Catching Up: A Visit From Uncle Kirk and Aunt Shannon

My parents called the evening of Thursday, August 27 to tell us they were coming over to see Luke. We went out to meet them when they drove up and were surprised to see two other people in the back seat. It turned out that my brother Kirk and his wife Shannon had flown in from Texas to surprise us and meet their new nephew. It happened to be the weekend my good friend Hillary from Arizona had planned to come and visit us, so we all spent the weekend hanging out and catching up. We had such a fun weekend!

Here's Luke with his Uncle Kirk when we were waiting to have dinner at an Italian restaurant. Sorry for the low pic quality- apparently the restaurant had mood lighting. :-)

We spent Saturday afternoon at Oak Glen, a cute touristy applely town. Here's Shannon shopping while Luke's napping.

Hillary holding Luke.

Kirk, Shannon and Luke at my parents' house.


What a great surprise! We all had a great weekend together. Our only complaint was that it was too short!

Catching Up: A Night at the Fair

So much has happened since I last posted! On Wednesday, September 9, we went to the LA County Fair with my parents and Russell & Katie Kinser and their kids Madylin, Morgan and Nathan. We spent the evening visiting with farm animals, enjoying the entertainment and eating far out food (we can all now say we've tried chocolate covered bacon- the girls loved it).

Luke slept for the first hour or so, so we got lots of photos of him sleeping in front of various farm animals. Here he is napping near the cows.

Ben and Russell strolling their way to the dog diving competition.

Luke arches his back and looks up when he's checking things out. It looks awkward to the rest of us but he loves it. Here he is with my mom in front of the train.

Nathan was kind enough to share his stroller with Luke when he wanted to lay down. Here they are keeping warm.

Here we are with the Kinsers at the end of the night in the Children's Hall.

What a fun night! Luke was completely tuckered out. He slept very well that night. :-)