Christmas Eve Hike

We went on a family hike in Forest Park on Christmas Eve Day.

Luke loves to hike! He ran on the trails and was disappointed when the trail ended.

And when we got home, we built a bonfire in the back yard.

Luke helped gather the scrap lumber.

Christmas

December Pre-Christmas

Luke hauling the Christmas tree home from Kruger's farmers market,
just a few blocks from home.

Tree decorating

The little punk

Luke does not eat well, but then one day out of nowhere

he asks for a bowl of peas and eats every one.

Luke met his new cousin, Josie, a couple weeks ago.
Josie is an Australian Shepherd puppy!

The puppies frolicking

Luke's Art

Here is some of Luke's art work.
He loves to paint and draw and often impresses us with his creations.

'Mommy, this is you when you were 5'

Watercolor on construction paper

'Daddy, I made a submarine for you"

Magnetic doodle board

November Pics

I haven't been able to keep up with the blog very well lately. I've been spending many hours working and also we never seem to have any really great pictures to post. Here are the meager few from November.

Luke went to his first Portland Winterhawks hockey game with dad.
He loved it and now says that hockey is his favorite sport.

Luke has also been taking weekly 'Soccer Shots' classes at day care and is getting more and more comfortable and confident with kicking the soccer ball around. We practice in the living room.

Thanksgiving Day walk
Thanksgiving Day walk with our little yellow house in the background

The hummingbird feeder outside our living room window sees a lot of action.

Luke and his 'book blanket'