Christmas Part 3

Well, it didn't quite turn out like we had wanted, or hoped, but in the end.... It turned out just fine.

This big blizzard of a snow storm had been hyped for a week and the Oklahoma weathermen didn't disappoint. They scared us in going back to Wichita early. The ice did hit, and we debated on if we could make it back to Oklahoma to the Thunder basketball game Sunday night, but finally decided we were safer to stay put and get to the game another night.

So before I get to far down the road of the basketball game, let me break down Christmas #3 in Garber.

So great to see the faces of our niece and nephews and of course, Me Ma and Pa Pa. There are two new drivers in the family. And everyone is getting so tall. So grown up. 

Ryan and his basket of boy stuff. Definitely a highlight of everyone's night! "Oh look, a toy lock and some tape!"

Beau getting his new KD jersey. And here is he with Blake and their jerseys. Little white Russell, as Me Ma describes Blake.

Brenley loves her Cas!!

And now to everyone's favorite and loud game.... Dirty Santa.

Ryan was mad at this point. Shocker.

But as you can see below. He rebounded. 

And now we are chilling out as the girls give us a vocal concert in Me Ma's room.

And this was the point in the night that we decided everyone should head home instead of staying the night. His quote was, "this sucks." Yeah. He is 4.

So while it didn't end like we wanted, we had a great, albeit, short time together. 

Here is to celebrating Christmas in July in 2016!!!!

695 pieces ... Barely took one day

Christmas Part 1 and 2

December has been such a blur and a lot different than previous Decembers. A lot of travel. No basketball games for Beau. No school holiday parties or programs for the kids. No Santa visits or light displays. But yet, it still went by so quickly, but never quite felt like Christmas with such warm temps. But nevertheless, two excited kids made sure we remembered Christmas. 

Before we get too far, Ribbie did meet Santa this year at Northridge..... Not a fan.

And his Christmas came early when we got him this bench to peek out the window.

Yeaterday, we spent the day in McPherson and even Santa stopped by for a visit!!!

Beau was mortified this picture would make social media, but his Mom will keep this back in case I need to bribe him on something.....

Ribbie still not a fan....

Sis was happy she got her 1,552 piece Lego set. Her excitement was contagious. 

This morning we woke up to see what Santa left and open a few presents. Beau got tickets to Sunday night's Thunder basketball game. Sis got another Lego set with a mini futon for her play area. I think Santa came through okay. 

Ribbie got a new doggie bed in shape of Boone Pickens stadium. He has yet to take the field. 

Christmas part 3 starts tomorrow!! 

In case I haven't mentioned this....

Our dog rules our world.

Our adult vacation

Even typing "adult vacation" makes me laugh. So yeah. Brian and I went on an all expense paid vacation to Punta Cana Dominican Republic. I earned the trip through work. It was hard to turn down even though it took some maneuvering to pull off between our work and the kids school and other activities. 

And we had a nice time. I wouldn't say we loved it and can't wait to go back, but we enjoyed the time together.  We zip lined and kept our toes in the sand. But we won't lie, we were ready to be home to see our kids.

I think one of the more interesting things was traveling internationally. Going through customs. Filing out forms. I was definitely over that part of the travel!!!

We didn't take a ton of pictures, but here are a few....

O-State vs TCU football game

We were privileged enough to attend another Oklahoma state football game this season, again in a suite box. This time our seats were a little better!! Beau was also able to invite his sports loving friend, Nolan. And Bren got to stay with MeMa so it was a win win all around. 

It was an amazing game. Such a great game to witness. We love our Cowboys!!!

Our suite box was inside Gallagher Iba. At one point, Beau came over to us and asked if he and Nolan could break into Gallagher Iba. Nolan thought he knew a way!! Lol!!!