leeeeets goooo fly a kite....

a few Sundays ago...it was very nice outside but the Oklahoma wind was in full force...so of course we had to go find us a kite and walk across the street to an empty lot to give our girls their first kite flying experience:) We all had a blast! Even Jake who had to chase the kite about a mile down the street because Piper insisted on doing it all by herself and just wasn't quite strong enough;)

"our house"

Right in "our" very "own neighborhood" is one of Oklahoma City's newest and coolest libraries.  With it being VERY much walking distance from "our house" (when i say "our house" i mean my in-laws;) we had lots of plans to walk there multiple times a week...wellllll it being the heart of winter since we moved back in mid January we haven't had many opportunities to do so thus far (it feels very weird to load everyone up in the car to drive around the corner, but I guess its necessary when its a wind chill of 30 degrees and snow on the ground). But we finally got the chance to do it the other day and today was definitely beautiful enough to walk to the library, and we had plans to...but poor Piper woke up at midnight sick and was running a fever all day...lets just hope Oklahoma will stop acting like...welll...Oklahoma...and just STAY beautiful from here on out!  fat chance...i know;)

January 2013.....

January was quite the month for us...we left our church in Texas, packed up our teeny tiny apartment, loaded all our belongings into storage units and moved in with Jakes parents...i'm a little overwhelmed with all that I can say about our time we had in Texas and the reasons why we left...so i'm just going to leave it that we felt very called to move on and we are now truly learning to live, trusting fully on God and man are we! We can honestly say we are rejoicing in this time of darkness. Our last days in Frisco were spent with friends we had met,going to all our favorite places around town, packing, going to our last library programs, and finishing up Pipers swim lessons....our 18 months in Texas will always hold a HUGE place in our heart and I am so very grateful that God led us there!

it was worth it...

Yesterday (Saturday) morning we woke the girls up at 5:30am to go the the Plano Balloon festival they have this time each year.  Jake went last year as a volunteer for the boys and girls club...but this was the girls and I's first time.  It was pitch dark when we got there yet the parking lot was PACKED full this is such a big deal that hundreds of people will show up at 6am on a Saturday morning!  The 'Glow' started at 6:30 where all the hot air balloons light up their fire in the dark...it was just beautiful! Although Jake and I were pretty disappointed that there were only 2 balloons out for the 'glow'...Jake said last year for the night time 'glow' there were over 20 balloons out...that would have looked just amazing, oh well.  As soon as the sun came up dozens of trucks started pulling up onto the field and setting up their balloons for the 8:00am take off.  It was just increadable to watch dozens of balloons getting set up and taking off into the air.  We also got to hang out with the Elders (who provided yummy Shiplys donuts!).  After the big take off a few balloons stayed on the ground and they opened the field up for everyone to go check the balloons up close! it was so wild!! they are HUGE and just beautiful!  Then they had tons of bounce houses for the kiddos to play on and even Violet was brave enough to go on them!  It was such a fun morning!

daddy lovings....