Police men and good parenting

Today Lily threw a level 10 flailing and screaming hissy fit. She would not stay in time out so I took those flailing limbs of hers and proceeded to dump them into her crib. When she had calmed down I went to get her out and talk to her about it...

Me: Lily we do not scream and yell like that, can you say sorry?

Lily: Sorry I scream and yell Mommy

Me: What happens when we scream and yell like that?

Lily: The police man will come and take me away

not exactly the answer I was looking for, but nice to know that I'm a good mom and I've trained my child to be scared of police! Whenever Luke won't buckle up in his car seat I tell him that the police will get really mad and give us a ticket if he doesn't do it. Apparently lily has been listening hahaha Poor girl.

Some kids like spiderman

Well here is our retirement. Some day the old Duke boy will be famous and we will finally have the private Jet that we have always wanted. Luke when you are famous and rich please remember who taped that microphone onto that stick for you and who bought you your first guitar!!

I was in the kitchen doing dishes and I heard him singing, which is nothing new, but I snuck in to see him and he had that stick stuck into the couch so I offered to add a microphone and he pretty much thought that I was the coolest thing ever. My favorite part is that he steps forward to sing and then steps back to play hahahha he's a pro. At least he's using his birthday present and we'll just have to see what he can do in a few years!!!!

Personal Chef

This is what it looks like at my house in the morning when my own personal Chef makes me eggs for breakfast with smoothie all over her face and wearing her brothers pajamas's.


Thanks Lily they were delish. And no those are not real eggs, for about a week every time I turned around she did have real eggs she was playing with so I found some wooden ones that seem to do the trick. Come for a visit and you might get your own huh grandma and grandpa nudge nudge

Luke turns 5

Happy B-day Luke



Luke saw this cake online and talked about it for a good month before his birthday. He talked daily of his "Farm Cake" so it was fun to actually put it all together. He loved it and his friends all had fun picking which animal they wanted to eat and by eat I mean lick off all of the frosting!


Cute 5 year old boy






And for the big finish Ramsey and I got Luke his very own guitar. This boy spends all day pretending he's playing the guitar or else he is begging his Dad to play his for him. So here is one happy boy with his very own guitar, Ramsey says that he can teach him to play so we'll see!!



Happy Birthday Luke Boy

right now you

-love the Guitar, Anything by Credence Clear water Revival and the Beatles
-you sing Down on the corner, Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Hey Jude, Let it be and several other songs all day long
- You love the movie Pinocchio
-You are really into this whole "Big boy" thing. You tell me constantly that you are a big boy now so you don't scream (thank you Luke I have been waiting for this realization) That you don't cry (well sometimes) and that you can be very helpful when you want to be.
-You love puzzles
-you love love love babies (especially baby Seth, Henry and Jerry)
-You make me sing you 5 songs every night before you will go to sleep. Rock a bye baby, I belong to the church of Jesus Christ, Bare Necessities, The song of a bird. and then Families can be together forever. EVERY NIGHT!

Anything that your Dad does is the greatest and coolest thing on earth but when push comes to shove you love your Mama!

Love you Luke boy

Blackberry Picking and cute kids

One of my friends found this little farm with thorn less Blackberries that you pick yourself. We loved it so much that we went twice!



The people who owned the farm were so sweet and we played there for almost 2 hours.

Before picking the berries we went to an old Civil War house and the kids had fun playing on a Civil War cannon.
I don't think that there is anything cuter than Lily and Ivy

Accept for maybe Lily and Sam...It's a tie

A Summer to Remember

On our long trip back to Kentucky we flew out of Salt Lake and the kids and I spent a day on Temple Square with my Mom, So fun to see the kids there.

Mountains, Cousins and Big Scoop

Nothing like an afternoon in Waterton eating ice cream at the Big Scoop...Classic. Our last day in Canada could not have been better.



These boys are so cute together, I love that we live close to them because they get to see each other more than once a year. Team Jacob





Love me a little Josh!
We love you Mom and Dad how about a trip out our way???

This pretty much summs up Lily and Angela's relationship. Lily is a mini Angela and they are both CRAZY!!!!

I told Clair and Mia to pose for a quick snap shot and this is what I got...Beautiful!!







We had the most beautiful day in Waterton, no wind (a miracle in itself) good food, ice cream and best of all a day with Family!!