more fun in oklahoma!!

my quick two-day trip to ooooooooklahoma was filled with family & friends & lots of little malcolm & delicious food & a swanky new norman restaurant & oklahoma beer & lots & lots of fun.  it's always so nice to be home to see a few of my favorite smiling faces & eat some of my favorite food & see how my favorite state is growing up.  a lovely site to see.

our first stop was at our okc neighborhood bar, mcnellie's!  when we all lived in our lofts in midtown okc, we would walk down to mcnellie's at least once a week for pint night or three dollar burger night or when we needed a tasty beer & fried pickles.  it's a great neighborhood bar with an impressive beer draught beer selection - my favorite kind of place.

{my okie craft beer flight!}

{malcolm's grandparents were so happy to see the little man too!}

dad was pretty darn excited to take little malcolm out to his backyard playground to swing!  malcolm would get a big ole grin on his face.  it was adorable.

brent & ally's rehearsal dinner was a fabulous party in the beller estates' backyard!  it was a gorgeous sunny evening full of the people who love & support & celebrate brent & ally, toasts to the soon-to-be-wed couple, & the one & only big truck tacos!

{dad & my sisters}

{the amazingly adorable vandaveers}

on saturday, julie & i got to enjoy brunch at norman's fantastic new restaurant, scratch, with cari & aric!!  seriously, y'all, this place is so good.  it has fancy yet completely approachable dishes all made from scratch with an impressive seasonal cocktail menu devised by a hometown norman friend who started bittercube, the acclaimed cocktail & bitters company.

to eat, we had the quinoa crab cakes & flank steak sandwich with caramelized onions & chive aioli.  & for our brunch cocktails, the truman - a lemon & ginger sparkling wine beverage, of the older fashioned - a play on the classic cocktail, & the sparrow bee - a truly incredible drink with rum, honey syrup, & mint.  pooh, vacay brunch cocktails are so much fun!

{love you, caric!}

a fun weekend, indeed.  love me some oklahoma.

love love,
kjp.