the new play fort is built!

after almost 2 FULL saturdays and a partial sunday, the FORT is finished!!! we split this play fort w/ cynthia and jamie (since we ARE neighbors now!) so the kids would have something to play on this summer. man, this thing is AWESOME!! can't wait until they can play on it when the weather is nice!!!

4 days and counting.......

yes, that's how many days luke has had on his superman pj's (well, with a couple of quick washes in the SINK). he doesn't want to take them off, AT ALL! we had to peel them off on Sunday for worship! let me tell you, i'll never think that a mother was crazy for letting her little girl wear her princess costume to wal-mart or the little boy with rainboots on with shorts in 90 degree weather!!!!!! these kids love their "outifts" and i think it's adorable!!!

it's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's.....

luke's first pair of Superman pj's!! and boy, oh, boy does he LOVE them!

he couldn't stop starring at the cape!

of course, he has the matching monster truck

if you're wondering what he's doing here.....he's actually "flexing his muscles"!

he's not a vegetarian after all!!!

luke is a typical mashed potatos, veggies, mac and cheese kind of kid. we've had ALOT of trouble getting luke to eat meat....ANYKIND of meat; hamburger, hotdogs, turkey, you name it! well, i haven't given up. today, i fixed us a hotdog, and HOTDOG, he ate it! whew, we were worried!!! let's just see if he'll keep it up.

quote of the night.....

me: luke, do you want anymore french fries?
luke: no, i'm good!

oh, the things they say......

converstation of the night....

converstaion tonight.....
cory: where you goin'
luke (pushing his grocery cart): i goin' to pub-icks (Publix)
cory: what are you going to get?
luke: ummmm.......milk
cory: what else are you going to get?
luke: ummmm.....mac and cheese

by the way.....i ALWAYS get our milk from Publix...guess it's rubbing off on him!

luke's true love

he sleeps with them...... and wakes up with them......

monster trucks.....morning, noon and night!

chop sticks

cory brought home p.f. changs last night-my absolute fave!!! so, as you know, this meal always comes with chop sticks. luke just had to have a try with them. he actually did pretty good with his mashed potatos and peas! they just kinda stuck to the chop sticks!

cruzin'

today was "cruzin' on the square" in athens. so, we went to see papaw's car. luke loves papaw's '68 chevy chevelle! it was a WONDERFUL day for a good 'ol car show.

grammy and papaw cruzin' like the good old days!

happy birthday, tucker

today was tucker's (luke's cousin) 2nd birthday party. all the kids had a wonderful time. the train ride was especially fun.happy birthday, tucker! we had a BLAST!!

john deere

luke finally got a john deere gator today!! he is super excited. he has always loved ANYTHING john deere (he even had a john deere birthday
party when he turned 2).

cory putting the gator together.....
luke hepling put the gator together.... FINALLY.....the rideloving every second!

we hope this will help with our garden this summer!!!!!

little drummer boy

could this be the future Carter Beauford.........

future ipod owner

dont' worry...the music wasn't that loud! he actually enjoyed listening to the music....

mr. independent

luke insists on brushing AND flossing his teeth by himself now days. BUT....i ALWAYS get my turn, too!! he's growing up too fast....

happy birthday, sydney!

sydney turned "5"on the 17th of february. her parents were a little late on the birthday...ha ha!she's growing up so fast! it seemes like yesterday that we were holding her as a newborn. we were late to her birthday party due to the circus; but we got there in enough time for cake and ice cream.

we love you sydney!!

the "greatest show on earth"!

we took luke to the circus yesterday. it was pretty good (can't compare to Cirque du Soliel....), but, for a two year old, it was ok. luke's favorite part was the clowns, which were pretty funny, and of corse, the elephants! as soon as he saw them, he said "roll tide, baby". i guess i can actually say cory and i are raising him right!!!!

this guy that trained the tigers scared us to death!!!

the classic elephant pose

the classic bicycle on a tight rope

this was really good...this was the National Anthem