Home Sweet Home

On Saturday the 19th I finally pulled off a surprise party for my mom. She is one of those people who finds out everything, except for this time! I flew in to Utah on Thursday the 17th and Ryan's parents picked Kiera and I up at the airport. I had a surprise birthday party planned for my mom on Saturday and 26 people showed up. It was awesome to see my parents walk in, look at me, look away, then turn back and realize that Kiera and I were standing right in front of them. That's right, no one, except Ryan's parents, knew I was coming.
It was great to see the family and spend time with them. We took a million pictures, so I'll just post a few.
I just want to add how amazing mother nature is. When I left on Thursday a week and a half ago, Oklahoma was as brown as could be. While in Utah someone must have dumped green paint over the state because when I got back Saturday night, everything had life to it. I kept asking Ryan on the way home from the airport if we were on the right road because it looked so different. When we moved here in November everything was already dead and brown for the winter, and now, Oklahoma has a whole new beauty.

Ryan's Grandparents

Surprise Pary "Happy 50th Birthday MOM"

Two things I miss most about Utah...

mountains and snow!

Kiera LOVES dogs and she still asks about Droopy several times a day!

My two most favorite people and a crash!

Nothing makes me more happy than my husband a daughter!

On Friday Ryan and Kiera got hit while on their way to meet some friends at McDonald's. They are both fine and the truck will need a little work. But it is when things happen that I stop to thing just how thankful I am to my Heavenly Father for protecting my family each and every day. We truly are so blessed, FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!

Tulsa Zoo

On Saturday we traveled to Tulsa to visit the zoo. It was fun to be out as a family, but I was not impressed with the zoo. I won't go on and on about what I thought of it, but I did have fun taking pictures, mostly of Kiera! We got her this monkey backpack because she loves to walk rather than ride in her stroller. So I somehow need to keep a hold of her. Well, after she screamed and said "NO" a bazillion times, we finally got it on her. But the only way to stop the screaming was to let her hold the monkey's tail. So she walked through the whole zoo holding the tail. Needless to say, it did not serve it's purpose! Maybe next time.

Ahh, yes, and I got my hair cut!