Arbuckle Vacation~part II

I had to break up the blog into parts so I could post more pictures!

Melissa and I took the kids to the G.W. Exotic Animal Park. It was quite an experience!! I will admit we had second thoughts about entering because as you are entering all you can hear is fierce lion roars! They had all sorts of animals...we had a thrilling scare with a 3000 lb bear named Boo. We all had mini heart attacks we he charged the fence at us several times. We later found out that he loves to scare women! We also didn't make friends with a lion named Mufasa...I knew when he roared at Melissa that Melanie was definitely her sister (they have the same facial expression and squil when scared!) It was too funny!





Trav and John made the most of the fishing. They found a pond close to the house and took the bass buggy for a few rounds. The last night there they caught 10 Bass! We still didn't get to have a fish fry like they hoped!! =)

Arbuckle Vacation

We just spent 5 days at a lake house on Arbuckle Lake..and it couldn't have turned out any better!! We spent our vacation with Trav's~Aunt Melissa & Uncle John and their kiddos..Jessie, Nikki & John. Trav and I are so glad we all got to go together, it was so great sharing the time with the Moss family!!! (We love you guys!)

So during our 5 days we had a BLAST!!! Here are some pictures of the highlights and a few stories to go with them!!

This was the view from our lakehouse! It was gorgeous getting to look out the kitchen & living room right at the dock on the lake! It was perfect because it had a sand lot right next to the dock...so the kids had tons of fun getting all sandy while making & creating all sorts of things! The lakehouse came with a pattle boat too. It was fun taking it out, then while getting out there we all realized how out of shape we are!




Avayah, John, and Nikki had such a great time fishing off the dock for perch! They caught a few too!


One day we went to Turner Falls..it rained on and off while we were there, but it still managed to be such a great outing! Trav and John managed to climb on top of the waterfall (even though it says not to!) We learned that Avayah is not afraid at all of large bodies of water! She went out in her floating just wading along..of coures when it started getting deep she would freak out! We also hiked up to a 1940's castle that was pretty interesting! We ended on top of a hill (what we call a oklahoma mountain) that overlooked all of Turner Falls. It was a gorgeous sight, but all too scary too being that is was several hundred feet straight down!

Adventures with Vay & Dax!

Dax came over today and Vay took him on an adventure ride in her Barbie Jeep! The pictures don't describe how cute they were together!!! They circled the front yard a few times...barely missing the trees and Beth's Armada! They had fun tuning the radio too!

Cruising with Avayah

Yesterday Trav got Avayah a Barbie Jeep Wrangler. So after a night of Daddy assembling it..Avayah was ready to light up the street this morning. She did pretty well being that it's a little hard to steer. We managed to only have a few meltdowns-little Miss Independent thought Daddy was helping too much! =) She's pretty excited she gets to take it on our vacation Sunday!

Addy Cooing

Torti comes to visit!!

Courtney came to visit yesterday afternoon & evening and we had a blast! We love our torti!

Courtney brought her boyfriend Josh, for Vay, Adalynne, and I to meet. Trav was at work so maybe another day he can meet him.

Adalynne getting some love from her Auntie! Courtney said she couldn't believe how big she has gotten in 5 weeks!

After Avayah being around Josh for about 30 minutes she finally warmed up to him. It was pretty cute, she taught Josh about Jesus. She kept reading her little Bible to him. He even ending up getting a haircut and a style for free from Vay.

Avayah & Sgt. Duey

Yesterday my sister brought over her puppy~he's a little white boxer named Duey. Who doesn't love a puppy?? Love doesn't begin to describe Avayah's affection for puppies! She wanted to hold, pet, kiss & feed Duey. Her biggest thing was to pick up Duey & put him back in his crate. The whole evening w/them playing together was all to funny & sweet!!

An Afternoon with Daddy

When I went to the grocery store...Trav had an eventful afternoon w/the girls. They played toys, ate snacks, and even got their baths successfully! Vay even put on a splash show while singing~ I'm a maniac..maniac!! It was HILARIOUS! Addy got to hang out in Vay's dora chair...and the last picture is compliments of our little photographer Avayah.

My sweet little Addy!

Lately she has been loving her swing. I think she enjoys it most when she isn't getting bobbled around by Vay pushing it back and forth and all over the place!!


I put her little sis outfit on~compliments of her Gramma Black. Avayah couldn't help but notice she has the same shirt..so she had to put hers on when we went out shopping.

Addy is doing so great sleeping through Vay screaming, singing at the top of her lungs, and just bouncing around the house. She just looks on so intent with what is going on around her. I wonder what her little mind must think of what seems like constant commotion!?!

Addy's Fsvorite spot to sleep & her gorgeous smile!!

Mommy's lap always makes for a great place to nap. Adalynne's smile warms my heart. I can't believe that she already loves to smile so much!!