Back on the Chain Gang

After a lot of patience, Hadyn has her new bed, and yes, it does swing back and forth and side to side.  It actually makes me a little sea sick watching, but she loves it, and actually went to bed at bedtime and, get this, stayed in bed!  She has a great dad who was as happy with the bed as she was...I suppose he was just happy to see the perma-grin on her face.

Now they both have their super-cool beds.  

After getting them to sleep, Jeff and I went to bed in our very boring, headboarded, sitting on the floor bed... 

Burn Baby Burn and Ride Baby Ride

I grew up in southeast Idaho, and burning stubble fields and ditches is not a new thing for me.  However, doing so with the right equipment is.  Our neighbors (the one's with horses) are going to put some cattle behind our house, so was burning the ditch bank and clearing brush so a fence could be put up.  Jeff went out to help, and was excited to learn a gigantic flame thrower/propane tank would be used.  To say he had fun is an understatement.  I just kept wishing that my dad lived closer, because he would have loved it.  

As a side note, as I left the men to their work and walked back into the house, Hadyn was standing at the back window with tears rolling down her cheeks.  All she could see was Jeff standing in the fire.  So sweet.  I wonder what she thinks of me, since I just walked away leaving him to the flames...actually, I don't want to know...

Also this week, we had something very exciting happen...

Livin' the Life

Just a few pics of the goings-on at the Luke residence...

I just thought this was funny.  Those are noise cancelling headphones that Regan is wearing, so, of course, the volume on the TV was totally jacked up.  To make it even more interesting, guess what she was watching?  

Yep, the Antique Roadshow on PBS.

Hadyn has probably been a little neglected in recent posts, with a baptism and a birthday for Regan.  She got ready for school the other day and came out of her room and I was suddenly hit with how fast she is growing up.  

This is not a picture of my baby...where did little Hadyn go?

We found that we have a slightly lackadaisical tooth fairy here.  

It took her two days to come get Regan's two teeth that came out. 

In what I am sure was an attempt to make up for/release some guilt over the incident, she left two intricately folded dollars.  

Regan thought it was awesome and can't wait to see what else the tooth fairy can do on the next tooth...

I bet the tooth fairy is a little nervous since, I bet, that was the only origami she knew...

This weekend we got all of our Saturday work done quickly, mostly by choosing to put it off, but that is another post...so we went for a ride on the greenbelt.  It was, as always, fun.  The most exciting thing was that Regan rode her own bike the whole time.  This may seem less-than-exciting unless you understand that Regan DOES NOT do anything she is not immediately good at.  Luckily, she is a natural at most things, but riding a bike was not one of those things.  She's been able to ride for some time, but has never liked doing it.  Just the last week or so she has been actually having fun riding around our subdivision.  The greenbelt was her first time with crowds and a narrow space (since there are two lanes of opposing traffic).  

She did great and rode over three miles.  

She crashed and burned once, but that was my fault.  

I know, super mom.  

Hadyn got the sweet ride in the bike trailer.  

Someday I'm going to find a bike trailer I can ride in.  

It seems like a very relaxing way to travel.

More Horsin' Around

Sam...aside from my own, the cutest kid on the planet.  He's 4, and just a little gentleman cowboy.

Sarah, Sam's sister.  She and Regan are really good friends.  The sun is in their eyes...

I Like to Look for Rainbows...

Regan had a big day on Saturday.  We are so proud of her.  Got teary-eyed then...getting teary-eyed now...better keep it short...