On the way home from my wife’s college homecoming (it was the 100th) we decided to take a small detour for a couple of hours to visit Turner falls.  I have never been there before but have driven past it and seen it from the observation point.  Well this day did not disappoint.  It was a beautiful day.

Here is one shot of it:

We heard a rattlesnake but never saw it which I think is a good thing.  The people behind us coming up the trail did see it and got a picture of it.  The boys had fun and so did we.  We really didn’t want to leave.

We will have to make some plans to go back up there in the future.

Yesterday we had a little fun trip to surprise Leslie’s dad on his retirement day.  They live a short drive away.  I think the round trip total was 321 miles.

We left early about 6:20am and when we got into town we picked up a bunch of balloons and then headed over to their house.  We rang the doorbell, and the look on her mom’s face was priceless.  It was a fun day.   We went out to lunch and sat around most of the day just listening to some of his stories from the past.  It was a good day.  We headed on home about 6:15pm.  Leslie and just chatted our way home.  We talked about church, her co-worker who was looking at engagement rings, and my soccer team and their game this weekend. We arrived home about 8:45pm.

It was a long, long day but very well worth it.

I hope all of those who recognize thanksgiving had a wonderful weekend.

My wife and I drove a short 2.5 hours up to her parents house last Wednesday for a nice 4 day get a way so to speak.  We had a really good weekend.  Not to mention that OU beat Oklahoma State.  That was a really good game.  Most of the family was in for Thanksgiving day which was nice since most of them travel from Missouri and most of the time the cousins do not make the trip (work schedules, etc) but it was great to see them all.

I hope everyone else had a good weekend.

Here are a few pictures from where I was at:

The 2008 Red River Rivalry.  (I still like Red River Shootout better)

Game takes place tomorrow in Dallas @ the Cotton Bowl around 11am cst.

Of course most will know that I will be cheering for Oklahoma and they better win and keep their #1 ranking in the country.  However, I do believe they will win tomorrow and go on to the National Championship this year…

Go Sooners..

We drove up to Oklahoma to my wife’s parents house for fathers day.

Yesterday I had the chance to snap a few shots of some cool (at least I think they were) cloud buildups. No storms ever made it all the way to us or really close but still made for some good photos.

So this weekend we went up to Oklahoma to our Uncle’s 50th surprise birthday party. They got him good and I guess he said a few choice words when they pulled up to see 15 cars outside the house and roughly 30 people. He doesn’t like surprises very well. lol we all enjoyed it though.

Speaking of birthdays, my cousin’s birthday is coming up in a few days and I’m always 1 week later. Yeah, Great, another year older, yeah, well not really. Come to think of it, maybe I should have a party and I could get some awesome Kentucky Derby Party Invitations. We could even take the birthday party to the horse track also. hmmm that a really good idea right there. Since horse racing is in the family I wonder if my cousin would want some cool invites like that too.