My "Big" Sister is Finally Stateside...

I am the middle child...enough said, right? Anyway, my big Air Force, butt-kickin', tough yet feminine sister just arrived "home" from a LLLLOOONNNNNGGG station in Japan...yearssssss, in fact. She is now stationed at Tinker Air Base in Oklahoma City, much closer than the other side of the dang world!

Last night, on the 4th, the day of our literal and metaphorical independence, most of my extended family joined us at our "estate" (long story) in the booming metropolis of B, Arkansas. We let loose, let the kids have fun on the slippin' slide (another post for another time), and posed for some fun pics. Enjoy...


SEE WHY SHE'S MY "BIG" SISTER? THAT'S HER ON THE LEFT...NO, NO, YOUR LEFT, SILLY! WOW...I LOOK REALLY TALL...

WE MAKES OUR MOMMA PROUD...NUTTIN' FINER IN ALL OF OKLAHOMA. SWEAR, THIS GIVES THE STATE A BAD NAME, BUT WE HAD FUN!

BIG DADDY GETS IN ON THE ACTION...

THIS IS MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, DAVID, WHOM I HAD NEVER MET UNTIL LAST EVENING. HE SAYS HE'S SHY, SO I ASSURED HIM I AM AS WELL. THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME BEST KNOW THAT I AM IN FACT SHY...UNTIL I GET WARMED UP...HONESTLY, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO WARM UP TO DAVID. HE'S A GENUINELY NICE GUY, DOTING FATHER, AND I DID NOTICE THAT HE OFFERED TO GET MY SISTER ANYTHING SHE NEEDED OR HELP IN ANY WAY. LET ME TELL YA'...THAT'S THE SIGN OF A REAL MAN! DAVID, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!

DID I ZOOM IN ON MATT AND ERICA TOO MUCH? THEY WERE JUST SO CUTE, I WANTED A CLOSE-UP!

You can all thank me later for doctoring all of our photos at picnik.com! They help us look amazing, don't you think?