Luke Is TWO!

Birthday Boy!

Birthday Kiss:

Blowing out candles:

Luke has been wanting a bicycle for weeks! Memaw delivered!

The boys checking out the loot!

Party tackle!

Sadie makes Elmo look GOOD!

"Biteyear":

Games (we had to improvise and move games in the garage instead of the backyard because tornado sirenes were going off about 2 hours before the party started!):

I think fishing was the favorite!

We said the games were for the kids, but I think the adults had fun too :)

Buz... has he replaced Horsey? That is SO his style! Ha!

Pre-Party:

Balloons everywhere!

The house was full and that is how we like it! 30 minutes before it began, Christy was vacuming, Deb unloading the dishwasher, Mom was making Guac, Brent and Dwight were firing up the grill in the rain... we were all thrilled to celebrate our Luke!

Post Party:
Watching his new Cars DVD from Jamie on Honey's Pillow Pal... doesn't get any better than that!

Playing soccer in a football jersey :)

Sand Box fun (our temporary "Gold Mine" game)

One last breakfast at IHOP before we parted ways...

Happy Birthday, sweet Luke! It's been a blast being your Momma these two years. I love you forever.

Halloweens Past

This is a very random post of all of my favorite Halloween memories with my one and only...

THEN

(2003- our first Halloween together... Brent and Ben took Tiffany and I on in a friendly game of bowling... winners picked the losers costumes... girls won and Ben and Brent went as Captain Hook and Peter Pan! You might think by the looks of the Oompa Loompa costume I lost, but that would not be the case!)

THEN,

In 2008, Brent and I had a pumpkin carving contest... all of our blog readers voted and the winner got a new pair of shoes.

This is the winning pumpkin (Abbey's) :)

This is the looser pumpkin (Brent's)

There was a little debacle about the contest not being fair (that is always what losers say)!LOL!

Moving on!

THEN

2009 Alternateens!

2009 - Luke exactly 365 days after we brought him home from the hospital!

NOW

A sneak peek of our big boy's costume for 2010! My only stipulation: it had to have a BIG tail!

Happy Fall!

A Little Means A Lot

Brent and I have been moved by mission work in Uganda called Empower A Child. Our prayer is for these future leaders of Uganda to be educated as well as be exposed to the Good News that we sometimes take for granted living in America.

What led us here? A realization that we might get to the end of our lives with a nice house, a comfortable 401K, and a life that missed out on God's best because we were too caught up on our lives to care for others, as he commanded.


*Do not just listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves, DO what it says- James 1:22
*Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you- Phil. 3:17
*Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. Matt. 28: 19-20
* This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3

My reason for posting this is to ask you to GET INVOLVED- If you want to be in the center of God's will, GO where God is!!! Empower A Child is currently building a training center and needs the money to house these kids, teach them, and feed them.

The total cost of the building is $600,000 and they will raise money brick by brick, dollar by dollar! Be a part of something bigger than yourself... don't go out to eat just one time this month and make a difference in Uganda! Click HERE to donate $25 (225 bricks!!!).

I know every time I post something about 100 people read this... together, we could potentially give $2500! I also know that when I get asked to support a cause, I roll my eyes and delete thinking someone else will do it... but what if they don't?

Choo Choo!

Luke's BFF Drew is turning two! We got to celebrate this past weekend in a big way!

The kids got to ride in a real train!

We kind of rode the kids coat tails into the train too :)


Sweet friends!

Happy birthday to our buddy, Drew!

Game Day is our favorite day!

"Hey Driver! Take me to the game... and step on it!"

I am pretty sure my mom has this same picture of me when I was Luke's age!

Here it is! I was a little older.

Laffy taffy tongue:

We met up with our friends from Houston, the McGuires... This was the first time I got to meet Madison!

We made Luke and Landon hug :)

All smiles!

FIRST Freebirds burrito... Brent was beside himself with excitement to initiate Luke into his time honored Freebird's tradition of eating a burrito that is too big for oneself!

Man, we love game days!

Rodeo Roundup

Luke had Rodeo Round up at day care on Friday! He was "pumpped up" to bring donuts for his friends!


PS-- I made that cute little shirt with Sarah's sewing machiene that I am now holding hostage!!! YeeeHaw!

Pumpkin Decorating 2010

Granna sent Luke some stickers to decorate his pumpkin with...

He asked for paint all on his own to add some bling, I guess!

Here is his finished masterpiece!

A&M Football: Like Putting Lipstick On A Pig!

So good to see our old A&M buds! Our tailgating party:

Playing Corn Holes

The biggest grill known to man:

Cowboy's Stadium... fancy!

Half Time: The Band never disappoints!

Awwww, Matchy, Matchy: Ben and Brent

4th Quarter:

Followed by the walk of shame back to our cars! At least Arkansas fans let us down easily.

Meanwhile, Luke got to play at Nana and Peep's (Tiffany's parent's) house with Addison and Sydney-- he had a ball and we enjoyed our adult time for sure!