2009 Highlights

I thought I would do a top 10 list of things that we did or events that happened involving us in 2009. Most of these are good but some not so good.

10. Camping and hiking at the Buffalo River with friends (August). Specifically hiking the Goat Trail on Big Bluff.

9. Baby Goats (January). We had 12 baby goats born this year, they were a lot of fun.

8. Watching a Razorback baseball game from a skybox (May). It was very cool and fun times with our community group.

7. Dave Matthews Band and Willie Nelson concert (October). We got to see my favorite band for the first time in concert and they did not disappoint.

6. Second annual 4th on the Farm (July). We had close to 60 people and roasted a whole hog and had great fireworks. Fun was had by all.

5. Tornado in Mena (April). This is one of the bad things on the list but was a big deal to us. It destroyed a lot of my hometown and killed 3 people. It was terrible. They are still trying to rebuild.

4. Farm Aid in St Louis (October). Margo got free tickets and special exhibitor passes. It was a full day of music and I got to see Dave Matthews warm up before the concert.

3. College World Series (June)- The Razorbacks made it in so we went to Omaha and had a great time. Too bad they did not win it all.

2. St. Louis Trip (April)- We took a week long trip to St Louis. I had never really been there before. We really had a great time and it is definitely one of our favorite cities in the U.S. now. From the botanical gardens to the zoo, the restaurants, the arch, antiques, and City Museum; it was lots of fun.

1. Ice storm (January) - I think it is the worst weather related disaster I have ever been in. We did not have power for a week and there were downed trees everywhere. It took a really long time to clean up and get things back to normal. It was really, really bad.