Yesterday, the girls and I were able to participate in a style show at the Drummond Home, a three-story Victorian style home that is located in a town close to where we live.  

  The Drummond Home was built in 1905 by Fred Drummond, a successful cattle rancher. His story is incredibly interesting and I could have wandered around in this house all day just soaking in the history of this family!  Ree Drummond at The Pioneer Woman is married to one of Fred's great great grandsons. If your interested you can read more about their family here. There is even a cool picture in this post that shows Miss Addie standing on the porch where we stood!

  Here is Miss Addie's sleeping porch. This was added later as Miss Addie (Fred's wife) desired a cooler place for visitors and family to sleep in the hot summer nights.

  This is the nursery and it is located on the third floor. I must say Miss Addie must have had some serious calves after walking up two flights of stairs everytime a child yelled, "Mommy!"

  Out of all the gorgeously decorated rooms the nursery was my favorite. I wanted to duck under the barrier and play with the paperdolls on the floor.

  If you would like to see more pictures of the house you can go here. Ree's pictures are much better than mine!

  The style show was a vintage style show. We were modeling clothes replicated from the Victorian era. A friend of ours at church works for the Oklahoma Historical Society and she puts these style shows on throughout our part of the state to raise money for different projects that pertain to Oklahoma history like the Drummond Home.

  The girls are wearing everyday girls attire here while I am wearing a ball gown. My short stature just doesn't do this beautiful dress justice.

There were also little girl party dresses for my two to wear. These would have been worn to a formal party or ball by a girl of young age. But only for appearance, the children were allowed to make their presence known then they must be off to bed.

  The outfit that I am wearing here is a walking outfit. It would have been worn by a Victorian lady to walk casually at the park or around an estate with visitors. She probably would have had her hair up in a Gibson girl type style.

  We had so much fun and there were many other outfits that we got to model along with the ten other models. I even got to wear a tiara with a huge frou frou red ball gown. Let me just say that your whole attitude changes when wearing a tiara. I may have to get one just to wear aound the house every once in a while.

  The guys went to an auction where they got to see cows, farm machinery, cows, and more farm machinery.

  When we got home they had been home for awhile and I noticed that my five-year-old was filthy!

"What happened to you?!?!"

"You're a mess!" 

Yes, I know ... I've been playing ... will you take my picture?

Yep.

Can I make funny faces?

Go right ahead.

Is that the best you can do... surely, you've got something better than that.

Oh I do, I was saving it for last!

  We're still trying to get the garden planted. As of today, we have onions, carrots, peas, beans, new potatoes, tomatoes, and crook-necked summer squash planted.

  The chicken coop is coming along quickly. We had a cement truck out here two days ago and we got the floor in. It won't be long until my chicken dream becomes a reality!

I hope your Memorial Day weekend is a safe and blessed one!

Julie