A Family Reunion, Birthday and Oklahoma.

We took a very fast trip to Oklahoma this past weekend for Allen's Uncle Don's 70th Birthday and family reunion.  We had a wonderful time and enjoyed seeing family members we had not seen in a while and meeting new ones.  The weather was crazy for awhile on Saturday, but the Lord was great and held off the heavy rains until after everyone had left.  We stayed with Uncle Don and Aunt Suzie on their Sumter Ranch in NE Oklahoma.  Allen Jr. and Makaela really enjoyed being there and having loads of outdoor fun.  On Saturday, we were able to see some Canadian Geese in their pond before everyone showed up.  Later on, the entire family got a kick out of watching a water snake on the banks of the pond.  Don and Suzie have horses which the children loved to see and visit at their barn.  On Sunday we had been loading up and getting ready to leave, I went out to put two things in the van and my Mother-in-Law called me back to the house.  I thought, that is strange, she knows I'm just putting these in the van...well, she said, "Come back, there is a skunk!"   I scurried to the porch and sure enough it was going right by our van.  Suzie took care of it with the shot gun.  That was an experience to say the least.  Glad we were able to go, but very glad we are back home.