Adam's 16th Birthday

We celebrated Adam's 16th birthday on Sunday.
It was really great to have the family together.

Ella got to be the "birthday helper"

Tyler and Makkael stopped by.

A bunch of us pitched in and got him an
Xbox 360 and all the goodies that go along with it.

Adam with his parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.

4 generations of Lukas men

Our January Picnic at the park. These were taken on Jan. 15th - it was 85 degrees outside.

On Monday (02/02) we went out to "plant" in the mud. I have a video that I'll try to post soon ... she was so excited to plant her garden. I think we'll have to plant a real one in March.

Merry Christmas!

About a month ago we started talking about Santa ... and when asked what Santa was going to bring her, Ella always said "A Scarecrow puppet!".
Santa did good!!

Thanks to her grandparents ... Ella also got a Dorothy puppet and a Tin-man puppet.

We spent Christmas Eve at Jackie and Bubba's house. Here are a few pictures from last night.

Ella and her cousin, Michelle. Just being cute!

It's December!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Halloween 2008

Ella as Dorothy

Sammi as a rocker

Leah as Minnie Mouse

Adam and his friends all dressed as Greasers

Disneyland

Ella and I had a daytime Disneyland date last week. Her only request was that we get to see Chip and Dale and Goofy. I promised her that we would try ... but I didn't think that they were working. (We never see Chip and Dale anymore)
It was the end of our day - we took our trip through the Grand Canyon, saw the dinosaurs, but had not seen a single character. UNTIL - we got off the train. And there they were!! Mickey, Minnie and Goofy ... all in Halloween costumes. As we headed towards them ... we saw Chip headed our way! What a great way to end our day. Ella was so happy!!





We also went to Toon Town for the first time. Minnie's house was the highlight.

Summer Pics

We had a birthday bash for our August birthdays. Fun!!


Tom and Ella were not able to participate. :)






A trip to the Santa Ana Zoo with Daddy, Grandma Roberta and Grandpa Jim.









We had a great summer and we're sad it's over ... time to get ready for the holidays.