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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Life in Oklahoma

I think this will be a yearly tradition...I have this same picture from last summer! Ty and his cousin Kate



Brielle and Hailey

My sister Lauri came to visit with her girls! It was so great to see her and the girls! The kids had so much fun playing together.



Tag, Ty, Kate, and Me



Naked noodles in the hot tub! They loved takin all their clothes off and swimmin in the hot tub!









My new dress



Can you tell that I love shoes?








Yes! I have been away from the blogging world for way too long, but I forgot my camera and haven't taken many pictures with my mom's camera. Me and the boys are currently staying in Oklahoma with my parents. Once again, my husband has abandoned us for work! Only this time it is too far away to come home on the weekends, plus they are working 6 days a week! It is so hard to be away from him, but it is nice to be home with my parents. I loaded the kids up on Friday July 24, 2009 at 5:30am and we headed off to Oklahoma. I was really nervous to be driving all that way by myself, but I really had no other choice. We had a reservation for a hotel in Albuquerque New Mexico that evening, so we had to make it that far. The kids did so great in the car and I know it was because of the many prayers I said!! We really only stopped for gas and made great time. We made it by 4:30, but by the time I found the hotel I think it was close to 5:30pm. I took the kids swimming so they could get the couped up energy out and then we had dinner. They were still a little wired and all I wanted to do was get some sleep. The previous night Tag was up for a large part of the night, so I didn't get a lot of sleep. I have been trying not to drink soda, but I had to get one so I could stay awake. The kids finally settled down and we got a pretty good nights rest.


The next morning we woke up and had breakfast and were on the road again by 7:30am. The first few hours felt like forever, but then the rest of the day really went by pretty fast. We made it to my parent's house by 6:30pm. It was so nice to pull in the driveway! The kids did AWESOME and I was so proud of them. Again, I know it was a true answer to prayer because Tag usually gets mad after about 30 minutes and this was 2 ten hour days!
We have been here in Oklahoma for 3 weeks now! The boys have had a great time with Grammy and Poppy. I have loved being home again! It has been so wonderful to spend time with my dad everyday! When I use to come home to visit he would work all day and so we only had the evenings and weekends with him. I wish the circumstances were different, but I have loved having him home all day with me and the boys. Ty and Tag have warmed right up to him and often go in his room and snuggle with him on the bed or just go talk to him. It really is the sweetest thing and I know he absolutely loves it.
While we have been here we have gone to the pool, helped around the house, went to the land with dad, and ran around in the huge backyard! The boys are in heaven here...so much room to roam!! We also have train tracks right in front of our house, so they get to see the train a lot and they love that, plus the air force base is right by us, so planes are always flying over our house! What more could my boys ask for! Ty loves to ride the lawn mower and 4-wheeler with Grammy while she does yard work!
Yes, it is hard to be away from Josh, but I am so glad that we are here with family! However, Josh will be coming next Saturday the 22nd and I cannot wait! He is coming to help my dad out on his land and then we will all drive back together. It will be nice to have him here and I know that the boys are going to be so happy to see their daddy! I am a little worried about Tag freaking out because he has been doing that a lot lately with new people! He really is a mama's boy and I LOVE it!! Not that Josh is new to him, but he hasn't seen his daddy in so long and he is still young enough that he may freak! I will let you know how it goes!
Once we get back to Nevada, Josh will leave us again for another 2 months! I don't know how I am going to survive! I have had a really hard time and it has only been 3 weeks...how will I ever do 2 months? We may just have to find a way to be together during those 2 months! I try to be positive and grateful because at least we have a job, but it is so hard to be a part and I hate that my boys don't get to see their daddy for so long! This is becoming a tradition each summer and it is one that I DO NOT like!
On the brighter side, I did get to go shopping tonight all by myself! It was so nice to get out of the house and have some ME time! As you can tell, I went a little crazy on the shoes! I was so excited because I saved $200 on my purchases tonight! The closed toed shoes were only $11.99 and the sandals were $20.00! They were originally $50.00 each so I was so happy! I have been trying to find some cute brown and black winter shoes for the longest time, but I always hate everything! I LOVED these shoes and they looked so cute with my jeans! Then the sandals were just so cute on and since I always wear flip flops I thought this would help me get out of my flip flop rut!! They are so cute on and so I had to get both colors! Since I spent over $50 I got $10 off...what a steal for 4 pairs of shoes!! Then I found this dress which was $60, but I got it for $11.99!! It is soooo comfortable and I can't wait to wear it to church! Of course, I will be wearing a cute little shade underneath it! So I spent $70 and got all these great things!
On my way home I called Josh and he let me know that he got a $60 speeding ticket, so I didn't feel bad for my purchases this evening!
Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to get caught up on the craziness of our life!!