you're doin' fine oklahoma...

my sister said innocently while i was in oklahoma, "surely bill is still on his trip because you wouldn't have left for a week right after he came back." umm, surely that is exactly what i did, but it was totally worth it {and don't call me shirley} .

it was oklahoma or bust for the loudest five of the six kollars. we got 45 minutes into the seven hour drive when i realized i didn't have the car plug-in for the dvd player. i bought a new one at the first available walmart and when that didn't work, i did what any sane person would do. i bought a new dvd player at the second available walmart.

and thanks to gas, caffeine, facing the giants, daddy day care and enchanted (and god's grace) we arrived at our destination...the lentz home. we had only been with the lentz's on two other occasions. we traveled together to ethiopia to bring home our sweet girls. and then they came to visit us a year ago. so it was our turn to see them in their world. and how sweet it was!

we went to a great pumpkin patch...

tasted the yummy goodness of orange leaf frozen yogurt...

(loved the yogurt and the decor)

played at the park......

had a seriously rockin' dance party...

ate chick-fil-a...

wore shirts supporting adoptive families...

(you can find them here and here)

left all the kids with "the babysitter" (aka carl) so christine and i could have girl's nights' out...

tried to convince halina and lulu they were bff's...

(why does every baby look terrified when hugged by lulu?)

and soaked up the goodness of being with dear friends. we love each...

and every...

one...

of...

you...

{you two, babysitter, even though i don't have any pix of you since you were too busy watching all nine of the kids.}

So now we all know, thanks to our gracious hosts, Oklahoma is definitely OK.