It's snowing here in Oklahoma......oh, I forgot. You don't know we're in Oklahoma so I better catch you up. When last I reported we were in Flippin, Ark on our way to Mountain View. Larry had been talking about this for weeks and was excited for us to experience it. Don't tell him, but we really enjoyed it. Every evening we went downtown and listened to the various groups jam. Music was varied and so was the level of talent. There was the man who had adapted his fiddle so he could play with mostly nubs on his left hand. He was outstanding.
There was a man who played the dulcimer and autoharp and "schooled" those in the group with him. There were two young girls who could outplay most older guys on the fiddle and a family who played and sang the most beautiful harmony I have ever heard. On the flip side of this was the lady with the snare drum and the guy with the tie-dyed shirt, stove pipe hat and banjo that sounded like he had been to "happy hour" before he arrived. It was all very entertaining (and the ice cream was good too). One interesting thing we saw in town was the "Curl Up and Dye" hair salon. We thought the name was kind of cute but in a creepy way. After exploring Mountain View for several days, Larry and Beverly had to return home to take care of some family business, so we returned to Bull Shoals alone. We pulled into our parking spot and immediately noticed stuff hitting the roof of our RV. We had noticed this a little bit the first time we were here and thought it was acorns, since we were under a tree. It wasn't until we moved the next day that we noticed the ground was covered by pecans. That's why it sounded like someone throwing rocks during the night. We enjoyed fishing, bird and deer watching for another week before returning to Longview and the Quinn RV Park.
After about a week of taking care of business in Longview, we finally headed to Oklahoma to visit the family. For you that don't know our family it consists of our son David, daughter-in-love Nicole, 3 grandkids Dane, Dax and Dayci and 2 foster babies Little Man and Tiny Man. We've been here 2 months so far and are having a great time. We've spent quite a bit of time baby sitting and helping Nicole with taxi service. The 3 grandkids go to school, come home and go to other activities all at different times. Don't know how she keeps up with it and with 2 babies to juggle as well.
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| Dane warming up |
Basketball started this week and we are excited to see Dane play. He's been working hard with long after-school practices. Doesn't hurt that he's already 6'4" at 15. We got to see the end of Dax's fall baseball season and look forward to seeing him in basketball as well.
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| Dax in action in the Lawton game |
Dax also started his basketball season.
Dayci has started her gymnastic meets and yesterday came home with two 1st place, one 2nd place and one 3rd place ribbons plus was 1st overall in her division and has the medal to prove it.
After several weeks of setbacks and delays, 2 1/2 weeks ago David and Nicole bought their new-to-them home. It is beautiful. Large living spaces and more storage than they know what to do with. The kids finally have their own rooms. It took Grandpa building a wall, but it is now complete and looks good.
This leads me back to the beginning.....IT SNOWED PEOPLE. I know, it wasn't a blizzard or even that much snow but to a girl from Texas, ANY SNOW IS SNOW. When we decided to full-time we said we would NOT be in this weather situation. What's wrong here. Oh well, it warmed up for a few days so we'll take that for now.
We're off to Dayci's birthday party where she and her friends are going to paint. We'll let you know how it goes next time.
