HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE!

Today is Luke's 26th birthday, Wahoo! In honor of him and his special day I thought I would come up with a list of things that make him special and some of the reasons I love him(in no particular order)! So here we go..

1. He is a great dad! He is very protective of Gabriella, he love to play with her and he even changes diapers.
2. He is funny. He can always make me laugh and we have so much fun together!

3. He is hot! What else can I say! He'll probably be mad I put this picture on!
4. He is a good dresser and has his own sense of style. I think this picture says it all!
5. He makes the best cards, you know for birthday's or Valentine's. You should count yourself very lucky if you have ever received one of his originals.
6. He is a kid a heart, which is why kids love him, which is another reason I love him. He will play pretend dragon games with nieces and nephews and the neighbor kids come to invite him to play in the snow or night games.
7. He was voted best personality for the class of 2000! ( :
8. He is a perfectionist at things he cares about and projects he works on.
9. He can pass Super Mario Bros 3 without dying once!
10. He is very supportive and encouraging.
11. He is a great dancer.
12. He has a great voice.
13. He can play a song on the piano, after hearing it once even though he's never had a lesson.
14. He is very talented in many areas.
15. He reads to me almost every night.
16. He loves Harry Potter as much as I do.
17. He is creative and has created many unforgettable moments in my life!
Luke- We love you, thanks for all you do!

Happy Belated 4th!

I know this is a little behind schedule, but we've got a couple of 4th of July related videos and pictures for your viewing pleasure.

We went to the parade on the 3rd with Corbin, Stef and Ashlyn, and then Miriam and Wade met us there. Gabrie really enjoyed herself, especially when any of the dance companies came by. As you can see in the video she's got some sweet moves but is a little lacking when it comes to balance.

On the 4th we went over to the fountain at the Gateway and let Gabrie run around a little bit. She was a too scared to go very far, but she enjoyed watching the other kids and mooching for food off of perfect strangers...

Gabrie has a new favorite activity as well. She loves to climb up the ladder and go down the slide of the little playhouse at her Grandma and Grandpa Williams' house... all by herself... despite a couple of early face plants...

And then of course there are the fireworks...

Gabrie wasn't sure what to think about the fireworks but as long as she was held she was okay. Overall it was a really fun couple of days. We enjoyed hanging out with both sides of the family. Gabrie really enjoyed spending so much time with her cousins and was totally exhausted by the end of the festivities.

We are getting a house....maybe

After months of searching for a house, we finally found one that felt right and I could actually picture us living in. So about two week ago we put an offer on it. Then went back and forth with them on the price for over a week, and guess what - I don't like their realtor! Finally last week we agreed and everything looked great, but we had it inspected yesterday and found out it does not have air conditioning like the home's specs said it did! I wondered why it always felt hot when we looked at it but I thought they must just be trying to save money. Well, turns out they did save money when building the house by not having A/C installed! So now we are waiting to hear if they will put one in or not. I guess the realtor made a typo when they said it had central air, so once again I don't like them ) : So hopefully something works out, otherwise we're going to have to end up living in the shack that Luke and I's game of "MASH" predicted (pictured below)...


... I guess it's not so bad, but if we get the shack, that also means we're having 10 children (again, according to the unalterable predictions of MASH)