Hiking Pinnacle and Haley's Law School Graduation

Last Sunday was a very exciting day. I hiked Pinnacle Mountain in Little Rock with my good friends Callie and Andrea. I became good friends with Callie in 6th grade and Andrea moved to Cave City in 8th grade. These girls are very special to me. We have many good memories together. We had a great time climbing to the top.


Yesterday I went to Fayetteville to celebrate the graduation of one of my dear college friends Haley Heath. Haley graduated from law school 2nd in her class! We went through college together and then stayed very close throughout our graduate programs. I am proud of her. I was glad to celebrate her accomplishment with her family.


Wednesday is my last day at my Sherwood clinical. I have a wonderful clinical instructor and some great patients. I will really miss each of them.

I am excited about having a 5 day weekend starting this Thursday. I am headed to Nash to visit my sister! Looking forward to a very fun few days off.

2011 Mother's Day in Nashville

Last weekend I went with my parents to Nashville to celebrate Mother's Day. The major flooding in east Arkansas made for some pretty intense traffic. I left my clinical in Sherwood at 5pm and met my parents in Bald Knob at 6. I left my car in Bald Knob and we headed to Nashville. We arrived at Beth's apartment around 11:30. Mom made some homemade chocolate chip cookies and we snacked and napped on the way.

Saturday morning we woke up and headed to the dog groomer for Ross's haircut at 10 am. Then we ran back to Beth's apartment for me to send my resume to a potential employer. Craziness. We met our cousins Kristin and Ryan and their son Rocco for lunch at a a restaurant named Fido. The food was fantastic. I had a giant breakfast sandwich that I could not eat because it was so filling. Then we went next door to an ice cream shop called Hot Cold. The ice cream was unbelievable and all I had was a few bites. Yum.

After lunch we headed to the mall for a few hours. The mall in Nashville has more stores than a person could ever even want to visit. Saturday night we went out for Mother's Day dinner at Tin Angel. It is a really nice restaurant with a very peaceful setting.

Sunday was Mother's Day. Beth and I cooked breakfast to celebrate our sweet mom (who has no doubt cooked thousands of meals for us). We had pancakes, eggs, biscuits, a fruit salad (just like Gran taught us), and bacon. It was a very nice morning. I love my mom very much. She is a wonderful mother and she is a blessing to our lives and to the lives of so many people.

We all felt the loss of our dear Gran. Yet I realized something wonderful, Gran missed her own mother for many years and she got to celebrate Mother's Day with her for the first time in a very long time. What a beautiful day in heaven.

After breakfast we decided to take Ross on a walk around the neighborhood. Here he is on the Vanderbilt campus. His haircut was very handsome.

We left Nashville around noon and headed back to Arkansas. It was great to spend the weekend with my parents and my sister. I am so thankful for my mom.

Ross had hip surgery Thursday and my parents are back with Beth helping with Ross this weekend. Poor guy. He is doing just fine though. His rehab will begin this week! :)