Cowboy Luke

Luke decided to wear his boots and hat the other night and I HAD to video it.
Funny story about Willie Nelson. We decided to name "down there", Willie. You know, "Your Willie needs washing." and such. Well, it moved on to "Willie Nelson" after a while.
"The Red Headed Stranger" is one of my favorite albums. My parents owned it and we listened to it a lot. I was thrilled when they gave it to me several months ago. I was playing it at home a few weeks ago when Luke went over to the record player and asked what it was.
I said,"Willie Nelson."
He looked in his diaper and then gave me a very weird giggle. Mandy started laughing and suggested that I told him the name of the album instead. I just handed the dust cover to her and let her read it for herself. We laughed for a long time, to Lukes amusement.
This weekend marks the 1 year anniversary of the accident. When the accident happened, she was praying for God to give her a testimony that would change peoples lives. (She had been asked to give her testimony at the womens retreat the following weekend) She left this afternoon to attend the Retreat this weekend, once again, to give her testimony, only this time she has what she asked for. God is truly awesome in the way he works. Now I know what it means when I read that his ways are higher than ours. I pray that God blesses all of you this week.

We came home the other night to find this guy waiting for us on the back porch window. Very weird and big. Luke said, "Don't like it!" and ran on inside. 

Here he is with my hand as a reference point for the size. He would have taken up my whole palm. 

He was still around the next morning. 

We went to the Zoo a few weeks back and rode the Carousel. Can you say, "HOT!" ? It felt like 200 degrees out there. We can't wait till it cools off a bit around here. 

Luke likes to brush the mini-Goats. 

New Couple = New Blog

 
Johnny and Andrea have returned from their honeymoon and have started their blog. Click the header to check it out. They have GREAT pictures from the honeymoon.(postcard material stuff, not "honeymoon night" pictures.)

What Dad Does at Work

We play a lot of pranks on each other at work. I decided to get some on video when we hired a new employee. The new guy is Jason, the one in black in the video. We do work, this video was shot over the course of 3 weeks.

Luke Gone Wild

Eli came to visit a few days ago and the camera was rolling.
Unfortunately, Eli has entered a "Flinching and Dodging" phase which translates to Luke has entered a "Hitting" phase. Ah, the terrible 2s.
While watching the footage, I kept thinking back to watching The Benny Hill Show with my parents and how, at the end, Benny Hill would chase a slew of girls around in fast forward while "Yakkity Sax" played in the background. Benny Hill usually would slap an old man on the head a few times each episode too.
I guess Eli gets to play the old man part in this video while Luke plays Benny Hill. Our cats, Alowishus and Devedander play the slew of girls.(No pun intended, dirty minds)
I will try to salvage some footage of Eli by editing out Luke hitting him constantly. (oh, the clip of Eli making the "ribbit" sound is editted to make him audible over the music so don't think that he got possessed or anything.)
More soon.