Neighbors Night Out

Last weekend the neighborhood crew had a much needed night out touring OKCs finest bars by bike.  New to OKC is a 16 passenger bike bar which stops at 3 bars around Bricktown.  Who could pass up bringing your own booze, food, music and fun friends!  We definitely earned our cold adult beverages at each stop!  Peddling this bike around town is much harder than it looks!

 

the neighbor ladies!

and the boys

 

 

 

 

let the dance party begin . . .

 

 

 Looking forward to many more fun nights with the neighborhood crew! 

 

 

 

Weekend Fun

This was the first weekend in awhile that we haven't had any set plans.  Our main objective for the weekend was to relax, have fun and open up the pool for the summer.

We BBQ'd with the neighbors, went to the Paseo Arts Festival and broke in the pool with some of our favorite neighbors. 

Jackson, Harper, Maddie and Olivia are best buddies! 

Just a little wet! 

 

 

And we ended the weekend with a trip to Hafer Park to feed the ducks!  I have never heard the word duck, duck, duck so much!

Harper sees them in the distance!

J was practicing his duck call!

Little man just couldn't run fast enough

 

Jackson ended up eating more bread than he gave the ducks, mid-morning snack

 

 

I couldn't have asked for a better weekend of family and friends! 

 

Oklahoma Strong, Oklahoma Proud

Feeling extremely blessed and fortunate after the devastation that struck Moore, Oklahoma on Monday afternoon.  The May 20th tornado hit way too close to our old home.  I have been glued to the TV watching 24 hour coverage of an area that I know all to well.  Seeing buildings, homes, schools and stores that I passed on a daily basis completely destroyed is heartbreaking!  I am so thankful all my Real Housewives of Talavera ladies are safe and sound.  

Oklahoma is a close knit family!  There is a reason people move to Oklahoma, stay and call it home.  I am proud to call myself an Okie and love calling this state home.  Oklahomans have huge hearts, are giving, resilient and strong.  I see and experience this everyday but with a tragedy like the May 20th tornado the rest of the world gets to see the Oklahoma way.  Moore will rebuild and become even stronger.  They have done it before and will do it again.

Sibling Love

Harper loves giving hugs and kisses and tonight she was lovin on Jackson.  Brotherly and sisterly love that I just can't get enough of.  It doesn't happen often so when it does it melts my heart!

 

 

 

Attempt of a picture of J&H together . . .

Memphis

Pre babies Tyler and I loved taking weekend trips following our favorite sports teams.  So this past weekend we had the opportunity to head to Memphis to cheer on our Thunder while J&H had a vacation of their own with their Mimi and Papa in Guymon.  Perfect opportunity . . .  1) we had never been to Memphis, 2) Thunder game was at 4:00 on a Saturday, 3) Mimi and Papa and the town of Guymon were excited to watch the babies  :)

The Thunder might have lost the game but Tyler and I still had a great time exploring and experiencing Memphis, more particularly Beale Street!

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson and Harper are obsessed with ducks so when I heard about the march of the Peabody ducks there was no way I was missing it! These ducks are trained to "march" from their penthouse, down the elevator and down a red carpet into the hotel fountain everyday at 11:00 am and then at 5:00 pm they "march" back to their penthouse. Their "march" was so quick I couldn't snap a pic but I did catch a pic of them bathing in the fountain.

perfect souveniors for the twins!

 



Thunder pre-party with Cara and Dillon, aka Nick Collison's brother!

 

 

 

 Had to get a pic between these two die hard grizzlies!

The Thunder organization pulled through with two tickets for us in the Thunder section.  Refreshing to sit with other Thunder fans and the players families in an away city.  Kept us out of trouble!

 

Great weekend away with the hubs doing one of our favorite things, Thundering Up!  And even better weekend getting home to my sweet babies on Mother's Day.