Thanks Aunt Jen for sending us to meet the "real" Thomas!
We had a great time today meeting Thomas. Sorry for all the pics. There is an aunt, nana and papa that live a long ways away that I know are going to be anxious to see pictures!
The bounce house
The "Real" Thomas
We also had a family picture taken, but Daniel is going to have to help me scan it.
One of Luke's favorite things - playing with trains
At a "sing-a-long"
On a train
Getting a tatoo - James is his favorite train. Luke is going to be James for Halloween!
Riding on the "real" Thomas
Looking out the window
Climbing the wall to slide down the slide
Back to play with the trains again!
Waiting to meet Sir Topham Hatt
Meeting Sir Topham Hatt
Picture with James
We got a balloon and actually made it home with it! Luke is still traumatized from losing his Elmo balloon.
Playing with his gift shop purchase - a Thomas bubble blower
This was just a cute picture. Luke made a bed out of my laundry basket. I can not begin to tell you how much this little guy is growing up. His language sounds so big now. He still has a few words that have a little bit of baby in them. Instead of saying another he says "anuhwe". It's so cute. His imaginative play has developed tremendously. It is so funny listening to him having a conversation between two toys.
We went to Tulsa last Thursday. The purpose of the trip was to get our hair cut on Friday and his 3 year old pictures taken on Saturday. I had over booked us so Daniel stayed home to take care of the concession stands that our youth ministry is doing for a fundraiser. We got in Thursday evening and Luke got to open a few early birthday presents. Aunt Jen got a big kiss from Luke because she bought him tickets to A Day Out With Thomas for his birthday. He is so excited! We are going this Friday. Stay tuned for lots of pictures!
We celebrated our 2nd Forever Family Day on August 14th! Luke knew that it was a very special day. He got a new shirt as a gift that day. Per his request we went to McDonald's for dinner and came home for cup cakes and ice cream! It was a very special, fun day. We are so very very blessed to be this little guys mommy and daddy.
August also marked our first anniversary of living in this house. We knew when we bought it that it was a "fixer upper". Daniel wanted to buy it and I wasn't so sure about it. It seems that we have had one issue after another. The plumbing in this bathroom has been messing up since February and the bathroom has been completely out of commission since May. Well, the plumbers came out to fix the plumbing and had to cut a hole in the bathroom floor. Here is Daniel after he has the hole fixed. He was FILTHY! But I was very proud of him for getting it fixed. They should be out to lay the tile the end of this week!!!
Mom, Dad and Jen came out Labor Day weekend. Luke went home with them. This marked the first official night that he stayed away that I wouldn't get to see him first thing the next morning. He looked like such a big boy with his toy backpack on his back and his clothes in the rolling backpack. He went home with them on Aug. 31st which is our 2 year anniversary at home!
We started this month by going to Sarah's 3rd birthday party. I can not begin to tell you how much Lukas loves being around Sarah and Avi Joy. He talks about them often, even though we don't get to see each other too often.
The birthday kiss!
We went to the river with my family for vacation. I guess Luke was afraid that we were going to leave him and thought he would jump in Nana's suit case!
Daddy took Luke down a big slide that went into the river. Luke was quite the trooper, but decided he didn't want to do that anymore.
Playing with cousins.
When we got back from the river we went to a concert with the Homan's at Utica Square. Luke and Sarah had a great time sharing snacks while we visited.
It was a little late, but before we left Nana and Papa's we popped some of those Pop-Its. That was my favorite when I was a kid and Luke liked them too!
The next week was Bible School. We hit the ground running after vacation. I was the co-director of Bible School so we had lots of things to get done when we got home. We did Veggie Tales and Luke had a blast all week.
The next week was the Free Will Baptist National Convention in Charleston, West Virginia. Our little man is quite the traveler. He loves to fly. He was great while we were there. There was a mall across the street from the Convention Center. We spent quite a bit of time over there riding rides. 
Luke also stayed the night two nights in Nana and Papa's hotel room. This was the first time that I haven't slept under the same room as him. We both survived! :)
After Nationals we got to stay home for a week. We left on August 2nd to head to OKC. Our flight left early on the 3rd so we stayed the night in OKC. Daniel and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on the 3rd while flying to Harlingen, TX with our youth ministry. It was so very romantic. I really don't mind sharing my anniversary though because at least 40 people received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.
Luke stomping trash at the Way of the Cross Warehouse while we are making kits to hand out. Our students crossed the border on Monday and Tuesday. I stayed back at the head quarters with Luke.
On Monday they went to the dump. It was a very eye opening experience for our kids. I really think that they have a better appreciation for the things that they have.
They also went into a neighborhood on Monday. They knocked on doors and invited people to a church service.
I think that the children were our kids highlight of the week. On Tuesday they went to a shark fishing village on the beach.
Daniel was an evangelist at a church camp the week of Memorial Day, so Luke and I headed to Tulsa to spend the holiday with family. We were able to spend Monday at Granny's and Grandma & James'.
Luke loves these cars at Granny's house. They used to be my uncles cars, so that is pretty neat.
These two keep Granny pretty busy. Kayla and Luke had so much fun together that Granny and Kayla came to our house about a week later and spent four nights.
Playing in the sprinkler is just one of the things that Kayla and Luke did during their visit to our house.
Church camp came after Granny and Kayla went home. It was a really great week.
Yes, this is my husband...Enough said. Camp always proves to be a life changing experience for our students. It is always amazing watching God work in the lives of our students.
Luke hung out with Nana and Papa the whole week of camp. Why would you want mom & dad when nana & papa are around? He had a blast!
We left camp with Nana and Papa Thursday evening after service to head to Tulsa for Vietnam Heritage Weekend. We were able to celebrate Father's Day with Papa. 
Vietnam Heritage Camp was so much fun. Luke got to hang out with his buddies. 
He got to meet Ella also!
He had a great time doing all the crafts on Saturday.
Although, he didn't quite know what to think about the red hand business.
We took our first swim of the summer this past Wednesday. We have a little fish on our hands. Luke had even more fun than he did last summer. We have quite a few water trips planned so that is a good thing!
We went to Hallie's b-day party at McDonald's this past weekend. Luke thought that it was pretty cool going to a party at McD's. When he woke up on Sunday morning the first words out of his mouth were "Where's the cake!". He's convinced that it is time for his birthday. He has already requested Lightning McQueen. We'll see what is in the works come October.