After landing in the States we dumped our bags at our new place and packed up a few things to hit the road. Since we spent the past 3 years touring around Asia we had not been able to see family and that was our priority on this trip. The girls now think everyone is their cousin because instead of trying to complicate things we just call all kids cousins and all adults Aunt and Uncle. We woke up at 4:30am (Jon's idea) and headed toward Oklahoma. We spent a few days in Tulsa visiting Jon's Aunt and Uncle and cousins then headed toward Lawton to spend some time with Grandma Rumbaugh. Next we went to Texas to visit Jon's sister and family and then farther into Texas to visit my brother and his family. On our way home we took a few stops to see friends and sights that people recommended we stop by. It was a great 2 week adventure! Once we got back home we went by my Aunt and Uncles and got to hang out with my cousins - thankful to have family close so we can visit!
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| Playing in the first of many pools! |
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| Jon on lifeguard duty |
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| Molly and her cousin doing flips in the pool |
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| Uncle Gary and the girls going to see his grandkids baseball tournament. |
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| 4:30am start to a roadtrip! |
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| Hanging with Jon's family and cousins |
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| The girls occasionally got out of the water on this trip |
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| Drawing with the dogs |
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| All the kids jumping in together |
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| Yep - still in even when the night lights came on |
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| mermaid |
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| Stopped by to see one of my college roommates- the girls played |
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| And we found a pool with them! |
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| 6 kids and lots of laughs! |
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| So glad we could hang out on this trip |
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| Grandma Rumbaugh let the girls color in her books and her iPad |
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| They do not understand personal space - luckily she doesn't mind |
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| Playing with NeNe's old toys |
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| Troopers who can sleep anywhere! |
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| Getting in a workout in the new clothes Grandma bought them |
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| Checking out the prairie dogs and buffalo |
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| Mount Scott |
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| The girls loved hanging out with their great grandmother |
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| Splash pad with our Dallas cousins |
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| walked a mile to get ice cream - totally worth it!! |
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| After a long afternoon of play some Popsicle! |
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| Story time with Aunt Kaitlin (in the closet because why not?) |
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| 4th of July parade with our Houston cousins |
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| 2 grown men and 6 kids and fireworks - nothing could go wrong. the did figure out to wear shoes after a tiny incident |
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| Cooking with Aunt Paige |
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| Telling stories to Aunt Heather |
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| Nerf laser gun wars with the nephews |
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| Showed the girls Baylor and the swings |
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| Met up with friends and went to the Mayborn Museum! |
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| Stopped by Magnolia to grab a few trinkets, some dinner and pictures |
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| Checking out our first house as a married couple! It looked a lot nicer |
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| Our second "safer" house did not look as great |
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| Stopped by Hot Springs for a night since it was recommended by my cousin |
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| Found a pool! |
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| Ate by the lake and really just enjoyed some family time |
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| I like lake/water living!! |
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| Made another stop in Memphis and Shelby Farms |
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| Found a park!! |
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| Found a pool!! |
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| Ended up a Uncle Gary and Aunt Terry's pool again because the water babies asked |
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| Made a quick trip to Land between the Lakes and stayed with our friends parents! |
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| Showed us some fun hikes and the area |
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| Poor kids and their crazy sleeping - so glad to have our beds again! |
