Dressing up with attitude

Two and a half is becoming one of my favorite ages. The non-stop tantrums have dwindled and the imaginitive play is setting in. I am loving how much Luke likes to play dress-ups these days (Dave does not like when call it dress-ups, what else do you call it though?)

Luke lately

Life has been pretty random and chaotic lately with packing, selling our house, and the big M-O-V-E, so here are some very random and chaotic pictures of Mr. L.

A lot of Luke's toys are packed up so he finds some pretty creative things to do.

Up to no good with a jar of sprinkles and paints below. Love it.

Posing with his cutey bf Jamie at the Rainforest Cafe.

Doing his chores below. (Thanks for the idea Jamie).

Dave was trying to take a pic of his car to sell on craigslist and Luke was really confused that for once in his life he was not the star of the show so he decided to sneak in. (I hate when kids are in the craigslist pictures. Tacky.)

Anyway, Dave would like me to inform everyone that he sold this beaut of a car for $100 more than what he bought it for 3 1/2 years ago. He is so proud!

Contemplating the move. "Hmm, I wonder if the Hershey kids are going to like me or not?"

Our boxes are beautifully decorated with markers, stickers and paint thanks to Luke. Whatever keeps them busy is what I say.

Cruising around on the slip and slide.

Weekly trips to the splash park.

Last but not least

Dave's favorite ... the "Abercrombie shot."

Why Luke insists on wearing a bib when he is naked is a mystery to me!

Dave is a winner

Did I mention that it is Dave's last day of medical school?! Heaven.

First day- August 2005, with buddy Mike Mortensen. Young, naive, childless.

Last day-May 2009. Older, wiser, with child.

Hooray! You can thank the Owen family for the tradition of jumping off of things on special occasions pictures. Good job Dahveed!

Only a boy would turn their mother's glue gun into super powerful laser gun. Luke had quite the little grin on his face when I pulled it out to glue his pirate hat together. "What dat
mama?" It's a glue gun. "Gun. Oh. Hmm." Next thing I knew he had lasered everything in sight.

Mothers Day 2009

I must say it was quite a good Mothers Day this year, filled with: sleeping in, baked french toast, 2 boys doting on me, homemade pizza's from the recipe of pizzeria Bianco, and a surprise blog book (below) that Dave put together. You just send the blog to blurb.com and they mail you a book filled with pics from your blog. So much better for me than scrap booking and albums. Sorry to get cheesy but I really do love being a mom and staying home with Luke. He is such a funny, unique, sweet little guy. I am so happy to be able to be a mom. I don't know how we lived without him (well actually sometimes I do know how) but I can't get enough of him and I feel so complete and happy when it is the three of us together. Motherhood is a million times harder/ more frustrating than I imagined but it is also one million and one times more fulfilling than you could imagine. I am always amazed at all of the great moms in this world. Props to moms everywhere!

Senior pictures

Lucas D. came prancing in the room one day with Dave's graduation cap and gown on. I thought it was so funny, so I whipped out the camera for a little photo shoot.

Here is Luke's favorite pose. Anytime I hold up the camera he sticks that tongue out.

This one is my favorite. He is getting so sick of me. I am thinking that I will put this one in his high school yearbook one day when he is a senior!

Laughing at his dad.

Making hooting owl sounds for some reason.

SAY WHAT!?!
Making this face after I told him if he wants to be a doctor like his dad someday he just has about 25 years left of school. Ha.

What's for dinner

Dinner last night consisted of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and smoothies in the backyard... and I didn't hear one complaint.

Perfect pearly whites

This little dude just got back from his first dentist appointment, which will not interest anyone but me and possibly his dentist uncles.
Outcome: excellent, cavity-free, plenty of space for permanent teeth, and one chipped front tooth.
Best of all Luke loved every minute of it! He was secretly smiling the whole time. He loved the dentist (who looked more like an NBA player than a dentist), the movie playing, the chair that reminded him of the Disneyland rides, the toy at the end, all of the high fiving and he even enjoyed the teeth cleaning strangely enough. Good boy Luke, you can add excellent dental patient to your resume.

Grandma came to town

My mom and Luke's Ma came to visit. It was so fun having her. Luke only cried twice. Once when we left the hotel and he other time was when he woke up in the car and looked over to see that my mom was gone. We dropped her off at the airport while he napped in the car. He was so sad! We have missed you lots! Thanks for everything. Thanks for...

cuddling Luke

the super cool rubber snake that Luke brings everywhere

the fun night stay at the Wigwam

cleaning our house from top to bottom for the last minute open house and numerous random showings

treating us to some scrumptious meals

swimming at the Wigwam

and being such a fun Grandma!

a drive-in, bf, and a board.

We went to the drive-in last night.

It was dreamy.

I haven't been to one in so long. We saw Monsters vs. Aliens.

Luke thought it was so weird that we were making a bed in the car and watching a movie outside.

It was a perfect Az night...warm with that cool breeze.

I am definitely going to miss those nights.

Luke was hanging out the sunroof waiting for the moon to come out so that the movie would start.
Cozy and comfy.

Love the bargain Tuesday night at the drive-in. (As you can tell by the band aid, Dave had some moles removed on his body. They were dysplastic nevus, in case you were wondering).

Dear Arizona, thank you for the skin cancerous moles on Dave and myself since we have lived here. Yours truly.

Luke's bff uncle Nana (Danny) visited today. We got to swim in his hotel pool and Dave was treated to an up close and personal seat at the Suns game. What a nice brother.




And last but not least...the flannel board is finished. I know that it is ugly and who even makes flannel boards in the year 2009, but I am telling you the two year olds love it! Luke plays with it a ton. I thought it would be good to teach him colors, counting (10 apples or leaves or snowflakes in the tree) etc. and good for FHE and my primary class. It was less than $10 and I did it in an hour. Also, you can just stick flannel to the back of just about anything. Like Buzz stickers.

We are moving to.....

Hershey, Pennsylvania

(Wahoo)!!

For the anesthesiology program. (Do you know anyone that lives there)?

(Above)This is where Dave will be spending many hours.

(Below) Kate from Jon and Kate Plus Eight delivered her sextuplets at this hospital. Fun.

I am planning on hanging out with them and having play dates. They only live thirty minutes away.

I am also planning on hanging out lots at Chocolate World and gaining a good twenty pounds while we are there.
I am extra excited about living next to Amish country. I hear their homemade treats are to die for. I am so intrigued by the Amish. Other fun facts about Hershey...

-Population: around 20,000.

-Philadelphia and Baltimore 1.5 hours away.

- D.C. and the beach 2.5 hours away.

-Best of all my cousins are less than 4 hours away! Lots of road trips with Ashley.

-The lampposts are shaped like Hershey kisses.

- The fresh chocolate within arms reach.

-Surprisingly a lot to do with kids for such a small town. There is ZooAmerica, Hershey Gardens, Hershey amusement park, and Dutch Wonderland.

- Safest town.

-Green, Green, Green!

-Everything revolves around Hershey chocolate.

-Is this making anyone want to visit. Please? Visitors are always welcome.

Negatives= far from home and I am pretty sure that the winters are going to shock us.

We are nervous but mostly excited for the next 4 year adventure. We will see you soon beautiful Pennsylvania!