Last Day

On our last day in Oklahoma, we had pictures taken which turned out to be quite the experience. My kids were RIDICULOUS. As you'll see for yourselves. Then we had a lovely brunch at my parent's fave restaurant.

Please just take a moment to examine my kids' faces and body language in the following photos. They are definitely NOT good at posed pictures.

Myself, my mom and my sister

Later my Dad and Son went fishing in their pond

And THEN... I was SO fortunate to be able to meet up with Kari, from My Life as Mommy and Wife. Hers was one of the first blogs I started reading and she was one of my first readers. We've been blog friends for a couple years now, so it was SO awesome to be able to meet her in person. She lives in Oklahoma too, so meeting her was on my list of "MUST DO'S." And oh my goodness, she was just as sweet in person as she sounds on her blog. And her voice was so soft and adorable, exactly as I had it playing in my head. Kari, it was so lovely meeting you!!

Nevermind my worried expression here. I have no idea why my face does that. :/
Myself, Daughter and Kari

My parents have a HUGE double shower in their bathroom and the kids thought it was the most amazing thing. Naturally their little cherub fannies were too cute for me to ignore, so please excuse the child nudity that follows. :)

 Baby HATED the shower, but loved watching the big kids and rolling around on the furry rug in the bathroom.

The view from their tub...ahhh...I'd love to sink into this tub with some bubbles and a good book

Dance party in the shower

Day Five

Okay time to play some serious catch up on the family part of this here blog...feel free to tune out for a while. Although, my kids are pretty cute ;)

While we were visiting my parents, we were able to celebrate my mom's birthday. My parents had a few friends with children close to my kids' age, so they all had a fabulous time running around like crazy outside. It was so neat to watch them all playing, climbing trees, finding snake skins, visiting the horses...just roaming around playing with rocks and sticks. They had so much room and you could just see their imaginations going! No fancy playgrounds, no iphones or ipads, no scooters and big wheels...just the kids, nature and their imaginations. It seemed like the way it's supposed to be. :)

lol...awesome cartwheel Daughter

 There's my house, just over the rise in the hill ;)

I love this...the girls on the right chatting it up and the boys on the left, rolling, jumping, being crazy.

 Later, when it got dark, we set off fireworks in the yard. The kids loved this and of course so did I!

 And Baby found himself a man to be friends with. This kid cracks me up...he loves dads, men. The more intimidating, the better. Not a fan of moms and women, but just adores daddies! This was one of my Dad's friends, John, who was a very tall, huge, intimidating man. Baby ran right over, put his arms up and stayed glued to his side the rest of the night. lol

After the fireworks, a storm rolled in and there was some serious lightening and thunder. It made me understand why Garth Brooks used that visual in "Thunder Rolls."

When the lightening would crack it was as if someone turned on a light and the whole night just shone. It was really hard for me to capture on camera, but it was completely pitch black and then totally lit up. Here's a picture of it somewhat lit up.

Here's how black it was before