In the meantime...

While I take a break from blogging, I will be putting pics on Facebook.
It is so much faster to upload pics there than on Blogger.
Click HERE for my FB link.

Pause

I am writing this to officially release myself from the grips of this blog (temporarily!)
I have had a hard time keeping up with frequent postings since Halloween, and I seriously lose sleep over this! But I just have too much going on right now... catching up our family photo album (the blurb book) and getting started on making a DVD out of the last year of home videos... not to mention all the fun in preparing for Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Something has got to give, and I'm afraid it's going to be the blog for awhile. Grandparents, I know this will be sad news for you, but I guess that means you just have to come visit us more often to see the kids' sweet faces :-)
Don't worry, I'll be back... but for now, my blog posting may be sporadic. Just a heads up!

Tulsa Trip

For all 3 of you who read my blog... Sorry for the extended absence!
We have been so busy since Halloween--I am almost 3 weeks behind on blogging all the fun stuff we've been doing! Halloween parties, trips to the pumpkin patch, grandparents here, trip to the grandparents', getting ready for Turkey day... But my biggest time-sucker-upper is managing this hobby I like to call "memory preservation." I've been getting caught up on my Blurb book (the digital photo album I make-one for every 6 months) and then I have the weight of a year's worth of video sitting on my shoulders that needs to be made into a DVD... If I don't stay on top of this stuff it will NEVER get done! I DO enjoy it, but sometimes it gets to be overwhelming. (Perhaps that's because I take a ridiculous amount of photographs. Ya think???)

Anyway, I'll start here...
The first weekend of November I drove the kids down to Tulsa to visit Nana Star and Papa T. Mike had to stay here and bring home the bacon so we went Wednesday thru Sunday. The kids did GREAT for the drive (we left at 6pm, got in at 10).

I am inherently incapable of packing lightly.
If Mike would have come, he would have been strapped to the roof.

The first thing Harper noticed when she woke up the first morning was
CHARLIE! Charlie is not very fond of rugrats, but he humored Harper a little.

Harper getting a bath.

Brax slept so good in Nana's bed!

Papa T made us all breakfast!
Gourmet scrambled eggs...

...and pancakes for Brax!


We played outside ALOT! The weather was phenomenal.

3 generations!

Checking out Papa T's huntin' gear.
His favorite thing were the sticks you bang together to sound like antlers.

Little buck.

Papa T also made us the most amazing spaghetti dinner...
Wine, fancy salad, and deer meat sauce! Outstanding.
I just have to give the guy a shout out--he's running a marathon (that's 26.2 miles, you know! Next weekend!!!), he is a great cook, he's ALWAYS smiling and taking care of everything...
We love you Papa T!

We went "exploring" around the neighborhood...

...and found a little stream...

Brax loved walking Charlie!
(I don't know that the feeling was mutual, though.)

I love this pic!
(Although you're seeing Brax's bribed-with-candy-corn-smile here.)

I went to a good friend's house one night while Brax had fun with Nana.
They made popcorn...

...and had ice cream cookie sandwiches!
(Suddenly, Charlie didn't think Brax was quite so bad.)

Helping Papa T put together a new toy.


More outside play...

Playing peek-a-boo!

One of my favorite past-times...
Making chocolate chip cookies with my mom!

Harper even got in on the action...

Lovin' on Nana before she went to work.
(Notice that my mom dresses better than I do!)

Brax enjoyed his morning Pop-Tart and milk with Nana!
"Cheers!"

I also got to see all of my very best friends in Tulsa while I was there.
I didn't get many pics tho because we were too busy catching up!
Traveling with two little ones is exhausting, but it was well worth the trip.
We had so much fun!

If you give a moose a muffin...

I made some muffins the other day.
(very yummy and easy recipe, btw:
2 boxes Jiffy oatmeal muffin mix, prepared according to directions,
but add diced banana and semi-sweet chocolate chips before you bake!)
Brax ran and found these antlers and said he wanted to be a moose to eat the muffins
(like the book!)