Texas Wedding

We've been busy. Last Thursday we drove to Oklahoma City on our way to Post, TX for Russell's cousin Amy's wedding.

Post, TX was in the middle of nowhere, for those of you who know Texas geography it's about 30-45 minutes south of Lubbock. We had to drive two-lane roads for a good portion of the trip.

Thankfully we had a good drive. Charles was okay in the car seat for most of the drive. It helped breaking up the trip into two legs. From Wichita to OKC is about 3 hours and from there to Post was about another 6 hours.

Saturday after the wedding we headed back to Uncle Brian and Aunt Heather's so we could be home on Sunday. It was Brian's birthday, so it was nice to see him.

Sunday we met Russ' friend, Kris Daily for lunch in Oklahoma City. He was in Wichita at a wedding at our church and stayed at our house. I guess June is the time for weddings. We were disappointed we weren't home to entertain him, but we were glad we got to connect. Kris was Russell's roommate for two summers. Kris had a summer internship at Cessna while he was in college.

I've included some photos from the weekend. Charles was excited to get out of the car and play in our hotel room, especially with a "new" toy from Grandpa & Grandma Sharp. Charles loves to sit on your shoulders, so Russell came up behind Uncle Randy and put Charles on Randy's shoulders. Charles was very curious about the way Randy's hair felt.

There is a picture of the whole Norman clan as well as one of the three of us. Of course we didn't take any pictures of us all dressed up, so I just cropped one so it was the three of us. Aunt Kim was excited to play with Charles while I ate lunch.

We got home Sunday evening around 5pm. Unfortunately we didn't get to stop and see Grandma Heusel on our way home. We weren't sure when we would be heading home so we called her from the road.

Grandma is always busy, so of course she wasn't home to get our call. I predicted she was probably at some kind of shower at the church--later that evening we got a message from her and sure enough, she was at a shower! It seems like summer is always full of both bridal and baby showers.

Monday Russell was home to recuperate from the weekend. There are always lots of chores to catch up on, even when it's a quick trip. I was able to get to Wal-Mart without having to take Charles along. It made the trip so much quicker and easier.

Russell had class and I had to teach my Monday night Weight Watcher's class. The day slipped away quickly and it was time for our afternoon and evening responsibilities.