dr. luke

luke decided to break out his dr. kit and let allie be his patient.  she cooperated pretty well for dr. luke.

checking the heart beat...

getting blood pressure...

help me...

checking out reflexes...

we have high hopes for luke.  med school....here he comes!

a night with sydney

sydney spent the night with us last night.  we were a little nervous that she wouldn't stay the entire night....but she proved us wrong.  she slept like a rock...me and cory, not so much!  i guess we were afraid she'd wake us up at 2:00 a.m. and want to go home.  NOPE!  sydney and luke both did great!

here they are watching monsters inc.

she wanted to sleep in luke's floor....

she even helped us out this morning feeding allie!!

thanks syd!  glad you are feeling better and have the courage to spend the night away from home (somewhere other than grammy and papaw's house)!

now.....i have to go seperate the dog astronauts.....don's ask!!!

blue jean baby

these are the new Huggies "limited edition" diapers.  yes, they look like blue jeans.  just had to buy some for allie!!

the cutting of the bracelets....

oh yeah, that's right.  sydney's MRI is all clear.....CANCER free!!!  you go girl!!!!!

slip n' slide

saturday, we busted out the ol' slip n' slide.  it was so HOT outside, and it's only may!!  needless to say, luke (and cory) had a blast!  yes, cory was so sore the next few days he could hardly laugh.  luke, not so sore!!

cory eventually took his shirt off to go down the slip n' slide, but i wanted to keep this "G" rated!

thumbs up for the slip n' slide!!

allie's first biter biscuit

and she loved it!

look, no HAT

ever since luke was ummmm.....about 8-9 months old, he has taken a bath with "the hat" (see 1st picture).  we have tried for about a year...yes an entire year, to try and get him to stop using "the hat".  no luck for us.  well, sly little sydney talked him out of using "the hat" last saturday.  he was such a big boy having water poured over his head.  guess what, no more hat for luke.

brittany's jr prom

saturday was my niece, brittany, prom at sparkman high school.  it's so hard for me to believe that she's old enough for PROM!  we all met up at bridgestreet to take some pictures.

 brittany, you were beautiful!

new superman pj's

and yes....he is asleep!  by the way, these pj's have no strong muscles, but do have a cape!

garden of hope

sydney has had the honor of being in the garden of hope at the the huntsville botanical gardens.  so, saturday was the day for us to help plant ALL the flowers in her garden.  if you ever get the chance to see this garden, please do.  there are lots of stories of cancer survivors in the garden.  can't wait for the dedication ceremony on friday!

the finished product!

after we helped plant the garden, we decided to hang out and check out the rest of the botanical gardens....

luke and papaw in the butterfly garden...

a weekend full of yardwork!

as some of you know, cory and i have had MAJOR issues with our yard since we've moved into our house last november. with every rain, we would get MAJOR flooding.  plus, the wise guy that did our yard in the first place took about a foot or more OFF our fieldlines...

  for you that live in the city, fieldlines=septic tank=poop....etc.  so you can only imagine what we've gone through with this yard situation!!!

 well, we've hopefully gotten it fixed.  5 truck loads of dirt!!  so, friday, cory (and luke) seeded the yard.  too windy for the straw....it's still in our garage.  so, please pray that all this dirt (and labor, and $$$) will keep our yard from flooding!!

we also had a hand in planting the family garden on saturday.  can't wait to get some fresh fruits and veggies!!

sitting pretty...

well, almost...

trying hard...

TA DA!!