Hi! My name is Luke and this is a blog about my family and I: parenting, friends, weekend trips, and some challenging things we navigate as well.
This blog is an archive for my own memories: “These are the good years” I often say. Some day things will change, but for now, things are pretty good, and I keep this blog as a memory of that.
Marriage is great, and being a dad is funny and hard, that’s why the tag for this blog is “proud supporters of fun and failures”, because if you can’t laugh at yourself, what’s the point?
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Christmas, Washington DC, and birthday
Long time no see! It has been a while, but there has been a lot going on since Rosie turned 7 on December 3rd. It has been busy, just like the rest of you- but it is very FULL of all the good things. Christmas 2021 In the throes of the pandemic, we had another…
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Rosie Turns 7
This was an awesome weekend- and exhausting. Taylor does such a great job of helping Rosie feel loved. Even though the work has to be put in during the (late) hours of 9 pm after Rosie is settled in bed, Taylor knew it was worthwhile to create a scavenger hunt for Rosie when Rosie woke…
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Mexico (I want to go back)
Why there? Way back in March of this year, the pandemic seemed to be letting up. There were rumors of “Life going back to normal” and things seemed to be opening up. Taylor and I were feeling bored. After the rush of being pregnant with Mercy, the pandemic, having the baby, and getting through the…
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Halloween 2021
I have never seen so many kids trick or treating! Perhaps this seemed so shocking on the heels of covid, but building on the success of having the roads shut down to help facilitate trick or treating for our neighborhood, the road was packed! We had a lot of fun meeting up with some neighbors,…
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OIB for the weekend
At the last minute, we got the chance to come down to Ocean Isle Beach for the weekend, and it has been great. The weather was beautiful, and we got to sit out on the sand and play in the water- the week before Halloween even! Mercy and Rosie played so well together. They are…
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To grandmothers house I go…
The past few weeks have been busy with good things. Mercy is closer to walking Taylor did a retreat last night went to Waco, TX to see Grandma Sue Looking forward to Mexico in less than 2 weeks Mercy is (almost) walking Its wild how two siblings can be so incredibly different. Rosie, at 1…
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Mercy turns 1, going to see Grandma
Mercy turns 1. Its hard to believe its been a year. And as Mercy gets older, it is so evident to see how much different she is than Rosie. One example was their 1 year checkup at their pediatrician (they both go to the same pediatrician). When Rosie went to her 1 year checkup, she…
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Two birthday milestones
This was a big week- Deborah and Mercy both had big birthdays. Deborah turned 60, and Mercy turned 1. Happy Birthday Deborah! For months, literally months, we have been prepping our house for this party. Some might ask, “what can you do for months to prepare for a party?” Well its funny you should ask.…
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Bring on fall, y’all
When do things slow down? They say… when we are dead. Since the last post: Rosie and I went camping Rosie and Mercy continue to be inseperable Grandma Sue had a stroke 🙁 We went on a trip to the lake with Matt, Evan, Lila, Amelia, and mom. Rosie and I went camping This summer,…
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Still closing summer, and an interior decorator.
This week is Taylor’s birthday. And one of the big gifts she got was an interior decorator(thanks Deb!). Why is this so important? We have been working through some to-dos in our house. Things that we want to do because when we moved into the house: We were house poor. We were about to have…
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Closing summer, happy anniversary
Taylor and I celebrated our 11 year anniversary this weekend by going to 1618 Seafood. Deborah took BOTH girls for the night, marking Taylor’s FIRST night away from Mercy. Several times during the night, the silence was perfect. There was no one begging for our attention, no one trying to be convinced to do something,…
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Grammy’s funeral
This is a short post, not lengthy by any means, because Rosie, who is 6, might wake up at any moment. However, I just got back from Grammy’s funeral, and it was nice. Dad-5Gordy-3Liz-3Steve-3. That is a total of 14 grandkids, and 12 great-grandkids (and counting, I am looking at you Richardson fam!). The awesome…