Happy Anniversary Jim and Ava!

After an incredible weekend in Dallas in late February, Austin and I decided to head to Woodward the next weekend to share our big news with his parents.  We were so excited to head west and let the secret out -  mostly because Ava has been dropping hints about grandchildren for a few months (okay..years...haha!!) and we could barely contain our excitement to see her reaction at the news!!  We knew Jim and Ava might think it was a little weird that we were making family trips back to back, so we told them we were coming to visit Austin's grandma (which wasn't a total lie...).

We pulled into town around 8:30 on Friday evening and all hung out around the house for a while before we sat down to dinner.  At some point, we strategically casually mentioned that we had brought them a small anniversary gift.   It wasn't long after we sat down for dinner, that Big Jim decided he was ready to open their anniversary gift (PERFECT!!). 

They opened their gift (which was a bib like the one that we had given to Mary Anne the weekend before) and their reaction was so fun!  They were totally shocked and beyond excited for us! Here's a few pictures we snapped after the big surprise!!

excited about being Grandparents!

love these two.

I can't even begin to explain how lucky I am when it comes to in-laws.  Jim and Ava are great people and have been such supportive, loving parents to Austin and now, me!  I'm so thankful for the amazing man that they raised and I love being a part of their family.  Speaking of that amazing man I'm married to - he really got into the western Oklahoma spirit while we were in Woodward and morphed into his alter ego --

"hey y'all - I'm Cowboy Dougie!" 

showdown at the Keeney Saloon

fancy.

After letting the secret out on Friday, we spent Saturday being (relatively) productive.  Ava and I got mani/'pedis (not super productive) and Austin and Jim worked with the horses most of the day (very productive!  good job boys!!).  Saturday night we went to a yummy dinner and visited some other family memebers that live in town.  It was a super fun weekend.  Happy Anniversary Jim and Ava -- thanks for letting us crash your weekend!!

-Callie