This past weekend Matt and a guest (which if course would be me!) were invited to the Arkansas Bar Foundation Mid-Dinner. Matt had applied for a scholarship last semster and was chosen. This dinner was to honor him and other students who had been awarded scholarships. When Matt had told me about the dinner I thought, "Yeah, a night out with my husband" and then I pictured us being in a rented out room in one of downtown Little Rock's restaurants and enjoying a buffet that the restaurant had prepared for the occasion. Boy was I mistaken! I was right about going downtown, but it was in the Regions building (one of little rocks few skyscrappers) on the 30 floor. When Matt and I stepped out of the elevator we saw a room with two beautiful chandaliers and in place of the walls were large windows with an amazing view of Arkansas. We were told to go and enjoy some refreshments, so Matt and I made our way to the bar and enjoyed our Sprite in fancy crystal goblets. After awhile the head waiter informed us that dinner was ready, so we made our way into the dinning area and found our reserved seats. Matt sat next to a third year law student who gave us lots of helpful tips on how to survive law school. At this point I was starving and was ready to dig into the salad that had been placed before me, but I noticed no one else was eating. So while I waited for the signal to go ahead I stared at the 3 forks next to my plate trying to remember if it was the "correct manner" to go from the outside in or the inside out. I chose the middle one!:) The salad was great, the rolls were yummy, I liked the vegetables that came with the main course and this red circle thing that no one at the table knew what it was (my guess was a dyed apple). Oh, and of course the chocolate pie was great! All in all it was a really fun night. I am very proud of Matt and all of his hard work. (side note: I did not take this picture, I found it on the internet and it was the closest I could find to what the tables looked like).
After the 10k we went back home and enjoyed a wonderful meal my mom prepared and of course ate lots of pie. This was the first Thanksgiving my family has had with just the immediate family. (usually we have Thanksgiving with my mom's side of the family which usually consist of 95+ people). During the break we also had a nice picnic with the Backus' and a fun game of kick ball. The break of course was way to short, and we went back to AR to finish off the semester.
We also had a lot of fun with the Santa Pinata that Phil brought for the kids to break. He said that the kids could now get back at Santa if he hadn't brought what they wanted this year for Christmas.:)
Grandpa Backus playing songs on his guitar.
Blake giving Grandma Backus lots of love and a big slobbery kiss!
Grandad holding his two grandsons, Carter and Blake.
Blake meet his Great Grandma and Granddad Wyeth for the first time at the Wyeth family reunion.
The headband thing didn't last to long and I think Blake felt a little more "manly" (according to his dad) and had a better time playing in this car.
To end Noelle's B-day celebration we had a Wyeth girl dance party!
We had a great time in AZ and we can't wait to go back!
