Snow in Oklahoma

I can't believe it's February already!

We had our first Oklahoma snow storm yesterday (Sunday).  We received 6-10 inches in 24 hours.  Church was cancelled and then we got a call that evening that school was cancelled that night for the following day.  It was pretty weird for us to have that much advance notice!  Dusty said the roads were pretty icy but nothing we haven't seen in Idaho.  teehehehehe

Saturday we drove the 3 1/2 hours to Dallas and did some sightseeing.  We enjoyed a non-profit aquarium located at the state fairgrounds.  This aquarium rescues animals that would otherwise die in the wild.  They had 2 sea turtles with deformed feet/fins and an albino alligator.  We also got to pet sting rays!  The kids really enjoyed that part.  They're Slimy!

Since we're not really into football, we spend yesterday evening watching a show on National Geographic called Brain Games.  It was quite interesting to learn more about how our brains work and trick us to see or say certain things.  One of my favorite games they played was a riddle.  Mary's mom had four children:  April, May, June, and ..... (you're supposed to guess the 4th child's name).  They also did a lot of games about color and our vision.

Samantha was the star student in her class last week and enjoyed being in the spotlight.  Brian introduced me to his girlfriend on Friday and informed me that on recess he acted as her dragon.

Nathan's finding ways to occupy himself in our apartment.  He loves coloring but if I let him use the markers, he ends up getting more on himself than the paper.  Mary has started a cough that will hopefully go away without a visit to the Dr. We're all looking forward to Valentine's Day!