S'more Glasses

Father's day weekend was sweet:

We went to see Toy Story 3 and had s'mores in the back yard for dessert.

On Sunday we picked up Lance's new glasses. It turns out that he's farsighted and will need to wear glasses full time like Luke. Here's a picture of him after I told him to turn around so I can see how smart he looks in his new glasses:

Not quite the shot I was going for!! This one is better:

It's only been 2 days, but he seems to like wearing them. The biggest problem we're having is that he also likes to play with them... they make a great airplane, and when he's all done flying them, he'll just leave them in the back yard somewhere. I think they were lost about 6 times today and I think I said, "If you take them off, PUT THEM UP HIGH!" about 600 tomes today. I foresee them getting stepped on and broken by Thursday.

Vacation!

Here are some pictures from our San Diego trip. We got to see almost our entire family and some of our oldest and best friends, the weather was great, and nobody got sick! Winner!

Disneyland was good, especially spending part of a day with Trent and Corinne. We discovered the Dumbo train ride-- how I missed that ride for 33 years I have no idea, but it is now one of my (and Lance's) favorites!

Since being home, Lance has been talking very sweetly about baby Nolen, although all he did when Nolen was around was falsely accuse him of being a shovel-stealer. Sorry, Nolen! Also, Luke has spent this week passing along all the new information he learned from Papa Glen and Uncle Matt to his preschool teachers. He is so proud of the butt splices that Papa Reeg bought him at Home Depot-- after our 12 hour drive home, he burst into his room and hung them on his work bench. Funny kid. Disneyland and the beach were pretty great, but it's the butt splices that make him beam!

Thanks everyone for making our trip great!! Thanks to mom and Glen for hosting us and feeding us! XO

Pre-K No More

Luke will never again be in Prick-ay, as he calls it. Today he graduated in perhaps the cutest graduation ceremony ever. On the way to the ceremony I got a little sentimental... thinking about the end of preschool, then high school, then college, then him getting married, and then him having a kid that graduates from prick-ay. Ridiculous, I know! At least I got that out of the way in the car so I could watch his performance through non-teary eyes.

After the performance we got a portfolio filled with little samplings of his work over the past year. My favorite page had the heading, "What does Valentine's Day mean to you?" Luke's response was, "It means how much you love each other. You give a little present to someone you love."

Afterwards, we celebrated at a place called The Jungle. It's basically a huge tunnel/ball-pit place and the worst nightmare of a 6'4" dad. Oh, and it probably hasn't been cleaned in 10 years. Matt fears we will all come down with the stomach flu right before our vacation.

But, it was Lukie's day-- and what the graduate wants, he gets!

Good job Luke!

Me, According to Luke

Luke doesn't draw many things, but he has drawn me a few times.

Here I am:

My favorite detail is my ponytail (or, the line coming out of the side of my head). He has included it since his first rendition of me. No hands or feet yet, but the ponytail is a big enough characteristic that it makes the cut. It's my fifth limb, I guess.

And, GUESS WHAT? This little artist is graduating from Pre-K tomorrow. There will be lots of pomp and lots of circumstance, and it will all be posted soon.

Oh, Brother!

Ok, so we are showing our house to potential renters, and the first couple came over tonight. I'll have you know that I spent the entire afternoon cleaning and staging the place and mostly trying to hide all evidence (and aroma) of the dang cats. So, everything is going well and then they decide to step outside into the back yard. Then it happened... Luke YELLS, "WATCH OUT! THERE'S TONS OF CAT POO OVER THERE!"

Nice.

My Day

Mother's Day...

It started with this:

Then came the gift of 2 magazines PLUS time to sit on the couch and read them (now, that's a gift!)

Lastly, a pre-church Mother's Day photo to remember the day:

Happy Mother's Day

Lots of love to my mom and all other moms today!