Sunday, May 31, 2009

Mini Vacay

Since Mama got all knocked up and had some issues, we don't get to take a big vacation this year =(. But I have some energy back and I wanted to do some fun things with the kids this summer that were not too far or long. The perfect opportunity came about this weekend! Our best friends that live in Bartlesville, OK, Travis, Erin and Owen's girlfriend Emma, just had their new baby boy this past week, Sam! So we loaded up Friday night after Shane got home from work and drove over to OK and stayed the night in a hotel to see the new baby. The kids had a blast! As you know, Claire is an old pro =) at staying in hotels, but Owen was a newbie and was literally bouncing off the walls, even at 12am!! Here are a bunch of pictures from our short trip...

Claire and Owen in their pjs at the hotel Friday night!


Owen taking it all in....and jumping on the bed =) Claire being goofy...The next morning...I had already bought baby Sam tons of gifts so I wanted to bring something to Erin. So Mom made me this fabulous container and I filled it with some oil and lotion (coconut scent mmmmm) and of course a bottle of Cuervo Gold Margarita =)!!The kids actually slept in and we did not have time for breakfast!! So we headed over to the Perry's for a cookout and some baby time!!! Claire with Sam! He was 9lbs 2oz!!! He is a big boy and super cute!! This made us all so excited for Bree!!Claire and the new big sister Emma checking on baby boy...Owen was not too interested, just every once in awhile he would say "Where baby?" If you look closely you will see that I gave that awesome head of hair a mohawk =)
Shane and Travis took the kids to a fun park that afternoon... Before we left to come back to AR, we had some ice cream cones!!We had a great trip and the kids did really well!! We are going to try to do a few more things like this before August!! Hope you had a great weekend!!!

14 comments:

Jessica said...

What a beautiful baby. I think Sam looks like Emma, especially in the close up picture of him in the swing.

Taylor said...

Looks like such a fun time!! We just went on our first 'mini-vacay' as a family! It was stressful at times, but overall we had so much fun!! Your tinies are the cutest, I love the pictures of them jumping on the bed!!

CAMoore said...

Owens jammies are so cute!

That container is too cute! what a sweet gift (and fun contents) you brought your friend!

Glad you guys got to take a vacay!

Tara Gibson said...

sam is soooo adorable! love the hair. That picture of owen jumping on the bed with that grin is priceless! The kids look like they had a blast!

amywelborn said...

Can you believe you will have a baby like that soon!! Crazy!

Love the hotel pics...kids in jammies are the cutest thing in the world. Owen is such a doll!

Unknown said...

OMG I am so excited for Bree!!! I have missed you and your cute kiddos...

Teresa @ Grammy Girlfriend said...

Great pictures...and a great and VERY cute blog.

Just blog hopping today and enjoyed reading your blog...

I am posting on our Disney trip so hope you will stop by.
Also, the June giveaway starts today...all comments left in June will be in the drawing for the "June Card Box"!
You will have to go down a few posts to read about the monthly giveaway. Happy Sunday!

Ashley @ pure and lovely said...

awe hope you guys had fun!!!

Heather said...

Road trips are so much fun! What a sweet baby boy, look at all that hair! Love that bucket or basket, did you make that, it's cute!! Great pics!

AmyT said...

they are just too cute - I love Owen's facial expressions!

Brown Four...Never a Dull Moment said...

Sam is super cute...he really favors Emma!

Great picture of the Claire and Owen...love their pj's!

Maggie said...

What a fun little get away for you guys!! I bet that did make you all the more anxious to get Bree here!!

We did the same thing this weekend, mini-vacay to Sprinfield - I hadn't been anywhere in ages it seemed. It was fun, but Josh got sick. =(

Suz said...

What a fun trip.. That baby is absolutely beautiful!!! Hope you're feeling great! I feel for you that you have to go all summer in this heat! Whew..

In This Wonderful Life said...

what a fun time! u guys werent too far from me..those kids r soo cute!