A Fantastic Weekend

This weekend my sister and I went on a little adventure to my parents house in Lowell. On the way we stopped at CJ's Butcher Boy Burgers. The burgers were so big Laura and I could hardley get them in our mouths! We finally finished and continued on our merry little way. We made a pit stop in Altus to buy some wine at the Post Winery. I'd never bought wine before, so it took us FOREVER to figure out which kind to buy. Some friends of ours are getting married in Florida in a couple of weeks, but they used to live in Ozark so we thought a little touch of home might be fun! I think I was more excited about finally buying a bottle of wine than actually giving the gift! We also picked up some muscadine and grape jellies for Dad!

Mom had gotten tickets for the Natural's game on Friday. We had such a good time and the weather could NOT have been more beautiful. We were a little worried through the 4th inning, but at the very last moment, the Naturals did end up pulling out an amazing victory. (Score 1 for the home team!) After the game was over they turned out all the lights in the stadium and had the most amazing fireworks show! There is just something about the smell of fireworks that makes me happy (and think of watermelon!).

After the game we went to Braums (love these, but we don't have any in central Arkansas!) for some ice cream to top off our day. On Saturday we cleaned around the house a bit because Mom and Dad are thinking of putting their house on the market. Who knew there were so many odds and ends to getting a house ready to leave it? That evening we went to Smokin' Joes Ribhouse in Rogers. So completely yummy!! Dad ALWAYS gets brisket when we have BBQ and the rest of us usually get pulled pork! Both were immensely tasty! After dinner we followed the crowds to the Frisco Festival in downtown Rogers. Lots of fried foods, vendors galore and some pretty cool music by Sarah Brown and the Neighborhood. All in all it was one of the best weekends I've had in a while! :)