Electricity

Ces has been working on a case dealing with Electric Coops and he has found it extremely fascinating! So much so that when his client mentioned being able to get him a tour of a coal powered power plant(which is very very rare) he jumped at the opportunity; then he brought us all along to share his love and excitement for electricity. Everyone had to wear hard hats, ear plugs and safety goggles which surprisingly wasn't hard to accomplish. Our tour guide was the man over the whole operation. He was incredibly sweet and took his entire morning and afternoon to show us around. The kids found it very interesting and loved playing in the coal they found (hence the black hands!) on a "mighty machine" outside one of the buildings.

Spring Break

THe kids had spring break last week. We had a little staycation again this year. I had the kids make a list of the things they wanted to do that week and then we picked a few and attempted to do them all. We started our break off with going to the zoo to see the new Sea Lion exhibit. The kids had a blast and the seal lions were so adorable!

We also went to the Aquarium with some dear friends of ours. No matter how many times we go the kids never tire of seeing the fish.

Benji always insists on wearing a hat when we leave the house. THis one is his brothers because I couldn't find his, it's a little big but he was happy.

The turtle kept trying to eat Miguels finger through the glass. He thought it was a hoot!

Ces was able to take a day off and we went to Gilcrease Museum. It is a wonderful museum if you like artifacts, which I do so I was in heaven being able to take my kids to it for the first time. ON the bottom floor of the museum is over 5,000 indian artifacts! You can open up drawers, full of awesome stuff dating back to 2,000 BC; from arrowheards to clothing to weapons and so on. Each item has a number that you can put into the computer and it will tell you everything they know about it. Miguel is a boy after my own heart and he was in HEAVEN! He was running from drawer to drawer repeating the number to himself unitl he could type it in, look at it and move on the next. He was telling anyone who would listen everything he was learning. It was precious!

Heres all the kids (-Benji) infront of a cool statue outside the museum.

On Friday we went to Arkansas and were able to meet my new little niece and see family. Then we spent the night at a hotel and let the kids swim. On Saturday we went to Natural Falls State Park. It was beautiful!! I can't believe in all my years growing up in OK I had never been. It is about an hour from our home and a really easy hike to see the falls. We even came across a copperhead snake sunbathing on the trail. Emma was a little hestitant to continue but the boys were all for it! We are already plannig another trip there but to camp this time. :)