Last weekend was the first time we had made it home since we had moved here. 3 months to be exact. 3 months from Tulsa time. 3 months from seeing all our nephews. 3 months from driving in a city that takes 10 mins to get from one end to the other.
It was a swell time. Drove up on Friday {took the car instead of flying because we are the most loving parents... or because we have the most spoiled dog. We don't like to board her if we don't have too. Saves money and hello, she wanted to see her cousins Boone and Lucy just like we wanted to see ours} It was a packed weekend, so right when we got into town we dropped the girl off at Mamy and Grandpa's house {L's parents} and then went on out with friends. Great catching up with Rob, Tanee, Sarah, Eric and Brad. We got dinner at Andolini's and then got a couple beers at the White Owl. Good times.
'Nother note on the drive. 75 feels like a tortuous stretch of the most exasperating road ever paved compared with free-flowing traffic on 45 from houston to dallas. And Okmulgee. Freakin' Okmulgee. A town created for the sole purpose of adding 15 minutes to the overall drive. How 'bout we create 75 business route for all those dumb little towns that we're forced to drive through then we don't have to slow down and have to watch speed limits signs like a hawk.
Bright and early the next morning Kyle went out with all the boys to play golf for Cameron's birthday. Kyle and Callan played on a scramble together. We won't mention how they did.
That night we celebrated Cameron's 26th birthday by the usual: hang out, grill hotdogs and hamburgers, drink beer, play bocce ball, watch some basketball. Not only was it great to see some family we haven't seen in 3 months, butttttttttt it was our first time to meet new baby Gunner Van. What a cute kid. It was crazy with all the kids running around, Will making Sunny laugh as usual, Briggsy and Leo kissing on each other, and Charlie and Stilly were having a ball together.
Meet our newest nephew, Gunner Van McKenzie.
Sweet big brother Will loving on his new brother.
After all the festivities, we went down to the Dust Bowl and got a beer with a few family and some friends. On a side note, why do all kinds of bars nowadays have dj's that play music that is: A) absolutely the worst music in the world, or B) music that is tolerable but YOU HAVE TO SHOUT AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS JUST SO YOU CAN HEAR EACH OTHER??!? I mean, fa'real, can we not just have places where music is a normal volume, not anything trendy-crap-pop, that we can have a conversation over at a comfortable speaking level. So many times, we tell ourselves that we won't return to a bar because a dj ruined the experience. Step up ya game, dj's. We found sanctuary out back in a secluded, sparse courtyard but needless to say, we left that joint early cause we were also getting up early and we wanted to get a good breakfast up at BBDII before we got on our way.
Yum, BBDs. Want right now.
Also wanting: Bueno. Can't believe we didn't get while we were in Bueno capital of the world, Tulsa. Actually, we can believe it since our new year's resolution was to not eat fast food, but still, we kinda wish we woulda just done it anyways.
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