For those who remember our Lousiana posts, I mentioned that my brother & sister-in-law, Steve & Keri, had a baby boy named Gavin on July 1st as we were driving home. They live in Missouri, so obviously we had yet to see the baby. We decided we needed to set aside a couple of days to drive up there and hang out, meet the baby, etc. They were so excited to have us come and invited us to meet them at their lake house in Oklahoma. Who could pass that up?
You know how I am with plans, and of course this time was no exception....all of our plans were changed many, many times! LOL! Getting ready just seemed to take so long this time around. Just getting out of the house was a chore, and we started out 3 hours behind schedule! ugh! But we got the puppy to her vacation spot, the cat settled in the house (she stayed home this time), the stuff all loaded into Leo, and we were off....finally.....well, after a stop at Aunt Annette's apartment for some things that the girls had left behind the weekend before! ;o)
The drive actually wasn't so bad, and the girls were excited that we had to drive through Checotah, Oklahoma (Carrie Underwood fans know what I mean).....okay, so I was the main one who was excited! LOL! No star sightings, but we did play her song "I Ain't in Checotah" when we left...we are major cheese-balls!
We made it to the lake around 4 hours later than we intended, and finally got to hold that sweet, sweet baby....aw (more pics and movie coming up next)!!
That evening, Grace and our girls swam in the lake and had a blast. When Gunter finally arrived home from football practice, the kids (and the big kids) roasted marshmallows and made 'smores. YUM! Then they settled into bed to watch Nim's Island, while the grownups watched 21. It didn't take long until everyone was conked out for the night....even little Gavin managed to sleep 7 straight hours for the first time!
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