eDiary of Mrs. O: Lets Getaway

Two weekends ago, hubby and I took an impromptu trip to Oklahoma City to see my sister Collette, brother-in-love Nosa, and nephew Paulie. My sister who is currently in Philadelphia finishing up her residency was visiting her hubby and son, so we decided to drive down since they're only three hours away.

We got in pretty late on Friday night, so we didn't do much that night but stay up a while to catch up. The next day, MoMo and I followed them to a birthday party for one of Paulie's friends at school while hubby stayed at home. It was pretty fun. MoMo got her first face painting ever, even though it made her break out later on. When we got back home, we were ready to hit the town. They took us around the city and to their beautiful downtown and to the Oklahoma City Memorial that was built after the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995 that claimed the lives of 168 people. Afterwards, Nosa took us around his very cool office building. We came back home to relax and went back out later that night for dinner at Genghis Grill. It's a really cool spot where you get to create your meal how you wish and then hand it to the cooks. I actually enjoyed my concoction this time around. It was so good that hubby wanted us to switch plates! That NEVER happens!

We had such an awesome time. MoMo had a blast with her cousin Paulie and Nosa's dad. They showed us a really good time and we can't wait to have them over in Bentonville too. We left on Sunday after church.

Paulie and MoMo

This past weekend, I was in Chicago with MoMo. I met up with my 3 of 4 of sisters and my mom. We went for my mom's friends (who is one of my dearest aunts) daughter's graduation from nursing school. I found out my mom and sisters were all going and I wasn't going to be left out. Plus, my brother moved out there a couple of months ago after getting a new job and I hadn't been to visit him yet. We flew in on Thursday evening and left on Monday in the afternoon. I had SO much fun just being around my family and our friends.

I love Chicago so much and this was actually my third time visiting, but it has been a while since my last visit and I think I forgot just how much I love the city. Even though it was freezing cold, my brother was a great host! We rented a seven seater car, which was just perfect! He took us around the city and showed us a lot of cool spots on Friday. On Saturday, we woke up pretty early and got a chance to go to the museum before the graduation ceremony. We saw the Picasso exhibition which was pretty awesome.

The graduation ceremony was fun and afterwards we partied and ate good! On Sunday we all went to church with my auntie's family and had brunch together afterwards. Sunday evening was chill for me. One of my sister's flew out that night while the others went to visit a friend and my mom went over to my aunt's. I stayed at home with MoMo and enjoyed the evening. The next morning the rest of us flew back to our respective homes. I had such a good time but I was glad to be back to my now familiar territory and to hubby!