Back to School

Ethan and Jack went back to school; Jack last week and Ethan this week. Hard to believe I have one boy in pre-k and another in 2nd grade. Both boys had butterflies in their tummies on their first days; Jackers even sprung out a tear. But now that we are back in the swing of things, they are loving school! Yay!

Branson Vacation 2012

This year we decided to take our annual family vacation to Branson, MO. What a fun place!!

We spent two days at Silver Dollar City-Branson's amusement park; one day at White Water water park; an afternoon at the Titanic museum; and an afternoon on a train ride into the Ozarks. We also ate lots of yummy food, road bumper boats, went fishing, visited a toy museum, and swam at the hotel pool.

We absolutely loved it! Ethan is begging us to find jobs there so we can move there. You never know!

New (AWESOME) Splash Pad

We tortured our children this morning and made them go with us to the Tulsa Home & Garden Show. In return, we spent the 112 degree afternoon with a picnic at Bentley Park in Bixby, OK.

Another splash pad mom recommended this park, and it well exceeded our expectations. It was HUGE and much less crowded than the splash pads in Broken Arrow.

Jack had a 'tude and would only allow pictures on the giant slide. He's kind of a diva.

I scream! You scream!

We all scream for ICE CREAM!

I've been away at training in OKC this week to learn all about supervising sex offenders and gps offenders. We got out of class early today so I dashed home for some fun time with my boys (I needed the mental break from the very heavy topics at training).

We rode scooters to the park and then came home for ice cream cones.

Daddy enjoyed Mommy coming home too so he could rest since he's still recovering from his appendectomy. We're happy to report he's back at work and off his meds!

We can now begin the countdown until our vacation: 13 days!!

Appendicitis

On Monday afternoon Andy started complaining about a stomach ache. By late Monday night/early Tuesday morning, he was in the ER and scheduled for an appendectomy. I'm happy to report the appendix is out, Andy is healing well, and we can't wait for him to come home tomorrow. Here are some pictures of the boys' visit to see Dad and to play with all the cool hospital gadgets!

Smarty pants

Jackson's preschool teachers came over today to meet us and finish some paperwork. They are wonderful, and we are so excited for the school year to begin. Jack is most excited about playing with his friend Ethan (not to be confused with his brother) and eating snacks! It's hard to believe he's starting the 4 year old program next month and kindergarten next year! Jackson was excited to show his teachers his mad writing skills. The teachers were impressed that he can write his name all by himself!

Plan B (for bowling)

It hasn't rained here for months, but on the day we decided to go to Big Splash, it rained! Rather than mope, we made the best of it and went bowling. We'll attempt Big Splash again next weekend.