Me 28

I am officially 28, and I feel like my wrinkles from 27 have multiplied by a billion in one year.  At this time last year I was expecting my second child and now I am a mother of 2 crazy, wild boys.  I feel like I went from 27 to 40 in energy chasing these two all around all day.  We have fun, but anti aging serums are definitely in my future.

Matt surprised me with the most deliciously dense chocolate cake.  You have to special order this sucker and my man knows what I like.  I was so happy, surprised, and hungry when I saw this thing.  It's not a fancy cake, but it is so yummy.  We also went out for a much needed date to one of NWA's most elite of restaurants, but just having a break from the kiddo's in a restaurant was delightful, so he could have taken me to Chick fil'a and I think I would have been happy.

Weekend hike

This actually took place a couple of weeks ago, but things are crazy and I cannot keep up with everything.

We took the kiddos down to a place in Arkansas called Devils Den.  It is a beautiful National Park in the Arkansas Ozarks.  And, yes, we are guilty of slacking off since we have lived here for almost 2 years and this is our first time venturing to the Ozarks.  But, we finally made it and it was beautiful.  We had planned the whole morning.  We wanted to do paddle boats, then enjoy a hike, maybe venture into some caves.  It was going to be spectacular.  But to our surprise, the lake that was so beautifully pictured on the website was all dried up, and the caves were closed due to bat diseases.  So, we went for the hike.

The hike was great.  The first 2 feet Preston completely crashes on the ground hurting his large ego of being a big boy.  We were able to get him going again but he continued to trip (it was a clumsy day for him - we all have them) about every 10 feet. He kept going though, such a champ.  It wasn't until we were close to the top that he tripped again and did a belly/ penguin dive that scraped up his little belly that ended the picturesque hike.  Then this lucky momma carried her sad little boy down almost all the way down the little mountain.  In the end it was a good day.