Papa and Luke

July also brought us a visit from Papa and Grandmama.  The boys got some extra special love and attention.  Here's Luke getting some special Papa time...

Lawson Time Capsule

Nana had a great idea of doing a Lawson time capsule to be opened in July 2025, which is also when she and Big T will celebrate their 50th anniversary.  All the adults wrote letters to each child.  This was super emotional for me, and MANY tears were shed during my writing process.  In 2025, we will have someone entering each high school grade, and Luke will be entering the 7th grade!  It's the year Jake will be 16 and have his license, and Cohen will be choosing a college.  I'm tearing up even now just thinking about it.  My sons, and my nephew and nieces mean so much to me.  It's a true gift from God to see them growing physically, but also emotionally, mentally and spiritually.  Already, I love seeing their personalities and gifts shine.  OK, enough mushy stuff, let's get to the pics.  The boys helped Big T dig the hole... 

 Nana read Max Lucado's "You are Special" as part of our time capsule "ceremony"...

 Each family member chose something to put inside to represent themselves in 2013.  We each shared what our object was and put it in the capsule.  Here are the kids filling it up...

 Then came time to bury it...

 Everyone contributed to putting the dirt back on top...

 Each child also made a stepping stone with their handprint on it that will mark the special spot.  It was definitely a fun activity to do together, and it will be so exciting to dig it up and see how far we've all come in 12 years!

Krazy Praizy

Our church offers fun activities for preschoolers on Tuesdays throughout the summer called Krazy Praizy.  Because Jake's so busy in the summer, we only made it once this year, but it was still lots of fun.  The week we went the focus was physical activity.  Jake was able to take a Kinder Dance class, and learn some tae kwon do moves.  He also decorated his own belt and headband...

Of course, Luke tagged along and was a happy spectator...

 

 

Mornings

One great thing about the summer is having a laid-back schedule with lazy mornings.  Sometimes we like to take advantage of the opportunity and hang out in our pjs for awhile.  Here are the boys being silly in their pjs...

The 4th

We had a fun-filled 4th including swimming, home-made fried chicken tenders, yummy sliders, watermelon, and of course, fireworks.  Cassy had festive pipe cleaners for the kids to make 4th of July "hats."  Here they are sporting their patriotic gear... 

 Luke didn't know what to make of his hat, but it sure was cute on his bald little head...

 Luke was fast asleep long before the fireworks began, and the noise didn't disturb him one bit.  The other kids were anxiously waiting the big production, and luckily, were not disappointed.  Waiting for the show...

Cousins



Over the 4th of July holiday, we spent some time at C^5's house.  Jake always loves being with his cousins, and now Luke does too.  Luke got lots of attention, especially from his girl cousins.  Here's how he felt about it...

as you can see, the girls took really good care of him.  Here, they are singing to him, and Campbell even danced for him...

Campbell is probably his biggest fan and was always checking on him...

Cohen and Jake are usually too busy playing together to pay much attention to Luke, but there was a moment when Cohen asked to hold him.  This is a goofy picture of Cohen, but you can tell Luke is happy...

Just for fun; here's a silly picture of Channing.  This girl is ADORABLE...

3 months

Luke turned 3 months back on July 13.  I'm not close to being caught up on my summer posts, but I figured I should start with this one since it's already August.  Here are his 3 month pictures.  Unfortunately, every single one is turned the wrong way, but at least I've got them.  As you can see from the pics, he's a smiley boy...

 These were taken the same day and show off his big blue eyes...