Candle and Cross from Liz and Clancy's wedding

I'll leave all the wedding pictures -- the rings, the presents, the cakes, the dresses, the tuxes, etc etc etc to the professionals.

I did like the juxtaposition in this one.

OKC Memorial

We visited the OKC Memorial (former site of the Murrah Federal Building, which was bombed in April of 1995).

The chairs in the field represent the casualties and are arranged by the floor they were on at the time of the bombing. The smaller chairs represent children (from the day care center).

Wedding sparklies

My niece is getting married on Saturday. She and her matron of honor were working on her cake topper, and had a bunch of sparklies out. When they were done, and were packing up the glimmers into their various shapes and sizes, I snapped this one.

Grandson...

We get to spend some time with our grandson, Austin.

Views of Oklahoma City...

Waterfall at the Fairgrounds



The Paseo



A street side water spigot



The milk jug building

Road Trip -- Day 3

In Groom, Texas, the Knights of Columbus have erected what they claim to be the "Largest Cross in the Western Hemisphere" (it isn't - there is one in Illinois that is 8 feet larger).

After there, we passed through Shamrock, TX, where we ran smack-dab into a nasty thunderstorm. Our first clue that we might be in trouble were these "Biscuit" clouds



These are indications of immense instability aloft. Then we hit the heavy stuff. Marble-sized hail smashing down on the rental car making us feel like we were being crushed



But, we made it. I write this from the comfort of my mom's living room. The rest of the week will be scenes of Oklahoma City and Texas.

Road trip -- Day 2

2 state lines





Several million dead bugs on the windshield



and 673 miles today.