Oklahoma...

is actually pretty cool!
Last week, my family and I went on vacation to Beaver's Bend State Park! I'd never been there, and it was beautiful! My parents rented a large cabin that we all stayed in together. We had a BLAST!
We all got there on Wednesday and hung out for the 4th of July. I, unfortunately, don't have any pictures from our trip. I hope to get some from Melissa, but that will have to wait.
Thursday morning, Mom and Dad went canoeing early while Nathan, Melissa, Jared, and I went later on in the morning. We were really excited because we knew there would be rapids and rope swings. As it turns out, we are not as great at canoeing as we thought. Jared and I kind of bent our canoe after being dumped out of it twice. It still floated and we did not have to pay for it, but we still broke a canoe. It turns out that we come by it honest because our parents, hours earlier, were dumped out on the rapids and did some damage to their canoe, too. I'm a little worried that we are on a "black list" for canoe rentals. No lie, it was pretty fun.
Friday, Nathan and Melissa were generous enough to rent a wake boarding boat for a few hours in the morning, so we were able to play on the lake with the kids all morning! Unfortunately, the wake board was missing a few key pieces that made wake boarding pretty hard. But Nathan, Jared, and Melissa got some pretty great skiing in! We also had a blast on the tube. I will post pictures of some of us standing up on the tube while it was moving. (Mom and Dad had already gone home by this point or I'm sure we would have been scolded. All is well!) Pierson and Reagan had a great time going VERY slowly on the tube for the first time, too! We all went home and took naps. It was glorious!
Saturday we went into Beaver's Bend Park with the purpose of riding the train and doing fun things with the kiddos. The only problem (and blessing for those who live in that area) was that a thunderstorm came through and dumped water on us for a couple of hours. We found a place to eat in the park and went home. Nathan and Melissa took Pierson to the train after the rain to see if it was running then as Pierson was disappointed and would only take the conductor's word that it wasn't running. Alas, it wasn't, but he got ice cream and had a great afternoon! We spend the rest of the day relaxing.
Sunday we all got up early, packed, and headed home. It was a great, relaxing family vacation. I promise to get pictures up as soon as possible.
I leave for Korea in less than three weeks! I am currently packing up and cleaning my apartment. It's a little slow going. Unfortunately, I have ADD. I start something, think of something else and get distracted. Needless to say, there are a lot of piles on the floor and I'm a little overwhelmed.
It will get done, I know it. I may just need to stay up late since friends are coming in town this weekend to hang out. Tomorrow starts my "Molly and Sara Day," so I need to have my house clean... maybe not packed away, but clean and somewhat organized. I'm sure I'll find my zone.
As far as the shock of moving to the other side of the world. It hasn't set in and I've been told that it won't until I get to the airport, or board the plane, or get to another airport, or get to Seoul.... something like that. Meanwhile, I am just continually praying for peace and courage.
Sara