OHP Graduation 2013

Congratulations to the forty new State Troopers that graduated from the 61st Oklahoma Highway Patrol Academy!

Check out the video - there are several shots of Kyle and then at the end you see me pinning on Kyle's badge. It looks like I'm struggling but I promise I got it on there fairly quickly and easily, even though I did forget to button his top button back! 

Congrats again and good luck to the Troopers as they go through Field Training!

-Wendy

First Camping Trip

Cannen and I met my parents, Nick, Taylor and Cade, Uncle Terry and Auntie Sandy and my cousin Jarrod his wife Tiff and their kids at Lake Eufaula on Friday night (Kyle was working, of course).

 

This was Cannen's first 'camping' trip and he loved it. Although the entire time I think he was wishing he was 6 so he could play with the big kids.

I think kids these days are spoiled because when I was a kid camping meant sleeping in tents. Oh well...I definitely don't mind air conditioning.

 

  He loves being on the loose.

My dad found a branch.

"Excuse me!"

 

I wanted to hug Taylor for this. She found an app that had all of the kids mesmerized
and, better yet, still. Pretty sure that's a first.

Cade is the cutest.

Finally got Cannen down for a nap.

Camping is exhausting!

Yard Work with a Toddler

Just for the record, I use the term yard work very, very loosely. In this instance, yard work refers to me watering the few flowers I've planted this year and the plants that miraculously survived last summer and this winter.

Cannen absolutely adores being outside so when I say, "Let's go water the flowers!" he runs to the door. After I open the door he runs straight to the hose. And that's when the fun begins. 

This kid loves water!

Mean Mama made him go inside. This was the result:

 

My flowers! 

Happy Spring!

xo

life according to my iPhone photos | March 2012

It's been the hottest March on record. And I loved every minute of it.

Oh and I got a new job. I'm now the Social Media Director at liquidfish. It is a creative agency in Bricktown and I seriously love it. I feel like this is exactly where God wants me and I am so grateful for the opportunity, although I do miss my friends at OPUBCO.

Anyway, here's a recap of March.

Last day at Clear Channel Radio. Here I am with my friends Joe Friday & Yeager. 

 This was during my last week at OPUBCO. I was trying to prove to Micala that I'm more patriotic. "USA! USA! USA!" I chanted while walking around the office. I'm sure that place misses me.

 My and my buddy Kandyce were quite impressed with Freebird's thermostat. 

 My boys. Isn't my husband the hottest?

 The card and cupcake my friends from OPUBCO gave me on my last day. AWWWW.

 The Beerarita at Libby's Cafe in Goldsby. So stinkin' good.

 Just about the cutest boy on the planet.

 Funny faces.

 Cannen's favorite place to be is outside.

 Cannen's Grandpa came to visit and put him to sleep...on the floor. Isn't that precious?

 The latest craze is the "Draw Something" app. Can you guess what Rhonda was trying to get me to guess here? Correct guesser gets $2. (Micala, you are not eligible.)

 This is the view out of my new office. Love being in Bricktown!

The clouds on this day were endless. 

Pops & Cannen enjoying the lovely weather.

 So happy he can hardly stand it.

 Reading.

 Watching Dad do yardwork. 

Our home. I love it.

so we had an earthquake

On Saturday morning shortly after 2 a.m., Oklahoma had an earthquake. I did not feel the earthquake and felt like I really missed out on something. I complained to friends and family. I complained via Twitter. I complained to strangers. I said, "I WANNA FEEL AN EARTHQUAKE!".

Well, the ole adage, "Be careful what you wish for" became a truth in my life when later that day, at approximately 11:38 p.m. Oklahoma had the largest and strongest earthquake in the state's history, a whopping 5.6 on the Richter scale.

Kyle and I sat in the living room, wide-eyed while our entire house shook. "EARTHQUAKE!" he yelled as he took off for Cannen's room, taking down the picture that hangs over his bed. I jumped up and started walking around. In circles. Not quite knowing what to do. "EARTHQUAKE!" I yelled, to no one in particular. "We're having a freaking earthquake!" I said to myself. Then I prayed. Then I went outside to see if there was still an outside. Then I came back inside and sat down. Then I kept feeling little tremors. Then I freaked out.

I take it back. I never, ever want to feel an earthquake. Well, never again anyway.

Where the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Plains

So, it's windy today.

I'm highly irregular.

No, people, I'm not talking about my bowel movements! I haven't posted anything on my blog in months and I decided it's high time I get started. From now on, I'm going to try to be more regular. Do you think they have a yogurt designed to keep bloggers like me regular? Maybe one that contains 'bifidus regularis'? Come to think of it, I think I saw a coupon for buy one get one...

Anyway, I've been reading a lot of blogs lately and to be honest, most are about the mundane happenings of people's lives...yet they're strangly fascinating. Got me thinking...people just might be interested in hearing how I saw a lady wearing a 'swine flu' mask while driving her car or how I read the entire Twilight series in a matter of days and I'm now secretly in-love with a 17 year old vampire. So, stay tuned.

Kyle and I are heading to the Oklahoma Panhandle this weekend...I'm sure I'll have interesting stories to post after driving through Slapout and beyond. Inevitable fun awaits.