Halloween 2020

 Halloween is by far my favorite Holiday; I love it so much. As much as I love Halloween, I do not like the scary side of Halloween.  I love the imagination and excitement of the kids’ faces come to life. Plus, fall is my favorite season too.   It’s embarrassing but I start thinking of costume ideas months ahead of time.

 We are at a stage with Grady where he wants a certain costume so in order to get him to do my family costume idea, I have to let him pick out a costume of his choice. This year we decided on Sandlot and oh my goodness, it turned out perfectly. Some of the items didn’t come in the mail in time (dang pandemic) but it worked.

 This year looked a little different for our Halloween activities. We went to the zoo for Hallozooween and then the day of Halloween we met up with some of our old neighbors and went to our old neighborhood to trick or treat. It was low key but perfect. 

Broken Bow, Oklahoma Trip

 This trip was very much needed after having a newborn and being in the NICU. It came at a perfect time too. We met up with our friends from Dallas who we normally travel with, although this was the first time we included to kiddos.

 

Coming from Tulsa, the drive was a little rough we took a back way into Broken Bow and it was very windy and had sharp corners. We got to our cabin and it was stunning. It was the perfect set up for our 2 families. They had the living room and on 1 side of the cabin was a master bedroom with a twin size bed and their own bathroom on the other side of the cabin was another master bedroom with bunk beds and another bathroom. We stayed in the bunk bedroom and it was a HUGE hit with the kids. We got there right around 5:00 so we hurried and unpacked the car and headed out to dinner.

We headed to Grateful Head Pizza Oven & Tap Room for dinner. Once we got there we noticed that the line just to order was massive! TIP: If you travel to Broken Bow and go to Grateful Head, order by phone or online. I called and ordered our pizza and it was ready within 10-15 minutes, we were able to bypass the line. While we were waiting for our pizza someone came out and started to turn people away because they were running out of food. I’m so glad I called. We took our pizza and went across the street to Beavers Bend Brewery. I have nothing but amazing things to say about Beavers Bend Brewery. We sat outside and they had an outdoor area with games for the kids to play at and the beer was outstanding.

The next day we rented a boat for 4 hours. We decided that the boys (excluding Barrett) would go on the boat for the first hour or so to fish, etc. I had prepared breakfast, a casserole, before hand so it was super easy to just throw in the oven the morning of. The girls met up with the boys around 10:00 and let me tell you, this lake was absolutely breathtaking. It was windy and chilly the day of so that was a little bit of a bummer but it was still fun! The only thing I regret is not bringing lunch or more snack on the boat with us. The kids were getting a little restless with not that much to do on the boat. After the boat ride we went back to the cabin for lunch and naps.

 

After naps we went to the petting zoo there in Broken Bow. This was a little disappointing, the kids had fun but they didn’t have as many animals as I was expecting and it was messy. They did have pony rides which the kids LOVED. We stopped by the Vojai’s Winery on the way back to the cabin and grabbed a few bottles of wine. We also did a tasting there, it wasn’t my favorite wine and kind of made my stomach hurt. Very fruity and sweet wines, it wasn’t kid friendly either.

 

Our friends made us dinner at the cabin that night and it was so much fun to chill and relax. After dinner we had smores, of course and then hung around the cabin and got into the hot tub. We love to travel with our friends and do well traveling together. We were laughing because we really complemented each other, things we forgot they had and things they forgot we brought. We didn’t have to run to the store for anything. We are already planning on our next trips together (couple trip and family trip)

 

The last morning, I had premade some quiches for breakfast and we just cooked those in the oven and picked and cleaned up the cabin to leave to go home. Grady did NOT want to leave and was so upset but luckily fell asleep on the way home. We also took a different route home which was much better.