Make a Smilebox slideshow

while we were in oklahoma we visited the tiger safari in a little town called tuttle. it was 2 hours of very hands-on time with lots of wild animals. we saw and interacted with everything from lemurs to leopards, tortoises to tarantulas, military macaws to monkeys. we even got to feed the black bear- did you know they love grapes?

on our way home we stopped at the cherokee trading post and enjoyed browsing all the different indian articles there. pesche even bought me a pair of white turquoise earrings that are so pretty- i'll have to post a photo when i get a chance.

as it turns out, oklahoma is going to be our next home. we found out pesche's next project is in anadarko, oklahoma. because it is even smaller than lamar (i didn't know that was possible...), we will live about 20 minutes away in a town called chickasha (pronounced with a "shay" at the end). we'll only be 40 minutes from oklahoma city, which sure as heck beats the 2 hours we've been driving to find any shopping/food/movies/anything around here! wal-mart will still be the biggest thing in town, but at least it's a real wal-mart, not a trying-to-be-a-super-wal-mart-but-not-really-succeeding wal-mart like we have in lamar.

oklahoma, here we come! we'll keep you posted as to when the move is actually going to happen.

being aunts, uncles and cousins

Make a Smilebox postcard

jordan called me last week and told me he was sad that none of his family (besides mom and dad) were going to meet his brand new baby boy until he was 2 1/2 years old. he had the grand idea of meeting up in oklahoma city over labor day weekend, as he and maggie and sammy would be driving through on their way back to michigan from san antonio. we quickly jumped on the chance to see not only sammy but his parents as well (yes, jord & mags, we miss you, too) and headed out early saturday morning for the 7-hour drive.

it was so worth it! what an adorable baby, and how fun it was to visit and get caught up with each other. the time was much too short, but at least we had an evening and a morning together before they had to get back on the road (they had another 24 hours or so to travel). actually, the morning was stretched out a lot longer than we had planned. thank goodness for very long waits for made-to-order omelettes!!!

our kids loved wrestling around with jordan, being amazed by his magic tricks, showing him things on the laptop.... they loved holding the baby and being amazed by how cute and little he was and how much he could cry.... they loved seeing aunt maggie again and being amazed by her sweet and loving personality... and we loved it all as well.

thanks, you guys, for taking an alternate route and giving us a chance to see you. we love and miss you much.