The First Grandchild Musician

Despite his mother's attempts to teach him to play the piano, Luke has truly mastered the recorder. He and Austin do duets: Luke plays his 88 cent recorder and Austin whistles. Austin will whistle and Luke will respond on the recorder. He's almost good enough to do a number with Justin. If only Luke could play the recorder with his nose like his Uncle Justin...

Stick 'em up!

From his other great-grandma Luke got some guns from the Dollar Store. He is always asking me to put the belt on for him even though he doesn't really like to wear the guns.

Luke's new hat and gloves

Great-Grammy Williamson got Luke some nice gloves and a warm hat for his birthday. He loves the hat and it's so cute on him. He doesn't even try to rip it off like he does all his other hats. Anyway, he's pretty cute.

Real close ups

Ash was here yesterday morning and took some close ups of Luke. They're pretty cute so here they are. Thanks Ash!

Fun in Lego Land

Austin had a little too much fun with Derek and Cassidy on Sunday...playing legos. And if you didn't know, BYU's football team is ranked 23rd!

New Haircut and a Butterfinger

Luke's hair was getting very long and out of control so Austin cut it while I was shopping. Luke wouldn't stop crying and fussing so to calm him down Austin gave him a Butterfinger at 9 in the morning. I guess it was pretty messy but it did work.

First Snow

This morning we woke up to snow! As most of you know, Austin really loves snow and was so excited. He jumped out of bed and immediately got Luke into his snowsuit. The only problem is that Luke's snowsuit is from last year and is way too small for him now. He couldn't walk or move at all (kind of like The Christmas Story). Anyway, Austin put Luke in the sled and pulled him around on the small amount of snow on the ground.

Our latest hiking adventure!

Luke sleeping in the backpack on the way down

A view from the top: mom and dad's house

Here we on the top of the mountain. There were spray-painted words of "Go Home" "Go Away" "No hunters" etc. so we left

A view from the top: Harris Creek Road - but where is Joel and Melanie's house?

Luke resting while we had some snacks. He was glad to be out of the backpack and crawl and walk around.

The spot on the top of the mountain where we took a break.

Another good view from the top.

Me, hiking back up after retrieving the fallen backpack

A good view of HSB

Before Austin started working for R.C. Willey we figured we better take another long hike. We were up at mom and dad's so we decided to hike a mountain near their place. It lasted about 4 hours and was beautiful and so fun. The hike was similar to hiking to the Y at BYU - straight up a mountain with no breaks. But it was fun. I don't know how Austin does it with Luke on his back, straight up.
We had to cross a lot of fences too. At one point, I was attempting to cross a fence so I threw my backpack over to make it easier to cross, but as I threw it over, the mountain was so steep that the backpack went flying down the hill for a long ways. It finally got stuck on some sage brush. I had to hike down and get it - so lame.
At the top of the mountain there as a flat space where we had a little lunch.
Luke had a great time too although he got a little tired near the end. He even fell asleep on Austin's back as we tried to make our way down the mountain.
The views were breathtaking and it was fun to call mom and dad's family so they could find us with the binoculars. We are excited for our next one, anyone who wants to come is invited!

New Haircut

Here are some shots of my new haircut compliments of mom. Thanks mom! These pics would probably look better if I didn't have an awesome cold sore on my lip. Yikes!

Cute Buke - almost 1 year old

To any of you who can make it, we're having Luke's birthday party on Friday at mom and dad's. Here are some recent pictures of our little cute man who desperately needs a hair cut.

Provo Par-T-V!

B & P's

Crazy Aunt Haley

The Goat Head Club

I mean an entire goat for a head!!!

Big and little Lukes

Please do not touch the animals...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the Bean Museum

Bridal Veil Falls

I thought that YOU had baby Luke!?!?!

Clash of the titans

Cousin Power

Rise and Shout!!!

Luke also couldn't believe the poor pocket awareness of Max Hall. Come On!!!

Half time nap

I'm dreaming of a MWC Championship

We had a quite time in Provo over the weekend. We drove down with Joel's family - which is always fun to switch passengers and drivers, etc. We also had Derek and that was fun! We called Bethany and Paul on the way to Provo and they were nice enough to let us stay on Thursday and Friday night. We dropped Derek off in Orem at his buddy's house and then got some dinner at Subway and picked up Haley and headed to Bethany's house (Ash had tons of homework stuff). We had pretty good talks although we were all pretty wasted. The next morning Luke and I got up at 6am to go running with Haley at the indoor track. It was fun and we had a great talk. Then I dropped Haley off and went back to Bethany's. Bethany, Austin, Luke and I got ready while waiting for Joel's family to drive from Salt Lake, where they stayed the night. When they got to Provo we went to the Bean Musuem (glorified stuffed animals and home of the Liger - bred for its skills and magic). After the museum we all met Ashley at the Legend's Grill - a fancy restaurant on campus (although the food didn't taste fancy) where mostly athletes eat. We saw tons of athletes and a great museum of BYU sports was attached for free. Austin and Joel and kids also went to visit Bronco (BYU head coach) but he was out to lunch or something. The best part about that place was that when we got there they were raffling off tickets for the game the next day. Austin got his name in at the last second and they picked us for free tickets! We were pretty happy because that saved us some money and hassle.
After lunch we went to Haley's school and picked her up and saw her class and stuff. It was very impressive and fun and we met some of her coworkers and stuff. She was glad to get out of a meeting because we were there. We took her with us to Bridal Veil Falls up the Provo Canyon. It was cold but pretty. There was no hiking involved although that is what we were promised. Luke was napping though so I didn't mind.
After the falls, we dropped Bethany off for her date with her hubby and then we headed to the bookstore. We bought nothing although Haley fell in love with some mug (and I do mean a cup not a guy) that had her named spelled correctly on it for $8. Joel's family got some goods though I think.
After the bookstore, Joel and Austin played 3 hours of football with the boy cousins while Melanie and I and kids, went to Cannon and Amanda's to prepare for the party. Most married cousins came and a few single cousins. It was really fun and great to see everyone. We left a little early though because Luke was so tired.
The next morning I went and got Haley and Ashley (after I woke them up) for a pancake breakfast at Bethany's house. It was fun and so, so good. We stuffed ourselves with delicious blueberry pancakes. Afterwards, Haley and Ash ran home and we got packed up and went to visit Joe and Betty. Only, Joe wasn't home and Betty was in her nightgown (a site we were quite used to however). It was a fun visit. Afterwards, we picked up Ash and headed to the game. We bundled Luke in tons of warm clothes, blankets and gloves although we forgot pants for Austin (he had only shorts) and no coat for me. But it was fine and fun. Luke was so cozy he just fell right to sleep during his first live BYU game. After half-time, we went and sat with all the cousins and Haley, Derek, Bethany and Paul. It was fun to talk to them.
After we killed CSU, we took Derek, grabbed a bit to eat and headed home. All in all, we're glad we went. Especially because Austin just got a new job at RC Willey and starts on Thursday so we don't think we'll be heading to Provo again very soon. Thanks to everyone who showed us such a great time in Provo and gave up their weekend to spend time with us!