Thanksgiving 2011

This Thanksgiving we spent the day at home with my parents and my little sister and her family. I made the turkey...the first time in a long time...and I must say it turned out pretty well. Of course, we made too much food...but it was a nice day to spend with family and to have the cousins play together. Here are the highlights!

Our cutie!

The kids table. Luke was taking a much need nap!

Adult table...

Kiddos playing outside after a nice Thanksgiving lunch! Soccer was on the agenda!

Family picture on the backyard swing.

Family Day at the Zoo!

Today Kirk's company had a family day at the zoo. It was a beautiful day and it was nice to get out of the house and do something different. At the zoo we were set up in a pavillion, provided with lunch, facepainting, and an "animal experience." We had a great time. It was also Boo at the Zoo...so you could walk around and also collect candy. It doesn't get better than that for kids! Here are some pics.





Luke went with us...but I don't think I got a single picture of him! Bad Momma!

Pre-Crawling...

I thought this picture was worthy of documenting in the online family journal. Here is Luke practicing to crawl. Isn't he a cutie!!!

Luke is 8 months!

Yay!!! Baby Luke is now 8 months old! He is definitely getting big really fast! I have missed a few months of updates...so here is what little Luke is up to lately...

-He is trying to crawl. He is not there yet...but as soon as he develops a little more arm strength...he will be there.
-He is eating more solid foods. He loves tiny little pieces of bread!
-He had his first double ear infection. So sad...but he's recovering nicely.
-Luke went on his first road trip to San Antonio and had a wonderful time.
-He is now wearing a range of cloths sizes from 9 months-18 months!

Here is the latest and greatest picture of Baby Luke...as Buzz Lightyear. This is, of course, his Halloween costume. Enjoy!

Master manipulator

Grant usually goes to bed pretty easily in his own room, but lately if he hears the baby start to cry in his crib in the next room...Grant will start crying too. Either Kirk or I will go to his room to comfort him and he says that baby Lukey is scaring him.

Today, he started to cry for momma about 30 minutes after we left him in his bed. Luke wasn't crying...so I asked him what was wrong. He said he was scared, but when I asked him what he was scared of he said he just wanted to sing more primary songs before bed.

Ugh!...but cute!

New family pictures....with a new addition!

Well, when Luke took his newborn pictures at a few days old...I didn't really feel like putting make-up on and getting dressed decently to take pictures with him (regret this now), so up to this point I didn't have any pictures with Luke and the family except for the ones that we take around the house occasionally. Those are usually poor quality for one reason or another. So for his six month mark, I decided now was a good time. Here are some of the highlights from our family photo shoot in August...notice all pictures are indoors since it was 100+ outside almost all August.

I am a litle behind on the family happenings...but I am getting to the family vacation in San Antonio next!!!
Kirk and his twin Grant! Grant is a total daddy's boy! Brothers and best friends!Not exactly a smile...but this picture is so Luke. He is so curious and is always reaching for something.I love this picture of Grant! It is so much of what he is into right now. He loves that blanket!