It's That Time of Year Again!

This last week was truly one of my favorites. Its a week I will never forget. My Dad and Dovey came and stayed with us for the week. The last time they came to visit out here was back in 2008 for Luke's baby blessing. It meant a lot to me to see them and have them around the kids. It brings tears to my eyes to remember the fun we all had this last week. I miss them so incredibly much! Its just feels so strange coming back home and not having them here. They always bring the very best out in me and challenge me to always be better. I cant even begin to express the love I have for them in my heart.

So here are some picture of us at the Tulip Festival. Next year we will remember NOT to go on a Canadian holiday. The traffic was worse than lines at Disneyland on the 4th of July! Seriously. Awful.

D & D being silly

Love my husband... even when he was grouchy

my little curious George

one of my very favorite photos... a heart!

D & D asking questions. what a surprise, right? Mr and Mrs chatty =)

My 2nd Mom... LOVE HER!

There were so many kites! It was a gorgeous 68 degree day with cool winds. Truly a perfect day to go out and about.

I will post Easter pictures soon!

Little Booger

I feel like I am always posting about Luke! He's at such a fun age and is always changing. He talks so well. I wonder if I am amazed because I still view him as my baby even though he's not.

He cracks me up on a daily basis. Today we were telling him to stop playing in the curtains and he wouldn't, so I gave him a little spank on his leg (the butt doesn't work since its cushioned with diaper padding) and he cried for a minute and said "mom, you hurt my feelings!" Rhett and I couldn't stop laughing.

Getting Luke to go to bed is such a struggle at night. It can take anywhere from 30 minutes to and hour and a half... maybe longer! We took his light out so he couldn't turn on his light anymore, but that didn't stop him. We threaten him with spankings (and follow through with them, too), and that doesn't work. Finally we have tried threatening him with taking his night light out, but yet again, it doesn't work. Within the last couple weeks we have noticed Luke asking us "are you happy?" before we leave his room for bed. Sometimes its a "no" and sometimes its a "yes." How long is this going to go on? The last couple nights haven't been too bad, so lets keep our fingers crossed!

I try not to let Luke take naps, but sometimes he is just so tired he falls asleep like this...

My New Lens!

I bought a Lensbaby, and it came right when I was about to take a nap with Luke! So of course I had to postpone a nap and play around with it. You can probably tell Kylee was not happy about getting her picture taken (little stinker!). More to come, though! I am not finished playing around with this awesome toy!