Spring Break! Nordie Reunion

We had the BEST spring break!  A Nordie Reunion in Arkansas! 

The Saturday of spring break was the Scorpion Slam freestyle tournament with Libby and Sarah.  We also watched the Olympic Trials.  (And discovered through ads that the original Law and Order is on Peacock!)

Sunday we relaxed and hung out. I worked on a puzzle! 

Monday I trained my client, did yard work in the amazing weather and worked on my puzzle and watched Law and Order.  

Tuesday I took Ben in to the doctor for his skin funk, went to the temple, finished my puzzle and watched lots more Law and Order. 

Wednesday we all flew to AR for the Hardie Reunion.  The flight timing worked out great, it was a smooth travel day.  It was fun to travel together (although thanks to Delta, we weren't sitting together.)  

And it's been so fun to be with the Hardies.  Amazing breakfasts, fun conversations.  Trying some Arkansas eating establishments (Whataburger, Waffle House, Golden Corral), rollerskating, kids having karaoke parties, museum visits, lots of episodes of Fixer to Fabulous (it's set in Bentonville)! We also went to the temple for baptisms, attended Willow's baptism, and today are going to church before we head to the airport. 

We got to experience some AMAZING thunderstorms.  

Ready to roll from airport parking. 

Wal-mart museum.  It was pretty hoky. 

We got to do the Wal-mart cheer along with a hologram of the man, the myth, the legend Sam Walton. (Give me a squiggly...) 

Then we went to the Crystal Bridges Museum.  I got too hungry for the main free museum, but we went to an amazing exhibit by Christopher Marley.  It was called Exquisite Creatures.  It was SO so cool.  He takes actual creatures and poses them and creates collages out of them. 

This was my favorite.  They are actual frogs.  So adorable. 

We went for an adults night out dinner at a fun taco place.  We waited for our table on these seats. 

Fun at the Hardies.  Their new house is awesome. 

Adorable Willow & a butterfuly

Our temple trip.  So lovely.  Their baptistry is beautiful. 

Wafflehouse! 

The baptism day was so fun.  

Their church building is next to the temple--so a quick family pic in the wind. 

Nordies foreva! (Minus Maren who couldn't make it.)

We went skating--Willow (and all the Hardie girls) are master skaters.  Nortons are less good.  Thankfully I've got the Randall skater genes still.  I had a great time skating.  The other adults chatted and watched. 

Sarah and I were on my companion fare, so I had to book two separate itineraries.  While we had the flight together out of Tulsa, we ended up on different flights from SLC to Seattle.  Ours was 2 hours later.  Boo.  Getting it at 1 am on the last night of spring break was not my favorite plan.  But my body rallied and did okay.  I was most tired on Tuesday.  But Sarah and I got to have fun together.  
Being with the Hardies was so much fun.  It reminded us of the simpler (and yet so complex) COVID era of our lives.