Look Alike

So, when Luke was born I thought he looked exactly like Ty. The only part of me that I could find in him was his crooked toe, which was fine. Now that he has gotten older, lots of people have told me that he looks a lot like me. After seeing this picture I'm starting to believe them!

Tagged

The Rules: Answer the questions using only one word. Then tag four others.

1. Where is your cell phone? charging
2. Your significant other? Ty
3. Your hair? blah
4. Your mother? home
5. Your father? outgoing
6. Your favorite thing? popsicles
7. Your dream last night? strange
8 Your favorite drink? juice
9. Your dream/goal? impact
10. The room you’re in? miscellaneous
11. Your hobby? games
12. Your fear? alone
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Thatcher
14. What you’re not? glamorous
15. Muffins? please!
16. One of your wish list items? patio
17. Where you grew up? trees
18. The last thing you did? pick-up
19. What are you wearing? shorts
20. Favorite gadget? camera
21. Your pets? nonexistent
22. Your computer? slow!!!
23. Your mood? relaxed
24. Missing someone? Necia
25. Your car? beautiful
26. Something you’re not wearing? goggles
27. Favorite store? baby
28. Like someone? everyone
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? always
31. Last time you cried? July

I am tagging Brittany, Janessa, Chantel, and Kim
p.s. I understand if you don't want to do this.

Busy July

Well, I've been waiting for something interesting to happen in our lives before I make our second real post, and, at least as far as I'm concerned, these past couple of weeks have been pretty interesting. I'll start with the biggest news. My little sister Necia is engaged!!!!! I am probally just as excited as she is. She is going to marry Tyson Adams of Show Low at the end of September. I knew she always wanted to be just like me, so now she's going to marry a Ty(son) of her own.
On a not so happy note, I got strep throat this last week. I don't think I'd had that since I was about 14, and it was just as miserable as I remembered it to be. I just layed around and didn't eat anything and watched our house turn into an absolute mess. Luckily though, I think I managed not to spread it to anyone else. I was so worried Luke would get it.
Last Saturday was Thatcher's big 24th of July celebration, and oh boy it was huge! I rode on our ward's float playing pioneer songs on my violin. After that there was a big program, dinner, games, and fire works at the EAC football field.
This week was the big Dowdle family reunion near Heber, Az. (Dowdle is Ty's mother's maiden name.) I don't think there are many familys bigger than Ty's extended family. We had a blast camping, visiting with family, playing horseshoes and ghetto Uno! Luke was covered in dirt at the end of each day and loved it. The only bad part was that we were only able to be there 2 of the 4 days, because Ty had to work. Anyways, I hope all is well with all of you, and that has been our busy and fun last couple of weeks!

Ty and Luke with Grannie and Grandpa Dowdle.

The cousins love having pictures taken together.

Coby (11 mo.), Ridge (9 mo.), and Luke (14 mo.)

Ty's whole family minus about 10 people.

Luke and Jackson enjoying suckers together.

Our new carpet

I don't know of anything except for maybe his family that brings Ty more joy in his life than a well manicured lawn. He refers to it lovingly as his carpet. We planted our backyard with seed on May 31st, and this is what it looked like about a week and an half ago. Now the bare spots are even more filled in. We also planted a garden then too. Luke loves to help mom in the garden. I pick the veggies and set them aside and Luke throws them back into the garden.

Luke helping to water the lawn

Our first attempt at blogging

This is my first attempt at blogging. Savannah told me I needed to get on the ball and start a blog, so here I go. Here's what's been going on in our lives recently. We moved from Scottsdale to Thatcher in March. Ty's dad offered him a job, and we jumped at the chance to move back to a small town. Our adorable son Luke had his first birthday in April, and he is so much fun! He is learning how to talk now and gets into everything! For sure he knows how to say mama, dada, shoes, dog, and uh-oh. We're pretty sure he can say outside, inside, juice, cheese, this, that, fish, and a few other words. Just like any good little boy he has mastered all of his sound effects. We recently just returned from a family reunion in Utah at Lagoon, and we have been enjoying our summer so far. Here's some pics of our summer so far.

Everyday life with Luke

Trip to Lakeside

More Lakeside fun

Luke with Rhylan, Savannah's little girl

Fun at the Pool

Swimming with the Allen cousins.

Smith Family Reunion at Lagoon

Luke and Nana and Papa's puppy Lucy.

Luke 12 months

I got a new camera in May, and here are some pics of my favorite subject to photograph!