Guys and Gals

Memorial Day weekend, Cort took Charlie and Joseph to Oklahoma for a stay with Gramma. At the last minute when he was booking the plane tickets, he decided to bring Will along for the ride. A boys' weekend.

That left just me and Helen at home. A girls' weekend. (It was also the very first time, in the 6+ years since I have become a parent, that I have had only one child.)

Everyone had a lot of fun. The boys started their weekend off right with lunch at Robert's in El Reno on their way from the airport to Gramma's house. (I have been to Robert's. Yum!) They also had a lot of fun playing at Gramma's, Charlie and Joseph got to hang out on the farm with Cort and his good friend Justin and family, and they all got to see a lot of Oklahoma relatives. And can you believe it, the Big XII baseball championship, which just happened to be between A&M and Baylor, was in Oklahoma City. Of course, Dad got tickets for his boys, and everyone had a great time. (Gig 'Em!)

Burgers at Roberts


One of many fun toys at Gramma's house - some sort of magnetic mosaic thing that they loved


Some of the fun at the farm

Meanwhile, I asked Helen what she wanted to do for our girls' weekend, and she said, "Go to Target!" That's my girl! So we did - twice. We also had a little girls' lunch. And, of course, we painted our nails. Pinkalicious toes and sparkly fingers. For both of us. We also played LOTS of games - Candyland, Memory, Bingo, and Dominoes. She's started to get games, and it looks like she's going to love them as much as her big brothers!

We had a really nice time together, but she was very glad to see Daddy and Will come home on Monday.

Helping at Target


Lunch with Mom at Pie in the Sky


Pretty toes!


Playing Candyland

Charlie and Joseph stayed in Oklahoma with Gramma for another week and had a WONDERFUL time. They were busy, busy, busy. Swimming, miniature golf, and a trip to a really cool place called Leonardo's Discovery Warehouse, to name just a few things they did.

The next weekend, Gramma flew home with Charlie and Joseph and everyone was finally back home together. Cort and I sat in our house on that Sunday with four kids running around crazy and screaming at the top of their lungs. It was complete chaos. And we were so glad to have that back.