Meatfest

Sam and his friends in Bartlesville started a tradition called "meatfest"... Need I say more?! A few times a year, usually the Thursday before General Conference, they would head to Tulsa to Gaucho's, which is one of those Brazilian restaurants where they bring the steak and meats around on skewers and if your card is green they serve you, and continue to do so until you flip it to red. They would weigh before going in, and weigh again afterwards. Whoever gained the most (ate the most) was the proud owner of a buffalo statue. Well, until this month, that buffalo has been at my house!! Thanks Brendon for taking it off our hands!
In Sam's honor, they went one more time before we moved. They all went down together in the Vacmobile, which is a bus turned smooth ride, that some of our friends own. Now that the big competition is out of the way, I wonder who will be the reigning champ! :-)

A See ya Later Dinner

We sure are going to miss our friends in Bartlesville, so I choose to look at it as just see ya later! We will probably be back at some time, and we'll be looking forward to seeing everyone again. My poor Shaye is already very sad to be leaving her friends. And my girls nights out are going to be greatly missed! Good friends are real important, and we sure have some wonderful ones here. Thanks to everyone who made our time here so great!
Here are some pictures of a few good bye dinners we have had these last few weeks.

Memorial Weekend

The weather was plenty hot for Memorial Day weekend. With the move to Houston coming up, we knew Sam was going to need a new truck. He found one in Plano, and on Saturday we headed down to pick it up. We decided to make a trip out of it. We stayed at the Renaissance Hotel in Dallas, and had a fun short over-nighter. Shaye and Sydnee played in the sprinklers outside the hotel,(well, Shaye played and Sydnee wandered around) and Paige dozed in the shade! The next day, we stopped by the outlet stores for a few things, and then took the kids to eat at a restaurant called The Magic Time Machine. Our waiter was Captain Jack Sparrow. He was a really good one too - talked like him and everything. It was fun!




On Monday, after doing the yard work and stuff around the house, we headed down to the neighborhood pool. The water was refreshing on such a hot day!