Best Shots of the 3 Older at Camp Vineyard

We sent the older 3 out to my cousin's in Oklahoma for two weeks. Bobbins called it "Camp Vineyard" and made them shirts. My cousin took them to a number of places but they also did a lot on her large property. I was nervous sending them on the plane by themselves, but they made it there and back just fine. It was a nice reunion when they came home to Phoenix.

Way Home from OK

On the way hoe back to AZ, we stopped for an hour at the Oklahoma Cty Memorial, which I had never been to before. The kids were a little raucous for my liking, but it was nice to walk through there. After, we had lunch at Cracker Barrel and made our way to Albuquerque. We stopped just shy of there for dinner in a dusty old New Mexico town, where I had that large beer.

Photos from the Reception

The reception was held in a ballroom at Rogers State Univ., Becky's alma mater. The big coup for the kids was getting Uncle Zach to dance with Rita, the maid of honor. Leebree was the girl to catch the bouquet.

 

 

 

 

 

Fam Photos on the Big Wedding Day

Hanging Out in OK

We were foiled by weather in our attempts to do the Paul Memorial Golf Tournament, so we did a lot of hanging out in Mavis & Clint's shop, which was fun. They have quite a set-up. Tristan also has a little dirt bike that he rode Owen around on a bunch, which delighted Owen.

We had two tournaments, one for ping pong, one for cornhole, and you know who was on the winning team for each.

Eward taking it all in, hoping to one day be like dad.

Shower and Pioneer Woman Visit

While I was stuck at the wheel of a minivan full of kids, Bobbins was living it up for Becky's wedding shower and the next day driving up to the Pioneer Woman's compound for a tour and meal.

 

Becky's Graduation

Sat. morning was Becky's graduation from Rogers State University. Though a little late, Aunt Susan was able to save us some seats. After, we went to her house for food and playing in the backyard, which is perfect for kids. They had a blast running around, playing tag, pretending to be wolves (D Shea), and other games.

 

Frontier City

Back in May, my cousin graduated from college, so last minute I decided to go out for the ceremony, and to take both girls, mostly to see their cousins but also to relieve Bobbins. We got in late Thurs. night and woke up at the crack of dawn Fri. to accompany my cousin's school's field trip to Frontier City in OKC. Poor MM had stomach trouble, so we had to make a couple emergency stops on the way, but we caught up to the bus (hilariously piloted by my cousin) at the McD's on I-40 on the halfway point.

Frontier City was a lot of fun. The only hitch was lunchtime, which included a long line and way more food than was needed (a lot wasted). JoJo had fun on her first roller coaster, and MM went on a good one with me. With the early start, it was a long day, but a ton of fun.

 

 
 Even though the boys weren't with us, I bought them toy guns.