Back from our trip to Tulsa!

We are back! We are glad to be home, in our own beds, and hopefully back to a normal routine, but we did have a great time in Tulsa. We were gone for over a week and made the most of our time there. The kids got to spend quite a bit of time with both Rick and Sue and my Mom and Dad. There will be lots of pictures on this post and not too much explanation since I have lots of things to do to put the house and ourselves back together!

On the way up, we stopped by the Plano Fire Department, and Em's husband Nick, showed us the fire truck. Jacob was a little scared, but had a great time with the fire truck and ended up with a Plane Fire Department tatoo...Grace also got a tatoo, but Gwyn got a badge sticker. It was great to see them again, and Em gave Jacob his early Christmas present of lots of puppets (now Brian has a project of making us a puppet theater!), and a Super Jacob cape, which he LOVES to wear.

While we were there, we were able to see Nick, Erika and Rafael, who is growing up so fast. Jacob and Rafael found a frog, and Jacob was a little too rough with it (poor frog), but it was fun for awhile! We were about to leave and Jacob ran into a table and cut his head pretty good, we thought for sure we were going to the ER that night, but the bleeding quit pretty quickly and he has fully recovered now.

We also got to see Neely and her girls Ava and Catherine. Gwyn got to play dressup for the first time! Jacob didn't know what to do with all the girly things at their house, but he'll soon have to get used to it..oh yes, I forgot to announce it...WE FOUND OUT WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER GIRL!!!! I talked Brian into finding out and we found out about a week ago. We are super excited and can't wait til she gets here at the end of October.

We also went to a splash park and met my friend from junior high Anna and her girls Kessler and Ellie. The kids had fun playing and I had fun catching up with Anna. Neither of us have lived in Oklahoma for 7 or so years, so it was great that we actually got to see each other this time when we were both in town visiting family.


Other than that, the kids just had fun hanging out with the grandparents, eating popsicles, playing in swimming pools, and just having a lot of fun! Jacob still loves the water hose, so as long as he gets some water hose time, he's happy, and Gwyn loves the water! We also went to the aquarium where the kids got to feed some turtles.

I thought the kids looked so much alike in this picture!