Moore love...

As requested by readers a tshirt was made in order to send donations to tornado relief. There are 3 tornado spefic designs, but also through the weekend profits from any of our many designs will be donated as well. Our store is at cafepress, who is being so kind as to make sales to Oklahoma tax free! 

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Praying for Oklahoma

Our great state has suffered yet more loss due to tornadoes. I was glued to the television and Facebook all afternoon and evening, as I'm sure everyone else was. First, in fear of it coming my way and then later, sadness over the devastation in Moore, OK. The tornadoes that hit Edmond and Shawnee were horrific as well.  
Last night my six year old looked out the window and noticed the sky was a very eerie orange color. It looked completely amber outside. I went outside to try and capture a picture with my iPhone and it just didn't capture the amber color at all. I immediately noticed how calm and quiet it was, along with the amber sky. It took me back to when I was a 6 year old girl living in Moore, OK. My dad was on in the highway patrol there. He had come home for a dinner break during his shift. When he left we all went outside with him. It looked and felt exactly the same way as it was tonight. 
My mom had been typing at our table, in front of our big bay window in the kitchen. My brother, age 3, playing under the table. I had been sitting at the table as well. Directly behind our backyard was the fire station. About 30 minutes after my dad had left the tornado sirens started going off. My mom grabbed some candles and took my brother and me to our bathroom. It seemed like we had just gotten in the bathroom when the back side of our house was hit by the tornado. It brought the back wooden fence straight in through that bay window where we had just been sitting. It was also during that time that my dad, in his patrol car, was being lifted numerous times off the ground. We were certainly fortunate we weren't hurt. That house ended up being hit a couple of other times by tornadoes over the years before being completely destroyed by the May 1999 tornado. No, you could not pay me enough money to live in Moore, OK again. It is truly "Tornado Alley." 
My husband has finally decided it's worth the expense to have a storm shelter installed in our garage. It will just give us and the rest of our family a peace of mind. Do you have a shelter? Where do you go if you don't? I have a few friends with shelters/cellars/basements who welcome us anytime there is a tornado warning. It will just be nice to have something right here at home. 
I, along with the other housewives, will continue to pray for all the families affected, the service helpers and those children who lost their friends at school. I'm hesitant to watch too much news today, as I know the sadness will likely just be too much. 
I saw this right before I started writing this post and LOVED it. I don't know who to give credit to, but know whoever created it knew it would likely be shared. Join us Okies in praying for our great state. 

~Mrs. Albright Praying, like a... 

Life of a Baseball Mom

I have told you before I am a mom of two baseball boys.Read my Queen of Diamonds post. Both of them play competitive ball. My weekend life consists baseball tournaments, camping chairs, heat, two bored sisters & lots of junk food. My baseball mom friends & I were discussing baseball terms this weekend. We think men came up with these terms because they sound dirty. I'm going to share a few & you let me know what you think. Go Deep Push Foul Off Down the Pipe Hole  

Ride Your Horse Meat Power Stroke Get a Rip You're Up Switch Hitter

So are they dirty or is it just us girls? We love our baseball boys & it's entertaining to hear the coaches shouting out this baseball jargon during the games.  Here's to the boys of summer and their moms!

xoxo,
Mrs. Montgomery
Hanging at the Ballpark Like...

Who Wants To Win A Hat?

Every once in a while, The RHOK gets an opportunity to host a giveaway. This is one of those times. And BOY OH BOY are we excited about it! With summertime coming, you will need one of these adorable caps from The Little Dragonfly.

I mean you will really NEED one. And one of our lucky readers will get to have one for free!
The lucky winner will choose a hat color (light pink, white or black) and a thread color for their initials to be monogrammed on the hat which will be shipped to them for free!
Here are the rules: (One entry per rule)

1. Leave a comment on this post.  Please make sure we have your email address.
2. Leave a comment on The Little Dragonfly blog (again, please make sure you leave an email address!)

As much as we would love to give you entries for Facebook "likes" and "shares" we cannot.  Rules and regulations over at Facebook prevent us from adding this to our contest.  We would, however, appreciate any new "likes" and your "shares" to promote our giveaway! Please help us spread the word!

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Be sure to check out the other adorable items available at The Little Dragonfly on her blog, Facebook page or even etsy.

If you don't win, I have good news! You can purchase your own. The applique hat costs $22 and the monogram only costs $18.   If you mention The RHOK, you will get free shipping.
Yup. Free shipping for our RHOK'n readers!
I'll be wearing my hats out by the pool.  How about you?

~ Mrs. Priss

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The details:
This RHOK'n giveaway opportunity is available to US residents aged 18 or older.  Past giveaway winners from Little Dragonfly are not eligible to win. 
Giveaway runs from May 15th until May 30th at noon.
The RHOK will assign numbers to those commenting then choose a winning number using Random.org.
Winner will be contacted by email and have 48 hours to respond.
If the winner does not respond in 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen using Random.org.

Good luck!