Favorite Things

We'll take a quick intermission to mention some of Aiden's favorite things while at Nana and Papa Bob's besides all of the fun activities. He has loved playing in the upstairs game room with all of the really cool games, puzzles, and toys.

But most of all he has loved the cats. If ever he disappears, and we don't hear him, we know that he has headed off to see the cats.

Who may not be as thrilled to see him as he is to see them!

Playing In The Creek & Ice Cream

Once we got home from Orr Family Farms Tuesday afternoon, it was time for Papa Bob to get home from work, which meant that it was time for Aiden to get to play in the creek while Mommy and Daddy got to out on a date for the evening.

The creek behind my Dad's house has been his pet project ever since they moved into their house in Oklahoma. Don't let this next picture fool you, even though there are toys in the background, I am sure that Aiden was put to work shoveling dirt for the next project! j/k

After all of their hard work and play, it was off to Braum's for some ice cream. Aiden's favorite color is orange, so I am sure that is why he ended up with orange sherbet. As to why the ice cream is bigger than he is, we'll never know.

Luckily, he doesn't mind sharing. "Here Papa Bob, help me finish this."

Orr Family Farms

So after a mostly uneventful Monday of flying into OKC (Aiden did great on the flight and enjoyed watching the gears and hydraulics moving the flaps on the wing our window looked out at) and just hanging out a Nana and Papa Bob's we decided to fill our Tuesday with some adventures. Nana, Tay, Aiden and I started the day out at Orr Family Farms. It is a working horse training facility outside of OKC which has also added a family/kid friendly farm activity area. It was very clean, not too crowded, and had a lot of fun things for Aiden to do.


He really enjoyed learning how to milk a cow. Can you see the concentration?

The farm also had a section with some very large jump pillows. They were basically an inflated trampoline which we all enjoyed jumping on, including my cute wife!

There were lots of things for Aiden to ride on at the farm. We opted for the fake horse instead of paying for a pony ride, which turned out to be money well saved because he didn't seem very interested in the horses.

He enjoyed riding the big red truck during his lunch break. You may notice the cheeks puffed full of peanut butter sandwich!

He had a lot of fun on the old fashioned Merry-Go-Round.

But, his favorite was definitely the train ride. You can't beat a Thomas look alike and getting to sit with Mommy and Nana.

The conductor even let him get in and blow the whistle!

We ended the day with the "hay ride" which was really just riding in a trailer being pulled by a big tractor out to the pumpkin patch where we all got to pick out a pumpkin.

I was happy that Aiden chose one that I could carry rather than this one.

We had a great time, and then headed home for the rest of the awesome activities for the day.

Oklahoma Trip

Early on in the summer Nana and Papa Bob called us and asked that we come and visit since it had been too long since they had last seen us (read: Aiden). We had a busy summer planned out, and the thought of long days out in the heat didn't sound that fun, so we postponed the trip to this past week. That turned out to be a great idea, because we have had some great weather, and have really enjoyed ourselves.

We've been in Oklahoma since Monday, and will head home early Saturday. The break from work has been wonderful, and Tay and I have been able to have a couple of date nights while being here. It has also been a lot of fun to see Aiden bond with his grandparents.

Anyways, the next couple of posts will be about our trip and the fun activities we have had.

Quick Weatherford/Granbury Trip

On Tuesday we drove up to Weatherford for Mimi's (Tay's grandmother) 90th birthday. Unfortunately, I was so distracted while keeping Aiden from destroying all of the decorations in every one's homes and being semi-behaved at the restaurant that I forgot to get a picture of the birthday lady and her great-grandson. Anyways, the birthday was nice, and low-key. We had a good time seeing everyone.

Before the party, we went to Mimi's to "surprise" her, let her know that we were in town, and to give her some time to see Aiden before everyone met at the restaurant for dinner. She asked why we had come up during the middle of the week, and how that must have been difficult for us. I told her that it wasn't everyday that you have a 90th birthday, and that we wouldn't have missed it. She promptly looked at me, and said to not remind her about her age! We all had a good chuckle at that.

After the birthday party we continued on to Granbury to stay with Nana Randee and Grandad. Ever since Aiden was promised a ride in the boat the next time we went up to see them, it is all that he has talked about (well that, and yucky mushrooms). So as soon as everyone had eaten breakfast the next day, we all braved the wind and low 60 degree weather, and went for a ride in the boat.

Here is a picture of their fun little place right on the lake.

After the boat ride, Aiden took a nap, Tay and Randee went shopping, Allen and I fished for a little bit, and then I went for a nice run while Allen took care of some emails. We finished the day with a nice lunch out, and then headed home. It was a fun trip.