5.

A little late with this post, but Luke turned five last Sunday. He is healthy and fun, which feels like an incredible blessing. The day before his birthday was the Mule Day parade, and my parents and Lauren came down for his birthday. He got all sorts of presents, but a bike was the big one. He has been riding it every day: on the back deck, in the back yard, and at various parks. Unfortunately Liz’s parents had to cancel coming down, but will hopefully be able to make it in a couple of weeks.

Last night we went to the Good Friday service at church and this morning another church had an Easter egg hunt at Riverwalk. Tomorrow morning we will go to the sunrise service, followed by a church breakfast. Hopefully it will warm up and stop raining. I hope to have a very productive week on the Mountain. The second house is nearing completion and I am ready to be done.

March update.

Yesterday we had two school interviews for Luke. Both went fairly well and we like each school, although they are rather different. Luke continues to do well, and we are less than a month away from his birthday. The weather has been warm, although stormy for the past couple of days.

Luke is really getting into jigsaw puzzles.
Flooring.
More flooring.
A portrait of the artist as a young man.
The back field.
Big fan.
Electrical line trench.

Another huge batch of pictures.

Below are more pictures taken since last April. These are more general life stuff, again with captions. It has been a wild ride over the past several months. Everybody in the family got the ‘Rona, Luke continues to go to school and love adventure, and I am still working on houses.

The moon from the Templeton Library.
Turkey in the back yard.
Field at Liz’s parents’ house.
Lake Jackson, Sewanee.
Lake Dimmick, Sewanee.
Bookshelves for my office.
Nearly finished gray house.
Lewisburg area.
Surprise in the front yard.
Hornet nest.
View from my friend Rob’s lot.
Blue house kitchen.
Moonrise near Huntland.
Newt at Lake Cheston.
Lake O’Donnell.
Sunset from the Templeton Library.
Green’s View, Sewanee.
Our back field.
New ride.
Thanksgiving at the Hiawassee.
Chapel, Sewanee.
Liz’s parents’.
Yanahli.
Mad Mama, Grand Rapids.
Liz’s parents’ again.

Back, I suppose.

It’s been a busy nine months or so since I was last here. The time has gone differently than than expected, but such is life. I will try to start writing on here again, or at least posting pictures. Below are a few of Luke from the past several months, with captions, mostly in reverse chronological order.

Lunch at the John Deere dealership in Indiana, on the way back from Michigan at New Year’s.
New Year’s Eve marshmallow roasting in Michigan.
Fun star projector – a Christmas gift from Aunt Carrie and Uncle Evan.
Luke and Mama about to get pulled behind the snowmobile by Cousin Ryan.
Luke and Cousin Ryan on the snowmobile.
Luke using his new battery powered screwdriver to remove the safety latches (with permission) on Christmas day.
The heat went out when the extreme cold came, and this is what we woke up to on Christmas morning after the fire went out.
Playing basketball at Aunt Lauren’s on Christmas Eve with his new hoop from Mimi and Pop.
We were finally allowed to use the wood stove.
Hauling wood for the stove.
Decorating the tree.
Riding the Christmas train to the North Pole via Chattanooga.
After completing the puzzle at our rental house in Calhoun, Tennessee at Thanksgiving.
Walking Bella at Yanahli. His grandparents’ dog, not ours.
Finding what might have been Bigfoot’s house at Jackson Lake in Sewanee.
Enjoying Hattie Jane’s ice cream in downtown Columbia.
Picking blueberries in Michigan.
Enjoying Lake Michigan.
Driving the tractor in Michigan.
Working in Michigan.
Digging his above ground pool.
Enjoying his above ground pool.
Slide at the pumpkin patch.
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