Joy and Pain

Lukes in black.  Kate has a new theory that Big Luke gave us Baby Luke as a gift.  I guess that makes sense?

A family kiss for the birthday boy.

Happy 16th birthday to our sweet old man!

Handsome boys.

Handsome boys and that sweet little Allie dog.

Allie and her Mama.

16 candles:  Birthday party time!

This weekend we had two big celebrations.  Pater turned 16 years old and we celebrated with a birthday party complete with carrot cake (his favorite).  We also celebrated the next step for Luke and Mary.  Luke just graduated from dental school and in a couple of weeks, they will be moving to Nashville where he was accepted to the Vanderbilt Oral Maxillofacial surgery residency program.  Mary also got a new job as a nurse in the Cardiac ICU at Vanderbilt.  They are two of the most amazing people we know (with one of the most amazing puppies we know) and although couldn't be more excited for them,  we are going to miss them like crazy.  We are already planning our first trip to Nashville later this summer, because we know we can't live without them.  We love you guys and can't wait for you to do (more) great things!