.: 2nd annual fall trip to Oklahoma

We made a short trip to Oklahoma this past weekend to visit old friends and watch Baylor's football team dominate OU.

On the way we stopped in for lunch at the brand new Chick-fil-A in Ardmore, OK. The place was packed with people, cows, and balloons! My kids enjoyed all the extra excitement and Philip and I had the opportunity to meet the new Operator, David, and his wife Stacy. Some of Philip's old OKC operator friends had also come down to help with the grand opening of the store so he got to chat with them for awhile as well.

Some of our children's adopted Chick-fil-A grandparents (we're all one big family), our dear friends, Mike and Susan, were away on vacation, but were so very generous to allow us to stay at their beautiful home. They have many grandchildren of their own so there were lots of great toys both indoors and outdoors for our little ones to enjoy! PS- Oklahoma in the fall is so, so beautiful I wish I would have taken more pictures of the red, orange, and yellow leaves on all the trees!

We enjoyed a huge meal with aome OU fans at one of our old favorites, Yamato! (Why can't any place in Texas duplicate their Yum, Yum sauce for me!!)

And after dinner a quick visit to our old stomping grounds, Sooner Mall. Not too much has changed in the mall but these huge, ride-on stuffed animals are new and a bit crazy, but the kids obviously enjoyed it!

Saturday morning we gabbed breakfast at our favorite, Chick-fil-A, and then dropped the kids off with their old neighborhood friends, Lily (7) & Gavin (3) and a sitter before heading to the game in Norman with Chris and Charlotte.

It was a chilly morning. Our seats were up high but we had a great view of the field, the OU campus, and could even see downtown OKC buildings! We were that high! The sun warmed our faces and I may have even gotten a slight sunburn!

After Bayor was clearly going to win the game, nearly all the OU fans quickly left the stadium and only the few Baylor fans that had traveled for the game were left, you could hear our Baylor fans cheering much better! After the victory we picked up our kiddos who had been playing and eating all day with their buds and visited our old neighbors, Payton (4) and Jackson (1), from across the street. The kids played outside while we caught up. We do miss our friends and old neighbors in Oklahoma!

After dinner back at Mike and Susan's house, we went next door to visit our friends and their littles, Mason (3) and Ethan (1). It's amazing how much these guys have grown in a year! Laura's littlest brother and his fiancé, Darcy, were also in town visiting so we got to meet Darcy as well, which was a treat!

Sunday morning we got up early to go enjoy breakfast in downtown Norman at Syrup. The wait was an hour long, for breakfast! But oh, so worth it! I should've taken pictures of Reagan's cinnamon roll pancakes or Philip's waffle with peanut butter and bananas on it! But the name of the place is what Cameron was covered (seriously covered) in when we were finishd eating! Cameron really likes syrup! He was a sticky mess from his hair to his shoes! I had to wipe him down and change his clothes before putting him in his car seat to head home!