Trip to OKC!

Last week we drove to Oklahoma City to visit Daddy at the FAA Academy. He's been there 5 weeks already and has 2.5 left! YAY! Anyway, we left early Monday morning and stopped 8 hours later in Greenville, TX to visit with my brother and his fam! We had a blast swinging on the swings in the backyard and the 4 boy cousins just hangin' out with each other. We went to the park there too and it was soooo nice. The weather was just beautiful. We left the next morning around 11, and only had 4 hours left to OKC! We made it there around 4ish, and Daddy was so happy to see his boys, as were they to see him! We went out for mexican at a place down the street from the apartment, headed to the park, and then home to rest. The next few days were spent just hanging out with Daddy at night since he was at school all day long. Friday finally came and we went out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner after Darryl got out of school. It was so yummy. Afterwards, we took the kids to play at the little park within the apartment complex. They even made some friends with some kids who had cool toys. Hehe. Then we headed home, and Caleb helped me mix and pour the cake batter into the pan for Ayden's birthday I made it the day before so it had plenty of time to cool for the next day. I already posted about Ayden's birthday, and it was such a blast. An awesome memory of his 2nd birthday. It's funny how the things that aren't always huge and planned and perfect seem to be the things that are the most memorable. Anyway, Sunday we went to church and it was really nice! Caleb went into the nursery with Ayden to keep him "safe" and Ay didn't cry at all because his big bubba was by his side :) SWEET! After church we went out to eat with an awesome family that's been taking care of Darryl on Sundays, picking him up for church so he doesn't have to walk, and then taking him out to eat afterwards! So sweet. After we ate Darryl wasn't feeling so good, so I stopped at CVS to get him some stuff and made him nap! He and Ayden did just that and me and Caleb just hung out and rested too. The next morning Darryl was feeling much better, so we were glad! We went to the OKC Nat'l Memorial, and it was really really nice. It was so sad to see all of the memorabilia that people left in memory of the people that died but it was beautiful. We really enjoyed it. After that, we headed to the bass pro shop where Daddy envied the boats. hahaha. He wants one so bad! Caleb and Ayden really loved it there too because they could watch the bass swim in the water through the glass and shoot fake guns.. It was fun. After that we headed back to the apartment to do laundry and pack because we were leaving early. And early it was. Yesterday morning, (Tuesday) we left at 445am and arrived in Slidell exactly 11 hours later!! We made really good time considering we stopped 4 times, but Mommy was speeding, hehe. The boys did so well on the trip, I'm so proud of them! And I'm so glad we got to go make some memories with Darryl, it was a really nice trip!