Oklahoma vacation part 1

In July, we went about 2 hours north of here into Oklahoma to have a weekend vacation with some of my family. We rented a cabin by a small lake and went to Turner Falls and the Chickasaw cultural center and got to enjoy the beautiful outdoors in Chickasaw country. It was a lot of fun. These pictures are of some of the fun times we had at the cabin.

The cabin came with a canoe and a paddle boat. Hannah loved the canoe!

view from the dock

Clara managed to bust her lip open the first morning we were there. Poor girl.

Clara was not impressed with the paddle boat. She was in it only long enough for me to take this picture.

cuties

Emily let me do her hair! This was the first time she'd ever had pigtails. She looked SOO cute.

Monsoon weather

A couple of months ago, we had a few really bad rain storms that caused all kinds of flooding. There was one day that was so bad that some of the main streets were flooded and my in-laws' house almost got flooded. The water came all the way up to the foundation, but thankfully stopped there. Some of their neighbors had inches of water in their homes. These pictures are from a day that was not nearly that bad. But there was plenty of rain to have some fun with Aunt Chandler and the cousins at Grandma's house.

the crazies

American flag project

Before the 4th, Hannah and I did an art project one day while Clara was napping. I was really excited about it, but Hannah threw a HUGE fit. The problem turned out to be that Hannah just wanted to free paint first. So I let her do her thing and then she cooperated perfectly for the project. She loved how her American flag turned out, and loved it so much that we still have it sitting on the piano. And now every time we see a real flag she gets super excited and starts yelling at the top of her lungs "It's the American flag!! It's the American flag!!!"

4th of July

For the 4th of July we went to my in-laws' like we always do. There were lots of people and lots of craziness going on. We tried staying for the fireworks, but Hannah was terrified and both girls were completely exhausted so it was kind of a bust. But we still had a good time. Hannah even held a sparkler... for about a minute before one of the "sparkles" landed on her neck and it was the end of the world.

Tragedy has struck! Hahaha

Clara LOVES Ruger!

He's not impressed.