Two of a Kind

Kyle spent last week methodically organizing his fishing gear (no joke, for hours and hours) and praying for warm weather, in preparation for our weekend visitors. Brent Erspamer (one of Kyle's groomsmen) and his wife Christine made the 10 hour drive to get the grand Arkansas tour. Late afternoon on Friday, Kyle was literally pacing by the window, waiting for our guests to roll in. Can you blame the poor guy? Stuck in the house all day ... I think he has every reason to get giddy about one of his best friends coming over to play.


We kicked the weekend off at our favorite pizzeria where Brent added a pin to their map of visitors. Roseau, Minnesota ... home of one of Polaris' plants ... the company that employs these two best friends.

We took advantage of the decent weather ... the boys went fishing, and we played some cornhole in the front yard. Now, "decent" weather means 50 degrees ... so, I rocked jeans and a sweatshirt, and Kyle sported a t-shirt and sandals. Typical.



Saturday evening was a highlight as we dined with the locals at The Catfish Hole in Fayetteville. The restaurant is light on the decor but heavy on the flavor (of the taste and cultural varieties.) We basically dined in what felt like a church basement with wood paneling, quilts draped from the ceiling and fold-out tables. You literally choose your meal from one of the menu's major categories: fried or non-fried. Gourmet at its finest.

We continued on to one of the most versatile bar crawls we've ever experienced. I'll fess up, Kyle and I don't get out much. So, even after a year of living in Arkansas, we're still exploring all that Fayetteville and Dickson Street (the city's main drag) have to offer. We bellied up to the bar in saddles at Doe's, smashed ice shot glasses on the floor at Shotz and settled in for some rockin live tunes at George's. Quite the night to remember.

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(Check out Kyle's fu manchu ... he wanted to fit in with the locals ... this is why I don't let him out very often.)

Here we are, posing with "Mr. Sam" at the Walmart Visitor's Center on Sunday afternoon ... a must see for all our visitors (just kidding, we won't make you go ... although, it is interesting.)

We celebrated a great weekend with a delicious home cooked steak dinner before quickly signing Brent up for photography lessons. :)

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The weekend was a blast, and we can't thank Brent and Christine enough for making the drive down to see us! We are simply blessed with some great friends and look forward to moving back to Minneapolis to re-join our "family."