On Friday, I was very excited because my good friend Tayler came to spend the weekend with me. I haven't seen her in a while and it was so good to spend some time together. We just hung around the house and relaxed all afternoon. We had to wait until Mitch got off work to go to dinner, so Tayler, Michelle, and I met him in Springdale. We went to dinner at Marketplace since Tayler had never been there...and well since it is Mitch and I's favorite restaurant :) We weren't thinking and we got there around 7:30 on a Friday night...so of course we had about an hour wait. Well this week in nwa is craft fair week and there are craft fairs all over! Its a huge deal! Ha! Some of them are pretty interesting, but there are some that are a lot of fun to go to. There was a hotel that was having a smaller craft fair next to the Marketplace, so we decided to walk through as since we had an hour to spare. Well...as we were walking around, Mitch taps me and says "look over there". When I looked it was the Duggar Family...all of them! Ha! It was so crazy to see them in person. It seemed that no one noticed them, they were just doing their own thing and no on was bothering them, so we decided no to ask for a picture...even though we really wanted to. Crazy! Well dinner was delicious as usual and you can't go to Marketplace and not get their famous dessert....the chocolate mess! Even though you are stuffed, there seems to always be room for one!
On Saturday, Tayler and I got up and she wanted to see Bentonville since it was her first time here. So we made our pumpkin spice lattes and headed up to the square. The farmers market was going on..they have it every Saturday morning. Mitch and I went our first time right after we moved in and enjoy going. Tayler wanted to go walk around, and it was such cool, beautiful morning. I then showed her around... walking trails, our church, etc. She loved Bentonville and fell in love with it just like I did. She has heard Mitch and I talk about Pinnacle, so I drove her through it and showed her the golf course/tennis courts and we spend a lot of time just driving around looking at all the houses! They are so beautiful. Mitch and I always go to drive around at Christmas time, it is the most beautiful place to look at Christmas lights an how they have their houses decorated.
After we went and had lunch and she had to head back to Tulsa. She has a big test Monday and I know that feeling of needing to study...not fun.
Later that afternoon, I went with Michelle to one of the larger craft fairs. It is an outside one and it reminded me of like a mini fair. It was so much fun and there was lots of yummy food! They had hayrides to get to your car since parking was so far away. It was really cool!
We had a great time. There were so many things to see, but we started out with the food! Michelle got a jumbo corn dog and I wanted roasted corn on the cob. I had been craving it since the Tulsa fair. I went to buy it and they ran out! I was bummed but did enjoy my corn dog :) We then moved on and looked through several of the tents sampling so many different types of food and drinks. We couldn't pass up the roasted nuts...they always smell so good and they had roasted cashews this year along with the usual almonds and pecans. I got a mixture for Mitch and I to share. And another thing we couldn't pass up was their kettle corn!! They were making it fresh in one of the biggest kettles and it looked delicious!
We spent all day out there and it was the perfect day for it. We didn't come home with any crafts but lots of food...that seems about right :)
On another note.....guess who we ran into again??? Yes....the Duggars! We couldn't believe it! Once again they were all there and this time we saw a lady talking with them. It looked like a fan, so we decided we would ask for a picture..ha! Well Michelle and I ended up talking with Mrs. Duggar, she was really sweet and we got a picture with her and two of her daughters! We told her how we loved their show and she gave us a picture of their whole family and signed it for us! She was so nice and it made our day :) I am bummed Elizabeth was not with us, but I did get her a picture and an autograph as well. Next year she will have to join us at the craft fairs ha!
Here is a picture of the whole Duggar family buying ice cream...haha yes we did stalk them a little :)
We spent the rest of the day shopping and we were worn out! It was a lot of fun. I know I won't like when Mitch works weekends after I get a job, but it is kind of nice now since everyone else is off on the weekend and it gives me something to do and people to hang out with while he's at work. While we were out I found this sign for Halloween and fell in love with it...so I had to buy it! Mitch and I are seeing Wicked again next month in Tulsa!! We can't wait!!!!
Well while we were out shopping, the Arkansas game was going on. We kept up with it on our phones, but I am so glad I chose to record it and not miss out on a great day of shopping AND meeting the Duggars ha! That would have been the most miserable game to watch! Even though we didn't watch it....we still supported our razorbacks!
That night after Mitch got home he took me to dinner at a sushi place right down the road. I had been there before, but never got their sushi and he had never been there. Well it is one of our new favorite places! The waiters were so nice, gave us so many free samples, and the sushi was amazing!! In the Raw in Tulsa has always been my favorite, but this place tops it! The pieces of sushi were huge!! I had four and was absolutely stuffed!! We ordered way to much, but it was worth it to try different rolls!
Today I have just been relaxing. Mitch and I both woke up with sore throats :( Hoping it goes away soon! So before I went to our financial peace class, I went to Starbucks and got a caramel apple spice! Yum! Mitch gets off here in about an hour and we are grilling out tonight. He is off for the next few days so I am excited to spend some time with him! We are looking forward to this coming weekend...we are suppose to go to the Arkansas vs. Old Miss game, but the people we were getting tickets from are re-thinking and so we should find out this week if we get them! We have been looking forward to going to this game for about a month, so I hope it all works out!!
I hope y'all had a wonderful weekend!
I'm SOO jealous that you met the Duggars! :) I love them! I love reading about your life, especially since it gives me hope that there is life after nursing school.
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