Monday, April 9, 2012

Easter 2012

Easter this year was the first holiday that John and I had ever spent away from both sets of our parents.  This year, Sheryl and Earl went to visit John's brother and sister- in- law (Matt and Kelly) in Texas and my parents stayed in Atlanta due to the fact that they were just here last weekend for Luke's baptism.  Lucky for us, John and I have fabulous siblings that live within walking distance from our house and they offered to host a Easter lunch for us and some of their sweet friends.  Mark and Lynn worked all weekend on putting together and amazing lunch and that is just what it was, Amazing.  It was so fun and the weather was perfect for playing outside and an egg hunt.  
 Somebody has quite a personality already! (Ps: If you notice I have on the same dress as a previous post, just pretend you didn't! ha)
 Daddy and Lukey
 John, Kurt and Mark
 John, Annie, Mark .  (The three siblings representing) 
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 Lukey LOVES his uncle Mark!

 The yummy ribs he worked so hard on!

 Lynn's Pretty Table
 Mark, Annie and John chatting
 Cousin Love!
 Hunting for eggs!
 Brody found the golden egg! (It had a dollar in it! ha)

 Hazel got one!
 So did Hudson!
 Pumped about the Egg hunt! Cant wait till they can teach Luke how to do it next year!
 Lynnie
 Lukey!
 Lukey and Dad!
 Luke, John and Thelen

 Time to head home for a nap!  Worn out!
 Playing with dad in the yard after his nap.  Wearing shorts like dads!
 Winding down listening to dad play the guitar after a long Easter Day!
 Silly faces! I think I'm going to have a problem getting this kid to smile pretty in the future!
Heading off to bed! Getting carried in a bag(I promise he loves it! He laughs the entire time!)

Happy Easter everyone! 
Love, 
John, Meg and Luke

Luke's Big Day!

On April 1, 2012 our sweet baby boy was baptized at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church here in Knoxville.  It was such a special day filled with family and friends and we are so blessed and thankful for all the wonderful people in Luke's life who came to celebrate with him.  Our day started off with a lovely services (on Palm Sunday) and sweet baptism and ended with a fun lunch gathering at Luke's house!  Sadly I got too caught up in having a good time and didn't take many pics of our guests we had over but I was able to get a bunch of the set up.  Thanks so much to everyone who helped make this day so special!  We are so proud of Luke and are glad y'all were able to be a part!  Take a look at Luke's Big day! 
 He was baptized with just 3 other children so it was nice and intimate!
 Showing Luke off to the congregation.
 Glad he was able to lift him, we were wondering if he was going to be too heavy :)



So Proud of our little guy!

 John, Luke & BT (BT was the one who married John and I, five years ago in Atlanta)
 Party of the Taylor Family

Annie, Kevin and Luke
 Taking a picture with Pastor Wood.
 Family pic.  Luke showing off his new smile!
Nana, Papa and Luke
 Our house the day of the baptism Lunch.
 Kitchen Decor for Luke
 Dining Room
 Food Name Tags

 Back Deck

 Mason Jars with tags (God Bless Luke / 4-1-2012)

 Dessert Table
 Fruit Salad in Mason Jars



 Our Adorable Easter bunny from Nancy!
 Hudson and Luke (After he changed into comfy clothes)
Sweet Friends (Rob and Tarah)

Night in Nashville for Annie's Birthday

So this post is several months late but I just now got around to uploading the pictures on to the computer.  Below are a few pictures of our weekend visiting Annie for her 24th Birthday in Nashville back in February.  We had a fun weekend full of eating out, shopping and celebrating Miss Annie!  Take a look!