Family time in Oklahoma

Hannah and the kids were the first to come and visit Ruger and I while we were at Dad and Mom's house.  Hannah, Mom, and I talked for a couple of hours while we put together stuff for the future table decorations at the scrapbooking retreat.  Hannah and I Marco Polo each other from time to time but she was able to really go into detail, in person, what she has been up to while we were visiting.

Ruger got to play with his cousins.

For dinner, Uncle Chuck and Grandpa came over.  It was quiet, as I'm used to these dinners with the whole family but it was kinda nice to be able to just talk to Grandpa and Uncle Chuck.

But...the cutest part of the night was watching Ruger and Uncle Chuck together.  Ruger has a special bond with Chuck.  He is one of the first one's he goes to when Chuck is in the room.

Later that night we got to go out to April and Elton's house and see it for the first time.

The following day was when Mom, Amanda, April, and I went to the scrapbooking retreat.  Poppy and Ruger went with us to help us unload and on the way back, Poppy took Ruger to Fantastic Caverns in Missouri.  Can you pick out Ruger?

 

Poppy made many memories with Ruger making sure cousins were involved, garage sales, and taking him out to unique dinners like a place that served crawdads!  Which Ruger loved, by the way!  Not as much as he loves his Poppy, though.

I had to include this picture of Mom.  This picture doesn't do it justice but her eyes were super blue that day.

Poppy had to work one of the days that I was at the scrapbooking retreat so Stephen watched Ruger that night.  Ever since Ruger was a baby, Stephen has always really loved Ruger so I knew he would be safe with Stephen...plus, he got cousin time!

And one final picture of Ruger getting even more cousin time!