The Whirlwind of Life

Life has been a fast and whirling rollercoaster with Luk. If you want a great conversation, he is here to talk to you. He has so much to say, and he wants to know everything you are doing. After a great trip to Richmond, VA, we took Luk to Disney World the weekend of my birthday (September), it is quite amazing how great that gift was for me. He is so great. Mickey and Minnie are his favorite characters, but he was not shy to show the Princesses and Mickey's pals some love in the process. He made his daddy proud with the Princess greetings. Luk also had his first real haircut. We cut his beautiful curls off (which seem to be coming), and he loves the short do. For Halloween he had a blast dressing up as Buzz Lightyear. As you can see the in picture below of his identity crisis, he has quite an imagination.

Reson and I have been really blessed to find a wonderful new church family near our home, and we able to help be youth leaders. It has been a really blessing to help teach these great kids about the Lord. For Christmas, we had the children and youth apart of our county's Christmas Parade. We also had a wonderful planning a Christmas Progressive Dinner and bonfire for the celebration. The kids did a white elephant gift exchange and made s'mores. We had a blast. It is really amazing how God has used us in this youth group, and how much they continue to teach us. They don't realize what a blessing they are to us.

Most recently, I had the great pleasure of photographing a wedding in Miami. It was friend of ours, and we had a blast. Luk enjoyed the trip down south, and the wedding celebration.

Now, we are in the process of getting our yearly schedule done for the youth activities that we have planned in the future. Our great friend, Janessa, has really been a wonderful leader for the youth. It has been a blessing to work with her. Hopefully in our blogging, you will see more of our fun trips with the youth. As you can see we have been quite busy. Along with helping with the youth, Reson, Janessa, and I also help with some praise and worship music. It has been great experience seeing God work in our church. I am still attending school online with only 3 semesters left. Hopefully, I will be posting pictures of our trip to Arizona.

Until our next post...

Attack of the Princesses, look at those lipstick stains, lol.

An Identity Crisis... SpideyBuzz


Church Fall Festival

Christmas Parade Float 2008


Luk's First Hair Cut

Youth Christmas Party 2008

Bonfire, Reson looks thrilled. Of course, Janessa was avoiding the picture with one hand.

Us at the Bonfire

Christmas Eve Family Party 2008

Luk at the wedding with Blain and Aleck (some of the youth)

Janess and I with Blain and Aleck

Us with the Bride and Groom

A lot has happened!

WOW, the last time I blogged was in December, and many things have happened since that time. It is pretty crazy how time flies, and you just go on forgetting about blogs like this. Luk is now 2!!! I am 47lbs lighter, and Reson is busy being a great provider! My grandmother passed away right before Easter, and that was a difficult time, but she is with the Lord. She is not suffering anymore, and that is really the blessing! We adopted a basset hound, his name is Bruce. He joined our other dog Jinxie.

Luk is now counting and talking so much. He is really busy being a 2 year old. It is a good thing I got my booty into gear, or I would not have been able to keep up with him. We also had the pleasure of visiting our dear friends Craig, Danielle, and Abigail. We cannot wait to see them again.
So, I'm going to share some pictures that I have from all this change. Enjoy!

Our visit with the Shuffs

Weight Loss Journey

Easter
Ou new member Sir Bruce!
Family Photo at the Lake!


Happy Birthday Luk and Gregory!

Fun sitting where I shouldn't be!
Hehehehe!
I'm just like Dad!
Birthday Cake, Yum!

Christmas Time

Christmas time is here again, and we had some fun! Reson and I have totally changed the way we have eaten since Thanksgiving. I'm down 13lbs, and he is about 20lbs lighter. We feel great. Luk is having a blast in FL. He is enjoying Santa, all the presents, and playing. I hope that everyone else has had a wonderful Holiday. The only thing is that my grandmother is really getting worse (health-wise), we aren't sure how much time she has left. However, we are happy that she was able to go to our Christmas Family Dinner, and that Luk and her got to give some hugs and kisses. Keep her in your prayers!

Thanksgiving

We has so much fun this holiday season. It was nice being able to spend time with family. Luk and Gregory had a blast together and Reson and I enjoyed seeing our relatives. Here is how our Thanksgiving went.

Gregory and Luk having a good time together!

Having too much fun!

Family Photo

Our Nashville Trip in Thanksgiving

Gingerbread House

The icing was all that mattered!

Final Product... Gingerbread man with half a head.

All I could think about was Shrek, and his gum balls.

Luk's First Hair Cut

Well, we finally cut Luk's hair, it was getting a bit out of control...

BEFORE

AFTER

Halloween Fun

Halloween has come and gone, Walmart is skipping Thanksgiving, and moving straight to Christmas. I like Christmas, but not as much as I enjoy Thanksgiving. There is no pressure to give (except Luk's gifts, lol), you can enjoy the company of family, and eat. However, I want to share with you what a great time we had with Luk on Halloween. You will see our pictures of Pumpkin carvings, Trick-or-Treating, and Luk just having fun.