Whitsitt Family Fun Day!

After our time in Wichita, we headed to KC for the annual Whitsitt Family Fun Day event!! It was fun that 4th of July coincided, the boys all had a blast shooting off fireworks. We played and played, frolicked in the pool, backyard baseball, bocce ball, croquet, and lots and lots of talking and goofing it up! One night all the adult children stayed up until 3 am!! Chatting!! It's been awhile since this old gal has done that :D. It really was a blast, and made so much more special that all of us could be together for a weekend. And, of course, we got our annual family photo to top everything off. Long live WFFD!!

Miles Family Vacation!

Last week we headed to Wichita/Haven for our mini Miles Family Vacation! We had a ball. Kent had to work nights, so we got to see him for dinner, and Josh had to work a few days too, but we managed to squeeze lots in to our 2 1/2 days together! We began with seeing WALL-E, so so cute! I think we all enjoyed it. The next day, we hit the water park. Micah had a bit of trouble there 'cause he was about 2 inches short to be able to ride the slide or go off the diving boards, so that was kind of tough, but he had lots of fun, I think! The other dudes had a blast with the slides, and Clay even worked up the nerve to go off the high, high dive! Josh was so nervous...worried about his baby up there!! Clay and Ethan both did it, and the *zoom* slide, the one that goes nearly straight down! Holy cow! They loved it though. The day after that, we went to the zoo and checked out the new Cessna Penguin exhibit. Lots of fun....the boys got to feed some animals in the childrens zoo, which they loved. Clay was kinda nervous...he'd throw all his food out, and at one point, when they were nudging him for more, he turned around and said "I hate those stupid goats!" It was hysterical! After the zoo, we headed for lunch and then to Exploration Place. Lots of cool stuff there...flight simulators and history on airplanes, a *real* tornado. I think that was Clays favorite thing! He is a budding meterologist! They all loved that part. When we finished up there, we went to a candy store where they could make thier own pixie sticks! Dont you know they were all over that! That night we connected with the Omaha cousins and our final day we went bowling and go cart racing. They had a blast! Glad we could see them before we had to leave. It was tons of fun smashed in to not a lot of time, but we were glad to have the time together! :D

Just a quick update....

Yesterday we went to the doctor for Micah to get his shots...the poor dude had to get 5!!! Yuck! Clayton took pics with my camera, so I thought I'd post 'em for you all to see ;). He's a budding photographer/meterologist. Not too much new going on in OK....lots and lots 'o rain! Last night on the weather website, our local weather man posted rainfall amounts for cities in OK, KS and TX. Tulsa had 35.4 inches of rain so far this year....10 inches above the next highest city!!!! Thats a lot of freakin rain! Hopefully it will dry out soon and we can have a pool day. The biggest news here is that CLayton has given up *blankie*, all by himself! He was so brave...he brought down the bag of baby bedding that matches his blanket and put *him* in there...making sure to tell us all that he may take him out and visit once in awhile! So sweet...he was so brave. The biggest news in our whole family is the arrival of the 8th grandchild!! Little Rowan John Whitsitt was born yesterday at 1:54 pm. Ethans immediate response was "Cool!! Now we have an 8 man football team!" We're excited to go to KC and meet the newest dude in a few weeks! So, that is about it for now! Hope you all are having a great summer!

Ethan goes to Camp and turns ELEVEN!!!

Ethan at his campsite

The view at Camp Hale


The tent Ethan slept in all week

The dude is EXHAUSTED after a long week!

Happy Birthday Ethan!!


So, last week Ethan went off to Boy Scout camp. He was gone for a whole week, and it was so hard!! We missed him like mad. Friday night, Josh went down to the camp with another dad to spend the night with the boys and bring some of 'em home. It worked out great, b/c Saturday was Ethans 11th birthday. According to all the stories I've heard so far, Ethan had an amazing time. He got up every morning at 5:15 to practice for the mile swim he choose to complete at the end of the week!! Can you believe that?? I was certainly surprised, and so proud of him. He did the swim on Friday and did amazing. Throughout the day he worked on merit badges for swimming, pioneering, first aid and pottery. He accomplished every one! His favorite he said was pottery. It was a great week, certainly and amazing experience for him, one he wants to repeat next year!! He is still catching up on sleep, when we got him home, we went out to eat w/ the fam and he could hardly keep his eyes open. After we got home, he fell asleep on the couch and stayed that way for about 2-3 hours. The only way we could get him up was by telling him he could open his birthday presents!!! :D He'll be playing catch up for a few days, but it was worth it. Happy Birthday Ethan!!!

Memorial Day

Last weekend my big little brother and his family came to Tulsa to spend the weekend with us. We had a great time. Lots of talking and laughing, stories out the wazz!! :D Sunday afternoon, rather than subject ourselves to freezing cold swimming pool water (as per the request of our children) we decided to have a water balloon fight. It took Josh and Ben FOREVER to fill up all those balloons, and we went through them so quick! But it was a blast. The boys all had so much fun seeing how many times they could hit daddy or Uncle Ben, or even Me! After all the balloons ran out, we set up the sprinkler and they ran through it. Aiden had chattering teeth and still wanted to play...what troopers! So much fun.

Final Day of School

I'm a little slow getting this up, the kids had their last day of school last Friday! :D But they had a great time. Claytons class had a pizza party and ice cream sundaes, along with tons of games. I snuck over for a bit to Ethans school to see how he was and he was having a blast! They had tons of those jupiter jumps all over and played on those all day, had tug-o-wars and ate like crazy. All the kiddos had a great time, but at about 1:30 Clayton says, Mama, I'm so tired, I need to go home and rest! So, we did! It was a great school year, excellent teachers, good friends. Lookin forward to a fun summer! ;D

Repelling!!!

Robbers Cave

What a handsome dude!

Chillin on the top

Gettin geared up!

Oh baby....

Here he goes!!

On the way down...hold your breath!

E after a long hard weekend ;D



So this weekend while the little dudes and I were off galavanting in KC, Josh and Ethan went with the Boy Scouts to Robbers Cave for a repelling trip! We talked about Josh going with me to KC, but decided we'd both be way more comfortable with one of us being with Ethan while he climbed up and down rock walls! They had a blast! Ethan told me "It was so fun mom, but that first time I went down, I was SOOO scared!" He really enjoyed himself! Josh got in on the fun too. To prepare for the trip, Ethan was put in charge of the grocery shopping and Josh thinks he has a new found appreciation for me! Thats always nice. ;D Where they were, Josh had NO cell phone reception, so that was pretty nerve racking for me. I got up Sunday morning and told Landon that since I had gotten no phone calls, that meant that theyhadnt had to drive to an ER where he had service! Good news! One time on a campout last year, I got a call about 10:30pm, Josh saying he was trying to decide if E needed stitches or not...he's sliced his finger! So, needless to say, with the stakes a little higer this time, nervous nelly Mom was biting my nails until I could get ahold of them. ;D In just a few weeks, he goes away for a week to camp, and when he gets back, he'll be 11! He comes home on his birthday. Such great experiences he is having...and it's icing on the cake that Josh gets to go along for the fun.

Wedding Weekend!

Cooper, Clay and Micah...buddies forever!

Micah was SOO glad to see Grandmother Great!

The Grandmother and I

Grandmother and her kiddos

Mom and Kelli Kay

My cousin Kelli and I


This weekend my youngest cousin Kati got married!! We headed to Liberty to celebrate with all the fam. As the wedding was starting, I realized that my camera was just about dead...poop!! I was so mad...and I never got a pic of the happy couple! Anyway, we had a great time. We got to see Grandmother, (she moved to CA a few months ago) and she looked wonderful! We also got to see our cousin Kelli who lives in Seattle. And we got to spend time chatting and catching up with lots of other family we havent seen in quite awhile. It was a fun weekend, but man is it tough to make that drive twice in 2 days! I was wiped. But we made it safe and sound. Josh and E went on a Boy Scout campout, so be looking for those pics, they'll be up soon! ;D

Mama's Day

Our family on Mothers Day

Betsy, Mom and I at the Yo Mama Brunch

The stepping stone Micah made for me at school

Our new kitty, Maddy


We had a great Mothers Day weekend! On Saturday, Mom Betsy and I went to my church for a non-traditional Yo Mama brunch! It was lots of fun. Great things to eat and lots of laughs. After we were done we went shopping for awhile. It was a great girls day! On Sunday, all my dudes woke me up with a waffle in bed! So very sweet. We had a really fun day, eating lunch and then....we got a cat! Kind of a quick decision for Josh and I, but the dudes are so excited. They love her. We decided that she was the one when they all passed her around and she just laid there like she didnt have a care in the world! Obviously she can deal with 3 crazy boys. :D Hope all you mamas had just as wonderful a day as I did! Love to you all!

Ethan goes to BizTown!

Some of you may know BizTown by a different name..Exchange City. We all went in 5th grade, and now, if you can believe it, I have a son in 5th grade!! I learned earlier this year that they were going and I couldnt wait!! He had so much fun. His job for the day was CEO of Reasors (grocery store for you non-Tulsans). He did an amazing job! He really is a fantastic mulit-tasker, although he could learn to delegate a little more. :D It was unreal how much this mock town really worked like "life"! He had to approve invoices and pay employees (our kids were fantastic, by the way! GO Reasors team!!) and there was always someone wanting his attention. He did a wonderful job getting it all done and not getting frustrated. During the morning town hall meeting he had to go in front of everyone and make a speech, enticing people to come to thier store, and he was great! He did an interview with the newspapaer and had an article all about him! He also got to interview with the News Station, which was lots of fun. What an experience...I cant wait until the other two go!

12 Metre Race in St. Maarten...

One of the boats we raced against.

There's me waaayyy up at the front of our boat.

Joshua hanging out on the boat.

This is the boat we raced in...the True North IV, also the Coors Light boat! That is Dicks head in the front :)





So, on Wednesday of our cruise while we were in St. Maarten, we got to go on a mock Americas Cup race. They have boats that have actually been in the real Americas Cup and have won all kinds of awards. It's really cool...you go out there and they spend the first part of your time teaching everyone different jobs on the boat. After that is all done, you have a few practice runs and then, it's off to race! We raced against 2 other boats and it was awesome! Just like you see on TV, those boats lean all the way to one side or the other and you think you're going to fall right out...in fact, my beer flew off at one point! It was so much fun....Josh, Me, Dad, Uncle Clint and Dick went. And, our boat WON!!! So cool...I'd have to say one of the coolest excursions we've done yet.

OKC Memorial Marathon

Today was the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon in memory of the victims of the bombing. The Batteries Plus team went to OKC to run the 1/2 marathon and marathon relay! It was quite an adventure of a weekend, but we had lots of fun...I think the look on everyones face when we realized that it was raining outside was pretty priceless ;D. We had to get up at 4:45 to be ready to leave by 5:30...and the run started at 6:30...freakin early! Once we got into it, it did quit raining, but it was still darn cold when you were done! I ran the marathon relay with some other dudes b/c of the injury in my foot...I did the first leg and I had high aspirations of continuing on with the other gals just to finish the half, but it was not to be. These old lady parts were having none of it, and I was so dissapointed! But all my girls did AWESOME and I am so proud of them! Fun, fun times.

Cruise post #2!

So! Here is part 2! ;D Thursday we were in St. Thomas...we went on a gonala ride up to Paradise Point and got some awesome views of the island. It was so pretty...just breathtaking! After dinner that night, we went to see a hypnotist..so hysterical! The next morning, we got to go to a cooking show in the theater. They showed how to make a few of the dishes they offer, and after it was done, we got a tour of the galley. That was really neat to see. Uncle Clint did another tour later about the theater and got to see some of the costumes and the dressing rooms. Friday night was the final formal night. It also was the Newlywed/Not so Newlywed Gameshow in one of the clubs. We had gotten to know one of the cruise directors, and she fixed it so Josh and I were picked to take part! It was hysterical...not a story for the blogpage...but call me if you wanna hear! And we won!! Pretty cool. Later that night we went to the Champagne Waterfall...it was cool to see. The next day was our day in the Bahamas. We snorkeled and laid on the beach...it was so wonderful and relaxing. That night was our final dinner with our wonderful waiter Alex...he was so much fun, a real hoot! I even jokingly asked for a Love Boat to go (yes people,I had one every night!!!) and he fixed it for me! All wrapped up like a swan...so I ate it for a midnight snack. The final picture if of all of us on our decks...they all connected! So much fun. What a week...what a vacation! I'm counting down the days until we can go again!