Thanksgiving in Oklahoma!

We are currently out in Oklahoma visiting Blake's family for the Thanksgiving holiday.  We have been so looking forward to getting out here and seeing everyone.  We come out once a year, either for Christmas or Thanksgiving, so it has been since last Christmas since we've seen everyone.  I have been thinking a lot about our trip last year and how Karis was only a little under 6 months old, just started to roll over, and was so much smaller then.  Now, she's running around and laughing at her big cousins!  She has grown so much, but I know that's how it goes!  

I want to share some videos from our time our so far and will hopefully share some more as the week goes on.  

One thing I was really anxious about was the plane ride out with Karis.  Being her first time on a plane, I was really expecting and preparing for the worst.  We had an hour flight and then a 3 1/2 hour flight.  I prayed for abundant grace and mercy, and the Lord was so gracious to us!  Karis did SO well on both flights!  There were no issues with her ears popping, so was fascinated with looking out the window, she looked through the "Sky Mall" magazines, and we set her up with this..

She's a natural traveler!  However, she does get cranky when she doesn't really nap during the day.  On our day of traveling Karis only slept about 45 minutes on the second flight.  She was a sleepy sleepy girl when we finally arrived.  Here she is while Blake was getting our baggage.

She slept well that first night for sure!  It's been a great trip so far.  We are in Oklahoma City right now visiting Blake's mom and sister's.  Tomorrow we will travel to the Tulsa area to see Sondra, Blake's step-mom.   Finally, we will head to Kansas City to see Blake's Dad's side of the family.  It's going to be a quick visit with everyone, so we'll see about getting more posts on here!  

We miss everyone out in North Carolina but are thankful for the opportunity to spend some time with family in Oklahoma.  Hopefully there will be more to come!