Merry Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas from the Lucas home to yours...may your season be filled with love, laughter and the gift of peace.

Emmanuel (God with us)

Conceived by the union of divine grace with our disgrace….
The Author enters His own story



What child is this, who, laid to rest
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?..
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The Babe, the Son of Mary!




The splendor of the King…clothed in majesty

I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth! Psalm 34:1


Merry Christmas!!!

Anyoung ha seyo!

Dinner with wonderful friends. Yummy, Kalbi tang! :-)

This just about sums it up...

Easter Celebrations!

Hallelujah!

Landon and Wilson were both baptized on Easter evening. Its too bad you can't hear me in this photo..all I could say was "Hallelujah, hallelujah" through some mushy, tear soaked expressions.

Its also too bad you could not see Wilson just prior to Landon being baptized as he was treading water just in front of her. He amused himself by grinning and splashing a bit while waiting for his turn. That's my boy. I would have been horrified if I had not watched Jerry Falwell's grandson splash around in the baptistry just a few years earlier...I suppose boys will be boys..even when we get to heaven. Thank you Pastor Mike for being such a patient man :-)


Easter Sunday

Ethan and Too Too clowning around just before they left town.

Question: What does your face look like after you realize that a bird has flown over your head and left you something on your Easter dress? Well, it should look something like Austyn's does in this photo (look closely at her neckline) :-) She was crying "fowl".

Nope. I had no idea he was man-handling a mandarin orange just as Landon was snapping a photo :-)

Boys... being boys, I guess *sigh*

Happy Easter!

He has risen, He has risen indeed!

You're the ONE, 1-1!

(Why is it always this time of year when I find myself so far behind documenting our childrens' lives in cyberspace? )

Anyway, Landon celebrated her 11th birthday in March with a few friends. We had originally planned to travel to a local park and play games and have a cook out per her request. So, we allowed her to invite quite a few of her friends thinking it would be easier to have crowd control of a bunch of pre-teen girls outdoors with entertainment. Well....we did not even consider that it might poor down rain just moments before the party started. Ok. Jon and I decided we could do this...how hard could it be to have 20+ girls over for a birthday party indoors?

In retrospect, we will arrange the garage so that it can double as a dance floor, but other than that..we had a fabulous time and just plain wore out the Wii and Disney Sing-It. The hardest part was keeping the little brothers out of the mix *smile*

"You don't have to be a star, baby, to be in my show..."

Happy Birthday, Tallula!

Landon posing with her peeps at school.

Just an ordinary day.

Not too long ago..Landon was playing in a ball tournament, and our family just happened to have some time to kill between games. A family friend suggested we visit a small local museum. By the time the day had ended, we had spent a wonderful afternoon as a family and learned a thing or two, to boot. What a tiny jewel of a museum....

Fire safety. Never let Aunt Heather suit up if you don't want to burn down! She was having way too much fun....

Landy Lu tries out the protective gear.


Giant-size model of a the human heart. Mr Anatomy had a blast climbing through these arteries.

The touch pool (which, as a matter of fact, included one feisty crab!). Guess who was aggravating it the most?

Do you just love that he is making the same face as the bear?

Monkey see, monkey do..monkey climb fast as YOU!

The perfect way to spend a Saturday.
Who knew?

Our little prince celebrates five years...

In February, Stephen (crown) Isaiah JaeHo Lucas turned five years old. Around this same time last year, he was not quite ready to have a huge celebration. He had only been a member of the Lucas family for a few weeks and we did not want to overwhelm him with too much activity. Well, this year he was completely and totally ready to have a "birfday" and made it clear that he wanted to have a party with his "bess sprens" (friends). And so, we did...and did..and again, we did. By the time the weekend was over, we were all partied out and we had one happy little guy.

Just this once...nothing like getting to eat whatever you want on your special day. Stephen chose none other than chocolate milk and powdered doughnuts. He was H-A-P-P-Y and kept watching to make sure I wouldn't take them away :-). We did not even make him choose a piece of fruit to go with his treat. I know, we live on the edge around here, huh?

Precious Hyun Hee (Stephen's care nurse while he was in Korea) is always so faithful to remember the children on special days. These are Korean coins she sent to him that were made in 2004, the year Stephen was born. Such an amazing keepsake for him..a treasure, for sure.

Showing off his coins.
This is the look of complete exhilaration. Grammy and Papaw showed up for his special day toting a full-size Lightnin' McQueen bicycle. Doughnuts and a new bike all in the same day....what more could a small boy ask for?

Too Too and Ethan smile for the camera at Monkey Joe's in Wilmington. They were exhausted from the car ride and a long day, and we were thrilled they came to celebrate with us. It had been a long time since we had seen our peeps. Love you 2-2 and Bros!

Wilson striking a pose..

Gram entertains the children, and yes, that is Lily, the DOG..inside the business. She was not happy in the kennel after the ride into town. Rotten. Enough said.


Birthday Boy..pure joy in that million dollar smile.

Landy Lu and Bros climbing..and climbing..


Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod. Presh.

Aussie Lou strikes her pose..

Stephen's best bud, Christian is showing off the remnants of the last cupcake.

I think he was saying, "No, I didn't get a cupcake yet". *wink*

Celebrating birthday lunch with friends at the "Rat House".

Chuck E CHEESE!

More cheese with sweet Helen.

Smiles, jumping clowns and upside downs..

Guess who got a new camera for Christmas?

Stephen just happened to get a new haircut today and I wanted to capture his much older look. BOY, did he ham it up! It was the perfect opportunity to grab a few shots of him and his sister just being silly....

Little boy...didn't your momma teach you not to jump off the furniture?

How do you spell "Noogie?"

Mommie..watch me jump!

Hint,hint,wink wink!

Tres Semme, Tres Semme!

I wish I could have caught the photo that happened just seconds after this pose was over....

Rrrowl!