Lady A Concert

As usual, it's been a looooong time since I got on here and took the time to write a blog post. I have no excuses for myself. But, I'm determined to get completely caught up before I go back to school. 

A couple of months ago, my mom and I went to a Lady Antebellum concert. It was a great concert! 

 The opening act was Thompson Square. I wasn't too excited to see them, but they ended up being really good. And, the leading male in the band is an Okie! (Have you heard their new song, Glass? So good!)

 Up after Thompson Square was Darius Rucker, also known at Hootie. He was on stage for about an hour and was hands down my favorite act of the concert. He even performed some old Hootie and the Blowfish songs!

 Headlining the concert was Lady Antebellum. They were spectacular! I haven't heard a song of theirs that I don't love.

 Towards the end of Lady A's performance, Thompson Square and Darius Rucker came out to perform with Lady A. Definitely my favorite part of the concert!

If you get a chance, go check out these acts in concert! They won't disappoint!!!

Sam Noble Museum of Natural History

I know. It has been a long time. I have been terrible at taking pictures and blogging. Lately life has been....I can't even think of the word. Crazy? Fun? Happy? Hard? All of the above? My class this year is crazy, the time I spend with friends is fun, David and Liam make me happy, and some other things I've been facing have been hard. Hopefully I'll get better at blogging (now that I redesigned my blog...what do you think?) and share some of the ups and downs we've been facing.

Here's an up for you...We took a trip to the "Dinosaur Museum" today because Grandma and Grandpa were in town. Liam loves going there. Bet you can't tell that by looking at this first picture! :)

 Yep, pretty sure he's picking his nose in this one! Too bad there's not a tiny mustache drawn on that finger!

 Liam refused to look at the camera. The huge dinosaurs above our heads were just too interesting!

 Liam was obsessed, obsessed, with these dinosaurs. He went back to look at them over and over again. He was so worried about the dinosaur eating the other dinosaur.

I'll be back soon to do an iPhone dump!

Family Pics 2011

We had our family pictures taken in October. I didn't want to share them until after we had mailed out our Christmas cards. Pirtle Photo really outdid themselves again! Here are a few of my favorites from our shoot.

Ornery, much?!?!

Oh, that sweet smile!

Love, love, love!

I saved my favorite pic for last. I just LOVE Liam's expression in this picture.
Thanks, Tif and Chris, for taking time out of your trip to Oklahoma to capture these precious moments for us!!!

Catch up time!

I've been meaning to update this good ole' neglected blog, but every time I sit down to blog, something else comes up. So, instead of doing several detailed posts about the last 3 months, I'm going to share pics of highlights from the last 3 month. (The pictures somehow uploaded out of order.)

David and I took at trip to New York City in October. David had to go for business, so I tagged along. We had so much fun!

Recognize this building? Yep, it's the Friends building!
We didn't get to go into the actual Memorial since our trip was a last minute thing, but we still visited the site and the church in front of the Memorial.
This was on a building across from our hotel in Chelsea. Love it!
Liam got to "meet" some of the Cars 2 characters when we went to Texas to visit Uncle Barry and to celebrate my dad's birthday. It was such a fun experience!


Liam had his very first gymnastics program. I regret so much not taking my good camera!
I was blown away at how well Liam listened to his teacher!
Liam was so excited to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween. Pretty sure he was the cutest Buzz ever!
We also celebrated Liam's 3rd birthday (how is that possible?) at Jump Zone. Liam had so much fun with his friends. It was impossible to keep up with him! Of course, his party had to be Toy Story.
These are the best sugar cookies ever!
Poor Liam had a very runny nose the day of his party that turned into a cold the next week.
We also had a wonderful Christmas, but I forgot to take my camera to Bartlesville. :( I'm hoping that someone will post pics on Facebook soon from all of our fun celebrations!

Phew....finally caught up!!! Now we're ready for 2012!!!!!!

Happy birthday to me!

I celebrated another amazing birthday yesterday! It was the perfect day that involved sleeping in, hanging out with my boys, my brother coming into town, taking a nap, and a delicious dinner at Cheesecake Factory. Liam can't eat a Cheesecake Factory because of his peanut allergy, so a sweet friend volunteered to watch him while we went out to an adult dinner with my bestie, Skye, and some of her family. We took a couple of pics before we left. I love how precious Liam looks in this first pic. Seriously...look at those rosy cheeks. And those eyes. And those lips. Does it get any cuter?!?!

I just love my little family! (Even in their Sooner gear!)
I'm looking forward to another great year!!! I think it's going to be a fun one!!!!!

Fair Fun

We have spent our fair share of time at fairs lately. We've gone to the Cleveland County Fair twice and to the Oklahoma State Fair twice. All four times we had a blast!

We had never gone to the Cleveland County Fair, and I was so surprised at how big it was! They had every farm animal imaginable for us to hold or pet. I loved the rabbits and the chicks the most! And I may have asked David if I could take home one of the piglets. ;)

After we petted several animals, Liam wanted to ride in the barrels. He's always soooo serious when he goes on any kind of ride!
He absolutely loved the fire truck and didn't want to get out of it when it was time to go.
And now for the reason we made our first trip to the Cleveland County Fair.....Liam entered a bug collection with his daycare. He was sooooooo proud of his bug collection and his ribbon!
I don't do bugs. I actually tell my students that if they bring a bug near me they will lose recess for the rest of the year. Haha! Thanks to Daddy, Uncle Bryan, Nana, and Papa, Liam ended up with plenty of bugs. He even had enough to share with some of his friends!
Here is a pic of the entire Sparkle Kids entry. I just love that Liam's sitter does these kinds of things with the kiddos. It's a lot of extra work for her, but so appreciated by the parents!
I took a personal day to go to the Oklahoma State Fair with Liam's daycare to see Toy Story 3 on ice. Liam was so excited!
He was super surprised to see Mickey and his friends there!

He loves Slinky Dog!

And his current obsession is with getting the bad guy, Zurg.

I think this was his favorite part of the entire show.
After watching Toy Story 3, we ventured out into the fair. Liam had so much fun playing with his friends and I loved seeing him interact with them! He was able to "plant" seeds.
He got to "pick" potatoes.
And, he got to pet some more animals. This bunny was so soft!
We went back to the Oklahoma State Fair on Saturday with my mom and dad. For some reason, the pictures from that day have gone missing from my computer. :( But, we had a blast and ate some YUMMY fair food!!!!!