L+T=K & C

December 2011

2011-12-31T22:24:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas!

Dennis the Menace park and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

October

2011-11-02T14:15:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Cache Bear!! We love you lots.

He turned Uno!!!

And here is our fireman. . .

And our Elvis.

Happy October 2011.

Living the Dream

2011-10-14T14:27:00.001-07:00

I'm a lucky lady. I have this handsome husband:

I have these two rascals to keep me busy:

I have help with the dishes:

It has been a little over a year since I quit as a nurse and became a full-time Mommy. Although every minute of every day isn't pure bliss, I love all the time I get to spend with my boys and to spend doing the home arts. I inherited my Mom's love of baking and cooking and I have also been working on scrapbooks and sewing projects...I'm living my dream.

What do you make for dinner when you don't have hamburger buns but your husband doesn't like hotdogs? I present to you the Hamburdog.

Pre-hair cut #1 for the Cache bear.

Post-hair cut. He's looking a little glum, but don't worry baby. You've got eyelashes to die for!

Life with the Boys

2011-09-06T08:53:00.000-07:00

We have been busy keeping up with Kade and Cache. Kaden spends a good part of every day playing "parking lot." He sets up his cars in rows--parallel, perpendicular, two layers deep--and has fun driving them around.

Cache loves to put everything on his head. He knows where his bath washcloths are and where the kitchen washcloths are and he crawls over, helps himself, and then crawls around with a self-donned hat.

We went to the Greatest Show on Earth yesterday! It was a fun circus and the acrobats, elephants, tigers and clowns were lots of fun.

Luke bought a Boom a Ring disc that the clowns were playing with and he and Kaden had a great time playing with it at the park after the circus.

Go Cougs!

Meet Nickel and Penny. Kade got Nickel from our Primary carnival and we added Penny for company.

Cache bear is 10 months and taking 5-6 steps. He is our little mischievous darling.

Our first fort.

The fun continues. . .

2011-08-01T14:36:00.000-07:00

Turns out there are lots of fun things to do around our parts. And it is fun to have cousins close. And it is fun to have Daddy home on the weekends!

summer 2011

2011-07-16T06:30:00.001-07:00

All the Langton cousins at the Oakland Temple.

Happy Hollow Zoo and Park.

This little bear is crawling and pulling up all over the place.

Watching the 4th of July parade.

Langton totem pole.

Road Trip 2011

2011-06-04T11:07:00.000-07:00

We made it!! Almost 2200 miles logged, 3 destinations and lots of fun!

First stop: Scipio, to visit my parents on the farm.

Grandma and Cache

Poppa's tractor was sooo fun for Kade!

Settlers of Catan after the kiddos were in bed.

Next stop, the river to wakeboard and play at the beach with Luke's family.

Last stop, LA to visit Great Grandpa and Grandma and hang with the boys.

La Habra children's museum with cousins.

5 boys plus 5 wives equals 8 kids!

Cache and Oliver :)

The Birthday Boys

2011-05-02T21:52:00.001-07:00

Luke is 27 and Kaden is 3! We had a fun weekend on the 22-24 with Luke's bday on the 22nd and J, A and Miles arriving; Kade's bday on the 23rd; and Easter on the 24th. Kaden has been loving trains, so he got a train set and we rode the lite-rail train for his party. He has also been loving Curious George so he got some George things as well.

The cute cousins with matching shirts for church for Easter Sunday. I don't think they were all looking in any of our pictures :)

Cache contemplating the true meaning of Easter during our egg hunt.

Janetta and Miles playing with Miles' new playdough station from the Easter bunny.

It was a fun weekend!

A series of Cache

2011-04-14T21:37:00.000-07:00

The rascal pup will be 6 months old on the 20th. Hard to believe he is so old already. He can sit quite well, rolls all over the place, sucks on anything and everything, and is a darling little guy. We love him!

A visit from Grandma

2011-04-14T21:14:00.001-07:00

My mom came to visit this past week and we had a wonderful time! We made yummy food, went to Happy Hollow Zoo, played with the lil' boys, shopped, and talked and talked. Thanks for a fun visit Mom!

Kaden really enjoyed the ice cream sandwich that we all shared and made sure we were telling him the truth when we told him that it was all gone.

Beach Day!

2011-04-14T21:07:00.001-07:00

We went to Watsonville to the beach because Kaden has been begging to go to the beach, go on a mission and go to Grandma's house for over a week. At least we can grant 1/3 wishes :)

swimming

2011-04-14T20:58:00.000-07:00

Luke and Kaden were the first ones in our apartment's pool when it opened at the beginning of April. Are they like-father like-son or what?

CPA test and Date #1

2011-03-30T20:37:00.000-07:00

Luke is amazing! He passed all four CPA tests on his first try (which if you are not familiar with the CPA tests, most people have to take at least one of the sections more than once to pass). So Mr. Smart Pants did an incredible job. To celebrate I planned 4 dates that correlate with the exam titles. We went on the first one today.

Exam: Tax

Date: Body Worlds Vital exhibit at the Tech Museum in downtown San Jose to see "tax"-idermy bodies.

It was amazing to see and reminded me of how intricate and wonderful our bodies are. I loved my anatomy lab at BYU and this was really neat to see this exhibit.

Here is Luke posing like the man on the banner outside the museum :)

Fun with cousins!

2011-03-02T08:45:00.001-08:00

Luke's mom and Shawnelle and the kids came out to spend some time with us last week since Luke has been working long and late hours. We went to a kids zoo/park (which is so great!) and to a museum in San Jose while they were here as well as lots of playing at our house. I'm glad that Kaden and Cache have been able to see their cousins a lot lately!

Kade and a little pony.

All the cousins (except little Hunter who will arrive in July!)

We rented a book from the library about a zoo and there is a train there, so when Kade found our we were going to the zoo he was really excited to ride the train. Luckily there was this dragon train so we went on a ride. His face was so darling and excited when the train went through a tunnel. What more could a little boy ask for?

I was going to sit with Kaden and Grandma in this car but Kade kicked me out and just wanted to ride with Grandma.

Shawnelle, Ryder, Sharlee and Kaia

Cache and Mommy. He had his four month check-up and is a solid 17 pounds and 26.75 inches. Kade was almost 19 pounds and 26.5 inches at 4 months. We love our chubby baby boys!

New double stroller

2011-03-02T08:26:00.000-08:00

We sold our single stroller and have a new Sit N Stand double stroller. To say I love it is an understatement. It is awesome and has all sorts of options for using the carseat, sitting in the stroller or letting Kade stand with one of the seats removed. This is our first walk--an outing to the park.

Kaden also loves the box which is his house! He told me it was too dark but we solved that problem with a flashlight and he has spent lots of time in there since then. He is saying "Ta-da" in this picture :)

Sick Days

2011-02-19T22:05:00.000-08:00

There is no "R" "S" or "V" in Langton, so how did the two cute Langton boys end up with RSV this week? I guess we don't officially know that it was rsv but they were wheezing, coughing and just miserable. Luckily my mother-in-law came to help me out since Luke has been working crazy long hours (and will be until the end of March).

Happy that it is Saturday night, both boys are now sleeping peacefully, Luke has Sunday off, my parents and sis have Verizon so I can talk to them when I'm going crazy, and happy that we now are the proud owners of our very own nebulizer to treat the sick little rascals.

Should I get some honorary nursing hours for this week? I did breathing treatments, charted what time I gave all the different meds to my two patients, and stayed up through the night just like when I worked at the hospital.

The smiles, hugs and returning health are great wages for the work of this week!

K and C

2011-01-26T21:53:00.000-08:00

An ultra close-up of the thigh rolls--can you get enough of a chunky baby?

He's got big ol' blue eyes!

Kade is looking like he is going to be a south paw. I even asked him if he wanted to switch the hand that his pen was in and he looked at me like it was a crazy question.

The king in his throne.

Kade now wears glasses all the time to correct for his far sightedness. His little left eye kept crossing in and so after seeing a pediatric opthomologist he was diagnosed and we got him the awesome specs you see here. The opthomologist said it is quite common for kids who are far sighted to have their eyes cross in when they try to focus on close things and that many kids grow out of it, but for now isn't he cute?

The close ups of Cache are just for you Aubs!

A Wedding and A Tow Truck

2011-01-10T21:44:00.000-08:00

Char and Michael are now married! It was so fun to be there with them at the Sacramento Temple on the 31st and then they had a reception on the 1st. They are darling!

My cute boys in their matching pink wedding ties.

The cousins minus Cache.

They had another reception on the 8th in LA and so I headed down with the two boys to attend that. Luke had work and then took his 4th section of the CPA exam and so he couldn't come down with us. I was cruising along in our good old Jeep Ruby in Santa Barbara and was almost to LA and to the end of a long day in the car when all of a sudden the Jeep lost power and I was lucky to make it to the shoulder. I ended up having to get towed in to town to get repaired and was thinking that we were in for a few hundred dollars worth of repairs.

Instead, I had happened upon the nicest mechanics ever. They immediately checked under the hood, found "a wire" that had broken, fixed it, and sent me on my way free of charge. I buckled both boys back in and away we went. I don't know what broke, but I do know that I was taken care of in a situation where I was totally vulnerable. Thank heavens for wonderful people!

Kade thought the tow truck ride was so cool!

Christmas Fun

2010-12-19T20:59:00.003-08:00

Cache's darling little sweater suit for Christmas Sunday today. I couldn't get enough of him wearing it :) He is getting so chunky and we love it!

Kade met Santa Claus at our ward Christmas party and just marched right up and sat on his lap.

We are finishing sending out Christmas cards and I thought it would be fun to see where they are all going:

Utah: 20

California: 11

Alberta, Canada: 4

Virgina: 2

Alabama: 1

Ohio: 1

Indiana: 1

Washington: 1

Idaho: 1

Arizona: 1

Merry Christmas to friends and family all over the map!

Thanksgiving and Cache's blessing day

2010-12-12T15:05:00.000-08:00

We had lots of fun for Thanksgiving with my parents and sister and her family here. Cache's baby blessing was on Sunday the 28th and Luke's family and friends were also here to attend and participate in the blessing. We were so happy to have family from both sides plus Luke's four closest friends here!

With both sets of grandparents.

All the men in the circle.

"That's a whole lot of handsome"

--as Luke likes to say about the men in our little family.

Life with two boys

2010-11-11T20:49:00.000-08:00

Here are the lil' darlings in their pjs.

Snoozing on the couch.

Halloween brought us Mickey Mouse and a little bear cub.

Cache Richard Langton is here

2010-10-20T13:45:00.000-07:00

Our baby boy is here. Born this morning at 9:56 am, weighing 7 lbs 15 oz, and measuring 20 inches long. Baby and Mom are both doing great. Here are some pictures.

10-10-10

2010-10-11T12:17:00.000-07:00

Kade sporting some new church clothes. Why do little boys always look so adorable all dressed up?

Ready for Mr. Cache

2010-09-23T10:46:00.001-07:00

It is September 23 and Cache is due on October 23 and better not be late :)

I finished knitting a sweater for him today and it is so cute and little and makes me excited to hold the new bambino.

I have his crib all set up and he has a sailor theme.

We are ready to welcome our new little one!

Pics of our home

2010-09-23T10:37:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of our new place. It feels like home and we are happy here.

The Biggest Loser

2010-09-23T10:32:00.000-07:00

Luke and I are die-hard Biggest Loser watchers. I don't know how the obsession started but we are hooked and watch it every Tuesday night. The new season started this week and we have until Halloween to choose our contestant.

I am feeling like I need to go on it now because I am tired of my huge baby bump out front. Good thing that is just a temporary, self-imposed condition.

One month until due date--hooray!!

A bad first day

2010-09-14T20:54:00.000-07:00

Everyone wants a flawless starting of a new job. The morning should run smoothly, your clothes and hair should look great, and you should arrive a little early after finding a close parking spot. All these things should calm your nerves and help you have the best first day ever.

Unfortunately, this was not the case for Luke. He did get up on time, his clothes and hair looked great, and he did arrive a little early. The great parking spot was not an issue because Kade and I had to drive him to work. . .

It all started when Luke washed both cars on Friday afternoon. Kade played in the Jeep while Luke was cleaning and Kade turned on the dome lights in the Jeep and we didn't notice, so we then had a dead battery on Saturday. No worries though, we jumped the Jeep with the Gal and went about on our way.

Too bad that after we jumped the Jeep we left one of the doors on the Gal slightly ajar so its battery also died. And then the Jeep's battery needed to be replaced.

All this boils down to Monday morning when Luke went out to start the Gal and drive to work. It was dead. Good thing was have two cars so he went to the Jeep. It was dead. A little bit of panic set in.

Our wonderful neighbor jumped the Gal and Luke, Kade and I all drove him in to San Jose because I needed a car that day to go to my first doctor visit for baby Cache on Monday.

Both cars now run but it was not a flawless starting to Luke's career! A good story for him to tell when he is a business executive and is trying to motivate his new employees on their first day.

We are here!

2010-09-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

We made it to our new home! Luke was very manly and drove the 24 foot truck pulling the Jeep and Kade and I drove the Gal. We were lucky that his dad could drive with him and his mom came with me.

Our new apartment is slowly coming together and when there aren't boxes and odds-and-ends all over then I will post some pictures.

Kade loves the swimming pool and the grassy areas right outside our front door and calls this place "home," so I think we are settled in.

We are enjoying our free schedule for this week until Luke starts training on Monday.

So far so good in San Jose.

Packing

2010-08-24T19:12:00.000-07:00

We have started packing up our apartment getting ready for the move. We'll soon just have fond memories of living in the mortuary. The big day for driving out to California is September 1st.

Kade thinks that listening to Dad's ipod and coloring on boxes is a good time. First it is Mommy's turn to label the box and then it is his turn to add a few more lines with the marker. He is oblivous to the move and to his coming baby brother.

I am packing around this huge belly. 31 weeks.

A close-up compliments of my photographer Luke.

Son of an Accountant

2010-08-05T18:57:00.000-07:00

Kade is already following in Luke's footsteps. Usually he gets to pick a book to take to his crib with him to look at as he falls asleep but tonight he choose an interesting book--our old check book. Interested in organizing money already :)

Accessories

2010-07-17T14:34:00.000-07:00

Kade has found two new accessories that go with any clothes-- Luke's Ugg boots and Luke's bike helmet. What a sense of fashion! He wants to wear this get-up at least once a day and tries to get us to go outside with him by taking us to our shoes so he can show his awesome threads to the whole world :)

We found a little Cache. . .

2010-06-08T11:08:00.000-07:00

It's a boy!! We are excited for another darling boy and for a brother for Kade. Everything looks perfect on the ultrasound and he is measuring right on so the due date stands for the end of October.

We're going to name him Cache Richard. Richard is Luke's Dad's name and Cache has been Luke's favorite name for a boy since we were dating.

So here's to a family of boys!!

Two times the tractors

2010-05-20T19:39:00.000-07:00

My dad recently purchased a full-fledged tractor. He previously had a small one for landscaping and then also got a more powerful one for some real farm work. He has now traded in the smallest one for a full size tractor, complete with an air-conditioned cab and huge bucket loader on the front. We spent last Sunday and Monday down at the farm with them for a late Mother's Day celebration since we couldn't go down the previous weekend.

Kade loved driving the tractors, feeding grass to the horses across the street, going to the grove to see the stream and spending time with Grandpa and Grandma. We don't see them too often now that they are living down there full time.

I have started to feel baby #2 moving and we have our appointment for the ultrasound on June 8th. We'd both like a boy so that Kade has a brother close in age, but we'd also both like a girl just cause she'd be so cute :) Any guesses from anyone?

Caution: Good News Overload!

2010-04-28T10:41:00.000-07:00

It is now Master Luke to you! Luke finished his Masters of Accounting. Good work graduate!

Luke's immediate family, grandparents, and cousins, plus my parents and sister and her family were all there to celebrate with him for convocation.

Next on the schedule was a birthday party for Luke and Kade. Luke at the ripe old age of 26 and Kade at 2.

They both had fun with new toys.

A jig saw for Luke and a toy jig saw for Luke jr.

And an ice cream cake to finish off a wonderful party. Kade had so much fun with all his grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. Thanks for helping us celebrate!

And the last two items on the good new list are

1) Luke has accepted a job in California working for an accounting firm. We will be moving out there some time at the beginning of September.

2) Baby #2 is on the way and due October 23rd! We don't know if it is a pink or a blue yet but should find out at the beginning of June.

I don't think we can handle any more excitement than this in one month. April 2010 has turned out to be all I had dreamed of :)

April 2010

2010-04-07T20:10:00.000-07:00

How many times have I said "April 2010"? It may seem an odd question but if I had a quarter for every time I've said it. . .

April 2010 has been the future, the distant promise of hope. Luke graduates in April 2010!

And here we are.

Here's to Luke's Masters in Accounting, the coming end (hopefully) of my working days, Luke's birthday on the 22nd, Kade's birthday on the 23rd, family coming to town to celebrate the graduation and birthdays, and a new phase of life coming up. We are excited!!

Life in black and white

2010-03-21T11:26:00.000-07:00

I bought a new bed set for myself. We have had our other one for a few years and I was getting tired of it so I saw this beauty on sale at Target and had to have it. Even though it clashes with the terrible green and cream wallpaper, we won't be in the mortuary forever.

And here is the bug-man himself. He put on these goggles and decided to call someone. It was most likely "Gwamp-pa" and I don't know what my Dad did to win Kade over so completely but he asks to call or go visit Grandpa almost every morning.

baby genius on the loose

2010-03-10T19:31:00.000-08:00

The other day Kade was trying to open a little bottle with the safety plastic wrapper still on it. I didn't particularly want him to have it open, so I said "no" when he gave it to me to open. Undaunted, he ran out of the room and returned a minute later with the can opener! What a smartie pants!!

It is still Aubs, Le, and Tiff

2010-02-24T20:22:00.001-08:00

I still keep in touch with my two best friends from high school. It is easier with Aubrey because she and I live close but it gets a bit trickier to see LeAnn since she has moved half way across the country. We are always excited to get together and catch up. These were from last summer but LeAnn just emailed them to me and I thought I'd post them anyway.

Aubrey and Brandon are going on 6.5 years and have 2 adorable boys.

LeAnn and Scott are going on 4.5 years and have 1 darling girl and a boy on the way.

Tiffany and Luke are going on 4 years and have the Kade.

Nice work girls!!

Kade's cleaning service

2010-02-01T06:37:00.001-08:00

Kade got a mohawk from Luke and has been looking like a cute little rocker. He had the full head mohawk for about a month but now we've cut off the back part because he was getting a little rat tail. We got many a comment on his awesome hair.

Kade loves the vacuum!! It is arguable his favorite toy right now. He insists on helping or a rather large melt-down occurs. So if you need your floors cleaned. . .

or your laundry done I'll send him over to help you.

Christmas 2009

2010-01-06T19:49:00.000-08:00

We had a fun Christmas break and were blessed to spend time with both side of the family. Kade had a good time opening and playing with presents. We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and enjoy 2010!

Who is making who laugh most?

Anyone up for a game of Bang is invited over to play!

Four years ago I made a similar trip during Christmas break to meet Luke's family for the first time. . .and the rest is history! Love him lots!

Love at First Site

2009-12-13T11:01:00.001-08:00

Kade is infatuated, consumed, enthralled, obsessed, and enamored by the Christmas tree and the lights. We can't be at home without having the lights plugged in. It is so fun to see him so excited and to remember the magic of Christmas!

Thankful

2009-11-24T10:39:00.001-08:00

for a wonderful husband

for a sweet son

for a good job

for freedom

for a warm house

for food every morning when I wake up.

Last Monday morning we were out of milk and Kade wanted some before we made it to the store. I was so sad having to tell him that we didn't have any. I got a glimpse of the insecurity and difficulty for mothers who don't always have enough for their babies. I am very thankful for the many things I enjoy that I take for granted.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-01T20:46:00.001-08:00

Kade was a cowboy for Halloween and a very cute one at that! Here he is on his faithful steed.
Howdy there partner!

Luke and Kade went to our ward Halloween party but I had to work so I couldn't go. I guess Luke was stinky but I laughed when I saw how this picture turned out. Really Kade just has found his nose and walks around touching it and sticking his fingers in it. But a great picture overall :)

We went trick-or-treating to the Frosts, the Byers and to Meg's Halloween party. Hope you all had a fun holiday too!

Addition

2009-10-13T20:02:00.001-07:00

Green and purple juice grapes from my parents' yard

+ my mom's steamer

= yummy grape juice!

I claim it as my own even though all raw materials are borrowed/given to me. Hopefully the mortuary doesn't mind that it smells like grape juice :)

2009-09-22T20:23:00.001-07:00

We have been busy with Luke's family for the past few weeks and I can't believe I didn't take any pictures of Kade with his cute cousins. We had a fun time seeing all of you and we love you!

Grandpa Robins has a farm

2009-09-22T20:16:00.000-07:00

My parents own the farm that my Dad was raised on. They are having a great time raising crops, fixing up the house and farm buildings, and plan to get goats next spring. Kade and I went down on Monday for a quick trip to see them. Luke likes to sing "Old McDonald" to Kade with a little twist as follows

"Grandpa Robins has a farm down in Scipio, and on his farm he has a tractor, down in Scipio"

Luke's Last First-Day-Of-School

2009-08-31T11:10:00.000-07:00

It's only the first day of the last year of school but I take it as a milestone! The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. . .Hooray!

Luke is ready for family prayer before he leaves for school and Kade is ready for holding the camera :)

Family Reunion

2009-08-21T05:40:00.000-07:00

We spent this past weekend at the Thompson family reunion with my Mom's maternal side of the family. It was up in Idaho along the Salmon River. Kade and Luke met many of my cousins for the first time, including the Canadian side. Food, family and fun lead to a good time.

Dallas and Lindsey's boy Declan called Kade "baby" all weekend and Kade had fun following him around.

Kade was infatuated with the ramp leading to the mess hall and went up and down so many times every day.

The Sound of Music

2009-08-05T19:40:00.000-07:00

Our wonderful friends Dave and Mary Sauer gave us their piano!!!!! We are so excited! They are moving to Manhatten because Dave will be pursuing a Masters degree in vocal performance at the Manhatten School of Music and they won't have room for it in their apartment in the city. So we are the very fortunate recipients of their piano. I'm not sure if Luke was most excited to tell me about it, I am most excited to have a piano in our home, or Kade is most excited by the giant noise-maker that appeared over night in the front room. He will sit and play the piano for ten minutes at a time, and then want to get up and play some more a few minutes later. I have been restricting his playing time to before the mortuary opens or after it closes because I don't think his banging music would be appreciated. So we are all excited, did I mention that? And a big thanks goes to Dave, Clint, Phil, Brian and Tyler for their muscle power in getting it up the stairs. . . which also led to a fun girl party inside with all the wives while the guys were working.

Save a spot for me in your piano studio Aunt Janetta!

My Green Thumb

2009-08-05T19:34:00.001-07:00

This summer I have been growing a little boy and a garden. Kade has been my assistant gardener and has enjoyed it for the most part. His favorite thing to pick is flowers from the little flowerbed he is sitting on. Our garden has been producing vegetables like crazy and with my parents at their farm most of the time, it has been quite a bit of work taking care of everything and trying to eat everything. I offered in Relief Society but anyone is welcome to squash, spinach, cucumbers and much more if you want it :)

Four Generations, Father's Day and Favorites

2009-06-28T15:34:00.001-07:00

My Grandma was down from Canada for my cousin's farewell and we got a four generations picture. Kade just met her for the first time when we were up in Canada two weeks ago for another cousin's wedding.

Happy 2nd Father's Day to Luke! Last year Kade was just a tiny baby for Father's Day and we were down in Whittier. Luke is a wonderful dad. He and Kade are best buds.

My Dad and Mom were over for Father's Day dinner at our house. We got him some waders for going out to change the irrigation sprinklers down in Scipio. Doesn't he look cute!

Kade's favorite things include: reading books, playing with mixing spoons, driving trucks, eating Honey Bunches of Oats for breakfast (just like Luke), and playing peek-a-boo around every corner and under anything he can put over his face.

I don't know how Kade intrinsically knew that cookies are yummy but I made some and he just had to have one. And so did Luke :)

A real mom

2009-06-16T11:52:00.000-07:00

This past month has been really busy. We went down to visit my parents at the farm, made a surprise trip to celebrate Luke's mom's birthday and Memorial Day with Luke's family in Sacramento, and Kade and I just got back from a trip to Seattle to visit the Boones and then went with Miles and Janetta up to Edmonton for my cousin Darci's wedding. That's lots of traveling with a wiggly one year-old and he did pretty well on the road trips and on the three flights.

With one minor incident. . .on the morning we were leaving for Seattle, Kade woke up with throw-up all over himself and the crib. We gave him a quick bath and Luke took us up to the airport. We made it on the plane and Kade downed his bottle and I was excited for him to hopefully take a nap for most of the flight. But what actually happened is he threw up all over me! He stayed pretty clean but my pants, socks and shoes were covered as well as the floor and top of my backpack. The smell quickly moved the guy behind us to another row (which was great since he had been coughing like crazy). The smell also got the attention of the flight attendant who asked me if my baby needed to be changed! As if I wouldn't notice the terrible smell if he were sitting in my lap and needed to be changed. Anyway, we got through it and the other flights were fine and the wedding was wonderful.

But I think that was my official inaguration into the realms of Motherhood.

A real cowboy!

2009-05-09T19:40:00.001-07:00

We went to the Thanksgiving Point animal farm with the Byers on Wednesday. Kade, Austin and Bennett had a great time seeing the animals and going on a pony ride. Kade just held onto the horn of the saddle and enjoyed every minute of his ride. I'm going to put some cute pics of him on his horse up in his cowboy-themed nursery.

The cute Byers family--Brandon, Aubrey, Austin and Bennett.

We are ready for a fun summer!

Three years on May Third

2009-05-09T19:35:00.000-07:00

Happy third anniversary to Luke and Tiffany! Love him lots! The traditional gift for the 3rd anniversary is leather. . .so a new pair of basketball kicks for him and some pink flower sandals for me.

One year older and wiser too!

2009-05-09T19:15:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Kaden! This year has gone so fast and we have had so much fun with our little guy. He loved his cupcake for his party and had fun with cousins and grandparents! The party was on Luke's birthday (22).

Luke and Kade with their birthday candles.

Kade took great strides towards being able to walk. He was so excited at the party and walking and moving non-stop so we had to take his shirt off cause he was all sweaty :) He's going to be a real party animal.

Janetta and Miles flew in on Kade's birthday (23). She made these great onesies for Kade and Miles--Kade's has the Uno card on it for his first birthday and Miles' had the Wild card from the Uno game.

Happy Birthday to my favorite two guys!

We went to the river the next weekend and had a great time wakeboarding and being with family. The sand put Kade's walking attempts on hold because he did not appreciate the shifty surface the sand presented and reverted to only wanting to crawl for a few days even after we got home.

A Trifle Late

2009-05-09T19:11:00.000-07:00

Luke and Kaden celebrated their birthdays on the 22 and 23 of April, respectively. Luke isn't a big fan of cake, so for his birthday party with friends I made him this lovely trifle. It's so good and so easy. Thanks for everyone who stopped by to help celebrate his 25th birthday!

The newest Citizen

2009-04-20T13:53:00.000-07:00

My mom recently became the newest citizen of the United States. She was born in Canada and has been living here as a resident alien for almost 23 years. She has now taken the oath of citizenship and is a member of the USA. Luke, Kade, my dad and I went to the ceremony and it was really neat. Congrats Mom!!

the Ghost of the Mortuary

2009-04-14T18:31:00.000-07:00

A few days ago Luke was at school, Kade was taking a nap in his crib, and I was reading in our bedroom. I began to hear music and assumed it was from the mortuary office a few rooms away. I continued to hear it and walked into our family room to discover that a cd was playing on the radio. I turned it off and went back to reading.

Early Sunday morning I woke up around 2:30am to find the cd player on, this time on track 7 which means it had been going for a while. It must be a ghost. . . . . . .or,

Kade loves to touch all the buttons on the stereo and I have now discovered that there is a timer function that allows you to set it so that the cd player will come on some time in the future. I have never used the timer, but apparently Kaden has figured out how to do it :)

Free Rice!

2009-04-06T13:54:00.000-07:00

Someone at work showed me this great website where you can do vocabulary quizzes or quizzes on a variety of subjects. Not only is it a fun game, you are also donating 10 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program. So happy learning and happy rice donation!

www.freerice.com

This 'n that

2009-03-30T21:28:00.000-07:00

One mini-wheat in each hand and one in the mouth. . .his very own food storage program!

My cute little niece Leslie was baptized on Saturday.

Kade is now a formidable foe at the foosball table (is that how it is spelled?)

Tuckered out after a Sunday afternoon walk.

Cute!

Three Cups of Tea

2009-03-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

I recently finished reading the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. It is a fascinating book about Greg Mortenson's work in Pakistan and Afghanistan to build schools for children who have no other opportunity for education. I learned a lot about that region of the world and also about the history and formation of the Taliban. The Taliban established schools where radical Islam was taught and then recruited these students to fight for the cause. By establishing secular schools where students were given a basic education, Mortenson is promoting peace by giving people an opportunity to rise about their poverty through education. It tugs at your heart strings to read of the poverty of these people and yet they are happy and content. Even during an economic recession, it still ain't bad to be an American. I highly recommend this book to anyone! If you want to buy it from www.threecupsoftea.com then some of the proceeds go to Mr. Mortenson's nonprofit organization (the Central Asia Institute). Happy reading!

Blog Give-away

2009-02-24T14:36:00.000-08:00

My sister Janetta is a lucky lady. In the past few months she has won an IKEA gift card from a radio call-in contest and then a blog give-away from one of our friend's blog. She now is offering a give-away on her blog of 5 handmade items to the first 5 people who comment but the kicker is that if you comment and sign up, you also have to post the give-away on your blog. So now the offer is up on mine. . .cookies, cards, a personal violin concert, a blood pressure check with auscultation of heart, lungs and abdomen, and much more are all for the taking if you want to be a winner on my give-away :)

Cause and Effect

2009-02-15T20:13:00.000-08:00

Because Mommy found this. . .

. . .Daddy and Kade worked together to install latches on all the kitchen cabinets. He is having lots of fun crawling and exploring everything and everywhere!

The injured warrior

2009-02-15T20:07:00.000-08:00

Luke sprained his ankle so badly on Wednesday while playing basketball with the Elders quorum at the church. He has been wearing a brace and using crutches and it is still so swollen and starting to bruise. Since this is my field of nursing I am going to start charging him for the personal nurse he has living with him. Actually it has been hard to see him hurt--I have never seen him injured or really sick since we have been married but he is tough and even cleaned up the house for me on Valentine's Day. Love you Luke!

Best Buddies

2009-01-31T14:06:00.000-08:00

We spent this past weekend up in Seattle for Miles' sealing and blessing. What a wonderful experience! Kade and Miles were so cute playing together and my parents loved having their little grandsons together. (And apparently I took no pictures of their new little family so I'll have to get some from J)

We celebrated my Mom's birthday while we were up there.

Kade learned a lot from his Uncle Andrew while we were there and has started into engineering already. . . .we had this box out so we could take it to the recycling and Kade put it to use as a ramp

Not to be deterred when we did take the box out, Kade then used our recycling bin to climb on so he could again reach the shelf. Smart little monkey!

A Jumble of January

2009-01-18T15:09:00.000-08:00

I turned the ripe old age of 25 on the 4th of January. We had a yummy dinner at my parents house and then a little party at our apartment with some friends.

Dave, Ka'ea and Chrissy came to stay with us from Anaheim so Dave could check out the U of U. Kade and Chrissy were so cute together. While they were here we got the good news that our new nephew Ryder King was born on the 7th! We can't wait to meet him at the end of February.

It is still really cold. On the way to church today the thermometer on the marquis said 10 degrees!

Christmas Eve and Kaden update

2008-12-26T11:13:00.000-08:00

We spent Christmas Eve with my parents doing our traditional fondue dinner. It was lots of fun as usual! We then came to our apartment to put Kade to bed and played another two games of Settlers of Catan. It has been a full year since we started playing and Luke and my dad can never get enough.

Luke is responsible for shoveling the walks at the mortuary and there has been plenty of work for him this week trying to keep them clear. Kade and I went out with him this morning to keep him company and Kade had a great time looking at all the snow. It was a wonderful white Christmas.

Kade has progressed so much in this last week. Last Friday he had one tooth and could kind of crawl one or two feet. But now, he cut his second tooth on the 23 (his 8 month mark), cut his third tooth this morning, really got the hang of crawling yesterday and has been moving all over, learned how to turn pages when we are reading books, and just seems so much older. We love you Kader-ator!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-26T10:54:00.000-08:00

Chrismas dinner. . .yummy!

We hosted my parents and Mark and Mitzi and their four girls for Christmas dinner. We had a great dinner, played games and just enjoyed the day.

We had fun on Christmas morning although Kade didn't seem to know what all the fuss was about. Usually he loves paper and boxes but he wasn't interested so he jumped in his jolly jumper for a while and Luke and I opened presents. Once everything was open Kade found a couple pieces of wrapping paper he liked.

My first violin recital

2008-12-20T14:54:00.000-08:00

Today was my first violin recital. I played Glockenspiel by Mozart. It went well and my mom gave me a ride to the recital--just like all the other little kids. Luke had to work (he is working at Brick Oven for the three weeks off from school) and my dad volunteered to stay home with Kade so it worked out well.

Thanks for your support Mom! She said that this was the easiest time she ever had taking me to a recital--no whining or fighting or anything like when she had to drag us to piano recitals when Janetta and I were younger

My wonderful teacher Megan.

The budding musician.

But do you recall. . .the cutest reindeer of all!

2008-12-19T18:42:00.000-08:00

We had these pictures taken at my work Christmas party. It was cold that night so we had bundled Kade up in his cute deer suit and he was a hit at the party. We are getting excited for Christmas! A few inches of snow fell today and it looks beautiful.

Turkey Day Adventures

2008-12-03T13:12:00.000-08:00

We spent Thanksgiving with Luke's family in their beautiful new home outside Sacramento. It was our first time visiting them up in Northern California and we had a great time. We also were able to see the King's new house and visit with Grandpa and Grandma as well as Aunt Kathy, Marianne and Lynsee. Dinner was scrumptious and it was a fun trip all around.

A cute turkey hat from Grandma!

Our happy little traveler. He was so good on our long days of driving. I had to work on Friday night, so we woke up at 4, drove all day, arrived in Provo and I took a nap and then went off to work!

Our "a-drawer-able" little guy now loves to hang onto handles on dressers and desks.

Hopefully he just likes the feel of the metal on his tooth and gums and doesn't have pica :)

The King returns for Halloween!

2008-11-01T06:39:00.000-07:00

Kade made a pretty cute Elvis Prestley with his great jumpsuit featuring an eagle and sequined belt and flared legs. What is most amazing is how he was able to grow such good sideburns to go along with his costume! We had a fun day full of food and family. We celebrated Kara's birthday and went to Tucanos with Luke's fam, ate our traditional pizza dinner with my parents, and went to our ward Halloween party. Happy November 1st!

A New Bag of Tricks

2008-10-24T11:39:00.001-07:00

Kade is now 6 months old! Hard to believe it! He has all kinds of new skills including #1: playing in his jolly jumper. The picture doesn't make it out to look like he enjoys it at all, but when he gets in a few good jumps in a row and goes air-born then we get some good smiles.

Skill #2: He is an accomplished sitter.

Skill #3: He has entered the ranks of professional boxing and can take down opponents 8 times his size! That is sweat on his shirt from working hard--not drool :)

Skill #4: He has outgrown his infant carrier carseat. He is now in a luxurious and larger carseat and likes being up higher and looking around while we are driving. This is his new Britax Marathon, a wonderful baby shower gift from Grandpa and Grandma.

Skill #5: He is a stink bug sleeper. What a cutie!

Our Apologies

2008-10-20T19:57:00.001-07:00

Hi Aunt Char, I am sorry that there are no cute pictures of me posted today like my mom promised to do. Last night our power was out and our internet didn't work. She will get some pictures up soon. I love you and I'm excited to see you soon! Love, Kade

The moving mess!

2008-10-01T11:49:00.000-07:00

We were excited this past weekend to move into the other apartment above the mortuary. It is significantly larger and we figure since Kade will crawl, walk and then run before Luke is finished with school and we move out, that it is worth it to spend the time moving to the bigger apartment. Luke rounded up a bunch of his friends and they moved all the furniture and heavy things on Friday night. We were out of the other one by Saturday night and are mostly into our new one. Kade was a good helper :)

Wrapped around his finger!

2008-09-22T21:17:00.000-07:00

Kade effectively has finagled his way into our hearts and is our favorite! I don't know if it's the contagious smile, the oh-so-cute laugh or the evolving facial expressions that keep us begging for more! (Kade is the baby; Luke, my handsome husband, also has these characteristics and I must be very flexible as I wrap around two fingers)

He is getting so good at grabbing and holding on to things and now he gets mad at these toys on his swing because he can't pull them down far enough to get in his mouth.

Looking very handsome in his sweater vest.

No pictures :(

2008-09-11T00:29:00.000-07:00

I was wondering why I don't have any pictures from recent weeks to put on the blog. Here are my reasons: 1) When I went to Seattle to visit Janetta, Luke went hunting and took the camera. 2) While Luke and his friend Dave were coming back from hunting, the brakes went out in their truck--luckily they weren't hurt and it turned out okay, but the truck sat up in Heber at a repair shop for a week. 3) After Luke got his things back that were in the truck, we didn't bring the camera up from Luke's Jeep. And so, alas, we have no pictures of our adorable Kade for the past few weeks except the ones from Janetta.

But we are doing well. Kade continues to grow like a weed and is now 19 pounds! He smiles, rolls over, holds onto toys, has a wide repertoire of sounds, and makes us happy. Luke started school and is enjoying it so far. Tiff is working 2/7 and liking being home for 5/7 nights a week. We get to move into the bigger apartment at the mortuary some time this month and will post some pics of it when we are settled.

Baby update

2008-08-09T10:36:00.000-07:00

We have successfully transferred Kade to his crib in his own room. Here is our little buckaroo's cute cowboy blanket from Aunt Shawny.

He is just so sweet!

He loves sitting up in his Bumbo so he can see what is going on.

I had Kade all dressed for swimming with our ward and he fell asleep so he didn't actually get in the pool. This shows off his rolly polly legs and chubby feet :)

I am back at work now (2 nights a week) and Kade takes his bottle well now. He ate 10oz at one sitting for Grandma! We love our little monkey boy.

The ABCs

2008-07-18T14:48:00.000-07:00

Kaden is still a little young to learn his alphabet but my BNF (Best Nursing Friend) Kelly tagged me on her blog so here are the ABCs about me:

A--Attached or Single? Attached to Luke
B--Best Friend? BNF Kelly, sister Janetta
C-- Cake or Pie? How about both. . .
D-- Day of Choice? I love Mondays because I never work on Mondays!
E-- Essential Item? The big 3--phone, keys, wallet (now these are housed in the diaper bag)
F--Favorite Color? Pink
G-- Gummy Bears or Worms? bears
H-- Hometown? Born in Edmonton, raised in P-town
I-- Indulgence(s)? Sour Patch Kids, long showers, Everybody Loves Raymond reruns
J-- January or July? January 4th! (So my half birthday of July 4th is also fabulous)
K-- Kids? Kaden Lucas 4-23-08
L-- Life is Incomplete Without? My boys and Kade's cute baby shoes
M-- Marriage Date? May 3, 2006
N-- Number of siblings? 4 bros and 3 sisters
O-- Oranges or Apples? Apples unless it is orange smiles at half-time of a game.
P-- Phobias or fears? 1- Falling through a sewer cover or grate on the sidewalk--I will always walk around it. 2- Turning into a whining elderly patient that causes a nurse undue stress at work :)
Q-- Quotes? Nothing serious comes to mind right away but I do take pride that I can quote "The Princess Bride" in its entirety thanks to watching it every Saturday with Janetta when we were little. . .Inconceivable!
R-- Reason to Smile? Kade started rolling over this week!
S-- Season? Spring--flowers, upcoming fun and vacations, short sleeves
T-- Tag 5 People? Janetta, Shawny, Anne Grange (if she ever blogs again!), Nola, Juanita
U-- Unknown Fact? I was deathly afraid of ET when it came out. I probably could handle it now, especially if the lights are left on.
V-- Very Favorite Store? Book stores and right now Babies R Us
W-- Worst Habit? Unsolicited correction of people's grammar
X-- Xray or Ultrasound? Ultrasound--I plan on more babies but I'll pass on broken bones or an ileus
Y-- Your Favorite Food? cheesecake
Z-- Zodiac? Capricorn

Busy Month!

2008-07-09T12:02:00.000-07:00

The summer is flying by! We went on a fun trip down to Whittier to visit Luke's family and Kade met that side of the family. We spent a day at Disneyland, and celebrated Father's Day, Kara's graduation from high school, and Shawnelle's birthday. Kaden had his 2 month check-up and now weighs over 14 pounds! (Probably even more now since that was 2 weeks ago.) He has cute chunky arms and legs and the best smile :) We gained a new nephew when Miles joined the family and were so excited to meet him for the 4th of July weekend. Kaden was blessed on July 6th with lots of family around from both sides--we love you and thanks for your support.

6 Weeks Out

2008-06-06T19:26:00.001-07:00

Baby Kade is cuter every day! Here he is just hanging out in his Boppy pillow. He loves sticking out his tongue! He is out of his newborn size clothes and looking good in his 0-3 month ones. Tiff is happy because she is back into most of her own clothes and has the green light to exercise. We have taken our jogging stroller out on a few trial expeditions and look forward to a jogging summer! Luke is working as a server at Brick Oven and Tiff is loving maternity leave.

Daddy's little buddy

2008-05-22T11:53:00.000-07:00

Kaden has developed a pretty good double chin and is getting such cute chubby arms and legs.

Luke and Kade like to do everything together including:

Nap time. . .

Riding in the carrier. . .

And just hanging out!

Our cute baby boy

2008-05-10T12:46:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of the little buckaroo.

2 Week Check-up

2008-05-06T14:44:00.000-07:00

We took baby Kade to his two week appointment and he is doing so well. He has gained a pound since he was born (now tips the scales at 9 lbs 5 oz) and has grown 2 inches (now 22" tall). No wonder Mommy is starving all the time!

Baby Pictures

2008-04-24T16:56:00.000-07:00

In an effort to appease Grandma, here are some more pictures of our son. Tiffany is doing well and so is baby Kaden.

Here He is

2008-04-23T13:52:00.000-07:00

The relieved MamaBaby Kaden Lucas
Born: 11:31 April 23, 2008
Weight: 8 lbs 5 oz
Length: 20 inches
The happy Papa

Almost there!

2008-04-20T20:18:00.000-07:00

We have finally made it and baby Kade could come any time. I have another appointment with the doctor tomorrow and we should have our baby here in the next week or so. I had my last night of work on Friday and have no plans on the calendar so we are ready whenever. Luke has a final on Monday morning and Wednesday morning and a birthday on Tuesday so we'll see if the baby decides to come during any of these events.

This is my Mother's Day and anniversary present that Luke gave to me a bit early. It is really comfortable and I have been practicing rocking so Kaden should fall asleep with no problems!

Wiggly Kaden

2008-04-08T17:34:00.001-07:00

I think we will have a little monkey on our hands here soon! I had my 38 week appointment on Monday and baby Kade wouldn't even stay still long enough to get a count of his heart rate--the doctor said that is fine because obvioulsy if he is moving that much he is still healthy. Luke and I have pretty well decided on Kaden Lucas and we alternate between calling him Kaden and Kade. Luke says that the name has to pass the announcing test which is if the name sounds manly when saying "Kade L enters the game" and it passed the test so we are set. The bassinet is all ready and our hospital bag is packed.

Beware of the Huge Belly!

2008-03-18T17:26:00.001-07:00

As Luke can attest, baby is just getting so big and making my belly enormous! I will own up to hitting things I didn't think were so close to (or really so far from) me. If I look tired in the picture then it is a good representation of trying and not succeeding very well to sleep with a huge beachball in front :) I am at 35 weeks now and in the final stretch. . .not really a funny pun but so far no stretch marks so that is a definite plus.

As a follow-up to the last posting about shoes. . . I left the shoes on the floor because they were so cute and then when I came home Luke had put his matching shoes with the baby's shoes. I knew he really had a hidden soft spot for the shoes! (Plus Luke was the one who took this picture so I could put it on the blog. What a good guy!)

Getting ready for Baby

2008-02-28T07:05:00.000-08:00

We bought a dresser for baby's clothes and the drawers are organized in sizes and I love looking at all of his little things. One of my new favorite fashion ideas is to wear Luke's tee-shirts as I have been confined to maternity clothes for the past few months and sometime I am sick of my options. He thinks it is funny to come home from school and see me in his clothes.

The countdown continues! We went to our first of four pre-natal classes last night and apparently the baby didn't know until last night that he could start with some contractions any time he wanted to, so this morning I had my first taste of little Braxton-Hicks contractions. If they just stay this mild I think I'll be fine. We bought our infant car seat yesterday and Baby also has a lovely collection of shoes . . . although Luke doesn't think he needs any more in these little sizes since he'll be too small to walk. But coming from a long line of shoe lovers, the baby has no choice but to have a great wardrobe of shoes.

Sleepover!

2008-02-28T07:00:00.000-08:00

We had Amanda, Leslie and Alison come play and sleepover at our house. They all set up their beds on our inflatable mattress and we had a fun time playing games, dressing-up with all of Mom's old 80s jewelry and watching Luke do magic tricks.

29 Weeks

2008-02-05T16:51:00.001-08:00

Baby is getting older and bigger. He is kicking everywhere and Luke and I both enjoy feeling him move every day. Next week will put us in the third trimester--how has it passed so fast? I'm going to have to start lifting weights because it is easier to carry him in my tummy than it will be to lug around a baby carrier!

Mom's dream come true. . .Graceland!

2008-02-05T16:32:00.000-08:00

Janetta rocking out with the original microphone used by Elvis and Johnny Cash as they recorded in the Sun Recording studio.

Outside of Sun Recording studio in downtown Memphis.

There was a resturant that came to pick you up in a pink Cadillac limosine, so obviously we had to go there! Although the food wasn't top notch, the ride made all the difference!

Graceland Mansion which Elvis bought at age 22 for $100,000.

Elvis' personal jet named after his daughter, very posh inside.

The shirt Elvis wore in the movie "Jail House Rock" is in the Hard Rock Cafe in Memphis.

My mom loves Elvis so for her 60th birthday we went with her to Graceland to pay our tributes to the King. We had a lot of fun touring his mansion and learning about his life and career in music. We also visited the National Civil Rights Museum built at the hotel location where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. We had a great time and baby Langton was the only boy allowed :) Happy Birthday Mom!!

24 years and 24 weeks

2008-01-07T20:55:00.001-08:00

The baby and I shared our ages for one week. I turned 24 on January 4th and he was 24 weeks along for that week. (Good thing I'm not aging as fast as he is because now he is 25!) We had fun celebrating my birthday with the Langtons on the 3rd and the Robins on the 4th. We also had a great Christmas season with friends and family both in Provo and Whittier. Luke started back to school today and this is my last week of working full time--hooray! We're off to a good start for 2008.

XY it is!!

2007-12-11T20:35:00.000-08:00

We had our ultrasound on Monday the 10th and found out we are having a boy!! We are both very excited and Luke has been singing a song "We're having a baby boy" to all sorts of different tunes for the past two days. He has plans for taking our son hunting and fishing and I think the list will get longer and longer. I bought a cute little church outfit and a onesie for the baby (of course they are blue) and now we just wait until April. The baby is measuring perfectly for 21 weeks along and he looks healthy. I feel him move everyday now and we are excited--did I already mention that? Here is the latest picture of my tummy and maybe we will figure out how to scan one of the cute ultrasound pictures on as well.

A look at the Future

2007-12-11T20:33:00.000-08:00

I have been babysitting my friend Aubrey's baby boy Austin a couple times a month and Luke likes to come home during lunch to play with him. This time they worked on the crossword together. He's going to be a great daddy!

Our Ward Christmas Party

2007-12-11T20:24:00.000-08:00

We had our ward Christmas party up at Aspen Grove in Sundance canyon. We went up with our friends Dan and Anne Grange.

Luke and Dan being true blue BYU Cougars!

Go Cougars!!

2007-11-24T22:30:00.000-08:00

Two years in a row the Cougars have pulled out a nail-bitting victory against the Utes! I was so sad that we forgot our camera but Luke and I were part of the sold-out crowd in Lavell Edwards Stadium cheering the Cougs to victory 17-10! We are sure even the baby was cheering because it was so exciting. And we always get prime parking right next to the stadium by riding our trusty scooter Daphne. What a great day!

Settlers of Catan

2007-11-20T12:38:00.000-08:00

Luke and my Dad have become obsessed with Settlers of Catan since we taught my parents to play two weeks ago. We have played two nights each week with some intense games and hard-nose bargaining. Looks like Thanksgiving Day weekend will be filled with lots of settlements, cities and development cards!

Eighteen Weeks

2007-11-20T12:25:00.000-08:00

We have reached eighteen weeks, almost half-way done and almost to
December 10 which is the date for our ultrasound.

Luke and I used to have the same size tummy but now when we
both push out as far as we can I think my belly is definitely bigger!
(Especially since Luke doesn't seem to be trying very hard)