Austin Trip

Chloe girl! 

Chloe and her friend Ella 

I was cooking dinner at Julie's house and Chloe found some nail polish in the bathroom...she didn't do a bad job!  Unfortunately, Chloe had just had her first pedicure the same day. 

Shane and I went to Austin April 20-22 with fellow Ben E Keith employees from AR, OK and TX.  It was a work sponsored trip filled with R and R.  We had a great time! 

I didn't know this at the time, but Wikipedia informs me we were walking over the Colorado River in downtown Austin.   

As we were exploring downtown, we came across a restaurant called Frank's.  When we saw "proud purveyors of pork and it's tasty friends," how could we turn away?

And boy were we glad we stayed! All of the drinks were served in mason jars and prepared by mixologists behind the bar.   

Boudin Fritters - after our recent trip to NOLA, we had to give these a try! 

This was called the Carolina Pork It - Vienna beef hot dog stuffed with cheese wrapped with bacon and deep fried. Whoa!  Along with grilled coleslaw and house made green chile pimento cheese...and it was AWESOME! 

This was called Canadian Waffle Poutine - fries with brown gravy and cheese curds.  I didn't know what to expect with the "curds," but it was just creamy, melty cheese! 

To top it off, the Frankencookie - warm chocolate chip and (yes) bacon cookie, coffee ice cream and candied bacon crumbles.  I wasn't so sure about the bacon (salty, savory) with the sweet, but Frank's did not disappoint! 

Appropriately, a Willie Nelson statue was unveiled on 4/20 

And finally, our last night in Austin we were given a private Pat Green concert at Stubbs. Great BBQ and good tunes was the perfect way to end our trip. Thanks Ben E Keith!!!

Easter Fun 2012

Our Easter fun started yesterday with a visit to the Easter Bunny.  Chloe did the best yet!  At Christmas she was still pretty leery of Santa Claus, but she did great with the bunny! 

Chloe came to work with me for a little while on Saturday. This was taken at the Terry House before a wedding

Chloe is finally old enough to start some childhood traditions and "get" it!.  I decided to have a little more fun than just setting a basket on the table.  Turns out, the kid has 9 bunnies in her bedroom! 

Chloe just discovering her "'prise" 

This is Chloe at Poppa's church waiting to hunt for Easter eggs with the other kids 

Whaddya mean I have to wait until after lunch to eat more candy...that doesn't seem fair! 

Annual Henderson Easter photos...the kiddos 

Shawn, Leah and Aubrey 

Our Clan 

Grandma and Poppa with the kiddos 

Easter egg hunt #2 in the front yard ~Tyler hid the eggs for Chloe and Aubrey 

Time for trampoline fun 

Wanna Wrastle? 

A Henderson rite of passage today for Chloe. She rode the (battery operated) 4 wheeler all by herself today! She did great! 

It was a HAPPY EASTER!

Springtime Fun!

With record high temps in March, it was a perfect day to pull out the sprinkler! 

Hello Elmo! 

Wet Curls! 

Sweet Baby Girl 

Toes! 

Today we spent the afternoon strolling around downtown Little Rock - on the bridge, at the playground, and lunch at Flying Fish.