It's a Small World

After leaving the Poconos, we traveled through central New Jersey on our way to the Jersey Shore. In Freehold, NJ, we were able to connect with some friends from San Antonio. Every time we have traveled to SA, the Scoffield's have been visiting relatives in NJ, so this time, we visited them in NJ! We had dinner at Frankie Fed's - their family's restaurant - and had dessert at the iconic Jersey Freeze.

Nault Reunion July 2014

We headed to the Dingman's Ferry area of the Poconos for a Nault family reunion celebrating Mark's parents' 60th wedding anniversary. We spent time in two different rental houses and explored the area.

About half of the 22 cousins!

At Child's Park...

Near the rental house...

San Antonio 2014

A quick jaunt to San Antonio to see old friends ...

Jacob's Scout Camp - Tennessee

Meanwhile, Jacob was at the Skymont Scout Reservation in Tennessee, having a blast! White water rafting for the first time!

Little Rock 2014 - Day Two

We started our day at the William Clinton Presidential Library. I had never been to a Presidential Library before and wasn't sure what to expect.

There was a replica of Clinton's Oval Office and the cabinet room. 

There were tons of artifacts and memorabilia, a short movie about his upbringing, and a large wing dedicated with digital displays, graphs and photos for each year he held office.

There was also a special exhibit for the glass artist, Chihuly, which was gorgeous. And a restaurant called 42, but we didn't eat there.

We spent about two hours looking at everything and then walked along another fantastic restored bridge.

Between our hotel and the Clinton Library was the Central Arkansas Nature Center. It had a beautiful boardwalk system we walked around and a small fish and wildlife museum.

From here, we headed to NAPA to pick up Daddy and caravan home. We took the van and he drove a NAPA car back to the Dallas distribution center. Short, but action-packed trip! Glad we went!

Little Rock 2014 - Day One

This summer, Mark has been working in Little Rock closing down a facility. He is usually gone four days of the week. This week, Jacob happened to be out of town too - at Boy Scout Camp in Tennessee. So I packed up the other kids and we took a road trip to Little Rock just for fun!

We stopped in Texarkana to straddle the state line.

Once in Little Rock, our first stop was the Children's Discovery Museum. A super fun place with experiments and hands-on activities that the kids played with for hours!

 A bed of nails!

 They created a news program.

They also got to pet a hedgehog and a chinchilla!

After lunch, we crossed over the Arkansas River on one of the many railroad bridges in town that have been converted to pedestrian bridges. 

We headed over to tour the USS Razorback, a submarine used in WWII. Funny that the Razorback name was from a type of shark, NOT the famed Arkansas razorback hog.

It was crazy-tight quarters in there, but thankfully, it was now an air-conditioned museum. We  climbed down a ladder, crawled through portholes, checked out the weaponry, and the crew quarters.

Here's the kitchen. You got 10 minutes to eat, and only a one-minute shower every 15 days.
Ewww!

It was a great tour!

Happy 4th of July!

No, we didn't get arrested as a family. A nice police officer took our picture in front of his patrol car just outside the Double Oak parade route!

Jimi Jet and his TV set

The Tomorrow Show with anchor Lucas Nault?