So far, so good, our vacation that is

We have made it to our destinations. Vacation rocks. Even though I am checking email and tempted to call in, I might later.
Anyway, here is a recap of the trip so far.
Thursday, we left around 4 p.m., by the time we got everything loaded, snacks for Ella, drinks and made a stop at the post office and bank, we were off. Ella watched two movies, actually the same one, back to back and fell asleep right before Omaha and allowed us to get to Lincoln with no complaints. We stopped for dinner and then a rest stop west to walk around and burn some energy. Once we headed south, we could see a good size storm ahead of us. Kyle check his BlackBerry for weather reports and it was a amazing show Mother Nature provided us. The lightening was amazing! It was everywhere. A little scary too.

And here is a shot of Ella in the car, happy to be up past her bedtime.

Friday we were out of the hotel around 7 and made it to my ole stomping ground- OSU by noon. We had lunch with Kyle's aunt and uncle at Eskimo Joe's a famous eatery in Stillwater, know for amazing cheese fries. We then headed to the stadium to look around. Check out the pics.


Here is the basketball court for player level. Cool, huh!



Next we took a peek at the football field.


After this we spent some time with Kyle's college advisor at his home and played in the yard and sprinklers. We had dinner with a couple we have know for a long time and then headed to Tuttle, where my in-laws live.

Saturday was Ava's birthday party! Lots of fun. Ella had fun playing with Ava and was a good helper. She grew very fond of one of there dogs.


After the party we headed for home and spent some time in the pool. Ella really liked it and enjoyed it even more naked! Goodness!

Sunday was another pool day and the girls had their photos taken, will post those later. Ella and I left Monday morning and went to Ardmore and visited some of our best friends, we played at the park and had lunch, then back in the car for another 2 hours to McKinney to see my grandma. She seems to be doing well, and enjoyed seeing Ella.

Ella is a farm girl at heart, and we both helped feed the animals today, need to get some pics. We filled up two little pools for this afternoon.

We headed for the ranch after this and since then having been enjoying ourselves and relaxing. Kyle and his dad are in route to New York City as we speak. I know they will have a blast, look forward to the stories.
Tomorrow Ella and I will go see my great aunt in McAlester, OK and my best friend Kristen and her kiddos. I can't wait, should be fun.

Will report back with more soon.