new futon mattress for the bottom and we're good to go! (we have one, it's just really flat) The boys have picked their rooms and the house is so close to everything...10 minutes from work and high school, and like 5 from the middle school. Very cool! So, since we cinched the house up on Saturday morning that left the rest of the day to explore and stuff.

We looked at Beaver Lake and Adam's boss showed us where he'll be working and also the huge fitness center that is like $15.00 a month for employees, and went to the mall in Rogers. I want to show you what we saw! :) Much love, Jill

This is D trying to give me a heart attack, by sitting at the edge of this platform overlooking the valley we saw. It was just beautiful!

This is what we saw! See the big bird? Can't tell if it's an eagle or hawk, but it's awesome. :)

J and Ad pretending to be an explorer - lol :)

This was a lone sailboat on Beaver Lake. Very peaceful there.Beach area of Beaver Lake. People playing volleyball. This is the bottom of the Ozarks right here.

South Rogers Shopping Center. Much like Geneva Commons. The boys had fun running around.

This is the house we're renting for a year. Pretty huh? I'm standing by the car on the street! Lots of hills in this area. Has a forest across the way from us on the other side of the neighbors.
This is the kitchen in the house. Nice tile and granite...Not a huge kitchen, but who said I was a cook? lol...actually, I'm going to look into some light cooking classes. Hope I find some!

This is the living room. There is no family room, but this is a nice sized room. Our flat screen, when we get it, will go on one of the 2 walls perfect for it :)

Jacccuuuuzzziii tuuuuuubbbb :)

This is the corner of the back yard, looking at the covered deck. It's nice and cozy on that deck :)

There was this subdivision there...and they had these castle looking houses in it! Medieval doors...you know wood with iron crosshatch on them...Adam thought they looked like Hansel and Gretel homes...I think Jacob will be going to school with kids from this subdivision, and we joked what if they come to school wearing medieval garb, wouldn't that be awesome?? lol

Bentonville HS, brand new this year, 9-12, almost 3,200 students and really awesome! David loved it.

This is only part of the campus. That red building is where the 9th graders mainly take classes. They also have a huge band room, choir room and gyms in this building.

This is J's more understated Middle school he'll be attending :) lol...it's connected to the elementary school. It's a 5-6 grade school, so next year he'll have to switch schools again. :)