We're home!

The kids and I arrived home this evening from our trip to my parent's. We had a great time. We stayed so busy!

Our trip actually started on Tuesday from Borger after Cody's golf tournament. He played well. The conditions were pretty poor with cool winds and a constant sprinkling of rain. The group in front of Cody played so slowly. We were averaging about 30 minutes per hole and after a couple of hours, we had only moved about 5 holes! Finally a member from the golf tournament came and spoke with the group in front of Cody's and the game picked up from there. Cody shot an 82 and placed 6th. He had a good time as always. Here are a couple of pictures.

Caden also had a good time "exploring". I think he found the world's largest dandelion!

After the tournament we drove to Shawnee, OK (about 45 minutes from Oklahoma City) and stayed the night at a lovely Motel 6. The kids were so excited to be in Oklahoma! (That's a joke for my Papa! Hook-'em-Horns!)

The kids and I passed through the home towns of Carrie Underwood, Checotah, OK; Troy Aikman, Henryetta, OK; and Garth Brooks, Yukon, OK.

(Today as we were driving back through Yukon we came upon a thunder storm... (remember, it's the home town of Garth Brooks)... and guess what was playing on the radio..... The Thunder Rolls.... by Garth Brooks! What a coincidence was all of that?! By the way, when I told Cody that we were driving though Garth Brooks' home town....he asked, "who is Garth Brooks?". I responded, dumbfounded, "Are you kidding me?" Kids these days, they don't even know who Garth Brooks is! He knew who Carrie Underwood is, though! :)

Here are a few pictures of the boys swimming:

* A back flop!

* Best friends (for the moment!)

* A belly flop!

Here are a couple of videos of Caden. These were recorded on my digital camera, so the video is very "grainy".

There are 2 videos. One will automatically load and it is Caden's back flip. Then, click on "next" on the right side of the screen to see his front flip!
http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb297/jmconrad74/?action=view&current=000_0184.flv

He totally surprised me with these new "tricks" he has learned! He has no fear of the water, which can be a good thing, and a bad thing!

We woke up the next morning and finished our trip to my parent's. It was nice to break up the trip. (Today's drive ended up being close to 10 hours! I think from now on, I will break up the trip both ways. It is too hard on the kids and on me!)

On Thursday my parents and I drove into Little Rock and went to the Arkansas Museum of Discovery (http://www.amod.org/). It is similar to Amarillo's Discovery Center, only much bigger! There we watched Tom Noddy perform some amazing bubble tricks! He was really entertaining and could blow the most amazing bubbles.

* Caterpillar bubble


* Longer Caterpillar bubble


* Tornado in a bubble


* A BIG bubble!

Afterwards, Cody and Caden had some fun playing with the exhibits.

Of course our trip wouldn't be complete without a little golf! We found a driving range about 15 minutes from my parents that the boys went to a couple of times.

On Saturday we all drove to Heber Springs and went to Lindsey's Resort (http://www.lindseysresort.com/) and had a great lunch with Ted, Luann, and Taylor (my uncle, aunt, and cousin) in Ted and Lu's new camper. My wonderful cousin/photographer took some pictures of the boys on the river and near a running water-wheel. I can't wait to see the pictures, I know they are going to be beautiful! (I will be sure and share the pictures as soon as I can!) The kids spent part of the afternoon swimming at the resort's pool. They had a lot of fun! I don't have any pictures to share of the day! My camera was full of other photos and videos! We all had a great time, though.

That's basically our trip in a scaled down version. We had a great time. It was sad to leave today, but we are grateful for the time that we were able to spend with my parents and family. We are also very grateful and thankful for the safe trip!

This is all for now! It is 11:36, and I've been working on this for way too long! The screen is becoming blurry, so I am sure that is a sign that I need to go to BED! :)

Post again soon,

~jen