Sunday, September 30, 2007

Luke's 1st Birthday Party!

Our little Luke is 1-year-old!!! Today is big Luke's 1st birthday. Yesterday we had a football themed party for the little man & some of his friends. Here are a few highlight pictures. If you are interested in seeing more there is a link on the left of the blog...

The birthday boy playing in one of the ball pits


I can't decide if I like this cake stuff...

I love this present opening business!

Water Babies

A couple of weeks ago our little swimmers had an underwater photo op & we just got the pictures back! They are too funny...
Luke & Madison going for a dip
Maddie practicing her freestyle
Luke flying solo

Friday, September 28, 2007

Welcome Reese!

Madison & Luke have a new friend! Our good friends Ashley & Noah welcomed their beautiful baby girl Reese into the world yesterday. Here are a few pictures...

The little angel herself

The beautiful Temple Family!


Jenn & the sweet baby girl!

On a walk with Peeege

From Maddie...this morning we went on a walk with our friends Peeeege (Paige) & Aunt Dara. I ousted Luke from our double stroller so that Peege & I could ride together...

Maddie & Paige headed for Noah's

Not to be outdone...Luke practicing his ABC's & 1, 2, 3's!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Playdate!

Yesterday the kids had a playdate with their friends Thomas & Theo Scharrenberg & Sawyer Brooks. Thomas & Madison are only 2 days apart & have been lifelong friends. Luke is only a month older than Sawyer & 2 months old than Theo so all of the kids are really close in age. Heidi Scharrenberg & Barb Brooks are two good friends of mine from high school. The kids had such a great time. Thomas & Madison especially liked Barb's chocolate lab, Chico. Poor Chico couldn't shake those two :-) It was a great excuse for us Moms to get together and catch up.
Madison & Thomas


Luke, Theo & Sawyer...the future of SFHS football!


Thursday, September 20, 2007

First Post

Hello!

We decided to start a blog to help capture some of the memories Madison & Luke are creating everyday. It seems to be going so fast! This way I can post pictures of our little monkeys & stop bombarding your inbox with emails...you can peruse when/if you want to.

The past few weeks have been crazy! Madison started preschool & she absolutely loves it! We are so happy. The first day she was the only one out of the 8 kids in her class that didn't cry. She gets so excited when we get there & just dives into the crafts, etc. that are set-up for the day. The teacher says that her favorite time is music & dance and that she dances her heart out. I can only imagine :-)

Luke is growing like a weed! He is crawling all over the place & pulling up on everything. I wouldn't be surprise if he was walking very soon. He is all boy. He gets excited when he sees fire engines, airplanes & the lawn mower! He loves to wrestle & starts laughing hysterically if you pretend to punch him in the stomach. It's too cute.

Well, I hope everyone is doing well! If you are interested at all about what is going on in the Allen household I will try and keep this site as update to date as possible.

All our love,
Mike, Jennifer, Madison & Luke


Luke helping Mommy with the dishes


Trying to pry Maddie away from preschool