What I miss most about Memphis......

Lake Catherine

A few weeks ago we decided it was about time to take the 4-legged children swimming.  The only problem was that we have to drive a good 45 mins to get to a lake around here.  There are plenty of lakes but in order to let our crazy dogs off leash, we need some space!
So we drove to Lake Catherine up near Hot Springs.  We hiked about 1 mile away from the camp grounds and found this......

It was perfect!  Secluded and only a few people were on this trail so it was perfect for us.  The water was a little chilly but it was great for the dogs.  I think they had a great time!

Of course I had the brilliant idea of hiking out the long way so we wouldn't have to put the dogs on a leash and so we wouldn't come across so many people.  Well, the long way consisted of some great views as you can see below, but it also consisted of a 1.5 mile hike uphill the whole way.  Excuse me, not really "uphill" more like "up mountain." :)  It was beautiful though! Glad we did it!

Oh yeah, Titus thinks he's fishing! That was some good entertainment.....

A new addition to the family..

There has been a new addition to the Harper family.  Actually 2 new additions.....
About 2 weeks ago we bought Tim a "new" truck {new to him}.  A small Toyota pick-up.  Then after some more consideration to our car situation we decided to go on and trade in his old Dodge Ram and my Ford Focus.  Below is the result of the trade. :)

I guess you could say we are a Toyota family now.