The Fly Whisperer

So on the return trip home from Oklahoma, we stopped over at Tom & Micaela's house again.  It was a bit challenging to get Hudson to leave because he was on a mission to catch a fly buzzing around their house.  Let me tell you, he was in the zone!! 

Then, wouldn't you know it, once we got home there happened to be a fly hanging out in our house.  Again, Hudson was determined to catch this fly and make him his friend!  To our surprise he accomplished BOTH of these goals!!  He caught the fly and carried it around for a few minutes just like he is in the first picture.  Then, he set the fly on his arm and amazingly it chose to hang out there and not fly away.  It remained on his arm as they walked around the house chatting friendly chatter with each other until London decided she would like to have a turn with the fly.  This fly was no dummy!  It took off as soon as her little finger began to reach in it's direction! 

Since then we have had a pet rollie pollie who Hudson recently informed me is now lost in our house somewhere. (or possibly dead---I have no idea what their lifespan is!)  He also had a frog for a night but the boys left it in a bucket outside and sadly and strangely, it was all dried up and dead the next day.  Sorry froggy!!!  Lesson learned!!  We now have a new goldfish, Charlie.  So far, things are going well and he has had a much better experience at our house than the rollie pollie and frog.

Look at this proud face!  I love it!!!

Grandma & Grandpa Holladay

The next day, Jason's parents made the journey to Poteau to meet us at Uncle Don and Aunt Carol's house!  Hudson was in quite a mood at first because he was extrememly tired.  We had really pushed him to his limits with all of the traveling and the late nights.  However, his world was turned right-side-up with the magic of a Happy Meal!  After all of the lovely happiness was released, he became his usual entertaining self.  He broke out his crayons and paper and asked Aunt Carol and Grandpa to draw with him!  He also got Grandpa to tell him one of his infamous stories!  Then Grandma and Grandpa sang songs with London.  We enjoyed our special time with them as we don't get to see them often enough.  It always does the heart good to spend time with our families!  We love you all!

Family Fun

After our visit with The Black's, we woke up the next morning and finished our journey up to OK.  We spent some time hanging out with my parents, showered, and re-energized so we would be ready for the much awaited Spoons Tourney with my cuzzies!  We used to play Spoons during the holidays and I must say it has become quite competitive over the years!  However, now that we are all grown up and live in different states, I am sad to say that we rarely get to spend the holidays together anymore.  So, we decided to make up for lost time! 

We hung around outside for a while and caught up.  It was the first time for Hudson and London to meet their cousin Sunny!  They had fun swinging and chasing bubbles!  Once it started getting dark and the mosquitos came out we decided it was a good time to go inside and get our game on!!  Our parents were awesome to help keep the kiddos entertained while we got into competition mode!  We did give Londie a big scare when Cassie and I were wrestling over the last spoon.  She thought Cassie was trying to hurt me...and maybe she was...hehe, just kidding...it was all in good fun!  You must fight till the end for that last spoon!!  Good game Cassie! : )  It ended up being Jason and Erika in the finale two with Erika taking this year's Spoons Champion Title!  So fun!!!

 

We had SO MUCH FUN spending some quality time with our family!!  Too much time had passed by since we were all last together.  Thank you ALL for the unforgettable memories.  Love you bunches!!

Memorial Weekend

We decided to head home to Oklahoma for a visit with our families over Memorial Weekend.  On our way up we stopped over at The Black's.   We had a great time swimming, catching up, and enjoying much needed time with some of our best friends.   

All of our kids had fun splashing around in the water, chasing each other with play swords, and all of the other crazy ways kids find to play.

Micaela had a fun art project for the kids!  We made some glow-in-the-dark sidewalk chalk!  The kids really enjoyed creating their masterpieces on the driveway and watching them glow!

After all of the traveling and fun, it was time for bed.  Hudson and Evan camped out in a tent in the upstairs family room!

Many thanks to Tom, Micaela and family for having us over and for such a great visit!!