The Estes Family: Hallelujah!!

First I have to breathe a HUGE sigh of relief! One of the biggest things I was dreading about this summer is about 95% over for me! HALLELUJAH!! As I mentioned in the previous blog, we are going to finish the larger 2/3 of our basment this summer so that Luke has a play space during the winter especially. Anyhow, I was absolutely not looking forward to cleaning the basement out (as it was FULL of crap!). Over the last couple of weeks and any "spare" time I had with Luke around, David and I threw out basically a dump trailor worth of junk and trash and I have almost everything in plastic bins and organized on the unfinished side of the basement and part we're going to do is officially CLEARED OUT!! David has to take some measurements and make a material list and the project should be underway!! YIPEE! It'll take a few weeks, trying to fit it in on evenings and weekends, but it'll definitely be done this summer...hopefully by August! We have something to add to the basement when it's finished too......while garage saling, David came across a tanning bed that is 2 years old and hardly used and the seller was trying to get rid of it. We bought it for $250! Haha, how funny that I'll have a tanning bed in the basement now :) I like to tan a little before vacations so I don't burn and for occassions like my sissy's wedding next summer. I don't plan on using it year round of course.

We've definitely been LOVING the weather! I can't tell you how much better I feel on a daily basis when the sun comes up early and goes down late and it's warm out. We put up Luke's little swimming pool and picked up his sand and water table (still needs put together though). We've started swimming at Great Aunt Mim and Uncle John's. It's an inground pool that I grew up at. We absolutely LOVE going there!

Luke and our Youth Pastor's boy Vaden. They were over for a cook out one evening and the boys got to play a little :)

One of the little rides at Toys R Us on the way out. Daddy had to hold his hand behind Luke's head because the shaking threw his head back into the metal coin slot! Luke liked the worm climbing in the apple.

Goofy boy eating one his favorite desserts......banana cookies!!

Nakie Luke climbed onto the chaise lounge chair and then up onto the end table! Little naked monkey!

Scribbles on the bathtub

Another favorite food.........."deese"

Washin the cheese down with a huge can of sweet tea!

What can you say about that look!?

Climbin with daddy's hat on

Taking daddy's hat OFF!

Funny face :)

Stealing the melon....

Eating the melon..............

Still eating the melon :) Crack me up!

First time in his new pool

Getting sprayed by the elephant!

Hard to see, but daddy's spraying him on the belly.

That looks so uncomfortable! Look at that belly!!

Huh?

Baby shower for our friends Mike and Shannon. They're expecting a boy in September!! :)

A momentous ocassion. LUKE'S FIRST HAIR CUT!! I decided enough was enough with mommy's hair trimmings and decided to go get it cut. Went to a kid's salon and Luke didn't want to sit on the animal seat alone, so he sat on my lap and ate his sucker while they chopped his hair. He was oblivious!

David caught me with an awkward look on my face. Duker was such a good boy!! 5 minutes in the chair and $13 later we were out of there. Pretty expensive for a little boy's hair cut!