Happy Birthday Luke!

Luke is 2 years old! He was born on October 5, 2005. He shares a birthday with his Aunt Amanda and cousin David. I loved having an October baby! He was my easiest delivery. I arrived at the hospital at 6:00pm and Luke was here 3 hours later.
Jason's parents had met us at the hospital to take Cade and Josh home, but everything went so fast that they ended up staying. So Cade and Josh were there minutes after Luke arrived.
We celebrated his birthday last Friday with family and friends. He had a construction truck birthday party. We served subs, chips, veggies, salads, and a dirt cake to put his tractors on. I got the dirt cake recipe from my sister-in-law Rachelle, it is quite tasty and kids love it! Before we could finish singing Happy Birthday, Luke had already blown out a candle. It was his favorite part of the party. He could hardly contain himself!

Luke at 2!
Mamma's Boy
Adores his brothers
Never lacks attention, he can scream louder than his two brothers when he needs something
Loves to say "Mommy where are you?" or "Daddy where are you?" (in his baby talk), it melts our hearts he usually giggles when we reply "Luke, where are you?"
Other favorite sayings, "What?", "Na Na Batman!", "Ceweal" (Cereal) , "Wha, wha" (water), "Dadda", "Mamma" "Pappa", and anything else his older brothers ask him to repeat.
If anyone besides his mom or dad can get Luke to hold him, he will cuddle and give the biggest hugs.
He loves to give everyone kisses goodnight before bed, sometimes even his stuffed animals.
When his brothers are sad or grumpy, he can turn their frowns into smiles in an instant with a silly dance or song.
He has been such a blessing in our home and we love him with all our hearts! Happy Birthday!


Cade and Josh with Mommy and Baby Luke!



First time at Disneyland, 7 months old.

Fall is here!!

More than a month since i have posted, lot's to say! Fall is here' boys are in school and we are no longer using our pool it is so sad. Cade started all day kindergarten, he is in a spanish immersion program where they teach half day English and half day in Spanish. The first week he loved it. He would ask, do I have "escuela" tommorrow? by the middle of the second week he is wondering how many more days he has to keep going back to school. It is a big adjustment from being at home all summer to being gone from 9am - 3pm. Now, 4 weeks into it he is loving it again, he is very social and is loving all of his new friends. He is a chatter box and loves to tell me all about his day at school, and I love it. Josh is in preschool Tues. and Thurs. afternoons. He is going to a marvelous little preschool in our neighborhood, a few kids from our ward go with Josh. He loves it. He is growing up so fast.



Joshua's first day at school, lil' brother Luke is sending him off.

Josh is excited for Mrs. Dove's class

Cade's First day of Kindergarten!

Boys with grandma after shopping for new school clothes.

Christina and Celine Dion Week!

My cousin Christina stayed with us this last week Mon - Wed. It was so great to see her and Jon whom we hadn't seen since the accident. He is looking really good, a lot better than we had expected! It was awesome to visit with him, we were so glad he was able to make it here too! Their 4 girls are all soooo beautiful and all have their own look and personalities! The boys had a great time with them they swam a lot and when they weren't swimming they would put on plays directed by Rachel (Christina's oldest). Which we were all made to sit down and watch. Animals were the theme for the plays this week, and at the end of each play there were individual bows and a group bow, it was really cute. But, the fun did not end there! Jason's cousin Allison, was coming to a Celine Dion concert here in Vegas, and had invited Jason's mom who invited her daughter in laws which 3 of us were able to make it (we missed Tiffany not there). The concert was amazing, her voice it not like anything I have ever heard before. The show consisted of lots of dancers and special effects and had a bit of a cirque de soleil feel to it. ( her show directed by the same guy as "O" at Bellagio.) It was a lot of fun getting together with my mother and sister-in-laws, with no kids and no husbands, we had never done that before, so thank you Allison and Diana for setting up such a memorable evening!

Photo of the boys

Here they are at San Clemente Beach.

I made it to 2007!

Ive made it to the year 2007! Christina help me create this blog-hopefully I can stick with it!