Harps are moving

Our friends Eric, Diane, & Sarah are moving to Houston tomorrow. I met Diane through Gymboree. Sarah was a student when I was teaching classes there. Diane & I made fast friends. Her family, such as my family, also did not have any close relatives that lived in the OKC area. Over the last year, we would get together at least once a week & even celebrated holidays like Christmas, together.

This past weekend, a few of us got together to have a farewell party for the Harp family. The owners of Gymboree hosted the event at the gym.

I'm heart-broken to see them go. Eric is a doctor & is finishing his last year of residency in Houston. Eric & Diane lived in the Phoenix area right after they were married & they mentioned that they could move to Phoenix in year. Jeff, who was born & raised in Phoenix, spoke with a member of executive management for Home Creations who happened to mention that HC is purchasing land in the Phoenix area. Jeff express his interest in moving to Phoenix as the director of sales. Naturally I told Diane this & she said to me, "That would be great, we could be neighbors." I laughed & I thought to myself, "whoa, they must really enjoy spending time with us....or they know Jeff could hook them up with a smokin'-hot deal on a new house in Phoenix area." hahahahahaha.....

Learning to use the potty...

Need I say more....he's getting it!

An OU Father's Day

For Father's Day this year, Landon & I went to have Jeff's OU football autographed by Heisman trophy winners Jason White, Billy Owen, & Billy Sims. It was quite a dramatic experience getting to the location where they were at & so many things went wrong just trying to get there, but Landon & I finally made it & it was well with it.
All three men were so friendly towards Landon & I think they really got a "kick" out of him too.
I really didn't want Landon to have his picture taken with any of the former players mainly because right as they called out our number to meet the players, Landon made a poopy in his diaper. I was so embarrassed & I couldn't excuse our selves! We only had 30 more minutes before the players would be leaving & we had already waited nearly an hour & a half.(try entertaining a two year in a line of 150 or more OU fans...yuck) But Billy Owens saw Landon & he stretched out his arms for him to come closer & next thing I know, BOTH Billy's were telling me"Let's take some pictures with this little guy." So I did of course, but Billy Owen had a funny look on his face as he passed Landon back over to me. I said "Thank You" & RAN!!!!! hahahaha....
I was trying to surprise Jeff this morning with the autographs. But, because I had the location all mixed up, & none of my "supposed"OU friends knew nothing about the signing, I eventually had to break down & call Jeff to find out the exact location. Hearing the surprise in his voice when I told him what I was doing made it all worth it though.
You can see Jason White holding Jeff's OU football. Jeff's pretty proud of it.
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Play date with the BOYS!

Landon's best buddy is Joshua. Joshua, & his brother, Jonah, came over to play with us Saturday afternoon. We filled up the pool & we got the bounce house out & the boys had a BLAST!

What'd he say?

So...we hope we don't offend anyone by sharing this particular story. It's just kind of funny.
Landon's comments & observations about his world have been taking us by surprise more & more these days He's always asking us "what's that?". He's just a "little sponge."
ANYWAYS, Sunday morning we were getting around for church, and while I was finishing up, Jeff & Landon were in our bedroom playing with Tuffy & Speck. (our other children, our doxies) Speck rolled over & Jeff started to scratch his belly. Landon looked Speck over a little, & asked Jeff "what's that?" Before Jeff had a chance to respond, Landon looks up at Jeff & says "his balls?" Jeff slowly began to chuckle, & I stood in the bathroom dumbfounded looking at Jeff, & I asked, "What'd he say?" AND, before I knew it the laughter took over! I was snorting I was laughing so hard! We didn't repeat the comment, or really make too big of a deal out of it. (other than the laughter) On the way to church, Jeff & I discussed what he had said, & neither one of us have ever referred to the dogs genitals or Landon's, for that matter, as "balls".We just think that's what Specks "boy parts" looked like to him. (neither dog is neutered)

We love our other babies. We've had two families ask if we would concern "studdin'" Tuffy out. From what we are learning, we'd get a fee for Tuffy's "services" & first pick of his mates litter. Jeff's reluctant though. He's afraid I'll pull a "Kari", & we'd end up keeping all Tuffy's pups.

Our dream is to own several acres of land in the future & call our property, GTOP FARMS. On this land, we'd obviously build an amazing house, a vineyard/winery, a pumpkin patch, an incredible barn to host wedding receptions, & at last but not least, a dachshund farm. Jeff's "down" with everything but the vineyard, pumpkin patch, barn, & dachshund farm. hahahaha!

National Donut Day

Friday morning I read on MSNBC that it was national donut day. I told Jeff & we decided to take Landon to get a donut. Natually, Landon picked the largest one he could find. He only ate the sprinkles & the chocolate glaze....well kind-of...most of it was all over his little body. I spent most of the morning cleaning his hands & his face. hahahahaha!

Four years now.....

The scanner's not working very well, the pictures turned out black & white.
I meet Jeff seven years ago July. We've been married four years next week.....We frequently talk about our wedding day. We had so much FUN that day. Our ceremony was incredible, our reception was beautiful, & our honeymoon was much needed!

I wouldn't say we had a very romantic wedding. It was more of a celebration. We got the chance to see some of our friends that we hadn't seen in a long time. Jeff's buddies & family all flew out from Arizona. My friends & family came in from CA, MA, NV, KS,VA,TX, IL,.....all over.

Our friends still tell us that our reception was one of the most fun weddings they had ever been a part of. Jeff & I sat down & actually spent time with our friends, especially after all the guest left the reception. We had four large tables full of friends.We sat there & LAUGHED & carried on until we were told the champagne & drinks were gone. Although, I do remember everyone carrying out at least two bottles of champagne each. (I think we were gettin' rowdy) Little did we know that while we were having a good time up in the ball room, my parents were having a party in their suite! We took everyone back to my parent's suite & continue the party there. My folks told us that after everyone left their suite that night, it looked like the scene from the movie "Sixteen Candles"....you know... where Jake Ryan walked downstairs to find his house was completely trashed after a his girlfriend threw a "kegger "at his parent's house....hahahaha! They said the only thing missing was the frozen pizza on the record player! hahahahaha!!!!

It was amazing day. I loved whispering back & fourth with Jeff while the ceremony was taking place, I loved all the kisses we exchanged, especially when our guests "clanged" their spoons agains their champagne flutes, & I loved that our very last dance of the night was with all our friends & their spouses .....(AND, what an incredible view we had of the city while we danced too...the sun had gone down & downtown Tulsa was all lit up....beautiful)

I learned a lot about Jeff during our honeymoon. He just can't sit still. When we arrived at our resort in the Mayan Riviera, I was ready to hit the beach & just rest. Eleven months of planning takes a lot out of a person. BUT, Jeff had another plan in mind.... (not that kind of plan! pull your head out of the gutter)....we spend 5 out of the 7 days in Mexico going on excursions. We snorkeled, we swam with the dolphins, we went on a jet-boat jungle tour, we visited the Mayan ruins, & swam in the lagoon at Xel-Ha. I was exhausted. I was so grateful that I didn't have to return back to work for another two weeks after returning home.I spent those two weeks resting from our honeymoon. hahahahaha!

I love being married to Jeff. He never seems to stop making me laugh & he takes excellent care of our family. He compliments my cooking, & he puts up with my obessive need to clean & keep a tighty house. My biggest complaint I have with him is when he can't find his missing sock & accuses me of losing it ....hahahaha.....(that agrument gets ugly & very OLD!!!!)