What a wonderful holiday weekend for our little family. Why was it so wonderful? Because my little family doesn't need a fancy vacation. We don't need to spend a lot of money. We just need a little adventure, to experience a little new, and spend some quality time with each other.
So we ventured down south to Oklahoma City. With Beau not being your typical pre-teen boy who loves to blow things up - not being home on the 4th was no big deal.
We stayed in Bricktown and ate at the famous KD's Southern Cuisine. So.Darn.Good. I mean....give this girl a chicken fried steak, fried okra and mashed potatoes, and I am in heaven. That would totally be my last meal if I ever went to prison. ha ha
Here are some pictures of KD's. Even Sis knows who Kevin Durant is! I think some of the best pictures Beau took with his iPad. He was super excited and proud to show off to his friends where we was eating.
Then we walked around Bricktown finding our way to the Water Taxi, which gave us a complete tour of the water canal. BEAUTIFUL!
Then we went to the hotel to check in, swim, and Mom and Dad took naps! Finally around 6:30 we headed to the ballpark to watch the OK Redhawks Triple A Team (for the Houston Astros) play the Iowa Cubs. It was a great evening. Beautiful ballpark, right on Mickey Mantle Drive.
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| Johnny Bench statue |
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| Mickey Mantle statue |
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| View from our hotel room |
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| Lemme take a SELFIE! |
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| My hair looks good here. ha ha. Gosh we are cute in our Red, White, and Blue! |
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| And the Redhawks one with an 8th inning rally. 4-3. Let the Fireworks begin! |
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| Watching the fireworks. This from the boy that doesn't really like fireworks, but during the middle of the show he turns to me and says, I think I'm over my fear of fireworks. Sweet boy. And yes, Bren wore her sunglasses during the entire fireworks show. It last 20+ minutes! Spectacular! |
Okay, so Saturday morning we got up, ate breakfast, and then headed to the OKC Zoo. This was really Bren's part of the "vacation," but Beau said at the end that even he enjoyed it. It's a terrific zoo, and by 12:00, we had walked it and were wiped out. I didn't take a ton of pictures, but I did manage to snap a few.
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| So happy and in her element. |
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| The baby Rhino!!! He has yet to be named, but was SOOOO cute! |
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| Beautiful peacock over our heads as we walked. |
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| Monkey See. Monkey Do. |
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| Cutest family ever!! |
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| Butterfly Garden |
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| Petting the Stingray's at Stingray Bay. So cool! |
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| Zander the Sea Lion at the Sea Lion Presentation |
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| He was so good at doing tricks. |
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| Going through the Aquarium petting starfish. |
After the zoo, we grabbed a sandwich and then headed to Crescent where we met Mom and Dad and passed off the kids to spend the night, so Brian and I could have a grown up evening in OKC. The kids and grandparents couldn't have been happier, and neither could we!
We ate at Mickey Mantle's steakhouse right across the street from the ballpark. It's safe to say that is the nicest place we have ever eaten in our 13 years of marriage. It was an amazing meal and very cool atmosphere. Then we walked around Bricktown that evening people watching with the best of them.
On Sunday we headed to Garber to get the kids, ate lunch, and then headed back home. We were tired when we got home, but I know everyone had a great time. We definitely started July off right!
