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Jocelyn and I just got back from a week in Tulsa. We went to help my Dad pack up his house for his move to Plano, TX. The day before I was suppose to leave, I got a really bad stomach virus and ended up in the emergency room. We made it there on Sunday, but I wish I had more energy the first few days. Even though we were packing, it was so good to spend that time with my Dad and my sister, Madeline. We don't get to see them often enough! Jocelyn wanted to pretend Madeline was her sister for the week. It was really cute! I can't believe how much my sister has grown up. She was such a hard worker all week packing AND she was wonderful helping out with Jocelyn. I love that girl!


On the way to Tulsa, we stopped in Yukon to visit Michelle. She has a dog named Pumpkin, who Jocelyn fell in love with! She talked about Pumpkin the whole week! I had to write this conversation down, it's too funny...
Dad: "Jocelyn, who do you love more? Me or Pumpkin?"
Jocelyn: "Ummm, you, Grandpa!"
Then Jocelyn looks at me and whispers "I didn't want to break his heart!" Hilarious. We just died laughing at that point. She does love her Grandpa VERY much!!

Thank you, Michelle, for letting us stop and rest at your house! It was good to catch up and hopefully next time we can visit longer!

I can't believe I didn't take my camera out until the last day before we left! Hopefully we will be visiting Plano soon and can take more pics together. We miss them so much already.

We also got to have lunch with Grandpa Love. Jocelyn's Great Grandpa! It was really good to see him and Jocelyn had fun talking to him the entire time. We love Grandpa and wish we lived closer!

Cheer/Dance Camp

Every day this week, Jocelyn had cheer camp at our friend's house. She had a blast and Gracen was a great teacher. Here are some pics from their performance and soon I'll have the video up.
Gillian and Jocelyn in their matching shirts.
All the girls.


Doesn't she look all grown up?!?!?! YIKES!!! Someone please convince her to slow it down!!!

The Red River Memorial Day Run (Motorcyle Rally)

(I had putting off posting about our Memorial Day Weekend because I know my Mom has better pictures on her camera and I was planning on stealing them! Haha. Unfortunately, I never got around to it, so here I am using our pictures. I'll have to add more when I get the chance. )

We had a great time in Red River at the Motorcycle Rally. I wasn't sure what to expect at a motorcycle rally, but it was a lot of fun! Red River is GORGEOUS and there was lots of shopping, good fair-type food and we also had good company with us! Graham and Grandpa drove up on their motorcycles (of course) and my Mom, Jocelyn and I drove our car up there. We stayed in Taos and had fun swimming at the hotel, walking around Taos and hanging out. Thursday we drove up to Red River and stopped off here to walk to the lake...

Doesn't look far to the lake, right?!? Well maybe it wouldn't have been IF we had found the trail...
So we started hiking through the long grass and bushes...

We kept walking and found the stream. Of course, Jocelyn took this opportunity to throw sticks and dandelions in the water. Cute girl.


Then we decided to follow the stream to the lake...bad idea.

We ended up in the marsh with soaking shoes and swarms of bugs!! YUCK. Of course, they all ended up by me b/c I had used hairspray that morning. So we ended our hike deciding to head back to the car...oh and 3/4's of the way back, Graham found the TRAIL. Ahhh. Good memories!
Next time, I think I'll just hang out and guard the bikes. Haha. Just a suggestion...I think marking the beginning of the trail would be helpful!!

We continued up the road to Red River and spent a few hours Thursday afternoon walking around. The vendors were setting up all the tents because the rally officially started Thursday night. We had a great lunch and walked around until we got tired of the rain.





Then we headed over to the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge.



Here's Jocelyn looking a little nervous. I don't blame her. That bridge didn't feel very stable!

Second day in Red River
Jocelyn trying to hide from the camera
Graham's "other love". hahaha.
Jocelyn taking a picture of herself.



On the drive back to our hotel, we saw this Memorial Day tribute they had put up. A beautiful reminder of all those men and women from New Mexico who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for us.




We had a fabulous weekend! Thank you MiMi and Grandpa! We should go back soon!

A couple more pics...