I'm going to start the blog off with this and I don't ever need to hear anyone else sing it. If you should feel the strong desire, just come to this page sing the lyrics to yourself and go on about your day. I have heard nearly every person I know sing some part of this when they found out we were moving. So here it is: There's never been a better time to start in life- It ain't too early and it aint too late! Starting as a farmer with a brand new wife- Still be living in a brand-new state! Brand new state- gonna treat you great! Gonna buy you barley, carrots and pertaters, Pasture for the cattle, spinich and termaters, Flowers on the prarie where the June bugs zoom, Plen'y of air and plen'y of room, Plen'y of room to swing a rope! Plen'y of heart and plen'y of hope. OOOOk-lahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain, And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet, When the wind comes right behind the rainQ OOOOk-lahoma, Ev'ry night my honey lamb and I, Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk makin' lazy circles in the sky. We know we belong to the land (yo-ho) And the land we belong to is grand! And when we say Yeeow! Aye-yip-aye-yo-ee-ay! We're only sayin' You're doin' fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma O.K.! Ooook-lahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet When the wind comes right behind the rain. Oklahoma, Ev'ry night my honey lamb and I Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk Makin' lazy circles in the sky. We know we belong to the land And the land we belong to is grand! And when we say Yeeow! Ayipioeeay! We're only sayin' You're doin' fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma O.K. Okla-okla-Okla-Okla-Okla-Okla Okla-okla-Okla-Okla-Okla-Okla... We know we belong to the land And the land we belong to is grand! And when we say Yeeow! Aye-yip-aye-yo-ee-ay! We're only sayin' You're doin' fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma O.K. L - A - H - O - M - A OKLAHOMA! Yeeow!
I hope we can get past that now. We are extremely excited about our largest purchase this family has ever made. Our new home will be ready for move-in April 10th. We are so exstatic that we were able to choose all the design aspects of our house. Madeleine delights in telling people that her house is pink. Its not pink, but her room will be. We've been having fun visiting with friends and enjoying the beach. For some reason, the government thought that atleast some of the Navy should be stationed in a completely land-locked area. We are trying to soak up as much of the "world's most beautiful beaches" as we can before next month. Our builder said he would paint a mural on the fence of sand and waves to try to ease us into the middle of nowhere, USA. We will miss the beaches tons but are super glad to know we will get to see more of Matthew than if we were stationed on a beach someplace.
Madeleine is sassy as ever and delights in telling us "no", "calm down now, mommy", and "DO NOT put me in time out". She had a great time when the Grammy's were on tv. She saw the performers and ran to her playroom to grab her guitar. I looked over while making dinner and saw her playing and singing along. It was pretty darn cute. Madeleine really enjoys dressing up these days. Last week we were forced to allow her to wear the Snow White costume out to breakfast. She put on her sunglasses on the ride over to the restraunt. When we walked in a boy said, "Look, its a movie star"! I have caught her on countless occassions in her playroom dressed up, talking to herself in the mirror. She is really so fun at this age. We enjoy baking together and I'm teaching her all about flowers. I have a ton of things to do to prepare for the move and most of it will be done with Matthew being away. Madeleine and I will be busy little bees so I wanted to post the most recent pics for everyone. I will surely update once our house is complete. We love you all and hope you have a great month!
Hugs!
I hope we can get past that now. We are extremely excited about our largest purchase this family has ever made. Our new home will be ready for move-in April 10th. We are so exstatic that we were able to choose all the design aspects of our house. Madeleine delights in telling people that her house is pink. Its not pink, but her room will be. We've been having fun visiting with friends and enjoying the beach. For some reason, the government thought that atleast some of the Navy should be stationed in a completely land-locked area. We are trying to soak up as much of the "world's most beautiful beaches" as we can before next month. Our builder said he would paint a mural on the fence of sand and waves to try to ease us into the middle of nowhere, USA. We will miss the beaches tons but are super glad to know we will get to see more of Matthew than if we were stationed on a beach someplace.
Madeleine is sassy as ever and delights in telling us "no", "calm down now, mommy", and "DO NOT put me in time out". She had a great time when the Grammy's were on tv. She saw the performers and ran to her playroom to grab her guitar. I looked over while making dinner and saw her playing and singing along. It was pretty darn cute. Madeleine really enjoys dressing up these days. Last week we were forced to allow her to wear the Snow White costume out to breakfast. She put on her sunglasses on the ride over to the restraunt. When we walked in a boy said, "Look, its a movie star"! I have caught her on countless occassions in her playroom dressed up, talking to herself in the mirror. She is really so fun at this age. We enjoy baking together and I'm teaching her all about flowers. I have a ton of things to do to prepare for the move and most of it will be done with Matthew being away. Madeleine and I will be busy little bees so I wanted to post the most recent pics for everyone. I will surely update once our house is complete. We love you all and hope you have a great month!
Hugs!
