Last month Luke went on a missions trip to Bahamas with a group from church.

He said that it was a great experience and he hopes to go again next year.

They went to help with the annual Vacation Bible School.

"Huddle" (study) groups and other random pictures...

 ...more huddle groups.

 Pastor Jason Lowe and his family.

All the kids and group leaders for VBS. 

The group from our church. (and the Lowe kids) ;)

At home more recently I went out to look at our flower gardens, and although I have shamefully neglected them this year they still seem to be thriving. :)

Among many other things coming out of the garden, corn is one of our favorites! 

 I have babysat these kids several times lately (the stories I could tell), and found out it is impossible to get them all still for a picture! ;)

And this is what we still have time for once in a while... a goofy picture! 

Have a great day!

Happy Birthday, Luke!

Luke definitely adds quite a bit of humor to our lives! :)

Besides that though, he is hardworking, smart, (my personal chauffeur to work and everywhere else) musical, handsome, and a wonderful brother.

Could anyone ask for more?

We love you, Luke!

Happy 17th Birthday!

Happenings....

 We finished getting our garden in! (Yay!) :)

 Emy, Eli, Luke and I were able to go play laser tag with the Thacker family and David Garcia,

so much fun, and our team won! That is always a plus! ;)

Emily is now on a missions trip in the Bahamas with Amanda Gardner and Alexis Thacker.

Emmy, Luke, Eli and I sang this in church a few weeks ago. :)

Check out Luke's new blog at: http://pixbyluke.blogspot.com/

He does an excellent job taking pictures, and we've encouraged him to start his own blog.

Stop by and leave him a comment... :)

Happy 15th Birthday To Luke!

Only Luke...

...could put this kind of drama into a sneeze.

A toy from the past...

This train set was given to Dad when he was a boy, and has been in our attic for years.

Luke pulled it out of the attic last week, and worked on it for a couple of hours.  Finally, he had the satisfaction of seeing the vintage train, "chug" around the track two or three times, before puttering out again.

After a little more work, he had it flying around the track, and even got the engine to puff smoke.

Everyone has taken a turn or two running the train around the track, and it has kept the children entertained for hours! :)

Luke's 10th!!

The delicious desert that Luke had for his birthday was as follows: A fresh baked brownie, topped with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzled generously with chocolate syrup.


Luke has been described as being a bit "unique", but he makes up for it with his great atittude in everything he does!!


This was one of his crowning moments,... when he got to wear a full fireman's suit. We children got quite a laugh out of it too, watching him try to walk around with all that weight on!!