Ardmore, OK Trip

Three hours south from us is Ardmore, so we took the weekend and drove
down there and went to a drive through Zoo that had some really neat
animals to see and feed right out of your car. :-)

Arbuckle Wilderness,

ladybug wanted to sit on "Bambi"

and the boys are getting attacked by a tiger.

The donkeys would just open their mouth

for us to poor food in, and I NEVER

seen turtles come running out of the water

to be fed, it was just too weird.

They wanted that camel to come to the car,

 UNTIL, daddy locked the windows and they couldn't

roll them back up so it stuck his head

in and took a big chunk out of the cup of food!!!

The kiddos got a good laugh at their daddy

and I being "strange" animals there.

We rode go-karts as well, my first time, FUN!

 

We cooled off at the motel pool.

 

Quick Trip Back HOME!

It always feels good to go back home, even for just a few days. My husband
had off for the Fourth of July so we made a dash for the south. ;-)

Got some "cool" shades for the 11hr. drive.

 

Rented a huge water slide, FUN!

Played, played, played... ;-)

 

And got to eat some seafood FINALLY!

 

Fun in the SUN

Been enjoying our summer break from school, I know many homeschool
moms do school all year round...but not me, I always need this time to
breath and just let the kiddos have FUN!
So we have been swimming, playing in the sand, running through the
sprinkler, catching butterflies and a li'l fishing. :-)

Playing in the sprinkler.

Trying to build a sand castle in the bright sun.

 

She loves catching butterflies.

Took them to a water park, so much fun.

Li'l man enjoying fishing.

This was baby girls first time going fishing.

 

 

Summer 2013 is Here

Triple digit numbers for our temperature this week, feels like you could
fry an egg on the side walk with the sun...and got our first sun burn, yup
that means summer is here.
So now we will be spending more time inside during the afternoon to
stay cool and do our playing outside in the morning and late evening,
and that's just what we did last night, waited on that "Super moon" to
take a good look at it, and so I got some pictures of the kids playing. <3

 

Sweetheart Turned 10

"I don't want to grow up, I want to stay a boy!"

my son

 

 

All too fast my children are growing up, my second son just turned 10.

It wasn't as hard on me as it was when my oldest turned 10, but still

can be overwhelming at times when I think about it...

He wanted a cowboy theme birthday, so that's what he got. :-)

 

My boot started to fall apart, but it sure was good.



Trust and Obey Through the Storms

"Trust and obey, for there's no other way

to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey."

~Hymn by John H. Sammis (1846-1919)~

 

 

I've been singing this song for a few weeks now, being here in Oklahoma

during the tornado season has NOT been fun or easy. I've wanted to pack

the kiddos up and go back to the South...BUT, my heart can't leave my

husband here by himself. We are a family and should stick together and

that's even through the tough times, so I've been praying a lot harder and

trusting Him to take care of our family.

 

We have our bag ready always!

We have 2 storm shelters in the RV park.

 

This is Mammatus clouds, they were neat.

 

 

 

 

When the wind gusts at 50-60 mph making the camper rock from side to side

pushing the slide outs in a few inches, water coming through the windows

and hail beating down on the roof making it hard to even hear yourself think...

that's when you are ready to be in that storm shelter with crying kiddos.

We have gone three times in the shelter to stay safe from the awful tornadoes

and thunder storms that have been sweeping through Oklahoma.

 

Praying for Oklahoma.



Baby Girl is Four

She may be the baby in the family
and she may be the only girl in the family
AND
she may even be the ONLY girl of 11 grandchildren
but she is so "Brave" to say the least for a little girl of 4 years old.

Her "Brave" birthday, such a happy girl.

 

 

She got Merida and her horse Angus.