Oklahoma

This year for Christmas we went to Oklahoma. We were pretty nervous to fly with 3 little kids but overall it was much better than we anticipated. The plane ride there was pretty exhausting because the kids needed to be constantly entertained. The plane ride back though was nice because Annie and Deacon almost slept the whole way. Here are some pictures of the kids, this is Annie and Deacon's first plane rides and Emily's third.

For some reason this is how Annie usually smiles lately.

We spent Christmas Eve at my Uncle's house and the kids had so much fun playing outside and at the pond, playing with the horses and riding 4 wheelers. After Christmas we went to a lake house that my sister rented for all of us to stay together for a few days, it was very relaxing and the weather was so nice that the kids played outside tons. We went for walks, to skip rocks at the lake, had a Just Dance tournament, watched sports, played games, and ate LOTS of food.

When we were out on a drive one day Emily got really excited when she saw this and yelled, "The Eiffel Tower!"

Deacon at the lake

The girls throwing rocks in the lake
And for some reason Ben wanted to jump in the lake while we were there, so he did and convinced a lot of the kids to do it with him. Annie did but not on purpose.


Our last night there we went on a hayride through a park to look at Christmas lights, it was a lot of fun.

Overall, it was a good trip and our kids had a LOT of fun, but we were so exhausted by the time we got home, it was nice to have a couple days to recover before Ben had to go back to work.