An Okie from Enid

We have been in Oklahoma for almost 3 weeks now. It sort of seems like we have been here for a long time already. We have met great people so far and are so excited to meet more!

Our girls "enjoying" our 14 hour car ride

Our ride was pretty uneventful. We started our journey on a Sunday, which made the traffic & ride super easy. We had perfect weather both days and it was a pretty easy ride! We were lucky to have our good friend Kevin ride down with us, so we could have an extra body to help with the baby & dog in the Explorer. The first day we made it all the way to Joplin, MO, about 5 miles from the Oklahoma border. We headed to Oklahoma City (OKC) the next day to drop Kevin off at the airport. We stayed in OKC that night, and headed to Enid the following morning. We got the keys to our house around 930 that morning, and we had the rest of the day to explore our new town!

Gateway to the West 

Oklahoma State Line!

We ended up getting a house off base because our house on base fell through. Basically, the people who live in the house we were getting had their orders extended and weren't leaving. The housing lady just offered her last house up to another family and there were literally no houses available for us. This happened about a week before we were leaving! Needless to say, we were panicked. But by God's grace, this house fell into our laps. Even with the unexpected expenses of renting off base (higher rent, security deposit, water, trash, etc), we are lucky to have found this house - with more space (by 300 sq.ft) to enhance our adventure out here in Enid.

Our home! 

One of the first things we did was change our license plates. So we really look like Okie's now. Except when we open our mouths and talk. It's pretty obvious we aren't from Oklahoma!

Happy girl!

Route 66 in Miami, OK 

...Wide open spaces...

Celebrating making it to our house! 

Just a few shots of our adventure down here, more updates & pictures to come of our stay down here in Oklahoma!