Okay, not really. 
But remember that time when Christopher and I were in a commercial? {If not, check out the details here, here, and here.} Well, it has officially been finished and released! Check it out!
Happy Saturday!
Yesterday I mentioned that we went to Oklahoma to celebrate my brother’s wedding weekend so today I thought I’d share some shots that Christopher and I took! 
This is us in Perkins, Oklahoma! It was windy and SO COLD! It even snowed while we were there.
Getting Ready
The rings and her bouquet
Abby and I helping our big brother look all spiffy – he really did appreciate our help… really!
Abby and I with our new sister-in-law!
My brother, Matt and his new wife, Dee!
They both really like playing Xbox so Dee made this sign based on the Xbox “Achievement Unlocked” logo. We all started laughing when Matt started puckering up and teasing Dee about not being able to reach him (he is well over a foot taller than she is). Poor girl is only 4’11 and marrying into a tall family.
Matt and Dee’s two kiddos were the flower girl and ring bearer. How cute are they?! And both red-heads… I love it! My dad and my grandmother are both red-heads so those genes are pretty strong on that side of the family.
My brother’s little family
Our family! My oldest two sisters and their families couldn’t make it (this was sort of a short notice whirlwind wedding). It was a fun weekend! I’m happy for their little family!
This weekend we were in Oklahoma for my brother’s wedding (photos and update on that tomorrow)! We stopped along the way to see my Aunt Juanita and Uncle Perry. We hadn’t seen them since our wedding four and a half years ago and it had been years before that since I was last at their house.
Aunt Juanita is actually my Great-Aunt-Juanita. She’s my dad’s aunt, but I grew up always calling her “Aunt Juanita”.
When she heard we were coming, she said she would throw together a quick lunch for us. This is what we had:
Oh, you know, just a “quick” lunch. It really was all so delicious. Aunt Juanita is such a wonderful cook! But my absolute FAVORITE thing that she makes is her fried okra. In fact, it is my favorite okra of all time. Long before we were married, Christopher had heard our family talking about Aunt Juanita’s fried okra so he was really excited to try it out. And no surprise, he loved it. Said it was hands down the best okra he had ever eaten.
I asked Aunt Juanita for her recipe and she smiled and said “oh, it’s nothing special. I just don’t use cornmeal” then she talked me through her method of making it. So I’m going to share that with you guys, but I have no actual measurements for anything, haha! It’s worth playing around with to get it perfect, though! I definitely am going to try!
A new addition to Juanita and Perry’s property since I was last there is a “tree house”/viewing deck that they built for their grandkids.
How cool is that?!
The view of Lake Tenkiller from the top of the viewing deck
Us in Cookson, Oklahoma with Lake Tenkiller in the background
We had a wonderful time catching up with Aunt Juanita and Uncle Perry! They haven’t changed one bit since I last saw them. Oh! And I found out that my great-great-great grandmother was Native American. That explains why I thought I was Pocahontas when I was a little kid.
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