More fun with Lexi and Lucas

We had a swimming party! Lexi loved to jump off the waterfall! If only we could get her to jump out instead of falling in! She loves to swim and has a pretty good kick! Lucas just loves being outside.

A visit with Lexi and Lucas

It was fun visiting Lexi and Lucas over 4th of July! They are so much fun!

Pirate Night at Chick-fil-A

Pirates beware! We had a blast at Chick-fil-A with all the crazy pirate stuff! A treasure map of the store, Treasure hunt, ice cream, Cow pirates, Sprogs (pirates in training)! Lots of fun! visit www.chick-fil-a.com/eastsidemarket for all the fun pictures!

Julie Adventures

I love when Julie comes to visit...never a dull moment! We were busy from plane landing to plane taking off! We started with a good night's sleep, for Saturday morning was the Blue Bell ice cream festival! All you can eat ice cream, all day long for $4.00, it was worth it. We spent most of the day eating ice cream and trying to stay cool in the crazy humidity. We managed to do this by eating lots and lots of ice cream! Some of the favs were; blackberry cobbler, peaches and vanilla, triple caramel, just to name a few. Then we headed to the mall for some lunch at Chick-fil-A. Oh the fun doesn't stop there, we ended up donating blood and racing to see who was the fastest (I was of course, except I have soft veins and so the needle went all the way through and I was a concern for a blood clot. The nurse proceeded to take the needle out and stick the other arm! I guess that was initiation for a first timer) But winning the blood pumping contest was worth it! Then we went for pedicures, boy that is nice after being stuck with a big ole needle! Off, to church from there...Finally some R and R for the day. Sunday came and the dogs need baths, so we loaded up all 4 dogs and off to sloppy dog wash we went. After that, we "broke" in to Chick-fil-A and grabbed some ice for the store party (we had to cool the pool somehow) and the afternoon was spent swimming and hanging out with Chick-fil-A friends. Julie and I had a beach ball fight and ended slipping down the slide very gracefully! So, that evening we borrowed the detox machine and detoxed Julie (we had to get all that ice cream out somehow!) Her water was pretty colorful when she was done! I had to distract her by beating her at tetris, which humbly I did very well (he he)! Monday was the Penguin Parade (posted below) That was a fun filled day! Tuesday was kids night where we made 4th of July Airplanes to fly during fireworks... OH yeah! Julie thinks she missed her calling and should have been a mascot, so I dressed her up in the inflatable cow suit and took some pictures. We'll make this her portfolio picture at a later date! Wed. We relaxed and got ready to fly to Phx! It was such a fun weekend, I can't wait until next year when she comes for the ice cream and we can find more penguins!

Penguins on Parade

There are all these crazy penguins around Tulsa, in front a businesses; I have always wanted to do a "scavenger hunt" to find all of them and have my picture taken by them. Well, Larry has always put it off, thinking I am crazy I'm sure. SO, when my crazy friend, Julie was coming to visit I knew she would join me in this adventure! We had so much fun and saw so much of the city. We drove around for hours looking for these penguins and posing for our pictures. We ended up finding 13 of them (not sure how many there really are). We started close to home and ended up downtown Tulsa... (where they were filming a movie, there were roads blocked off, wardrobe trailers, and cameras in the back of trucks, that was exciting too). So, the story behind the Penguins is this... a few years ago the zoo was celebrating their 75th anniversary and there was a new penguin exhibit going in. These penguins were a fundraiser to build that exhibit. Businesses sponsored the exhibit and in return they have these crazy penguins displayed outside their businesses. I know there are more penguins to be found...next time Julie comes to visit we might be out again! Until then....

Memorial Camping

Gotta Love Camping! We ventured into camping this weekend and discovered quite the adventure! It was fun! We started by setting up all the tents...Adults having their own and all the kids in one....Fabulous idea! We ended every evening with Smore's! Of course, what is camping without Smore's? We hung out by the lake while the boys fished, the kids swam and we all soaked up some sun. The dogs were a handful this time around with Mattie chewing through her leash 4 times before the end of Friday night! Then Piper got through hers. Larry had to get very creative to keep them on their leashes! We ran for cover on Sat evening as the rain barrelled through. trying to stay warm and keep our stuff dry was an experience! The rain was coming down so hard that the rain fly just couldn't keep up! Drip, drip, drip! But we survived and dried out! Then Sunday before lunch we headed for a hike! By the end, I was carrying both of the little dogs and we were all covered in ticks...YUCK!!! I have never experience this and I don't care to again! Thankfully we were at the end of the of the line and only found a few...those in the front of the line were not as fortunate and found lots! I am still feeling like they are crawling on me and constantly double check. I guess this is just a part of Oklahoma camping! YUCK! But over all it was a good time, good company and lots of good eating!

Princess Night

It was Princess night at Chick-fil-A and we had a blast! I was snow white and it was very fun to see all the little girls' faces light up when they saw me. I think they actually thought I was Snow White, which I am not complaining about cuz it was fun getting all of that attention and of course photo opportunities! Stacie, the other marketing director was Princess Fiona and man was that hysterical. The kids loved her and she looked awesome!