What a break!

Last week was fall break for our kiddos, from school.  We had a fun, restful, rejouvenating getaway to Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri.  We stayed for 2 nights, then went to my parents Farm in NW Arkansas and stayed a night there.  It was a great week!  Sometimes, you just need to "get away" from the every day to-do's of life. 

Big Cedar has a lot of things to do on the property.  We played mini-golf, canoed (the kids and tony did this one), swam in several pools, and hiked around in the gorgeous weather.  We will definitely be going back sometime in the near future!

I didn't take my real camera out much, but did take some photos of the kids.  Well, trying to get a photo with all three kids looking wasn't easy, and didn't really happen.  They sure are cute though! 

Back to the Blog

Well, it's been 6 months.  Our sweet Hazel is rolling everywhere, sitting up, and trying her tastebuds at some table food.  The kiddos started in a new school this year.  Tobin is in 2nd grade and doing awesome.  Caroline is in Kindergarten and loving every second of it.  We bought a house and moved when Hazel was 6 weeks old so I put blogging on the back burner.  We have been planting roots deeply into the ground and are so thankful for God's continued blessings over our little family.


We bought a house on 3 acres in a little town outside of Tulsa and we are loving the country/small town feel. 

(Here are the kids in front of the new house, the day we closed)

We have lots of projects to do around here, but we are so excited to call another house OUR home.  Now that we are somewhat in a daily routine I thought it was about time I start blogging again.  The thought of catching up overwhelms me, so I will just take it day by day.  There will be new posts (about who knows what) and I'm sure there will be "catch-up" posts as well.

Thanks for keeping up with our family.  

The Trip of A Lifetime (Part six)

Our second day to Disney Land was to Disney's California Adventure Park!  Here are the girls waiting for the tram to take us to the park!

 Tobin's reaction to seeing "CARS LAND"! He has seen previews on the CARS movies, and he said, "I've waited my whole life for this!"

 In line for his first ride in Cars Land

 The details in the Disney Parks amaze me!  They had radiator caps on the line posts!

 His reaction to seeing Mater!

 My parents, in front of the Cozy Cone Motel

 Radiator Springs!a

 Look at the tire topiaries! Ha!

 The girls FINALLY got to meet MINNIE MOUSE!

 It was super hot, but the rides were worth waiting in line for!

 Look in the last two rows for Uncle Collin, and Tony and Tobin!

 He was so proud when he got off his first real life Roller Coaster!

 Daddy, Mom, and Aunt Carol are in that car!

 Tobin was so excited to Meet Buzz and Woody!

 The girls wore themselves out and took over an hour nap in the strollers!

 We watched the bakers make Cars Bread!

 We ate some too!

 While the girls were sleeping, Tobin and I snuck away to ride some bumper cars in A Bugs Land

 The parade was full of all the Pixar Characters! It was truly amazing!

 See Ezra's peeking eyes?

 This employee was so sweet! Her name just happened to be Rachel!

 Tobin, just after riding the Radiator Springs ride.  It was the best ride I've ever been on! It was worth the whole trip!

 We found more hidden mickeys!

 The park at night was just as magical!

 We just had to get the kids their own Mickey Hat!

 Then, the trip home happened.... It was an absolute beautiful drive!

 We got to see the GRAND CANYON!

 This is where my parents met and fell in love.  Aren't they cute?

 Tobin got his first pocket knife here!

 We stayed the night in Flagstaff, AZ -- the town Collin was born in, then headed out early the next morning.

 A van full of 10 people makes lots of stops! 

We got home about 1am on that Saturday morning.  I was an amazing trip!  We have countless memories that we will never forget! Thanks for bearing with me during my vomit of photos! Ha!  Thanks Dad for giving us the opportunity to take this trip together.  Thanks Aunt Carol for letting us stay at, and somewhat destroy, your home! We miss you so much!