Our time in Little Rock

Well for those of you who haven't figured it out, Jeff and I moved out to Little Rock, AR for the summer, every year we move to a new state for his job. This year we moved the last day of finals which was Thursday May 6, and drove all through the night until early morning when Jeff couldn't drive anymore and stayed in the nicest Motel 6 I've ever seen. Huge King size bed, Huge flat screen tv, and more spacious than the usual. Got a few hrs sleep and drove on. We arrived Saturday morning in North Little Rock. Was able to sleep a few hrs in our apt before he went off to work. Saturdays are the long days, 9am-9pm. And if the guys are working further away, it just means they get home later.

The last couple of weeks that we've been here, it has been extremely hot, and unfortunately Jeff has to work all day in it... he has mentioned to me a few times that some of the areas that he sells in are actually quite nice and he could see himself or us living here. I don't know about that, the heat and I'm not sure what the winters are like here, but the weather is a big NO for me.

It has definitely been a blessing to have Travis out here with us too. He was doing fairly well at the beginning and then we went to Texarkana and since then he has been disappointed with his sales. I know it will turn around for him, and hopefully soon. His trainer from his mission has come out here to sell with him, Lee Anderson, he's a good kid. I think having him here Travis feels motivated and pressured to do well all at the same time. Last week Travis and Jeff went selling together and got one each, which was good because it is usually hard to sell with another person, it isn't like Missionary Work, where having a companion is a good thing.

This weekend, 4th of July weekend, we (our office) is moving up to Fayetteville, AR- and from what I read it is a very good and gorgeous place to live and or visit. I'm actually very excited!

I hope that our apt up there won't smell like smoke, I think that is probably a good contributing factor to why I've been feeling sick since we got here in AR, the other couple reasons may be the fact that the bed is crap, and the weather is HOT. but that's just my two cents.

There are so many wives out here, many more than last year, I haven't really had the opportunity to get to know all of them yet, but the few that I have I really enjoy their company and their friendship. Tara Strong is one of the women that I feel most comfortable around, she is good natured and easy to be around. I have been babysitting and nannying for her, she's got 4 girls: Jasia 8, Mylee 6, Josie 2, Zoey 9mo? they are really fun to be around and I really do enjoy the experience that Tara is giving me. I feel sometimes more like a playmate than an actual babysitter or authority figure, I just look at it as a way for me to help Tara out, 4 kids and all girls can be very challenging, I know because my sister has 4 girls as well, and she says that at times it can be very difficult and at other times it is very fun!

Some of the adventures that we've done while being here in Little Rock, I've gone to the Wild River Water Park, The Little Rock Zoo, The Little Rock monument, The Big Dam Bridge- world's longest bridge ever, the Peabody Hotel for ducks, and the Texas Roadhouse. I know of the Old Mill- which is the same mill used at the beginning of Gone With the Wind, but I've never seen that movie and it doesn't really sound all that interesting anyways. But I've had fun, and mostly have done all these things with the Strong girls. :)