Our Life in the Yellow Brick House

I haven't been able to go to Kansas for Christmas in years. That's not intentional by any means. It's just hard to fit the trip in when we have multiple families to celebrate with. But I was excited to be able to go this year. So the weekend before Christmas, we packed up and headed north for the farm.  Mixels are Asher's latest obsession, but they have lots of pieces, so we had to leave the most valued ones behind. He had me take a picture with this one in case he got lonely for it while we were gone.   We arrived to a great surprise. SNOW!   It was pretty warm, so Asher braved it without gloves for a bit. That is, until his fingers were frozen. Then he agreed to put on some gloves.   It was the perfect kind of snow for making snowballs and building snowmen.  The kids could have stayed out FOREVER, so I relieved Zach after a bit.   The farm is a simple place that's so full of beauty.  ...

I have always joked that the only thing Kyle loves more than me is his car. Well, this anniversary, he got a little bit of both. I was excited to finally get to go on a car cruise with Kyle. He's never really been thrilled with the idea of me tagging along. Probably because I don't appreciate cars as much as he does and because fast driving makes me nervous. But when two of his coworkers agreed to go with us, he was on board. We left for the Talimena Drive on a Saturday night when the guys got off work. We stayed the night in Poteau and set off for our cruise on the morning of our seventh anniversary. We didn't have time to do the whole thing, but the piece we did get to see was beautiful. The sun was out and the trees were changing colors. It was a cool, windy day, but I'm glad we took the trip when we did. On our way, we passed the exit to Wilburton, and I was reminded of fun times with Kim and AnaLeah during college. Road trip! What a view! K...