Seth, Bre, Carter, Hayden & Peyton

Snow Day!

2010-02-12T10:30:00.001-08:00

First Day of School!

2009-09-01T18:51:00.001-07:00

Carter has started kindergarten and my little Hayden is in preschool two days a week. The house would be way to quiet if it weren't for the little monster I still have at home.

Quick trip to Idaho to see baby Tayter

2009-08-14T13:12:00.000-07:00

My new baby nephew is the cutest thing ever! Tayte Doyle Nelson, it fits him perfect!

Ty and Cass make awsome parents!

Peyton enjoying the swing with Uncle Cody and Aunt Beth.

My beautiful friend Jody trying on one of my favorite Harley shirts of my Dad's.

Our 10 year High School Reunion was a blast! It was so great to see everyone again.

Jody wasn't drinking, she just thought she would look cool if she were holding Kyle's Beer. I don't know if it worked or not!

The 4th of July!

2009-07-10T14:55:00.001-07:00

We had a fantastic 4th of July!

Some friends came over for a barbeque and sparklers. Then we were able to just walk down the street to see some fireworks. The boys loved it.

Even though the fireworks were the highlight of the night, my favorite part was Peyton chomping on some bbq ribs. He snatched some from the plate and no one had the heart to take it from him. It was so cute, he chewed on them forever.

The men also enjoying the sparklers.

Happy Birthday Peyton!

2009-06-26T18:34:00.000-07:00

This year went so fast! I can't believe my baby is a year old already. It reminds me to be grateful that I am so lucky to stay home and spend everyday with my little turds. Before I know it, they will all be in school and I will be totally lonely without them. (I think that I am just having anxiety because Carter goes to kindergarten this Fall and I am not ready at all.)
We had such a fun day with Peyton. Seth and I took the boys to Surf & Swim. It was so fun!

The best part of the day for all of us was watching Peyton enjoy his cake.

The boys helped me pick out a gift for Peyton and they couldn't hardly wait for him to open it.

I took these pictures today after the little monster got into the boys' paint and then headed for the snack cupboard to bite holes in all the fruit cups and eat all the raisin boxes.

It's a good thing he's so dang cute.

Our new puppy!

2009-06-10T20:02:00.001-07:00

We just added a new member to our family (as if I needed another little monster to take care of). It took quite a bit of persuading, but we finally named her Cloe Clifford Carter Luker. And when the boys get mad at her they do yell her whole name.

Baby girl Peyton!

2009-06-10T19:23:00.000-07:00

Okay, Peyton is all boy, but his hair is irresistible. I frequently put little headbands and ponytails in it wishing and hoping that one day my girl will come!

Here's a few pictures that remind me that he really is all boy!

2009-04-28T21:01:00.000-07:00

It has been a fantastic spring. I have to admit, I love the weather in Texas. It will be very hard to ever move back to a cold climate. We have been playing outside and it has been so beautiful. Here we are with some of our friends at the Arboretum. Peyton wasn't to happy that I had to put him down to take the picture.

Yes, this is Hayden in his underwear, wearing his favorite pink boots. I was so excited that he is finally potty trained and he looks so dang cute that I had to take a picture.

This was Peyton drinking all of my orange smoothy and absolutley loving it!

He looks just like his DAD, but he is totally a momma's boy!

A Day Out with Thomas

2009-04-28T16:42:00.000-07:00

So, we took the boys to A Day Out with Thomas. It was like their dream day. Carter and Hayden both were in Heaven. Peyton (my little momma's boy) was also perfectly happy because I carried him in the beco all day. He is totally happy if he is with his mom. I love it!

We actually got to ride on Thomas! Yahoo, $80 for a 25 min ride. It was kind of a jip, but the boys couldn't have been happier.

Carter's Birthday

2009-04-28T11:55:00.000-07:00

We got a new camera and we haven't had the time to figure out how to use it. So, I am a little bit behind on my blogging, but these pictures were to cute to not put on here.

At the end of February, Carter turned 5 and to celebrate his birthday we went to Bowl-A-Rama. It was the first time the boys had been bowling. It was so much fun. They had these metal ramps that the boys could just roll their balls down. They also had super lite balls. The boys loved it. The pizza was great too!

I had to show Seth how it's done!

2009-04-28T09:41:00.000-07:00

OH MY GOSH! I LOVE MY BABY!!!!!! In this picture you can see that he was just starting to get his two bottom teeth in. After that, instead of getting his two top teeth, he got his fang teeth. It's totally hilarious, when he laughs he looks like a little vampire.

Peyton loves food!

At ten months old, he still doesn't crawl. But just this last week he has started this cute pop thing with his toes and he grabs with his hands and pulls and somehow that gets him around the house.

2009-04-28T09:08:00.000-07:00

Carter's preschool had there Easter Party at a really cool park in Sunnyvale. They had a relay race, which Carter actually was very good at keeping his egg on the spoon. Hayden just held them both and ran. They had an Easter egg hunt. Carter had to collect all the eggs with an 8 on them and Hayden had to collect all the eggs with a zero on them. They both had a blast.

Christmas in Idaho

2009-01-28T10:42:00.000-08:00

We had a fantastic trip to Idaho over Christmas. It was so wonderful to see our friends and family.

We were at the Marina in Bear Lake. It was beautifu!

Granny and Gramps Nelson

Trevor and Teddi took me for my first ride on a snow machine. He even let me drive ( Ty's snow machine).

Peyton hung out with Aunt Jackie and Grandma Verdeen while we rode on the sled.

While we were there Carter and Tia got married. He tried to kiss her!

The best part of the whole trip was hanging out at Gram & Gramp's house. One day, after getting 7 new inches of snow, we played in the yard with Grandpa and uncle Cody. We built the best snowman.

The boys were in Heaven. They absolutely loved the snow.

We had a pretty crazy family Christmas party!

Uncle Tyson and Aunt Cassi are having their own sweet baby in June! I can't wait.

Seth got to go to Island Park snow machining with his friends. Afterwards we all met up for dinner.

While Seth was playing in the snow, I got to catch up with Jamie, Virgil and their girls.

I also got a night out with my friends. Here is a cute picture with some of the kids.

Dang cute babies!

On the long drive to Idaho, we stopped in Albequerque and stayed with our friends Drew and Brandy. We took the kids on a train ride to Santa Fe. The boys loved it!

We love and miss you all!

Yes! We made it.

2008-12-15T12:36:00.000-08:00

Seth just finished his first semester of his MBA. We still have a long road ahead of us, but hopefully this was the hardest. The last few months have been a little more difficult then what we have ever had to face before. But we did it and somehow grew much stronger along the way. I am so proud of Seth. I don't know how he does it, but he gives 110% to his family, his job, and his school work. He is so amazing and I love him so much.

My Adorable Baby!

2008-12-03T18:40:00.000-08:00

A Day with Gram & Gramps

2008-11-19T19:32:00.001-08:00

Great pictures from the Dallas Arboretum

2008-11-18T12:32:00.000-08:00

I told them both to act crazy like the vine branches and they both did the exact same pose. It was so funny.

Carter with his best friend Ashton.

I had a fantastic day with my boys. They are so great. I love them so much!

Halloween

2008-11-08T09:44:00.001-08:00

We were really lucky this year to have Gramps and Gram with us for Halloween. Carter and Hayden made their own costumes. Carter is Thomas the Train and Hayden is a Red Airplane Pilot and Peyton was a very cute pumpkin.

Hayden's Birthday

2008-11-08T08:33:00.000-08:00

Our Hayden Ray turned 3 years old on Nov. 1st.
We had such a fantastic day!

Gram gets a yummy frosting kiss from the birthday boy.

We took the boys to Adventure Landing and I'm pretty sure the adults had just as much fun as the kids.

Here's me killing everyone on the race track. (not really)

Carter got to ride with Dad and Hayden got to ride with Gramps. They loved it.

Gram and happy, chubby baby Peyton.

We did some miniture golfing. They were all lucky I was holding the baby and not on my best game.

Carter and Hayden were showing us their dance moves.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAYDEN RAY! WE LOVE YOU!

Crownover Baptism

2008-10-27T09:05:00.000-07:00

Some really close friends of ours, the Crownover's, baptized their kids this weekend and had a party at their farm afterwards. The weather was fantastic and the kids had a blast.

Sitting next to Carter is my friend Juliana. Her darling little girl Mariam, is one of the kids that got baptized. We were on a hayride to the pumpkin patch to find some pumpkins.

The boys got to ride on donkeys. They loved it.

Carter loves his friend Michael.

Funny Fowl

2008-10-27T08:17:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know this is totally gross, but it was so cool. The other day the boys were looking out the window and they were talking about the chicken in the road. When I looked out, there was this huge vulture eating a dead squirrel. I tried to get closer to get a good picture and it opened it's wings like it was trying to scare my away.

A few weeks before the vulture the same thing happened. The boys were looking out the window and they started yelling, "Mom there's a duck in the front yard." Sure enough, there was a duck sitting out there. So we got some old hamburger buns and went out and fed it. Although, the boys ended up eating most of the buns.

My baby is getting so big!

2008-10-27T07:49:00.000-07:00

Peyton is four months old now. Time goes by way to fast.

Peyton has the best grins and giggles and he loves to share them.

Peyton and Jason were born only two weeks apart.

Best Friends

2008-10-14T20:09:00.000-07:00

Today Hayden and Peyton and I went to pick Carter up from school. Hayden knows the routine by now and he runs right into Carter’s school and books it around the corner and down the hall. By the time I catch up with him he is all the way at the end of the hallway running into the arms of Carter. They stood and hugged in the middle of the hallway. It was the cutest thing ever. It made my heart just melt to see their love for each other. Another great blessing of being a Mom!

The weather has been so fantastic lately. We were able to take the boys to the Herd Museum to see life size dinosaurs the other day. It was great. Both of my boys love dinosaurs, especially Hayden.

Here is a picture of the boys with most of their friends. We are missing a few buddies.

Here is my boys with their newest friends. They are both GIRLS! Our playgroup desperately needed some girls. Although, one of my close friends just found out she is having a girl. We are so excited.

Too bad there isn't one for Carter. I'm sure he will find plenty of girlfriends at school.

Cute Boys!

2008-09-23T19:31:00.000-07:00

Here's the sexiest of my four boys wearing a do-rag that someone found floating in the lake. Gross!

Trip to Oklahoma City

2008-09-16T19:32:00.000-07:00

For Labor Day weekened we decided to check out Oklahoma City. It is only a few hours north of Dallas and it is a really pretty drive.

This is the Memorial that now stands where the Federal Building used to be before it was bombed in 1995.

This is also at the Federal Building Memorial. The chairs in the background represent every person that got killed that day. There are smaller ones for the children that died.

In the downtown area there was a riverwalk that you could tour downtown in a boat. It was really great, just really squishy. Plus, I had to nurse Peyton right in the middle of it and the little girl next to me kept screaming, "Mommy, what is the baby doing?" It was hilarious.

The hotel was almost the best part of the trip. There was a Sooner's game and a huge rodeo in town so we drove to four different hotels before we finally gave up and spent $300 on this fantastic 2 bedroom suite at the Marriot. It really was sweeeet. The boys had a blast. We all had our own beds. It was great.

Who knows?

Here's more pictures of the Memorial. I love how it was designed. It was so peaceful and yet very touching.

This is called the Survivor Tree because it survived the blast that occured right next to it.

Here is just some more pictures of MY BOYS. I love them so much!

That would be Desitin all over Hayden's face! I walked in and all he said was, "Mom, this is for my bum!" It was great.
Here's my happy little baby. He is such a happy little fart. He has started giggling and it is the cutest thing ever. I love it!

Carter's First Day of Pre-School

2008-09-13T09:30:00.000-07:00

Hooray! Carter has started preschool. He has been so excited for this day for over a year now. He started out the day with a bowl of oatmeal next to his best friend Hayden.

Hayden was as excited as Carter, but he didn't realize that he would be coming home with me and that Carter would be staying. He stood right by Carter for as long as he could.

Hayden and I survived though. We both managed to leave with no tears, just smiles. It helped having really great friends there with me. We'll see how I handle kindergarten and first grade!

Trev & Ted's Visit

2008-09-03T06:07:00.000-07:00

My youngest brother Trevor and his girl friend Tedi came and played with us for a week. It was Tedi's birthday so the boys helped me make a birthday cake and they were going nuts waiting for Trev & Tedi to get here. Of course they were excited to see Trevor, but they were really excited to help Tedi eat her cake.
Carter played the piano for us while we sang Happy Birthday to Tedi.

Baby Peyton wasn't to interested in exploring all of Dallas so we just chilled at the house and watched a lot of Olympics, but we did get out to Dallas Zoo one day.

We had such a fantastic time and we miss them so much.

2008-08-25T14:06:00.000-07:00

On August 10th we blessed our sweet baby Peyton. Seth's mom, sister Lisa, and brother Danny were all able to be there. It was such a wonderful day!

Seth's mom and Lisa were able to stay for a few days.

We took them to see the Dallas Temple and around downtown Dallas. We had a great time with them. We were so happy that they could come.

Peyton is getting so big. He is by far my chubbiest baby. I love it!

Isn't he so precious! I love him to pieces.

Gram's Visit

2008-08-06T12:17:00.000-07:00

My mom came to stay with us for a few weeks after Peyton was born and we all loved it, especially the boys.

Gram took the boys to the park and they wore her out.

Here's the boys enjoying the swimming pool that Gram bought them.

Hayden wasn't happy until he had soaked everyone with the hose.

For the 4th of July we went to Rockwall to watch the fireworks over the lake.

We took Gram to the Dallas Zoo.

And of course, Peyton enjoyed all the loves from Gram.

While she was here, Gram made this really cool tepee for the boys. They totally love it. She is such a great Grandma. We love and appreciate her so much.

2008-07-23T10:36:00.000-07:00

PEYTON DOUGLAS LUKER

Peyton is the sweetest baby ever! We love having here in our little family.
It doesn't take much to get a full mouth grin from him, which is the cutest thing ever. The boys love seeing him smile at them.

Sorry, I love watching him sleep and I take a million pictures of it.

Here's my other two crazy boys. Hayden has rediscovered the pacifer and Carter might look like Bob the Builder, but he is actually a honeysucker (Bee Movie).

I love my BOYS!

2008-07-03T14:42:00.000-07:00

We have another BOY!

Peyton Douglas Luker

He was born on June 19, 2008 at 12:54 a.m.

6 lbs. 13oz. and 20 and 1/4 inches long
with a head full of BLACK HAIR!

And here is the little girl that we always wanted.

Carter and Hayden love their new baby brother.

Cody & Beth's visit to Texas

2008-06-02T14:17:00.000-07:00

This spring Cody and Beth came to see us. It was so fantastic to have them here and they took some really great pictures. You can kind of see a little belly poking out. I was around 7 months pregnant.

Fun Pictures!

2008-06-02T12:15:00.000-07:00

Here's our dang cute little boys! You can tell from this picture that Carter is the sweet one and Hayden is just full of it.

Carter has a thing with putting underwear over his face like a mask. That's something he had to of gotten from his Dad.

Mother's Day

2008-06-01T15:36:00.000-07:00

I had a fantastic Mother's Day with Seth and the boys!

We walked by White Rock Lake. It was a beautiful day.

Okay, not a great picture of me, but Carter really loves to hug and kiss my belly. It is really cute. The boys are very excited about the baby coming, probably because that means Gram is coming from Idaho. We still have about 6 more weeks to go.