Summer Adventures Recap
Summer was crazy and fall hasn’t let us slow down much. We are finally getting around to sharing the summer pictures and videos post we’d hoped to share long ago! Enjoy!
After Derick finished his first year of law school in May (it takes three years total), he took a local job working as a law clerk, then for the second part of the summer got another law clerk job in Little Rock, AR (three hours from home). Our sweet friends at a church in the area let us stay in their guest apartment while we were there, so we were able to all go and enjoy getting to see more of Little Rock while hanging out with friends in the area.
We already had passes to the Children’s Museum back home, so we were able to frequently visit a couple of the other museums while in the area for free that were in the same network! Between friends with pools, visits to splash pads, the library, a huge indoor gym at the church we stayed at, friends with guest passes to the zoo, etc. we had a super fun (and less expensive) experience in Little Rock! We are so thankful to the Lord for His continued blessings along the way!
We hope you’ll enjoy these pictures and videos as you scroll through our summer with us! Because we had so much fun seeing new places, there were so many pictures! This incorporates most of our summer adventures, but we may have to squeeze in a few more in future posts!
What did your summer include? Are you enjoying routines again? Drop us a comment below!
Visiting the Governor’s mansion with my friend, Nancy 
Pic with the Governor celebrating women’s suffrage 
We saw so many neat exhibits at the Mid America Museum in Hot Springs, AR 
The bench plays music when you complete the circuit 
Giant treehouse 
The Dinosaur nature walk 
The boys favorite part was the water play section! 
Our family photo lol 
Derick’s favorite part of the museum…the interactive topographical map 
A fossilized dinosaur footprint! 
Sam the explorer 
Israel the monographer 
Celebrating the moon landing 
Chick-fil-A with momma friend (@kristennicoleyoung) and kids 
Splash pad with friends 
Splash pad with friends 
Family movie night 
Israel’s morning face 
Samuel’s morning face 
Got my hair trimmed by Danielle Seewald! (My BIL Ben’s sister) 
The boys loved “All Aboard” restaurant 
little conductor Samuel 
The train rides the tracks around the ceiling and delivers the food to your table! 
Walking on the bridge over to the Clinton Presidential Library 
Family pic on the bridge overlooking Little Rock, AR 
The boys getting cooled off in the fountain out front of the Clinton Presidential library! 
Clinton Presidential Library 
World’s largest Tesla coil! 
Rocket launching at the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock. 
Sam trying to launch his rocket 
Israel’s foam fort at the museum of discovery 
Sam working hard on his UV sensitive bracelet. 
Weekend time with Papa 
Sam at the pool 
Israel chillin’ at the pool 
Enjoying pool time with Faith Seewald (our BIL Ben’s sister) 
Mommy and Sam 
Pool time at friend’s house 
The boys taking a ride. 
Israel performing a little pretend show at the Museum of Discovery 
Israel the veternarian (at the Museum of Discovery) 
The boys loved the pretend vet clinic 
Fun in the noodles 
Seeing the animals 
Learning about earthquakes 
They weren’t too fond of the tornado house…a little too realistic for them (we just peeked inside), but had to grab a pic outside 
The weather men 
Israel and Sam pretending to be weather men 
Putting scarves through the channels 
Chillin’ with tea and a book after the boys went down. 
Family time in Conway at an ice cream place! 
Enjoying some Nepali food in Conway! 
Momos and Dal Bhat in Conway! 
Sam enjoying his birthday bouncer from Grandma “Lolly” and Grandpa “Pops” Duggar 
Little Rock Zoo adventures with our friends Kathryn and baby Abigail 
Penguins 
Jill, Sam & our friend, Kathryn. 
Had to get our free chicken on cow day! Sam LOVED the cow and kept going back to give more hugs! 
Chick-fil-A with Mrs. Nancy. She was so sweet to make the fun signs. 
Israel working on school. (Math-u-see) 
Having fun with fireworks (smoke bombs) from friends 
“Mima” & “Bawpaw” (Derick’s mom and stepdad) came for Sam’s birthday. 
enjoying his cake 
Baby shark themed cake 
Happy 2 year old 
Israel, proud of his tent 
Baseball game on the 4th with friends, Kathryn and Stephen (Derick’s Roomate from college) 
Pool time on the 4th 
Independence Day with the Holderfield family 
Photo op with Congressman French Hill 
Celebrating Independence Day at the Historic Arkansas Museum 
The Historic Arkansas Museum with a friend of ours, Brad. 
Visiting the house Jill’s family lived in for 6 months while her sister, Josie was in the NICU after birth. 
Sam enjoying our stop at Feltner’s Whatta-Burger 
Had to stop at Fetlner’s What-Burger on our way through Russellville, AR!
What lovely pictures pictures. You all were really busy this summer. Our summer was relaxed. We had a party for our youngest who graduated from homeschool. That was very fun and bittersweet.
My husband and I went to the Weekend to Remember marriage conference in June which was really great. We learned much about God’s plan for marriage.
Now that fall is here we are having such chilly weather. It feels weird lighting our fireplace in October.
Bible studies at church have started up again and I must say it’s good to be back to regular routines again. I love having the fall decor up and having afternoon tea in pretty teacup!
Jill, I forgot to mention that I started a beginner quilt over the summer. I’m still working on the quilt top. I’ve been so busy I just haven’t had the time. Lord willing,
Do you do any quilting? I’m still deciding if I like it or not. It’s a lot of work! All that cutting and piecing!
Oops! I met to say, Lord willing, I hope to finish by Thanksgiving.
Hi Jill!! I’m so excited I found your blog! My husband and I welcomed our first baby over the summer. So it was very busy and flew by. We are now getting in the swing of things at home. I have been actively attending a Bible study which I love! God bless you Jill! Thanks for sharing about your summer 🙂
Beautiful pictures. This was the first time I was unable to click on the pictures and go through them like a slide show. Hope this is not the new blog format; really enjoy the way I can click on the pics in your other blogs. Anyway looks like y’all had a great summer. Love your family and think Derrick will be a great lawyer.
oops!Thanks for pointing that out! I’ll look into it!-Jill
Should be fixed now! 🙂
Baby Dilly #3 anytime soon? <3