TO OKC AND THE TAYLOR TOTS................

Hannah's class had a chalk art contest.  They had a week to get their art completed.  The teacher was driving around and taking pictures of random homes (She came to Pioneer Circle in Edmond and saw this) after it was completed the student was to take a picture and submit it to the school, and then the judging would be completed and winners announced Friday September 28. 
(I've got my fingers crossed that she wins)  
Megan had a recipe for home made sidewalk chalk paint using water, cornstarch and food coloring.

This took Megan, myself, Hannah, Milo and Samantha (neighborhood friend) about 3 hours.  That's about 12 cups of cornstarch...............................it was pretty awesome.

"Tots" take swim lessons at the neighborhood YMCA, Hannah has a really, really, really darling

swim instructor...............I'm just sayin'.................

She's so dang cute, all smiles and giggles and full of fun
as only 7 year old girls can be full of. 

Viv and Milo are in the same class, they love the water,

no fear....all smiles.

Their instructor was just "average mom" ---hahahahahaha

I tried to get into to the locker......only my thigh would fit.....

KRISPY KREME.....................'nuf said.

The spRinKleS GrosS me out, but eveRy kId LoVes tHeM

We went to Dinner on Friday night to "Fish City"

Even though OKC is hundreds of miles from the ocean

The fish was dang good.

The Taylors moved from The Village in OKC to Edmond............about 10 miles north-ish.

It is down a country road with 4-way stops
and cows and fences and trees and bushes

and hay fields and
and hawks eating carrion,
and long horned steers
and horses and everything  country..... and flat.

This is the view from the parking lot at Hannah's school.

Flat.................I kept asking "which way are we going"

Another view...........
I got so turned around with no

mountains to mark my location.........
(I can get lost in a phone booth, so the Mountains

don't always help me!!)

This is what a "walk-a-thon" looks like when you are in

Pre-K.....just hangin' with your

homies and doing the chicken dance,

and strutting with Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA"

and gyrating to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and many more fun songs......I was so glad I could be there and see this cutie.

What's a walk-a-thon without a cute little blonde cheerleader on the sidelines rooting for you and smiling that smile!

And what about stopping for a water break with a very handsome

pal....(Joshua)

who just happens to let you

in on his style secrets....

always pop you collar when wearing a golf shirt!!!

(you can never start too early with fashion tips)

I'm not sure Joshua would wear a

super-hero T-shirt....just sayin'

This 7 year old girl wanted a manicure.........I painted these nails......

red with white dots.........so 2nd grade chic!

All that chalk art did a number on her hands.

Reading "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" 

Every kid I know loves these books. 

Best of all.............the Taylors have a new family member..........
Miss Apple

She's house broke, sweet, quite, low-energy...................

Milo LOVES her...

so much..........................not sure I've met a boy who
needed and wanted a dog more than
Milo..his first love affair.

This is NOT the "stink-eye"

It has worked out that on most of my trips to OKC, the day I leave we eat at Taco Bueno (becuase it's more bueno)

It's really just a jazzed up Taco Bell................

Me and the Vivvers................

Milo took this picture of me and my posse...............

See next trip................next year *sob*  *sigh*

Bad Break

This little guy went from a sore ankle, to a diagnosed "sprain"....
a week later....a small break and a suspicious "mass"...
to surgery and an infectious disease diagnosis,
to a pic line and home health coming in
to change his dressing.......

That light on his toe looks like ET's finger.....too funny.

It was there to monitor his oxygen levels.

He's home healing---yeah!!

Big Weekend.................

Only a 1 year old can pull off these kind of hats.......

so cute when you're little....

Miss Sophie was the big 1 on Friday the 7th.

This is me and The Birthday Girlie

I loved this wall decor.......Mandi took it down after the party,

I would have left it up for weeks it was so cute.

Ummm, cupcakes were Creme Brulee..............

She's giving me the "Stink Eye"

Ooh la la....there was a french theme........

Eiffel Tower and luggage......lots of friends to celebrate with.

The best part of the day.....presents.

 

This little well not so little 8 year old was baptized on

Saturday September 8th.

I'm so proud of his decision to become a member of  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 

I was honored to be able to be there.

This face cracks me up......the smile with the big new front teeth, and the dimple and the squinty eyes, it's just so dang cute....

Labor Day....River Run and Chuck-A-Rama

This is Boyd in the front seat next to his awesome brother in law.....Brad, my brother, and more importantly......the husband of the ever-fabulous.......Bev. ( I really really love these two...they are great side-kicks...actually we are the side-kicks, since they do the inviting and we do the tagging along.)
We left Salt lake and drove South.....stopping at a restaurant in Utah County.....the Family Tree is the name.....I didn't take any pictures, but they are famous for their scones......they are huge......about as much dough as a loaf of bread......9" x 16".....it's rather obscene......They were ok, I had a meal they call "The Stimulus" it had some meat (can't remeber what kind) and mashed potatoes, they were real...with lumps and everything.  The stuffing was dense and yummy too......enough about lunch, on to the reason for the trip.

You will notice in the picture below, there is a garden gnome....
has name is "Norm" and he goes everywhere with Brad and Bev.
He has his own companion "Norma" but she is agoraphobic (I think) because she doesn't venture out on the trips B & B invite us on.
(hummmmm, maybe she isn't agoraphobic after all.....maybe it's Boyd and I she has a problem with........hummmmm must consult Bev on this possible touchy subject) 

 

 

" in the State ParkOur destination was Green River.....we checked into our room."The River Terrace" (ask be  about this Motel) We left there and drove to Dead Horse Point State  Park.  This has to be the "Crown Jewel"
in the State Park system. 

I'm not sure how Boyd and have missed visiting this park.  The views are breath-taking. In my opinion this Park is a "must see"

We will go back and visit again. We are so lucky to live where we do.  Utah has so many fabulous places to visit.....sometimes I take the beauty in our "corner of the world" for granted.  Shame on me.

Nut job....Mr. Boyd, and as Bev calls him..The Droid

This is the reason we came......river run.

The lovely Bev and I purchased matching hats.......we looked like "Super-tough-river-running-wenches"...I think.....

There was rain the night before.....so the Green River was the Muddy River

This is what you would call flat water.......good thing we didn't have to row.....we sat back and let the river guide do all the work......................

And I mean.....all the work, she rowed and prepared lunch......that is my kind of river trip. Bev and I mentioned feeling a bit guilty that she was doing everything.  (Boyd and Brad not so much guilt on their part.....that's probably because most men are used to watching women work.....oh the injustice of life................)

This is the end of the river run.....................it was ....... ok........not as fun as the Split Mountain run we did in May.......................do I sound like a river-running freak......good, because the four of us are so totally fearless and awsome.  We are going to do another one next year.....class 4 white water.....We are so "bitchin" when it comes to river running.........hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

We headed for St. George.....(really Washington.....my home-town)  this is a stop on the way

along I-70...........................Ghost Rock................

I just put this picture in to prove that I was really on the trip.

This is Dad and his favorite hat.  We stopped to deliver some birthday presents and go out to eat at his favorite place........(this is where Chuck-A-Rama comes in.)

He struggled opening his card.................he pulled out his trusty pocket knife thinking that

he would need it to get the card open............it's a good thing he has my mom to help out.

How darling are my mom and dad?.........This is what almost 60 years of marraige looks like.

This is Peggi.......Dad's favorite (daddy's girl as he calls her lately) ......the pretty, skinny one...................he informed me of that.

This is how it run down:

 Dad:  "Peggi is thinner that you"

and I said................Duh!!!!(like I didn't know, the scales tell me this sad fact, every time I get the courage to step on them.) 

He then said, "she's prettier too"

and I had a really snappy come back to that.............Duh! (Like I didn't know that too....I do have a mirror....next to the scales and I hate them both equally)

  

I like to go home when I'm feeling a bit prideful or think that  maybe I should be nominated for "Woman of the Year" or some other grand award, nothing brings me back to reality like Dad!!

 

Lately he has taken to calling me the "spoiled" daughter......

fat, ugly and spoiled, what every girl wants to be!

 

More presents

Dinner at Chuck-A-Rama......this is where Dad likes to go.  ummmmm

Goldie and Vince are all smiles.

Golden give dad the best gift.  It's in that sack, it is a "urgent" button, sort of like the "easy" button in the Staples commercials.  He recorded: "Urgent, Delma, we need to leave......gunsmoke is about to start"  Too funny, if you visit my dad, he's not going to let your visit get in the way of a good Gunsmoke re-run!!

This is my cute nephew Wyatt.......Hannah has a major crush on him (she's 7, and his 2nd cousin, and thinks he is the coolest guy around, when we mention him to her, she blushes and giggles as only 7 year old girls can. )  I think the older girls think he's "all that and a bag of chips"  and giggle around him too.

(I took other pictures, but the light and the windows......argggg......not too good.)

Don and Sandi............

Happy Birthday to Dad......he's 81, and going....I was going to write strong............but I'll just say "81 and going...."  It was a fun trip, with fun people and fun to be with family. 
I love you all.