Oklahoma City Quilt Show

Well, I haven't blogged for so long - it seems like I have been trying to get organized, cleaning, and even sewing on some quilts. Bruce has even had me helping him some with guttering last week, so I'm usually gone somewhere. Kristi, Carrie's Mom, and I got to go to OKC to a Quilt Show last Friday, and it was a lot of fun. We met in Ponca City, and the fog was a bear in that region. We took our time and found the Cox Building and the quilt show. The quilts on display weren't the best I've seen but OK. However, the vendors were great. Found some fabric and cute kits to add to my stash and Kristi found a really nice travel case for machine. Anyway, we left around 4:30 and I took Kristi to bricktown where we walked around some. Was a lot more to see but it was getting late so we went to a brewery where I had taken my seniors to eat before a couple of years ago. The food was really good!! Then we made the trek home again in the fog. I got back around 9:30 p.m. We had a lot of fun and hope we can include Carrie next time we get together!!! :) Then on Wednesday, I went to babysit Bugs and we had a lot of fun playing with all her toys. She sure likes her babies. Finished the day literally with a big bang. I crashed in the driveway but seem to be healing fine. Looking forward to Moose's birthday bash tomorrow and I'm sure he is too.

This is the brewery where we ate.

We found someone in the brewery to take our photo.

Out touring Bricktown where the canal is.

New Year's Celebration!

Christmas and New Year's have came and went and with that - so have our family! Shawn and Carrie and family got here on the 26th of December and Eric and Theresa joined us on the 30th. When you get us all together things liven up quite a bit - actually - it is organized chaos! but I wouldn't trade it for anything at all! We have so much fun from shooting guns to riding horses to flying airplanes to playing Wii and even bagging a deer for the winter!! Enjoy the pictures below - they are so precious and also just a tad bit entertaining!!! Hope you all had a great Christmas! We wish you all a wonderful and prosperous New Year!

I'm not prejudiced much, but I do think we have a gorgeous Papon clan! Each has their own unique personality from Nascar fan to horse fan to dancing talent to construction know how. We took this picture using a camera on a timer! was quite an event trying to get everyone to look plus keep the dog out of the picture. What fun!

K-Buggy riding her unicorn in style!

Shawn with his 1st deer! We told him it's a good time to quit - 1 shot - 1 deer!


K-Girl in her fancy new western riding attire! My barrel racing protege!

All the K-Kids in their new PJs!!

Out on our Christmas tree hunt. Looking for a tree so we could hang bird seed to feed our birds this winter. The kids had fun making things to hang on the tree.

Part of the K-crew with Eric and Shawn!

Buggy and Daddy enjoying farmlife.

Eric's little baby vizsla.

Shawn wrestling Emmy! or is it the other way around!

KBaby trying on a new shoe!! Doesn't quite fit.

KBaby with her new Elmo!

Theresa with one of her Christmas presents! She also had a birthday on New Year's Eve.

Eric with Moose and Kman!

Carrie with some new Christmas gifts and some mighty fine present openers.!.:)

Moose with his new Nana boots and belt!

Moose with a present from K-Man - like awesome!

Our new K-Baby has a name - Konnor Eric who will be born on the 18th of February. Can't wait to meet him. Everyone assures me he will be the last but I told them we can always fan out for more pictures. HA!

Blackie is always the center of attention and everyone loves him ! Can you blame them?
K-Man is riding with Daddy leading him! Was pretty cold so we just led him to be safe.

Blackie loves his KGirl Cowgirl! She is a keeper!

And then we have our Princess K-sis who is either in her Princess attire, or in her dancing Tutu. And whats more, she can really dance! She even gave me personal dancing instructions. What a good teacher!

The Birthday Bash~es

Aren't birthdays fun?? I still enjoy watching the anticipation of eating that first bite of cake and wondering whats in those beautifully wrapped presents. In K-Baby's case, the first taste of her cake was MAGNIFIQUE, in my mother's words. She loved the frosting, the cake, and the icing. I have never seen a child totally consume everything as is illustrated in one of the pictures below. She loved her presents, babies, toys, and of course the wrapping paper itself. She knew she was the star of the show!! Shawn's birthday was downplayed somewhat after watching DeeDee's birthday showcase, but I think he enjoyed his german chocolate cake and his little trailer as well. It's the first time hes been back since March so he is very excited to be back to this part of the country.

I must admit, I was a little shocked at K-Sis' sense of fashion, but somehow she makes it work. From the pink cowgirl boots to the flowing princess dress and accented by her pink and black coat and her hair showcased a pretty princess hairband. Am I right or what?

K-Man and I took time for a little photoshoot.

KMan was a regular Daniel Boone with his Daisy BB gun. Takes after Daddy.

KGirl driving the john deere tractor and trailer. Needs to work on reverse though.

The star of the day - The Birthday Girl K-Baby

Opening one of her presents with help from Dad.

Shawn enjoying his BDay too!. Where's the toys???

I loved the Dora cake!, but almost couldn't find it at Dillon's. What a lot of drama looking for it!

KBaby knew it was her DAY! What a treat getting to share in that day!! :)

Won't be long now, and everyone will be here for the holidays. I always look forward to this time of year. We are always so busy but this is the time for us to remember our Lord and Savior. His birth was such a gift!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Yes, it's that magical time of the year!! The birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the beautiful Christmas lights, giving and receiving of gifts, and enjoying friends and family. We have to also throw in their the birth of baby calves - a joy for us to see! We are so anxious to have everyone here for Christmas or close to that! Shawn hasn't been home since last spring and we miss him very much along with all the rest of his family. Eric and family will also be home too so we are looking forward to hunting for a tree to put up outside with all the trimmings for the birds to also enjoy Christmas:) I had to put some pictures of the house in the blog because they are really so pretty - I love to look at them anyway and I'm sure all the grandkids will love them too! Let's not be in such a hurry that we forget the reason for the season - Jesus!Hopefully we are not too busy to give to a family or those in need. A warm wish for the season is appreciated also!

Christmas - yes the halls are all decked out with garland and the Christmas tree is up! Even looks like Santa has made it already!!

All we need are the grandkids to create utter chaos to these gifts!

Our neighbor Blake, surprised us this week by bringing over a load of firewood all cut up! and he stacked it for us and also brought us 2 dozen of eggs! We have the BEST neighbors ever......

Might have to bake some Christmas cookies and take them over soon - I know Blake loved the Pecan Butter Balls I made not long ago - he tasted them and really liked them!!!

Our newest addition to the ranch - Judy's baby girl! Any cute names to offer for her!

She is so very tiny - but Judy had her Tuesday morning at around 5:30 a.m. with no problems whatsoever. Blackie shared his stall for this little new addition. Was like 5 degrees out. Bruce said she had ice on her hair when he saw her...

Wishing all our friends and family - a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!! God bless you all!

Almost Christmas!

Decorations are up and presents are under the tree so it must be time for Christmas!!!! Need to work on my Christmas cards sometime soon - maybe Bruce will help!

I haven't blogged for so long, probably don't have anyone following anymore. It seems we've been super busy running to the Doctor, the Dentist, the Doctor, and again the Dentist. Oh well, things are getting fixed. We have realized we are like our equipment, we need to go in and be repaired or overhauled once in a while. Bruce has been working on his plane, mostly painting, and repainting - ditto, ditto. So many coats of paint have to go on the fuselage, wings, and all other body parts. But he is making progress. Sure is gonna be pretty when it is all finished. I had been sewing until I broke my Bernina, and now I am recovering from elbow surgery so all sewing is on hold. All my Christmas shopping is done however - or very, very close! I have deemed it so! I'm looking forward to all my grandbabies being here, and parents are invited also. I'm not sure we could manage six by ourselves. :) We look forward to seeing family and friends, so if you are in town, drop by to see us!

The L2 with a new coat of paint!! Isn't it a pretty olive drab!

Wings are finished now, so Bruce will begin on brakes, motor, and other things I don't know what they are called! Quite an overwhelming project, but will be very awesome when completed. I have taken my stained glass stuff down to the hangar as well, so we both work on our "projects" at the same time. Pretty fun!!

Silent Wings

Bruce and I decided to fly the 182 and head off to Lubbock, TX Friday to see the Silent Wings Museum which features gliders used during WWII. We learned a lot, and it was a beautiful display of memorbilia and preservation of history. We practically had the whole museum to ourself. Bruce is restoring an old L2 and needed to actually look at some to see how they were painted among other things. I took a picture of us right before we left. If you ever get a chance, stop in at the airfield and check it out!!

The airfield at Lubbock was called South Plains during WWII as a training facility.

It was fun having the museum to ourself!!

This is a CG 4A Waco glider which could carry either 15 troops, a small bulldozer, a jeep,
or small artillery or supplies to the troops. Can you imagine gliding that down with no power at all.

I'm checking out the inside of the glider. I had no idea they were soooooo BIG!



A little history on the glider program of WWII. Very Interesting!!

Bruce standing in front of the Aeronca L3 which was used for deadstick landing training.

The front of the glider opens up and jeeps and other equipment could be unloaded behind enemy lines. They were very important during D-Day with 85% of their missions being successful or delivering their supplies in tact.

Bruce checking out the inside of the glider.

Me hanging out with the waxed GI's. They also had some realistic recreations of WWII classrooms, clothing, and barracks. The weather was gorgeous, and the people were very nice. Was a wonderful day! Hope we can fly to another destination very soon!