Vacation was awesome!!!
We went on a little vacation down to the city and we had a blast.
Friday we drove down and got into our hotel room then we decided to go
to the okc zoo.
It was cool and different but the Tulsa zoo is far better. We had been going to our zoo so often we didn't realize just how good ours is. They had this neat thing for their big cats though. It was like a lion overlook. They had so much room. I wish the cats at this zoo had that. Then we went out to eat and came back and swam in our hotel pool. It was like a billion degrees outside so the pool felt magnificent. It was huge and very clean. Thekids loved it and i got great pictures. The next morning we woke up and ate breakfast and we went to frontier city. It was hot but we really didn't notice. I can't believe it the boys rode like every ride in the park including all the rollercoasters. Gabe was scared at first and so i assumed he wouldn't do it but he quickly got over it and enjoyed them. Devyn has a real fear of heights, always has but he faced his fear and loved them all. His first ride was the diamond back. Gabe got to be a castaway in survivor live and it was neat to watch. Sunday morning we went to the Tulsa zoo and the weather was much nicer to us. Then we came home and swam in our pool and grilled out. It was a nice little vacation and the kids had a great time. Emmi even did okay. We all feel energized now!! This summer so far has been great.

bad dream...

I hate bad dreams. We all do.
Last night i had one.
It was late at night and we were some place like a storage unit where there were a lot of
storage units around. it was in a bad neighborhood and not to mention late.
WE were homeless and i guess forced to live on the streets so we were rumaging for
stuff in the garbage of this storage unit. There was a broken chain fence running around the place and it was cold very cold. Gabe called to me from down the road a little bit and said mom these men are just staring at me and i saw these six men just waiting by the fence. I told him to run to me as fast as he could and i ran to him and then those men started running for us too. For some reason they wanted Gabe for something like experiments or something hideous. It was very frightening and intense. So i woke up at like 4:45 and couldn't sleep any more after that. I realized though that there are a lot of people living on the streets and in a scary place. With the economy being what it is. It is sometimes a sad world and i thank the lord that we have a nice clean home and brandon has a good job. You never know when all of that can change.

What the?

In all my confusion with time and all, I got completely confused and i thought that last sunday was father's day?
Someone told us saturday night that it was next week?
They were right of course . When did i get that stuck into my head?
It gives me another week to prepare though.
WE took the kids to see "UP" and "night at the museum2"
They were both hilarious. Go see them if you get the chance.
Now we are trying to get our pool up,
Our wonderful dog Rod who is ever so obedient chewed like a billion holes in the linning.
Time for a New one probably.

something stinks!

Peewww.
I have never seen anything so dirty as to when Devyn stepped off the bus!
Yuck he was filthy. After we hugged for a few minutes i asked what are you wearing? He said it was the cleanest thing he had. it was yucky. The bag of dirty wet clothes went straight into the washer then i dug into the suitcase where i found incredibly wet towels and shoes and a half eaten ring pop. Sticky yucky but man o man was i ever glad to have him home!!

storms a coming.....

Stormy weather.

Devyn is almost back and we get this massive storm that blows through here causing wind damage and the rain is downpour and i watch the news and sure enough the storm is heading north northeast straight up to where they are traveling back home?!?!
Good grief!
It's the last day and i have worried about him enough as it is , could i please just have my child back in one piece?
i'll be glad when this is over.
I hate camp!

Missing Devyn...

Today is Thursday and Devyn is going to be back with us tomorrow. He left for camp on Monday morning and we have missed him something horrible. He called us tuesday evening a little upset. For one they were sleeping in a chicken coop? Someone stole his sunscreen so he was burnt on his forehead. Then he wasn't sleeping well. then he proceeded to tell me about all the fun he was having? So i gathered he was just missing us to and although i thought that i might have to make the drive up there, he seems to be having a great time. Gabe cried when Devyn left and he has been "bored out of his gore" as Gabe puts it.
i have kept incredibly busy so as to not think about him being away but his absence is still on the forefont of my mind. Constant worry........