Playing Catch Up!

Wow! I hadn't realized it'd been sooooo long since the last time I blogged!

Well, here are some highlights:
1. We went to Grandma Harper's for Thanksgiving and Did a 2nd with More Family!
     We do this every single year. Dennis's grandma lives on a farm in the huge town of Mulhall, Oklahoma and we love to go visit and it's tradition for all her family to come up for Thanksgiving every year. She is 92 years old and going strong! Hope I'm that energetic at 92! We also had a Thanksgiving meal with Dennis's mom's side of the family at David and Kristine's house...always great to get together!

2. We had a GREAT Christmas! 
    The boys were so much fun this year! We had to say goodbye to our beloved Harry dog in October, which was very sad for all of us. We knew we wanted another dog and we'd find one at the right time. After Cooper praying every night for another dog for a little over a month, a friend of mine, called me the week before Christmas and had found one she knew would be great for us and we suprised the boys with Snoopy (aka Snoop Dog) on Christmas day!
   We got to do Christmas train this year and we celebrated Christmas about four different times!

Waiting to get on the Christmas Train

Cooper with his oldest cousin, Taylor

Clayton tearing it up!

Dennis is ready for hunting!

Cooper and Clayton on Christmas day

Clayton and Mommy

Dennis carving our fried turkey...it was yummy!

Cousins...Chloe, Cooper, and Clayton

Cooper and his Papaw

Cooper and his Grandpa

3. Hello 2013!
    I've been trying new recipes on my family and we've been waiting on some great snow...never happened, but we hoped it would. Actually, we would have loved a really good blizzard like we had a couple years ago. January, February, and March flew by! I had another birthday...32 in March. I have to say, it doesn't feel much different. I was surprised by my dear sweet Dennis who invited my family to join us for birthday dinner without me knowing it!


4. Early Spring fun & Spring Break & Easter!
    So, my cousin Rose, moved back to Okie land after living in California for about 10 years and we've had the chance to have some fun with her! We took Chloe and Cooper to the aquarium in February when they were both off school and kids day out. On Spring Break, I took Chloe, Cooper, and Clayton to the zoo and met up with a friend and her daughter. NEVER do the zoo at Spring break...crazy!! Still lots of fun, though!

Happy Thanksgiving

We have Thanksgiving pretty much all weekend, it seems. Yesterday, we hosted Dennis's mom's side of the family and this weekend, we get to visit Grandma and celebrate her 90th birthday, too! Cooper was so excited to have guests that he was wound up....but, after everyone left and it was just the three of us left to relax, it didn't take him long to unwind. He got comfy watching a movie with Daddy and we were all in bed well before 9:00!

It's December!!!

It's getting cold outside! We're getting ready for Christmas. Thanksgiving was great! We spent Thanksgiving day at Grandma's (Dennis's grandmother) in Mulhall, Oklahoma, then went to visit friends in Edmond, then home for another Thanksgiving at our house on that Saturday.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a pretty laid back Thanksgiving this year. We didn't travel anywhere and it was just me, Dennis, Cooper, Grandma Linda, Grandpa Al, my sister, Sasha, and my niece Chloe. We had dinner here- we cooked our dishes at different times since there's not much room for everyone at once. We have sooooo much to be thankful for, most of all thanks to the Lord for the opportunity to have our family and be together.
We stuffed ourselves and then took a little trip to Bass Pro to see Santa. The kids loved it! Cooper had a suprised look in his, but he didn't get upset, in fact, had they waited about two more seconds to take the picture, he would've been smiling. I can't post it, since my scanner is on the fritz, but it's cute! Here are some pics, we took hanging out on Turkey Day.
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!