Thursday, January 1, 2009
The Wonder of Christmas
We had an amazing Christmas despite the crazy weather... it was cozy in the house with crackling fires, good books and wonderful family around us.
And we got to experience the wonder of Christmas through the eyes of a 2 year-old. Luke was enthralled with the lights, the Christmas trees, the music, the colorful gifts. But most importantly, he developed a love for the nativity scenes. For the first time, we got to explain the Christmas story to him and he delighted in retelling the story and searching for Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus everywhere he went. Of course, his favorite part was the fact that Jesus was born in a barn... To a 2-year old who loves farm animals, that seemed a bit like heaven to him!
And Luke loved opening presents... if only we could find a way to bottle that enjoyment of one gift before he gets older and starts to beg for more! :)
Luke enjoying Christmas Eve with his cousins:
We pray you all had a wonderful Christmas and discovered some of that 2-year-old wonder. And we hope that you were able to experience the true meaning of Christmas that even a 2-year-old can take joy in: Baby Jesus.
And we got to experience the wonder of Christmas through the eyes of a 2 year-old. Luke was enthralled with the lights, the Christmas trees, the music, the colorful gifts. But most importantly, he developed a love for the nativity scenes. For the first time, we got to explain the Christmas story to him and he delighted in retelling the story and searching for Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus everywhere he went. Of course, his favorite part was the fact that Jesus was born in a barn... To a 2-year old who loves farm animals, that seemed a bit like heaven to him!
And Luke loved opening presents... if only we could find a way to bottle that enjoyment of one gift before he gets older and starts to beg for more! :)
Luke enjoying Christmas Eve with his cousins:
We pray you all had a wonderful Christmas and discovered some of that 2-year-old wonder. And we hope that you were able to experience the true meaning of Christmas that even a 2-year-old can take joy in: Baby Jesus.A White Christmas
This year we spent Christmas in Washington with Tom's family. We arrived in the midst of the biggest storm and coldest temperatures in Seattle in 20 years. Despite being housebound and battling icy roads, we were able to enjoy a white Christmas and Luke experienced his first snowfall (which grew to 18 inches by the time we left). Luke loved the snow, but had to battle temperatures in the teens to appreciate it.
Here's Luke enjoying the snow...
Luke building "snow piles" with cousin Jessica
Making Snow Angels
Sledding with cousin Tyler:
Fun in the Snow:
Here's Luke enjoying the snow...
Luke building "snow piles" with cousin Jessica
Making Snow Angels
Sledding with cousin Tyler:
Fun in the Snow:
Monday, December 15, 2008
A Thanksgiving to Remember
Once again, I've lagged greatly behind on these postings. This time, though, it was because we didn't have internet connection for the month of December between Thanksgiving and Christmas. SO, to start at the beginning...
Thanksgiving 2008 (AKA The Plague!): We set out on our first 8-hour road trip with a toddler and headed up to Sacramento to spend T-day with Val's family. 30 minutes down the road Luke alerted us that he had just come down with the stomach flu. (And by alerted, I mean he threw up all over the car). The next 8 hours passed in a blur of 6 outfit changes, at least as many stops to clean up the car and car seat, plastic bags, and air fresheners. When we finally made it to the Burson house, we all fell into bed. Luckily it was a 24-hour bug and we were still able to spend a wonderful Thanksgiving day with the Burson/Richert/Johnson clan. We are so blessed to have such amazing family that we truly enjoy spending time with. Not so luckily, Tom and I and my dad all caught the bug late Thanksgiving night (I may never be able to eat pumpkin pie again) and we spent the next day quarentined in the house while super-immune Grandma somehow managed to take care of us and entertain Luke at the same time. Fortunately, no one else got sick and we drove home uneventfully (Thank God!)
Here are some pictures from our Thanksgiving to Remember:
Luke with cousin Micah on his lap sitting next to 2nd cousins (or is it 3rd?) Nola and Rockwell:
Luke with Grandma:
Luke rockclimbing in front of Aunt Alyssa and Uncle Jon's new house:
Scaling the rocks with Aunt Sandra (Uncle Josh's beautiful new bride):
The family together:
Note: Christmas pictures soon to come! :)
Thanksgiving 2008 (AKA The Plague!): We set out on our first 8-hour road trip with a toddler and headed up to Sacramento to spend T-day with Val's family. 30 minutes down the road Luke alerted us that he had just come down with the stomach flu. (And by alerted, I mean he threw up all over the car). The next 8 hours passed in a blur of 6 outfit changes, at least as many stops to clean up the car and car seat, plastic bags, and air fresheners. When we finally made it to the Burson house, we all fell into bed. Luckily it was a 24-hour bug and we were still able to spend a wonderful Thanksgiving day with the Burson/Richert/Johnson clan. We are so blessed to have such amazing family that we truly enjoy spending time with. Not so luckily, Tom and I and my dad all caught the bug late Thanksgiving night (I may never be able to eat pumpkin pie again) and we spent the next day quarentined in the house while super-immune Grandma somehow managed to take care of us and entertain Luke at the same time. Fortunately, no one else got sick and we drove home uneventfully (Thank God!)
Here are some pictures from our Thanksgiving to Remember:
Luke with cousin Micah on his lap sitting next to 2nd cousins (or is it 3rd?) Nola and Rockwell:
Luke with Grandma:
Luke rockclimbing in front of Aunt Alyssa and Uncle Jon's new house:
Scaling the rocks with Aunt Sandra (Uncle Josh's beautiful new bride):
The family together:
Note: Christmas pictures soon to come! :)Saturday, November 8, 2008
Meeting Cousin Micah
Last weekend, we got to meet my sister Alyssa and Jon's new baby boy. He is 5 weeks old and Luke's first cousin on my side of the family. All weekend, Luke was yelling "Meet Cousin Micah, Meet Cousin Micah". When he finally saw him, he couldn't stop laughing, and smiling, and petting him. The first time we attempted to take a picture of the two of them, Micah proceeded to spit up... Luke jumped away from him with this horrified look on his face as though he'd committed some unspeakable act. Luckily, he liked him enough to get close to him again!
Halloween
Since Luke has an obsession with tractors and tools, we decided to let him be Bob the Builder for Halloween. Actually, we just gave him a yellow vest, tool belt, and boots and he yelled out "Bob da bil-er". It's hard to believe that this is his 3rd Halloween. He's over 2 years old now and talking like crazy... of course, you need a translator to understand him! We took him to the harvest festival at our old church and he had a blast. It was pretty funny to watch him... he doesn't eat candy, so at every game booth, they would hand him some candy and he would take it from them and put it right back in the bucket they got it from! He could care less about the candy, he just wanted to throw the ball again!
This is Luke's best friend, Emily. He spends 2 days a week with her at Kerry's house and follows her everywhere.
This is Luke's best friend, Emily. He spends 2 days a week with her at Kerry's house and follows her everywhere.
Trip to the Pumpkin Patch
Well, I certainly haven't done my part in keeping this site updated. But as luck would have it, the holidays are almost here, so I should have plenty of excuses to post new pictures! Here was our first experience taking Luke to a pumpkin patch... the SoCal version, that is, which looks more like a carnival on a street corner with a few pumpkins and hay bales thrown in to remind us that it's fall! Whatever the case, Luke was in heaven, with live horses, a train ride, and a petting zoo. 
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