We spent last weekend in Broken Bow, OK with some of our best friends and had a wonderful time. The weekend had ups and downs (because we were surrounded by young children! HA!) but overall, it was absolutely wonderful and I can't wait to do it again! Colin loves his best friends so much and getting to spend a whole weekend with them was such a blessing. Colin is a very lucky little boy and I still pinch myself over the fact that I have such wonderful people in my life!
Things started out rather...well...disastrous. We were scheduled to leave our house at 10am on Friday morning so that we could make the 4 hour trip and also stop for lunch along the way. Jer and I woke up and started off with a bang, getting everything loaded and ready to go. However, the morning had an excited energy to it and we were clearly about to do something major...and upsetting Colin's routine never goes well. He started acting nervous, fidgeting and refusing to take his pj's off. Suddenly he didn't want breakfast, didn't want to get in the car and basically started shutting down. We tried everything to get him into the car, but by the end, he was completely naked (from me holding him down and stripping him) and screaming and flailing on the floor. He was yelling that he didn't want to go and wanted to stay home with Enzo. It was insane. We finally had to go back into the house and drop it all together. We were at our breaking points, so we all scattered and tried to regroup. After about 30 more minutes of watching TV and waiting, he calmed down enough to get his clothes on and get in the car. It was a brutal morning that had us on edge from the beginning. We had to stop about an hour in for lunch and Colin was hanging on by a thread at this point...we took him to McDonald's to eat and play and got back on the road as soon as possible. THEN, he started crying and chanting from the backseat that he wanted to go home. This continued on and off for the remaining 3 hours of the trip. It was just brutal. I was close to a panic attack but I knew that if we got him there, he would be happy....and he WAS! The second we pulled into the cabins and he saw his friends he started yelling out their names and I couldn't get him out of the car fast enough! THANK GOD! Jer and I opened beers immediately and started to feel better ourselves. Gracious! Anyway, the cabins were stunning and we had a set-up with 3 cabins together on 2 acres of land that shared a fire pit and playgrounds. Two of the cabins had big hot tubs and they were all BEAUTIFUL homes! My amazing friend Kimberly set this whole weekend up and she could not have done a better job. It was like a fall dream come true! I am so glad that we stayed the course and went on to the cabin, despite our rough trek out there. It ended up being awesome!
One of the families arrived very late after spending several hours on the road with a sick child. They thought it was car sickness, but the next morning another one of the boys woke up vomiting. They are in the same preschool class, so we all knew immediately that they picked up a virus at school. That part was so unfortunate!! Luckily nobody else got sick, but it put a damper on the fun for sure. I felt so badly for my friends! Despite the illness, the weekend was a major success. On both nights, we all put the kids to bed and gathered outside around the giant fire pit to share wine, laughs and great food. We spent the day time watching the kiddos play together. Colin was beside himself to wake up with all of his best friends right there with him. I hope this will end up being a yearly tradition!! FANTASTIC!
Here are some of the billions of pictures, though not in order at all!
Pierce, Colin and Kimberly on our first night. Such a beautiful setting!
Our little family on Saturday afternoon. We were at Beavers Bend State Park.
Ryan, Greyson and Colin on Sunday morning. The boys all had SO much fun!
My two handsome boys!
Jer took these two...I love it!
Colin playing in the water at Beavers Bend...he loved that the water was so clear and he could wade in it. I got so many sweet pictures! This was such a beautiful place!
3 comments:
That is so awesome. I have heard great things about that area this time of year for quite some time.
(PS my word verification is "coeder", LOL)
I am SOOO not the outdoorsy type, but your trip sounded OH SO FABULOUS. Great pictures too! You are so lucky to have such a great group of friends for Colin to grow up with! So many memories and good times!
It was SO fun! Well, until my kid became the one who started vomiting Saturday morning . . . still, I can't wait to do it again! And I too cannot believe what wonderful people I have in my life -you all are SUCH a blessing!
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