The Big D-Part 1

We took our first trip as a family of 5 a couple of weekends ago. We drove to Dallas to see some of Matt's family. He has 3 living grandparents that have never seen Mera so we figured it was time. Nanue has 3 sisters and all 3 were going to be in Dallas at the same time so we made the most of it.

We left on a Thursday and decided to spend the night in Atoka to break up the trip a little. The girls were so excited about sleeping in a hotel. I bought each girl a giant jaw breaker for the car ride as it was a tradition in my family when we were kids. Here is G with part of it smeared across her face.

Just outside of 'Okmulgee we had a blowout and had to change a tire on the side of the road and head back to the Wal -Mart in Okmulgee to get it fixed. This meant we left Tulsa at 3:30 but didn't get to Atoka til 8:30 (should have only taken about 2.5 hours). Needless to say we were all ready for bed by the time we got there. We did make time for a bath in the whirlpool tub that was in the corner of our room.

Matt read to the girls and then there was a little yelling in order to get them to settle down.

They are not used to sleeping together but did great.

Here they are helping get the luggage out of the room.

We stayed with Matt's Aunt Kerri who lives on a bit of a cattle ranch.

The girls loved seeing the cattle.

They got to play with several of Matt's cousins kids.

One of the high lights of the trip was a walk we took down a country we road. The girls got piggy back rides and picked up "treasures" (trash).

I got to practice my Karate Kid crane move.

We also got to go to one of the neighbors houses who raised reindeer and was a Santa in his free time.

We got photos in the sleigh.

They also had mini donkeys and horses.

MJ in the rocker.

There were a few rough spots of the trip but overall, it was great to be with family and our host and hostess were more than generous and made us feel so at home. We hope they have us back some day soon!