One of my favorite families said goodbye to Tulsa recently. I am still pouting and missing my neighbor and friend, and my daughter is missing her little BFF too.   We took family portraits in Woodward Park before the moving van arrived so they could remember their five years in T-Town.  

The park was gorgeous this afternoon with the colors of fall!

Every summer, my sister and I trade kids for a few days to allow for more cousin time while school is out.  This week, my nieces and nephew visited  T-Town.  We have bowled and mini-golfed, had movie and dance parties, and created lots of crafts.  So many memories were made, and that sure beats the exhaustion I’m feeling right about now!  

Have a peek at the cousins:

And the whole gang (ages 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), in a disastrous photo shoot full of whining, bug bites, and bunny ears every two seconds:

The azaleas at Woodward Park are in full bloom and gorgeous. I love the few weeks of bright, dazzling colored azaleas (followed by rose season in May!). 

The park was a madhouse with picture takers and prom couples and cheerleading squads, but it was so worth the crowd for the colorful backgrounds. 

And my fave from the session:

Ok, this looks like a killer squirrel, but he's just confused by the big black box in front of my face.  The squirrels at this park are so ridiculously  F A T  from all the visitors that it surprises me they can fit on these little branches. 

And they are pretty in color, too: