OKC Reminiscing time...

How did four years go by so quickly?! Seems like yesterday we were driving up to Oklahoma City. It was Easter Sunday and it was storming. Very typical and kind of the perfect greeting from Tornado Alley :)

There are many things we love about OKC. So as not to bore anybody I'll name our top three...

1) Kinda obvious but....ISRAEL! I mean you really can't beat adding that missing puzzle piece to your family. He's been a very adventurous little joy to have :)

2). The Warren Theater. I know, kinda lame, but that place spoiled us when it comes to watching a movie. I will never be able to sit in a "normal" theater again without thinking about how luxurious The Warren is.

3) Veritas Classical Academy. Where do I even begin about this school?! I really thought it would just be like every other school. Isaac and I both moved around so much growing up that we never understood how anyone could care about leaving a school or wanting to keep their kid in the same school. So why did I find myself crying for two weeks every time I thought about lil Isaac going to any other school?

Possibility #1) The education? Yes, he got an excellent education there. We were shocked by how much he learned in pre-k through kinder. Still, not what made me want to keep my son there till he graduated.

Possibility #2). The blended model? Yes, it was so nice that I knew he had fantastic teachers that didn't mind me emailing, txting, and calling multiple times a day.  It was nice that he only went to school all day Tues & Thurs and I got to teach him at home Mon, Wed, Fri. (lets face it I just couldn't let him go full time right at that moment ha ha). But that wasn't it either.

Possibility # 3). Relationships. *DING, DING, DING..we have a winner!* I fully expected lil Isaac to make friends. He's pretty darn cute and friendly. However, I didn't expect to make friends. And not "Hey, how are you doing?" as they pass in the hall type. These ladies care.I mean, really care. I found out the principal and a lot of the parents were praying for our family and Big Isaac when he was deployed over the summer and into the new school year, and I know they prayed for our move to Germany, and still pray for us.

 When one of the moms was adopting I got a txt asking if I wanted to be part of a prayer chain from 11pm-2am, each of us taking 15min at a time...ummm heck ya ( I have to throw in that I love how many adoptions stories there are at the school <3 i=""> 

Veritas taught honor, respect, and love. I could tell this was reenforced through the teachers, students, and parents. Who wouldn't want to be apart of that community till your kiddos graduate!? (interested... www.veritasclassical.com)

Ok, with the good comes the bad. I will die a happy person if I never hear the words.."Boomer Sooner!" again....ever ha ha

The crazy weather. I never did learn to layer. It And it will be soooo nice to fall asleep listening to the rain...not waiting for the tornado siren to go off ha ha.

That's about it. It really was a nice city to live in. We will def. miss it. Who know we might get stationed there again. Till then these blogs will be about Germany (with one thrown in about our California vacation...I'm behind...as usual)

A few weeks ago the Miss America pageant was on. I'm not sure how I managed to watch some of it while football was on at the same time. Anyways, the following convo took place:

Lil Isaac: what are we watching?
Me: it's a scholarship competition. The girl that gets best talent, dressed, and answers the questions well wins.
Big Isaac: Be honest.. it's a beauty competition. Whoever is the prettiest wins.
Lil Isaac: Then why isn't mommy there? She's the prettiest girl I know!

Not gonna lie. I totally did the fan your eyes so the tears don't spill thing (it didn't work). Clearly my child needs glasses but it made my whole year. That, ladies and gentlemen, is why every woman should have a son. It's also a reason that no woman will be good enough for my Isaac...I'm kidding...kinda ;)

You know you're married with kids when your idea of a fun date is a quiet romantic dinner and window furniture shopping.

Originally we were going to go to Cattleman's Steakhouse but when we got there it was loud. Really loud. We were trying to get away from loud. So we went to Deep Fork Grill and enjoyed a nice quiet dinner. How did we follow it up? By going furniture looking. We don't need any new furniture but it sure was nice going to all the furniture stores and not worrying about something accidentally getting broken or being asked one hundred plus times when we were leaving.

Seriously, one of our best dates ever.

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Meet Charlie

Meet my new man, Charlie! Last year I took a kickboxing class and loved it. I also like the bags at the gym and classes that include hits and kicks.It really helps with stress. So I asked for this dummy man. Didn't get it for my Birthday or Anniversary so I kinda gave up. Then I walked out to "Charlie" on Christmas! Whoo hoo! I squealed with excitement and kissed my hubby, boys, and Charlie. Isaac said he was worried bc what woman really wants a punching dummy over jewelry?! Ummm this one does!

Christmas Card Display

Last year I saw the coolest idea on pinterest for a Christmas card display. You take some old shutters, paint them a new color, and *walah*...awesome display! My goal was to find some shutters. I love antique stores and it was a good excuse to go in them. However, they want a charge an arm and a leg for those things....bummer. 

Today, I miraculously got all of my errands done early before it was time to pick lil Isaac up from school. So, I went on a quest...for chocolate (shocker I know). However, I saw this cute antique store on my quest and I went in to look for shutters. Shutters I did not find but I found this beauty. $20. With tax $21 and some change. Sold!  Went home and changed out the sad, old, dimming lights. Got some cute mini clothes hangers from Hobby Lobby, went through our decorations box and reused some stuff. 

Ta-Da! An awesome new card display!

$21 and some change for a cute wood tree.
$3.50 for mini clothes pins from Hobby Lobby.
Steal!

I guess I forgot to mention the part about child labor. Someone had to paint the mini clothes pins sparkly colors. They didn't seem to mind though :)

Close up. Don't judge that it's a card form Isaac's college. It's the only one we've gotten so far. *hint hint friends and family ha ha*
ps the second card in the first picture is actually a card with a recipe from my mother in law but I wanted to add more than one card for pictures sake.ha ha 

Blend Tech blender

About 2 years ago I was at Sam's club when I saw the most awesome demo EVER. A blender that made ice cream, humus, soups, coffee...the guy never stopped. I NEEDED one! Unfortunately Isaac said $400 on a blender was "crazy" and "unacceptable". So I walked away blenderless. My dreams of all the awesomeness shattered. I talked about that thing so much Isaac got sick of it. Well, it just so happened while he was deployed they came back through. I thought about discussing it with him but then I remembered his favorite motto "better to ask for forgiveness than permission". I got one in white. When I told Isaac he looked shocked. Then I reminded him he had a brand new shotgun he had yet to shoot and a motorcycle in the garage he had yet to ride...3 years later. 'nough said. All I have to say is I love my Blend tech. So far I've made soups ( seriously you throw in all the veggies and some water...90 sec later, soup!), peanut butter, Ice cream, guacamole, juice, cookie batter,pancake batter, it shreds chicken...all in 90 secs or less! Love is really an understatement.

Show and tell

This story tickles me and it's something I want little Isaac to read someday....

Every Thursday at Isaac's school the boys bring something for Show and Tell. Isaac has asked from day one to bring his toy shot gun. It makes the noise, spits out shells...it's pretty realistic. Every week I say, "I forgot to ask your teacher pick___ instead" This time he was adamant that he bring the gun "mom you say so every week. It's my favvoooorriiittteee toy!" I told him
To put it I the car and we would ask his teacher. First I ran into the upper school principle and asked, " sure! I don't have a problem but ask Mrs Taylor" I ran into Mrs Taylor...*turning red* " can my son bring this fake shot gun for show and tell?" *gulp*..."honey I'm an Army wife!"...now on to Mrs. lee...let me just say it is crazy awkward carrying a fake gun to school. I wanted to say to every parent I passed "it's for show and tell"...Anywhoo, Mrs Lees response "cool! Does it make a noise?!"... His classmates parents response. 1) He's just practicing his second amendment right ...2) They did pass a new open carry law.
*whew* thank the Lord for non uptight parents and teachers that realize not all kids are mini psychopaths. Sometimes they just want to show off their cool toy gun :)