Hog Country

Joaquin's maiden voyage with his car seat turned around facing forward!  Too bad it didn't help=/

This past weekend we took a little family mini vacay up to Fayetteville. We decided we wanted to take the time to enjoy things we don't normally get to in the rush of our football weekends.  We spent the weekend with one of my college roommates and her family.
One of the events we have been dying to go back to is a baseball game. The U of A has a beautiful baseball stadium! It would have been a really great idea to take a picture of it.....but I didn't=)  This is the only picture I managed to get. Because of the youngsters we sat in the grassy area so they could run and we could have a picnic dinner. We were quite impressed at how long the kiddos made it as we didn't leave until the bottom of the 6th inning.  I think Kim and I saw 2 plays!

On Saturday we grabbed lunch from one of our favorite sub shops, Loafin' Joe's and headed to the football stadium for another picnic.  We were trying to soak up as much of campus life as we could. What I didn't remember was all the hills and how old I apparently am. Good grief I thought I was going to die!

At some point in the midst of the chaos of eating with my children I wondered, "What about this idea sounded good to me?" Joaquin was ALL over the place and kept falling down on top of food because of the terrain, NJ was having a meltdown for I don't even remember why and I don't even remember eating my sandwich. You know, the one from our favorite sub shop. Well, maybe next time I'll enjoy it.

After we ate we headed to the stadium where we found a nice shady spot at the top to chill out and "watch" the scrimmage game.

Again, two young children in a football stadium is not really conducive to seeing much of the game, but it was fun for them to experience it all. Now Natalie will understand where we are going when we tell her about the games.  Just another opportunity to soak them in Razorback spirit!

Joaquin actually reached out for Kim several times over the weekend, but here he was just looking for a free ride!

We left the scrimmage early (no surprise there) and proceeded to find mine and Brian's names on the Senior walk. Excuse the terrible photo with my shadow, but Natalie is pointing to my name etched in concrete showing I graduated with my Master of Arts in Teaching.  I hope one day her name is on there as well. Sniffle.

Although our time went quickly and was a bit of chaos it was so good to be back on campus.  It was also good to catch up with Kim and her family!

I love Hog Country.

One day I hope these three girls have this picture posted in their dorm room on the U of A campus=) Maybe Natalie and Audrey will be second generation roomies!