And what a summer it was - I was able to settle into life in OK, make some awesome new friends, dip my toes in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, spend time with both sides of the family, see almost all of my really awesome college friends, get a dog, and travel approximately 12,000 miles (not all driven, thankfully)
Here's the high points...
I started off by making a quick trip to PA in May for my awesome brother's senior play - a non-musical version of Les Mis in which he played Javert (and did an amazing job, I might add) Got to see grandparents on that trip as well, plus hit up BFCaT twice, and ride with Becca for a bit - it was a crazy busy few days, but also loads of fun.
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| Here we have the ill-tempered Javert himself, posing for a rare photo op... |
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| There is no way to go on..... (okay, so it wasn't the musical, but it still fits) |
Then my parents and sister crashed at our place for a few days in June and took in the sights (it's Enid, so that took less than one day...), followed by a girls-only camping trip (Mum, Becca, and me) in Missouri, at the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks State Park. That week, we climbed on old trains, checked out a tiny-but-awesome secondhand book store, hid in the van during a crazy thunderstorm, explored a cave (complete with bats), and, at Becca's urging, went on a trail ride (I swear, she has a sixth sense specifically devoted to finding signs for a trail ride...) Again, crazy busy but fun!
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| Trains, or technically, cabooses (or should that be cabeese? caboosi?) |
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| Trail riding |
July brought the next big adventure - the arrival of the puppy (which you can read about in detail here if you haven't already), and then we were off to Maine for Sam and Leyenda's wedding. Even with wedding prep, this was a great week, and it was good to be able to hang with family and friends both before and after the wedding. We even made it to the beach twice, and the wedding itself was beautiful.
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| Trogdor the Burninator!!! |
August actually felt slightly more relaxed, with only a wedding, an anniversary weekend, and a trip to California. One thing I've learned during two years of being married to Trevor - he likes to do stuff - doesn't much matter what, as long as he's not sitting around, so our second anniversary was jam-packed with awesome things. We took a tour of a cave (100 ft tall and only about 15-20 ft wide), played mini golf, went to a waterpark and an amusement park, and saw a show - all in two days. Minorly nuts (in my opinion), but definitely majorly fun.
I think I'll save the trip to California for its own post, since it might make this one a little too long, but before I finish up I also want to make sure to include hanging with new friends in Oklahoma as a highlight of my summer. It's been great to get to know people more, and even though we'll be here longer than most of the friends we're making, I'm still glad for the friendships that we're growing here.
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| Trevor and I with some of our Oklahoma friends |
All in all, it's been a crazy and awesome summer, and I can't wait to see what the fall holds (and I also can't wait for all my TV shows to finally start up again, but that's a whole other story...)
