Grandma and Grandpa Hottman, Aunt Lori, Uncle Steve and cousin Lauren came to visit for a few days last week!  We managed to squeeze in some special family time between work, school, performances and a broken dishwasher, suddenly realizing that we had somehow gone from a never-ending Arkansas vacation to a crazy whirlwind life.  Thankfully those five forced us to sit back and Fayettechill, as they say, for a few hours here and there.  We enjoyed cookouts, Crystal Bridges, a delicious lunch downtown, antique shopping, ball playing, coffee drinking and daydreaming about Lauren coming to the University of Arkansas in a few years.

And for the first time ever, I got to take care of my parents in my HOUSE!