Girls Club for June

Kenzie is in this Girls Club and once a month they have a meeting and work on different skills but instead of badges like the girl scouts girls Club offers a bracelet with charms that you can earn after learning a skill. The skill that we are really impressed with is her cake decorating. The pics show what a great job she doing. If you live in the area and want more info about Girls Club please email me or call me!

Cherokee Hotel and Casino

View from our room
Double bath tub
Living room
Kitchen
and the bed with a sweet card from my honey and he surprised me by already being checked into the room earlier in the day and he had gotten my favorite white tea and some candles and he left sweet notes all over the room! What a great guy...15 yrs later and he's still got it!

This weekend Kevin was so sweet and planned a great weekend for us. He got us the Honeymoon suite at Cherokee Casino and we enjoyed a night away just the 2 of us. Grandma had an emergency and had to go to Colorado Springs so Grandpa watched the kids for us. Way to go Grandpa!!! The kids had a BLAST!!!!

If you need a night away then they have nice rooms at Cherokee.

Fun Me me

I found this fun meme on Michele's blog
In your entire life, have you ever...
gone on a blind date? No not once
skipped school? Yes and I didn't get caught
watched someone die? No.
been to Canada? Not yet
been to Mexico? yes
been to Florida? Yes many, many times
been on a plane? Yes many, many times
been lost? Many times.
been on the opposite side of the country? yes and the opposite side of the world!
gone to Washington, DC? not yet but I really want to
swam in the ocean? Yes many times
had your booze taken away by the cops? No way, I am not a big drinker
cried yourself to sleep? Yes.
played cops and robbers? Yes and Cowboys and Indians
played dolls? Yes, thankfully not any more, I am just not a doll type girl. I'd rather play legos! :)
recently colored with crayons? Yes, frequently
sang Karaoke?yes, in Korea and in New Orleans
paid for a meal with coins only? Yes, in High School
done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Way too many times.
cheated on an exam? No, never.
made prank phone calls? Of course! Do you have Sir Walter Raleigh in a can? Is your refrigerator running?
laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose? Yes and it wasn't pretty!
caught a snowflake on your tongue? Yes.
danced in the rain? Yes.
written a letter to Santa Claus? Yes, many times and there are a few things I am STILL waiting for!
been kissed under the mistletoe? Yes!
watched the sunrise with someone you care about? Yes
been arrested? No, never once!
blown bubbles? Usually every day around here. We're all about the bubbles.
gone ice-skating. Yes, in CO we went a lot
been skinny dipping outdoors? Yes!
had a nickname? Yes, my maiden name was Tinker so you can imagine all the names like Tinkerbell, Tinkertoys, etc.
been to Africa? No, but it is on my list of places I want to visit.
eaten cookies for dinner? Yes, doesn't everyone?
been on TV? Yes, but it was Korean TV we were invited to a tea ceremony and it was on the news in Seoul
stolen any traffic signs? No
been in a car accident? yes, too many to count and none of them my fault
What is your....
mother's name? Gayl, Grammy or when she is clowing Abbagail
favorite drink? I have three Cherry Coke, Snapple Peach tea and Arizona Green tea
favorite alcohol? Frozen watermelon margaritas but I don't drink that often
birthplace? NM
favorite vacation spot? Orlando, FL and Hawaii
favorite salad dressing? Blue cheese
favorite pie? not a big pie person but Connie makes a wonderful red, white and blueberry pie
favorite number? 7
favorite movie? I have so many I really can't pick one.
favorite holiday? Christmas, of course!
favorite food? Seafood, Seafood, Seafood....oh and chocolate and did I say Seafood???
favorite day of the week? All of them! I don't have a favorite
favorite brand of body wash? Bath and body works pear berry when I can find it.
favorite toothpaste? Aqua fresh extreme clean
favorite smell? sugar cookie candles
Do you have any...tattoos? No, I am a MAJOR wimp
body piercings? Ears pierced twice
Do you drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 4 door all the way
What do you do to relax? Read, scrapbook and watch movies
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Ten years older and crying because my baby will almost be 18! Celebrating our 25 yr anniversary!
Wanna Play?
Jump right in. Just copy these questions and have at it!

Piano or violin lessons

Makenzie and Kylan want to take either piano or violin lessons. We have found a violin teacher but we are looking for a piano teacher...does anyone in the Owasso area know a good teacher??

Rain, rain go away!

Kevin thought it would be funny to swim down our street!

We were getting ready for church this morning and decided we couldn't make it because it was pouring rain and them I noticed the car across the street was getting close to being flooded so we called Brandon. Him and Christina came out and started pushing the car and someone else was steering it then Kevin came out and they pushed the car backward up the street and out of the water.

Mommy daughter date

Makenzie and I had a mommy daughter date today. Kylan got to spend the night at his friend's house last night so today was a girly day. We went shopping, she picked breakfast at Panera, took pics of her in her Hanbok, played at the park and enjoyed being with each other.

Makenzie in her Korean Hanbok

Our friends went to S. Korea last year and we asked them to pick out Hanboks for the kids and they did a wonderful job. Both of the kids hanboks are gorgeous. If you have any questions about adoption or for the homeschoolers out there info on South Korea please feel free to contact us! We have gone to some of the schools in our area and done an hour demonstation on South Korean culture so if you are interested let me know.

OKC zoo

Spray park in OKC

Lake Hefner

At the Garnett's house

OKC BFF's

We have these great friends in OKC that we met through our adoption agency. They were adopting Bailey through Dillon International at the same time that we were adopting Makenzie. The girls have been lifelong friends...even before they came home from S. Korea they were destined to be friends. Kylan puts up with the girls but he likes to hang out with Bay's brothers Tanner and Tyler and they are teenagers so he's lucky if he gets the chance to hang with the older boys. We always have so much fun with the Garnett's. Over the long weekend we went to Lake Hefner, hung out at their house, went to the park, played games, ate (we are Mika's official taste testers for new recipes), went to the OKC Zoo and went shopping. We packed in the fun for a long weekend!

Funny video

Quickster

Kevin found a little turtle in our yard and told the kids they could have it for a pet (oh joy). I'm not a big reptile person so I just told them that they have to wash their hands everytime after they touch it YUCK!!! Anyway it is kinda cute but not cute enough for me to touch. They named it (not sure of gender) Quickster because it is really quick for a turtle!

Check out my Slide Show!

Today Makenzie went to a friends birthday party for 4 hours so Kylan and I had a mommy son date. First we went and got his hair cut, then he picked Taco Bueno for lunch, then we went to the FUMC in Owasso and took pics of him in his Korean Hanbok and he tells me, "MOM BOYS AREN'T MADE TO WEAR PINK" check out his hanbok it has PINK all over it...in Korea it's very common for boys to wear pink especially on their hanboks and I also had to remind him that the very first time I met him while we were still in Korea he was wearing a pink outfit. So, he tolerated it for me but he said, "Please don't tell Dad that I had to wear pink today he will be so embarrassed for me" I thought that was so funny because we have never told him that boys don't wear pink or that it's a girly color or anything like that. After the pics we went to Funtastic Island and played and then had snow cones and he told me his new favorite flavor is lemon so his was lemon and if you check out some of the pics you can see his teeth and lips and tongue turned bright yellow. We had them check to make sure no red dye in the snow cones and the owner was telling me that red dye allergies are becoming more and more common because he has moms ask almost on a daily basis so I guess Kylan isn't the only one out there allergic to red dye!

Prayers for the Chapman family

Please keep Steven Curtis Chapman and his whole family in your prayers. Their youngest daughter that was adopted from China was run over by a car that their son was driving. This must be a horrible time for the family. I can't imagine having to live through this horror so we need to lift their whole family up in prayer. If you want to know more click here. They also have a blog you can check out here

Totem pole park

For more info on Totem Pole park click here. We decided to take the drive out to Foyil, OK and see the world's largest totem pole. It was very large and we had a great picnic lunch and the kids had fun running around playing.

Boys will be boys!

He thought it would be cool to take a picture of his dirty feet and hands! YUCK!!!

Of course he got muddy prints on the back door!
He's showing me some worm that was really cool.

Kylan has this little mud pit in the backyard where our boat and travel trailer used to be parked and now that we have sold them we have a great place for a little boy to get dirty!