The Oakley Family Reunion!

18 people. 1 house. 1 family. 11 people violently throwing up.

Stadium of Fire. Park. BBQ at the Marquis. Oakley Rodeo. Alpine Slides. ATV rides in Marion. Kamas Pool.

Oakley Cabin. Fishing in the backyard. Playing in the Creek. Laying in the Hammock. Talent Show. Go Fish Galore. Smores.

Great Vacation!

Thanks Mom and Dad (a.k.a meme and papa). We all had a wonderful time! We can't wait to do it again in 2012!



P.S. Click on the slideshow and you can download and print or order any of the photos.

Double Digits

Hi people! So wasn't that awesome? I mean that was. . .  Wait, maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. This is Chloe, if you hadn't already guessed. As you probably know, my birthday was about 16 days ago. Wow! (Man, it's closer to the actual day than I thought!) Anyway, I'm here to give you kind of, like, the whole agenda. Here we go:

Okay, so the first actually good or exciting thing that happened was we had pancakes. With M&Ms, of course! The next thing was Ali came over! THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!! She gave me my present (which wasn't wrapped but that was fine because the wrapping doesn't matter). You'll never believe what it was--an Easy Bake Oven! :D So anyway, Ali and her friend Robin came over, and we chatted for a while, and then we went on a drive to Dallas. I got a little carsick (but I didn't throw up which was good because that would've been horrible), but we got there soon enough. Where did we go? To Eatzi's! Yay! So we ate there and went to look at fancy houses (which were very fancy, mind you.) Then we went shoe shopping. UGH! But by the end, I didn't want to leave! But we did, and we went to Razoo's for dinner.  We ate dinner, and we were going to leave, but the people who worked here came over and made me do a couple of humiliating things while they sang "Happy Birthday" to me. (See pictures.) As a reward they gave me a free ice-cream sundae. Yum! After that, we went home and ate cake and sung "Happy Birthday" again. Then I opened my presents. I got a grown-up journal from Daddy, a Littlest Pet Shop car, a Littlest Pet Shop house (with included Littlest Pet Shop animals), American Girl doll clothes, a stencil book, jelly beans, and more. It was great! After that we went night swimming. We turned the pool light on and swam a lot. Then it was time for bed. Yawn! I was SO tired! I went to sleep right away.

Didn't I tell you that was awesome? Anyway, I have to leave so I can't write (or type) anymore, but I will leave you with some pictures. Here, NOW LEAVE ME ALONE! Just kidding. Bye! See ya later!

Recital Time for Olivia

On June 5 I had my dance recital. I was so excited! We do it once every two years in a huge theater called Texas Hall. For the recital I had to wear stage makeup and wear three different costumes, which I loved. I had two rehearsals in Texas Hall in the two days before the recital. They each took about four hours. And all year long we have been practicing in class, two days a week. So it was a lot of hard work to get ready for the recital. I did a tap dance to "All That Jazz," a ballet dance to "Surrey with the Fringe on Top," and a jazz dance to "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" and "Hoedown Throwdown." I did great, and I wasn't nervous at all. After the recital, Mom gave me a beautiful bouquet of pink roses to put in a vase. Here are some pictures from that day:

 

Olivia's Long-Overdue Baptism Post

My baptism was the best day of my life! Later, after the baptism, it started to snow and it was the first day of spring, too. We were eating dinner at Joe's Crab Shack, and I looked out the window and saw snow starting to fall. I was excited that it snowed on my baptism day. Almost everyone in my family came, even Ali and Mo. I wish I could get baptized again!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HALEY!!!

Dear Haley,

I know you turned 9 yesterday.

I just wanted to say Happy Birthday from your Aunt Ali.

I sure do love you.

And, when I see you in July, we'll go to the store and buy you a present.

Hugs and Kisses.

Love, Aunt Ali

Good Times . . . Good Times

Now it's my turn. It's Ethan, everyone! We went on a lot of rides at Disney World and Animal Kingdom. One of my favorite rides was Space Mountain. But there was a roller coaster at Animal Kingdom called Mount Everest, and it was too scary. I loved seeing Jake's face when he got off that ride. It was great having sleepovers with Jake in our condo. He's so funny. And Papa let me ride on his shoulders all the time so my feet didn't get too tired. He's the best Papa in the whole entire universe for taking us on this fun trip.

Mick- Mick- Hooray!!!

Hi, peoples! It's me, Chloe, the best person ever! LOL Anyway, this blog post isn't just about me, (surprisingly), it's about the place we just flew on a plane to. Hint: This is about Disney World! Now, let me tell you a few of my favorite things about it. First of all, I went with the some of the best people in the whole world: Adam, Julie, Haley, Jake, Izzy, Sadie, Meme, Papa, and of course, Mommy, Olivia, and Ethan. That's 12 people! Next are the rides. They were awesome! My favorite land was Fantasy Land. Some of the rides I really loved were It's a Small World, Snow White's Scary Adventures, and Peter Pan's Flight. I also loved going to Animal Kingdom, where we went on a safari and a nature walk. Finally, here are some of my favorite pictures from Disney World and Animal Kingdom. See ya later, alligators!