White Christmas and more

Well, we did end up with a REALLY white Christmas! In fact, we didn't go anywhere Christmas day after we got a couple inches of ice and then 6-8 inches of snow on top of that! This picture was actually just the beginning of it, the snow made it even whiter and the snow drifts we got because of the high winds were really high. We attempted to go to my Dad's today, but that didn't happen, after we got about 1/2 way there and decided to turn around since we encountered several wrecks and lots of idiots driving like there was nothing slick on the road. It took us 1 1/2 hours to get 30 miles. So, we are home again, just enjoying relaxing a little and I've started taking down Christmas decorations while I have some time on my hands and getting some reading done. I always thought it'd be nice to have a quiet Christmas at home, but this isn't exactly what I had in mind. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

White Christmas??

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve!! We began our celebrations last night by going to Darian's house in Pryor, the kids were all so excited! Cooper wasn't really sure what was up, but he was SUPER excited to see all the gifts and get to play with his cousins. We had lots of fun hanging out!
We had planned to go to Dennis's cousin, Kristine's house in Claremore after leaving Darian's today, but "the weather outside is frightful", so we headed on home and it's a good thing, too. A few of my family members were going to join us for Christmas Eve service, coming from 45 minutes away in good weather and opted not to do that, which was also a wise decision. We are staying home, not going to risk getting out in the slush tonight. This isn't exactly the type of white stuff we'd like to see at Christmas...prefer just snow without the ice!

Enjoy our Christmas Train pictures and Rains Christmas pictures...more to come!

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.

Cooper's Halloween Pictures

These aren't all of them, but some of my favorites (Thank you, Traci!!) Enjoy!

More Birthday Pictures

Happy Halloween!!

I can't believe it's October 31st!! Last Sunday, Cooper and I carved our pumpkin and I put his costume together last weekend. I was so very proud of the costume because I made it! (sort of) I bought the overalls and he had the green long sleeve t-shirt, added a hankerchief and some gold colored felt and voila!! A scarecrow! I sewed the fringed felt on to look like straw. When Traci took his pictures last Sunday, I put brown eyeliner on his nose, too. (See the pics so far) His cap even has "straw" on it! He loves his costume, too. He's worn it twice already and he doesn't like to take it off.
I know the last picture looks very strange...I'm wearing a Halloween shirt and decorating my Christmas tree! Well, the reason for that is that I do it before Thanksgiving for holiday open house, and since the next couple weeks are rather full, I thought, why not do it this one. Dennis just thought it was hilarious to take that pic!

On another note, I officially start my new job as part time youth director at our church starting tomorrow! I get to kick it off with a hayride/ weenie roast! Woohoo!!

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Our happy Jack-o-lantern


Cooper just wanted to play with the scoop and pick up stray seeds

Vacation Time

Well, it's been quite a week! We haven't been gone a week straight, but it feels like it! Cooper and I went to Edmond for David and Grace's 3rd birthday party on Thursday, the 8th and came home Sunday. They all had so much fun playing and it was great ti visit with our friends! Happy Birthday, David and Grace!! I can't believe they're three!!
We weren't sure if we were going to go anywhere, since Cooper was up Tuesday night really sick, but thankfully it was just a 24 hour stomach virus and he was great by Wednesday evening.
We were home a few days and decided to go ahead and take a few days for a family trip starting Thursday. Guess who got Cooper's stomach bug on the way? That's right, that was the longest trip to Branson, EVER!! But, I was over it and back to myself Friday. Darian's kids were out of school, so they all went with Grandma Rains to Branson, and since we had the camper, we camped near and all went to Silver Dollar City together on Friday. Saturday, we headed to Roaring River, Missouri and camped Saturday and Sunday night. We had so much fun, just hanging out. It was kind of sad to come home, but then it's always nice to take a really hot shower without running out of hot water in 2 minutes and sleep in our beds!