Parade

The Sunday before last was a fun Sunday. I was able to dance in church for the first time in 2 years. It went very well and I got some good feedback. I danced to scripture. Not just any scripture, Sodom and Gomorrah!! We cut out the "iffee" part and it ended being very special. I also danced to, "How Deep the Father's Love." That was an AMAZING, b/c the congregation started to sing while I was dancing!! Oh, so cool!

We also went to the Oklahoma Centennial parade. It was fun. The kids really enjoyed it.

We had big floats. These floats were quit a struggle with the Oklahoma wind.

It was interesting to see all the different features from Oklahoma. We had American Indians, Astronauts, celebrities and much more. Who knew?

This float had to be lowered b/c the wind was blowing too hard.

This is James Garner the actor. He put his hat up right as I snapped the picture!!!

This is what he looks like.

Unfortunately, Garth Brooks, Reba Mcentire and Carrie Underwood were too "busy" to appear in the parade! Oh well.

hurt my feelings

When Gibson went for his 5 year check up back in July he ended up having his blood tested for cholesterol and triglycerides. His cholesterol was fine, but his triglycerides were 3 times the amount they should be.
So, Dr. Parker suggested that we switch to 2% milk and cut back to french fries only once a week.
A few weeks ago when I was denying him french fries again I was trying to explain to him that the doctor said he couldn't have too many french fries because it would be bad for his heart.

The other day he used a funny phrase and it took me a while to figure out how he came up with it. He was asking me for french fries again. Of couse, I said no, but he asked me again and then told me, "Mom, it'll be ok.............. they won't hurt my feelings."

Because I had told him they would hurt his heart he thought I meant make him sad or "hurt his feelings."
ahhhhhhhhh.

Pumkins

Monday after picking Gibson up from school we came home to have a snack. After taking a few bites Gibson looked at me with wonder in his eyes and said,

"Mom, did you know that before there were people it was just the earth and THEN God made people?!"

And I said, "Wow Gibson................did you learn that in school today?"

I was expecting him to look at me with his beautiful blues and nod his head and smile, but instead he said,

"Uh, NO, We learned about pumpkins!!!"

Adoption day and party!!

Here we are waiting to go into the courtroom for Benjamin's adoption. It was such a special day! I'm so glad Gibson, Haven and Elam were able to be a part of it.

After the adoption we had a fun party at Aunt Christy and Uncle Daniel church. Elam really enjoyed the cake!!!

Before we left for Memphis that night, the cousins had fun dancing together one more time.

Photo shoot

Getting ready to get professional pictures done at Sears.

Our appointments at 10:00AM

Our little black and white twins! Ebony and Ivory.

Benjamin's great face. He snorts a little too!

Some of the results of the photo shoot are below.

Gibson was the only happy "smiley" face one.

Ben had been sick.

Hannah has to be in a special mood to smile for pictures.

Elam did not want to stay still and Haven was basically being a little rotten!

(I can say that b/c I'm her mother)

They all looked so cute in their matching outfits. We even played some music in the background like a real photo shoot.

This is Gibson playing his air guitar.

At least he had a fun time taking pictures.

We didn't leave the Mall until 3:00! Our appointment was at 10:00. We took a lunch break and then were asked to come back and take MORE pictures!!

We were all very tired after all that, but it was worth it to get a cousin picture.

Cousin Bernard in Memphis and Elam's first hair cut

Oma and the gang left OKC around 10:00 on Thursday. (We missed MDO and mommy's exercise class, but it was worth it to get to Memphis at a descent hour)

Memphis is a fun place to visit because Aunt DiDi and cousin Bernard live there.

Aunt DiDi's house is always fun. The kids love to see the kitty cats. We also got a visit from our family friend Rene. Rene is from Switzerland and is visiting for a few weeks.

Friday we left for Clarksville to see Aunt Annaliese.

I had a wedding to go to on Saturday but first I had an important mission:



to get ALL THREE kids hair cut.

It would be Elam's first one.

My long haired hippie

Aunt Annaliese took us to Walmart.

So far so good????

What a pretty boy!

Now, my oldest son used to have a horrible time getting hair cuts. We used to just let Grani cut his hair and then we moved so mommy had to start cutting his hair.

Now he is such a big boy and has no problem getting his hair cut.

Here's my pretty princess!

Next was PARTY TIME with Oma and Aunt Annaliese and later Papa and Grani.

I went to the wedding which was beautiful and had a great time visiting with some old friends.

Me and Melanie.

She danced in my wedding.

While I was at the wedding, the kids had fun dancing to SWITCHFOOT for Papa and Grani and Oma and Aunt Annaliese.

They also went to Chuck E. Cheese!

Check out his dance moves!!

Papa got some great video of the kids dancing.

Tennessee is so fun!

before we left for TN

Before we left for TN, Gibson was in charge of bringing the snacks for his class.
He brought popcorn and rasins.
When you bring the snacks, you also bring something for show and tell.
Of course, Gibson brought his Home Depot car.

Haven wanted her picture taken too.