Carlyn

We dedicated Luther at our church on July 1st 2007. Basically this means, we as his parents, acknowledge he is a gift from God entrusted to us during his time on this earth. We promised to raise him in a way that is glorifying to God, teaching him God’s Word and disciplining him to be obedient. The Pastor read a passage that James chose as Luther's Life Verse. It is Ecclesiastes 12:11-14. To summarize, the passage is spoken by the wise King Solomon near the end of his life, stating that nothing else matters in life but FEARING GOD and OBEYING HIS COMMANDS.

Luther playing on the boat Luther invited Abigail over to play on the lake! Catherine, Jacque & Me riding on the posse Luther & mommy playing in the lake Meemaw playing with Luther. He likes to sit in the tree and ring the wind chimes. Horseback riding in the mountians for Catherine's Bday. Cat is directly behide me, so you can barely see her, then Kaitlyn, Patrick and Dad Happy 15th Bday Aunt Cat!! Grandaddy & Gran with Luther on the boat Luther playing in the Posse. We used it as a play pen while we were on the dock. Luther shopping at the mall. Him and his grandaddy got real tired and i found them both asleep on a bench in the middle of the mall. i'm real sad i didn't get a picture of that. Captain Luther Samuel Layton Daddy & Luther dancing on the boat Family shot We have had a really fun week. Most of my family (we missed you candi) has been visiting my grandparents, who live close by us. They live on the lake, so most of our time was spent doin...

Luther giving Daddy his Father's Day Presents-hat & a pair of trunks James & Luther on Father's Day. Daddy wearing his new hat. The trucks were the wrong size :( so we will have to exchange those. James & me on my bday date. We watched Oliver! at the theater and then went to a nice restruant for dinner. Aunt Jenny & Uncle Ricky watched Luther for us. Me & Luther with my friend Brittany. She works at Keva Juice and made me a special Non-Dairy/Non-Soy Smoothie on the morning of my Birthday Luther enjoying my smoothie the flowers and sweet letter from my precious husband that i found when i woke up to on my birthday luther was in on the suprise too. i guess he wanted me to know because i found this picture on my camera Luther playing with his friend Matthew James Luther & Abigail taking care of the baby Luther is very proud of the first zucchini that we picked out of our garden yum yum!! Well here are just a few highlights of what has been going o...

Luther in his crawling stance pulling up for the first time!! he is so proud! our garden is really growing!! Sorry it has been so long since I wrote something! I have been updating the Photo Albums and the Videos (Links on the left of the screen). Everyone needs to watch the videos and then you will know why I haven’t posted. In the last two weeks Luther has learned to pull up and is on the verge of crawling. He is scooting himself backwards and moving himself all around by rolling and pulling with his arms. I have not been able to take my eyes off of him. The first morning he really started moving I had left him in his room playing on the floor. I can back to check on him and didn’t see him. When I looked around, I found him in his closet. He had pulled out a bunch of new diapers and was chewing on one. Now I can’t leave him anywhere for fear he will get into something! he seriously never stops moving anymore. i have jokingly dignosed it as "restless body syndrome." My m...

this is my new favorite pictures. he was swinging at the park and loving it!! Luther with his Layton Great-grandparents Mommy & her sweet little boy. can this count as my mother's day picture since i forgot to take one?? Our garden in our backyard that we have been working so hard on Look what we grew!! i love this face

Happy Mother's Day!! (read below for explaination) Luther and his Kindermusik teacher, Heather me reading luther his favorite book during story time at kindermusik "Love my mother, yes i do! where's my mother? wish i knew. there's my mother! peek-a-boo! Hello mother i see you!!" i have read it so many times, i have it memorized!! Luther greeting bryce during a square dance Playing with the egg shakers "rolla, rolla, rolla go the shakers..." Luther riding in the new boat Luther & Daddy I love the pool!! luther surrounded by the ladies!! I had two mother's day surprises. First, James surprised me my taking the day off. He was supposed to be on call at the hospital, but he secretly switched days. He left Sunday morning (for the hospital I thought), and then came back about 30 minutes later with a dozen roses! That was the first surprise the next one was that James put a rose and note in Luther’s bed. The plan was, when I went to get him up, ...

Layton's at the wedding Luther playing in the creek Layton's at the beach here is the link to a photo album with all of the pictures from our trip. http://etsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2034789&l=f1d47&id=57504677 We had a wonderful time visiting my family last week. It was james’s spring break/summer break. We left at 2:30am on Saturday morning. We were hoping to do most of the traveling while luther was still asleep. Our plan worked well. We only had to stop twice. It was so nice traveling in our new van. That evening, we went to a wedding (Ashley & Josh) of some of my high school friend’s. It was a beautiful outdoor wedding, and luther seemed to enjoy himself. It was fun to see several old friends from high school. Sunday we went to church and then had a cookout. The weather was so beautiful all week long. It was in the 80’s and never rained. On Monday my dad took of work early to take us canoeing on a creek. We stopped twice on sandbars to swim and fish. L...