Trip away from Home

Once in awhile, the job allows me to travel. Well, I do travel several days a week but I'm talking about TRAVEL..like GOING somewhere. This time we got to visit the neat place of St. Louis.

The other three girls I were with would NOT go up in this monsterious arch thingy. I think it's amazing and would've gone up, but they said they wouldn't allow me to go alone....so, I stayed on the ground and got a crick in my neck from looking up.

Of course we got to go to a ballgame. Just watching the people is hilarious.

Above is the picture before the zoom, and below is after zooming in. We actually had pretty good seats and we really enjoyed going.

Coming from western Oklahoma, it's just not every day that we get to see anything Major League of any kind.

How do they get the grass to do that anyway? Would that work in my yard?

I took all of my extra furs to the exchange building.And trees! This gal didn't know God created so many TREES!


Guess who did most of the driving? It's 10 hours to St. Louis and we did have to make a few pit-stops in the thankfully provided gov't suburban.
I want to go back to St. Louis sometime. But, I want to go in my own vehicle and not when I have to set in boring meetings most of the day.

Milestone

A certain family member had a milestone birthday and we didn't let it go unnoticed. We are lucky enough to have family that let's us enjoy their backyard swimming pool. It was a perfect hot August day to enjoy a birthday.

DIL Janice swimming with two bathing beauties.

Rachel wasn't quite sure about the big bathtub.

Can you say a bunch of rednecks settin' 'round the hottub. Who has the whitest legs?!

Mia styling her bikini and do-rag to keep her head protected from the sun.

And what better gift than to have two Grandaughters added during this past year.

Uncle Troy

Troy was there the day both girls were born. Poor girls, they have an Uncle who'll scare all of the boys off too.

I didn't notice until I posted this, but look at the difference in the size of their hands.It also reminds me that this bench sure needs painted.

Sometimes...

I do think ahead...like years ahead. When we were building the house, we did not build a bathtub in the building but I insisted on having a mini-kitchen bathtub so a baby or two could be bathed. How do you like my Mia-sized tub? One of these days she'll kill me for showing the world these! But, aren't they fun smiles!

Wish I would've had a spare dishwasher somewhere. We can never get all of the dishes in it.

Catch up

It's already fall and I'm so far behind, it's not even funny.

I'm gonna try in a few post to show what I've been doing the past few months....will that work?

Here's a neat bench I bought at a garage sale and I thought it was a lot cuter if Rachel showed it off. I call it a telephone bench because my Grandma had a metal one that sat in her hallway when I was a kid. All of my furniture is hand-me-down or very Early 1970's/early american style. Okay..I'm cheap, and when I found this bench for $10, it came home with me.

The crocheted bedspread (and HollyHobby doll) on the couch behind Rachel is one I bought at Canton, TX last fall (for a bargain $10.)

Slobbery smiles....so hard to resist!

Grandma's Girls

These two little ones came and spent some time with us on the farm over the weekend.
Lots of slobbery kisses and baby food everywhere!

Yellow Blackdiamond watermelon

Goes straight to the tummy! We've had an abundance of yellow squash and peppers too.

Fussy

What do you do with a fussy baby? You find Winnie the Pooh on You*tube and she's entertained for at least a few minutes!

Old Cat

Everybody needs a Gray-Cat. That's his name and he answers to it too. He's even makes sure my jeans are pressed when I throw them outside to dry. And he makes sure these flowers only lean towards the north.

Moving Day

Believe it or not, this is the only picture I took of us moving Troy to Stillwater. I took this picture and then set my camera down....and it didn't get picked up again. Every time I thought about taking a picture...the tears came. He's settled into the 11th floor of his dorm building. He's had one day of school and said things are going good. I don't even want to know what his books cost...just charge them to the account and it all gets paid in the end.

CountDown

6--that's SIX days until we move Troy to Stillwater. I've had people tell me that it'll be great, but with each one of mine...it's gonna be sad.

Thankfully, I'm gonna be on the road a lot this week...it'll keep my mind busy.

BTW---how do you like my new look? If you see a little box in the upper-left corner of the screen, it's the gal who does the work on these.
I LIKE IT!

Red Hills

Forgive the utility pole--it jumped right out there.

And they turn those red hills into really neat things.

This is on the north side of Granite, Oklahoma. World's Largest Bust...is what they claim.
Red dirt AND red hills...aren't we special!

The Breaks

This is what they call the levels in the hills out in Western Oklahoma. The breaks or levels of rocks are very pretty and make the drive a lot more interesting than the flat lands where I live.

No matter where you go....why is the grass always greener out on the highway?

Once upon a time...

This must've been a very busy place! Notice the old windows in the store, and the light fixtures still on the building. The neon sign was still in good shape. If only walls could talk.

Hollis

This little town is about as far south and west as you can go in Oklahoma. I drove past this church and just had to drive around the block for another view. Would've loved to go inside. This church definitely has history. The big stain glass window faces the east---I'm sure it's georgous in the mornings.

An interesting fact about the town of Hollis: The town is the location of the only school district in the whole county.