Avery was asked to guest play on a Tulsa team in a soccer tournament down in Dallas over Labor Day. She was nervous and was wanting us to go. She was heading down with a friend and we knew she would have fun. Randy had gotten tickets from a vendor to the OU football game in Norman, OK. So we decided to take Austin and the Petty's down to Oklahoma City and then continue our journey down to Dallas and surprise Avery. Knowing this wouldn't be fun for the little girls as it involved lots of sitting, we left them home with family. We enjoyed showing Ashley and Scott some new things, starting with Sal's Daylight Donuts!
When we got to Oklahoma City, we took them down to the River walk and showed them around that area. Scott found a crazy looking duck and took a picture of it and sent it to his mom. Somehow when she wrote back, "duck" changed into a really bad word and if you know Pam she would never have said that which made it all the more funny! She will have a hard time living that one down!
And one of me and my boys!
After that we found a place to eat, and then walked over to this fun little spot for another picture.
Avery has come up with some fun names that have stuck for Scott and Ashley. She calls Scott "Scotty-Doo" and when she's talking about both of them, she calls them "Scashley". Ash has joined in on the fun and now calls Randy "Randiva" and me "ShallPal".
It had been years for me since I had been to the Oklahoma City Memorial and Scashley of course had never been there so we took them over to see it. This statue is across the street from the memorial.
This was the fence that was put up after the bombing and the wall behind it is all that is left of the federal building.
On one side of the entrance says 9:01am and on the other says 9:03am with the reflecting pool in the middle representing the time that elapsed when the bomb went off.
The chairs represent the people that died and what floor of the federal building they were on when they past away. The smaller chairs represent children.
It was really neat being there with Austin, you felt like you were on sacred ground. Here we are standing behind the surviving tree.
This tree was the only thing to survive the bomb. It's the Tree of Life and has represented hope for so many.
I'm so glad we took the time to come here, I'd love to come back with the rest of my kids when they are a little older and can comprehend and appreciate it all.
They had a little area with chalk where you could write down messages of hope, so Austin took a minute to write something.
After that, we headed over to the football game. I hadn't been to a game since high school and was so excited to finally be back!
We had to get a picture of Scott, who is a HUGE ASU fan in an Oklahoma t-shirt! We converted him... if even only for a day!
We got there early enough to see the football team parade from the bus to the stadium,
grab some food, and get ready for the pre-game show!
This was going to be the highlight of Austin's day!
Our football team is still doing amazing and stomped all over their opponent.
I loved being able to spend the day with Austin!
After the game, we headed down to Dallas to swim and stay the night so we could catch Avery's game the next morning.
All rested and ready to cheer on A-VA-RY!!! (Scott gave her a name also... you have to sing it!! Hahaha)
She had a big smile on her face when she saw us! She said she had a feeling, she must of heard us talking about it, but she was still happy to see us!
Ash and I, chillin' in the shade!
Nothing but sun and tans for these boys!
And after the game with Avery's biggest fans! She played great!
So, we had been showing Ashley and Scott all around, but now it was time for Ash to introduce me to one of her stopping grounds! She couldn't believe that I had never been inside an IKEA!!! We had a blast!
After some "girl time" we figured the guys needed a guys store, so we headed over to the PGA store. Austin found something to do while the guys shopped.
And then it was back to the soccer fields! Avery had a blast playing with her Bartlesville friends on the Tulsa team. Here she is with Peyton and Sydney...
and then again the next day with Sydney, Peyton and Kiara.
Before heading back to Bartlesville, Scashley introduced us to another first... Bahama Buck's. Oh man!! Good thing they don't have this in Bartlesville! It's just like the Yeti we tried in Branson with the ice cream on the bottom but 10 times better!!! Heaven in a cup!! We had so much fun hanging out with Austin and the Petty's this weekend!
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