In the last couple months Averi wrapped up her freshman year at UARK and moved home for the summer. She did SO well and its SO nice to have her home! Sydni finished her junior year and got an internship here in Fort Smith this summer so we even have her home some too! It has been almost like old times 🙂 Averi has since headed to Florida with Lucas fam. Shes having a great time! The rest of us went to Matilda’s wedding!! I can’t believe our flower girl is a bride! Time flies…
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Such a busy couple months!! The girl went to Arizona with their friends for Spring Break. Kind of random but actually its quite popular and from their pics I can see why! I want to go! We also got to celebrate Chi Omega mom’s weekend!! SO MUCH FUN! Love getting to hang out with my girls and their friends <3 I had a ball and was EXHAUSTED.
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Well this year our summer vacay looked a little different! Sydni had the opportunity to study abroad in Italy for a few weeks so while she was there we took Averi and Lucas to Cabo San Lucas! Sydni of course had a BALL! I am SO JEALOUS she got to go to Europe before us (we might have to fix that in August…)! She traveled to Rome (finally… flying can be such a pain) and stayed there before taking a train to Florence. She even managed a day trip to Cinque Terre! It looked amazing! We stayed at the Riu Palace in Cabo and it was perfect! The resort was beautiful, the food was excellent and the views were some of the best I have EVER seen on a beach. SO magical! We rented a private boat one day to get a closer look at the Arch and got to snorkel as well. We had a wonderful time!!
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2026 is off and running! Sydni had a belated 21st party since her birthday fell on Christmas break. Averi has been slaving away on a cooler for Lucas’s New Orleans trip. She has done such a great job on it! It turned out so cute! The girls have been having lots of fun this semester at different events and I even got to sneak off with Mel and her girls for cheer nationals!
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Such a wonderful Christmas! Its always our favorite time of year <3 We were able to see the Smith fam the weekend before which was so fun. Matt and Shana have built a cabin on the river near Nashville so I hope we can meet in that area for years to come. Christmas Eve we had the Settles over for our yearly celebration then going to church. So much fun and one of my favorite days of the year! Then Christmas at home in our pjs ALL DAY! YAY!
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The girls wrapped up their semester with lots of fun and great grades! I couldn’t ask for more! So proud of them this year <3 It was nice having Averi at home again over Christmas break. Will be tough sending her back… planning some fun trips for ’26! So ready!
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For Sydni’s birthday this year she wanted to go to NYC! She made this plan VERY LATE so although I really wanted to go it wasn’t possible 🙁 Seeing all her pics though makes me think next year though!!!! Anyway her sweet friend Katelynn was able to go with her and they had a blast! Katelynn’s sister lives up there and was kind of enough to show them around. Her good friend Payton also happened to be in the city at the same time so she was able to celebrate with her as well. She had a great time and I hope lasting memories of the very special #21
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We had another awesome Thanksgiving at Hochatown! This is one of my very favorite traditions! Sean’s family came up from TX to stay and Sarah’s fam came for the big day. We had a wonderful time catching up and eating and playing with the pups 🙂
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We have had a super fun couple months around here! Keeping busy as empty nesters 🙂 I had a work conference in San Francisco in Sept so Jim and I decided to go a little early and do some sightseeing! We had SO much fun! The girls have been busy with all the football games and I hope lots of school… Averi even got to go to Oxford with Lucas to watch the Hogs play Ole Miss!! Sydni decided to run for uark senate and was elected to a position! SO COOL! Averi was officially initiated into Chi Omega and the fam was able to come up for brunch to celebrate. It was a beautiful fun day <3 Then ChiO dad’s weekend and of course Halloween!!!
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We just had the BEST TRIP EVER! Jim and I fell in love with Hawaii! Specifically Maui <3 What a spectacular place! Originally we were going the week of Jim’s 50th birthday. BUT we found out that Chi Omega dad day fell on that weekend! So we pushed it back a week so it fell on my 49th 😉 We did Honolulu for 3 days at a hotel in downtown Waikiki then we flew to Maui to stay in a vrbo condo for 4 days. The islands, the food, the views, the weather, I could go on and on… we hope to go back to see the whales and volcanos soon!!
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