Let me catch you up on the last month or so...
Travis graduated!!!!!!! Please pray for the continual job search. We attended parts of the River Festival here in Wichita and other graduations of cousins all throughout May.
Later in May we got to go on a wonderful short vacation with my family in Oklahoma City. My parents got us all tickets to see the Broadway show "The Lion King" for Christmas so we went over Memorial weekend and had an awesome time! The show was incredible- I would highly recommend it to anyone- and we had a blast all around. Brenton calls vacation "cation"-- he doesn't ever say the va- part of the word, but he seems to love 'cation and spending lots of time with Grandma Tammy, Papa Matt, Randa Panda and Riah (those are their official names in case you couldn't tell!). While we were in OKC we also went to Frontier City, the OKC Zoo and Chick-fil-a-- yes, that is a landmark in my opinion! We have lots and lots of pictures from the past month so I am going to include a link to my facebook page so that you can see them all in one place.
To kick off the month of June we went on a second mini-'cation to Branson for the Sanders family reunion. The Sanders family is Travis' dad's mom's side-- just in case you wanted to know. :) Branson is a fun, fun place if you've never been, but wayyyyy toooo much traffic! We had not planned on staying in Branson Friday night originally so we had not booked a room at the hotel we were staying in for the reunion, so when we changed out plans last minute we bid on Priceline and got a room at The Suites at Fall Creek. Apparently this is an all-inclusive, fancy-schmancy resort and it was really nice to be there for all of the 10 hours we were there. :) We got in late, late and left early so we didn't get a chance to live the resort lifestyle, but the room was like a little apartment and it was really nice. While we were in Branson we took Brenton on the Ride the Ducks attraction. Travis and I rode this with his family the last time we were in Branson for the reunion in 2005 and we knew we wanted to take Brenton this time. The Ducks are WWII vehicles that drive on land and in the water and in Branson they take you on a tour of the strip as well as Table Rock Lake. Brenton says truck-boat now when talking about them and seemed to really enjoy the whole tour, especially the ride on the water (except the few minutes where he almost fell asleep!). PLUS for anyone who knows about the ducks you get this wonderful WACKY QUACKER (duck bill noise maker) that you get to keep-- FOREVER. We hear quacking ALL the time now! :) We also did a little outlet mall shopping and went to see the Baldknobbers show per my grandparents request. The Baldknobbers was like an old time country variety show and the comedians were really funny-- it was very enjoyable-- good, clean, family fun just like Branson is supposed to be. Also, at one of the shopping centers we went to there was a place called Ridemakerz that was right up Travis' alley. We had never heard of it before, but it is best described as the Build-a-Bear workshop of car-guys. You go through a line and build your own little custom car- you can change the wheels, add specialty parts, add decals, sound, lights, even remote control if you want. To say the least we walked out of there with one customized, remote control operated Dodge Ram something-or-other and one fire truck with sirens-- can you imagine?! Travis and Brenton have been playing with their new toys non stop! Branson is a long drive, but worth the fun.
So....we're back in Wichita now and thinking ahead to the rest of the summer. We have been trying to get to the YMCA water parks when we can, so if you'd like to go sometime- give us a call! We are trying to spend time outside-- never seems to be enough time for Brenton-- I think he would live out there if we would let him! And we are trying to spend time with family as much as possible.
In the meantime, Travis and I have started the Dave Ramsey course, Financial Peace University, and would like to request prayer as we learn to change our ways financially. We are anticipating some real challenges as we go through this 12 week course (just started last week), but ultimately will provide us with a better foundation as we hopefully can get Travis a job and move on with this part of our lives sooner rather than later.
On a side-note....Brenton took himself to a new Sunday School class two weeks ago. We were walking to his class which is at the end of the nursery hallway and he just detoured and B-lined straight toward the big-kid toddler class! Travis and I looked at each other and thought-- well, it must be about time. The big-kid class has actual structured activities such as snack time, Sunday School lesson time, playtime, etc., and they help parents tackle potty-training which we are about 85-90% on with Brenton. I almost cried when we got back to the sanctuary and I really started thinking about how quickly he is growing up! This is his 3rd class in the nursery at our church and the next time he moves he moves UPSTAIRS! I know that doesn't mean anything to most of you, but upstairs is where the kids stay until they finish kindergarten!!!! I just cannot believe how big he is getting!! So, as I always say, if you haven't seen him in a while you really should!
Thanks for reading my random babblings and we hope to see or hear from you all soon! Here is the link for the pictures: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2011686&id=151000976
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