Kathy’s 20th High School Reunion
Wednesday
Conner had his first soccer practice at 5:30pm at Whistler park. Although we were anxious to get on the road, we didn’t want for him to miss the first session. He had fun, listened to his instructors and even ran a few drills.
Amazingly, we were able to bathe both kids and get on the road by 6:50pm. It was an easy drive to Denver with some light construction on I-70. We arrived at Embassy Suites by the airport at about 10pm.
Thursday
Even though our flight wasn’t until 10AM, we got up at 6:30 so we would have plenty of time to eat breakfast and catch the shuttle to DIA. The airport was fun - the boy enjoyed riding the train, the escalators and the moving sidewalks. The flight to Tulsa is was quick - 1:13 minutes - and even though we left 10 minutes late I think we made up the time in the air. Abby slept a little.
Once we got to Tulsa, we went from the airport straight to Coney I-Lander. It’s a regional restaurant that specializes in small hot dogs on steamed buns and probably Kathy’s favorite retaurant in the whole, wide world.
The highlight of the day was the Bartlesville Kiddie Park. It’s about an hour away from Kathy’s house and feature amusement rides suited for young children. The best part - the rides were only .25 cents. The boy was surprisingly adventurous - riding almost all of the rides, including and especially the scary ones. We got home late and ran the kids through a bath. My head hit the pillow at midnight.
Friday
Morning: Kathy went shopping for all of the things we can’t buy in town - kids clothes, mostly and a few things for her.
Evening: The first of event of reunion weekend was an event at the community center in Cleveland. It was an informal, catered BBQ and a chance for everyone to reconnect. Afterward a few of us toured the new athletic facilities at the high school. Most of the group went to Rooster’s for a drink before going home. My head hit the pillow at 1:20am
Saturday
There were two reunion events on Saturday. A picnic at the Manford ramp from 10am to 2pm and dinner at 7pm. Abby napped in the morning, so we ended up getting to the picnic at about 1pm.
The main event of the reunion was dinner Saturday night at a restaurant in Tulsa. It was fairly low-key and a few people that couldn’t make the two earlier events were able to attend. Afterward, the group went to SoCo’s. It was another late night, but I have no idea what time my head hit the pillow.
Sunday
We managed to get the kids out of bed and ready for church at 10am. The rest of the day we relaxed around the house.
Monday
We took the kids to the Oklahoma aquarium in the afternoon. The kids loved it. Connor was able to feed turtles and touch stingrays. Abby squealed at all of the big fish.
Tuesday
We left the house at 10:30am, hit Coney I-lander again, and arrived at the airport in plenty of time to make our flight. Abby was wiggly for the entire flight, except when we landed. Then she fell asleep. After catching the shuttle back to the hotel to get the car, we stopped at Sam’s to pick up some staple items. We got home at about 7:30pm.









