Halloween, Holidays, and Happy Family

Halloween this year wasn't terribly exciting for John and I this year. We did not dress up, mainly because we didn't have any where to go. On Friday the 29th of October John did have a tall green friend visit one of his classes. Gumby was visiting random classrooms around OU campus, just to freak people out. John of course loving any kind of prank thought the man behind the Gumby suit was a genius. Unfortunately John didn't get a picture of Gumby sitting in on his History of Science class.

While we didn't dress up John's two year old niece decided to be Ariel this year, wig and all. All of the mermaid outfits we could find didn't really have enough room for her to walk in. The tail on the bottom of the costume would be to tight for her to move her feet. Fortunately John and I found a cute little dress that was "mermaid." It was the same colors as the other Ariel costumes, but it stopped around her knees so she could walk normally. Jo was so funny because she wanted the red wig to go with her costume. This of was funny to the rest of us because as a baby she hated bows, hats, or headbands on her head. She looked super cute and was very excited to "twicker tweat." 

Two of my favorite Holiday's are now well on there way!! I love Thanksgiving because all of my family gets to together, and you don't have to feel to guilty about how much that you eat. My younger sisters and I will be cooking this year. We cooked last year too, but it should be interesting because everyone wants to be in charge. My grandpa is making the turkey like he does every year. We always make a cranberry thing that my mother never had a name for. My freshman year of college we had an FHE Thanksgiving, I made my cranberry stuff as I called it. Two of my lovely roommates, Natalie and Kristin, decided it was much more elegant to call it Cranberry Surprise or Cranberry Salad. Now in my family it is known as Cranberry surprise rather than cranberry stuff.

The Women behind the Name of the Cranberry Suprise

Nat

Kristin

I love my family more than anything in the world. We have so much fun most of the time. Anyone that knows my family well, knows that we do not sugar coat things for each other. While we are all very stubborn and opinionated we mesh very well. Once we get past the arguing and screaming we normally get along well. Growing up with three younger sisters does make for a crazy household, especially in the mornings trying to get ready for school. As we have gotten older we seem to be getting along much better. My favorite thing about my family is that we can have fun in any situation. One time we were in Tennessee for a basketball tournament, and we were walking around the mall in between games. My mother always up for games decided we should all talk in a British accent and see if anyone could tell we were really from Oklahoma. I am proud to say we passed it off pretty well. Samantha my youngest sister was 10 or so at the time, and occasionally would slip and say y'all or something along those lines. We did convince the people at the checkout we were really from England. If we weren't mimicking an English accent we would talk in a deep south Mississippian accent.

We have an Aunt Marie and Uncle Bob who live in Mississippi. We would go to family reunions every two years when I was growing up, and for a couple weeks after we would come home we all had a deep south accent for awhile. My sisters are some of the funniest people I know. Sometimes it's planned humor and other times some of the things they say (myself included) is so out there you don't know where it came from. For example, a couple of months ago John, my sister Sam and myself were picking up my dad from the airport. My dad is very particular about how far the gas tank can get before it is imperative to fill up. He doesn't like it to get under a quarter of tank. After we filled up, Sam looked at my dad and John with a serious contemplative look and said, "When a car runs out of gas it just runs on the battery right?" I thought my dad and John were going to die from laughter. Sam immediately realized that she was incorrect and tried to cover it up my shouting over John and my dad's peals of laughter saying "Well hybrids do!! They run on batteries!!" I can't talk much because John almost got me when he said that I needed to go to walmart and get more blinker fluid. I had to think about it before I realized he was pulling my leg. I know this sounds like we Worrall girls no nothing of cars and such but our dad took car of that stuff for us. He was always worried we "wouldn't do it right." John has been quick to fill in my gaps in my car education. I am proud to say I know how the pistons work in the engine. If nothing else the Worrall girls are good for laughs. I love my family despite all of blonde moments (we are all prominently brunettes) and our craziness. A family without some craziness in my opinion would be incredibly boring. Families are forever and I'm so glad to be blessed with the family I have.

Jojo as the Ariel

Our Little Mermaid

(John has grown some more he's 6'6" or 6'7" now. He was 6'5" when we got married.)

Classic Samantha Face

Typical of reaction of to many pictures

Exploring the L.L. Bean store. Great Hats huh!!