here is my final post about our time in oklahoma. i meant to get this done on friday but since we got back, things have been so busy!
up in oklahoma, cole was able to enjoy so many more things than last summer.
up in oklahoma, cole was able to enjoy so many more things than last summer.
i LOVE the age that cole is at right now, as he says the funniest things and his personality is developing into such a funny and thoughtful child!
he also understands so much, and loves to try new things, so he really enjoyed fishing for the first time with brenner and my dad and horseback riding for the first time (which i did not get any pictures of because i was not there either time brenner took him! so sad!) but here are a few pictures from their fishing expedition, which i also was unable to go on but brenner took the camera to capture the first fish this boy caught!
as i have mentioned a few times, while we were there, i took a break from running and just walked each morning. i really wanted to take in the beauty of my surroundings. okay, that and i would have to run uphill for a mile starting out and that did not appeal to me at all at 6:30 in the morning.
so i walked. and all of the dogs came with me. they loved it more than me.
here is jake looking happy since this is the place that he gets the exercise that he really needs. this dog runs the whole time we are here. it is the only place we ever see him tired.
he also understands so much, and loves to try new things, so he really enjoyed fishing for the first time with brenner and my dad and horseback riding for the first time (which i did not get any pictures of because i was not there either time brenner took him! so sad!) but here are a few pictures from their fishing expedition, which i also was unable to go on but brenner took the camera to capture the first fish this boy caught!
so i walked. and all of the dogs came with me. they loved it more than me.
here is jake looking happy since this is the place that he gets the exercise that he really needs. this dog runs the whole time we are here. it is the only place we ever see him tired.
beautiful plains from the top of the hill.
in the evenings after our evening walk, the girls and i would hang out on the porch. since it didn't get dark until about 9:30, it was a nice time to enjoy the sunset and cool temperatures before bed. and we were close to the smores as they cam off the grill.
some of my activities included making sand plum jelly. i have posted about this before, two years ago, when i made 4 batches of jelly. well, i did not have time to do that this year, but i was able to make 2 batches, which yielded 12 jars. yum. this stuff is tasty. i also made plum dumplings a couple of nights and brought a few plums home with me to make them again tomorrow night.
picking them is the worst part.
fashionable ain't i?
cole liked to help pick too. meaning, he would ask daddy to find him one to eat while mommy did the real work.
but the end result was worth it!
my family is very happy that i made jelly this year. they enjoy the fruits of my labor, literally.
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