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Man I love finding gems like these. Meet the Kearns family, pirate style. 

Jakey is the buccaneer bottom right :)

We had a great weekend in Texas... more on that later. Goodnight!

1, 2, 3, Pin!

Nail painting and Dog training. 

A great lazy Saturday.

Roses

Meet my niece and nephews. 

They're a good time. 

 We went to an amazing place called Hard 8 BBQ. I have never seen so much meat in my life.

Having lots of fun in Dallas! The Rose family is the best... 

CherryBerry

Nothing like some froyo to brighten up a day! 

Jake and I are off to Texas for the weekend... so excited. I have never been. 

The one thing I'm hoping to do? A short little shopping trip to a place called H and M. 

YES PLEASE. Catch ya on the flip flop.

How many firemen does it take to fix a smoke detector?

 

Too many. 

Jake and I's morning began at 5:30 am to the smoke alarm going off across the room. 

Needless to say we were bugged. Real bugged. Sleep is precious around these parts and a faulty smoke alarm is the last thing we need! 

But it stopped and we went back to sleep.

Forty-five minutes later it happened againnnnnn! So naturally we call the front desk and what does she do..? She calls the fire department. 

Five minutes later four men and a truck showed up and replaced the alarm. 

I should have taken that as a warning to stay in bed all day.

older, better, faster, stronger

Today was my little brother's fifteenth birthday. Wasn't I just fifteen? Making music videos with my friends... dreaming about my first kiss... learning to drive...gaining weight like crazy... yeah I don't miss it too much. But Kendall, he makes fifteen look pretty good. So Jake and I made him a little Kanye rap instead of the lame-o birthday song call. Kendall's a big Kanye fan.
Man we're bored. Don't judge us.

So this is Kendall at his best. Polo.. Golf Hat.. I'm a too cool teenager look. It's impossible to make this kid smile on camera. You wouldn't know it, but back in the day he spent his time watching Blue's Clues. He loved Steve and learned every move to the theme song. "Blue skadoo you can too!" Someday I'll get that video on here...
Girls, watch out. He's a six-foot-tall-soon-to-be-pro-golfer.

Lookin Up

Look who's back on track! Jakey boy killed it today and I'm like a proud momma (hence the first day of school picture, he loved it). And despite the billion ants in my car and broken car wash I got stuck in, we had a much much better day. Jake met with his commander who is a great guy. He reassured us they would get him to IFS as soon as possible. Both of us are so relieved! It's nice to see things getting brighter. It feels like we're finally turning a corner here in Oklahoma...  :)

Churchy Church

This commercial popped up the other day... pretty much made me pee my pants.

This is where I'm living. And there's plenty where that came from.

Today was a pretty good day! This is why...

This was Jacob at NINE O'CLOCK last night. Hollah! I was pretty excited... and needless to say he felt a lot better today. We were finally able to attend our new ward and had a great time. We needed it big time, its amazing how church can lift your spirits. The weather also seems to be cooling down a lot, which I LOVE! So here's to a better week :)

OK

 

After spending the weekend driving through Oklahoma I've learned quite a bit about this odd state.

1. There are pumpjacks everywhere.

2. They keep mounted garbage cans on the side of the freeway

3. Stillwater, OK has the very first Sonic Drive-in 

4. Kingfisher, OK is the birthplace of Sam Walton

5. Enid is about the ugliest town in Oklahoma. Everywhere outside of here is green, hilly, and full of trees.

Our "getaway" to Oklahoma City didn't go as well as we'd hoped. Jake's leg really bothered him the entire trip. The Orthopedic doctor we saw in Stillwater told us that Jake will not be healed in time to attend his training that starts September 1st, which means his entire program will be pushed back. I just hope they can get him into the next one without trouble. Our massages went well but it didn't help him sleep, in fact it made it worse. So neither one of us were in the mood for any sort of shopping or sight seeing today. Hopefully we'll be able to go back soon and have a much better time! We've now moved into the motel on base which is a lot better than we expected. I just hope we don't have to move out again... Man do I miss home. Thank heavens for Krispy Kremes and Bluebell Rainbow Sherbet.

Hammys

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE not working. Seriously... I'm good at being lazy. But sometimes, just once in a while, I miss this place. Mostly the people... they were great. Never a dull moment. It's not enough to make me EVER want to wait tables again. Oh hammys...