Oklahoma Trip

This blog is WAY late, but I guess it's better late than never, right? A few weeks ago, we (being me, Chris, Addie, and my parents) hopped in the van and took a trip out to good ole' Oklahoma.


My cousin Rebecca got married over Mother's Day weekend and we headed out early and made a few stops along the way. The original plan was to stop at the St. Louis Zoo, but unfortunately the rain caused us to drive on further to Oklahoma City...and their zoo was great! It was a Friday in May, which I should have known meant that every single school child in the city would be on a field trip there, and they were. The zoo was large enough that it really didn't make a difference how many thousands of kindergarten through high school kids were there. Addie really enjoyed the elephants, apes, and meows (tigers and other cats).

Despite all of our expectations, Addie was a total angel the entire trip. Even on the longest driving stretches in the car, she managed to entertain herself (and the rest of us) by playing the game of throw something down then say, "uh oh" so someone would have to dig it out or replace it. She wasn't very good at napping in the car, but still managed to be in good spirits the whole time.

Rebecca's wedding was absolutely beautiful and we were even able to spend some extra time with the whole family afterwards at their home in Mangum, OK. Look it up on the map....it's literally out in the middle of NOTHING, but it was wonderful to finally see where they live and catch up. I loved it there, even though we were about blown over by all the wind :)


Grandma and grandpa even made the trip out (they flew with Aunt Minky and Kelsey) so it was great to have almost everyone there to spend time together. Here is a great picture we captured of 4 generations!