Rangers in the World Series!

Luke was on pins and needles as he watched the game with his dad!

They might not have won the series, but it sure was fun watching.

Go Rangers!

Happy Halloween 2010!

Last night at the party it was too hot for his costume, so we went with the next best thing, PJ's! This morning it was nice and cool, so Luke suited up, and we went outside for some Halloween fun! Here is Luke hamming it up on the pumpkins...

Scary Skeleton!

Halloween Treats.

are these not the cutest things ever?! Thank you for the cookies Marilyn and Ken!!!

Hope you have a spooktacular Halloween!

Halloween Party

Luke's friend Clare {and her mom and dad and brother Austin} invited us to their annual Halloween party. Their entire street is blocked off, and everyone has some kind of little booth or game at their house, it is so cool! They even had huge big screens with the Rangers game on, Go Rangers! We had a great time. There were tons of kids, and a lot of our keeno group was there. It's hard to believe when our group started we were child free...

Sweet Skeleton Lukie

He had so much fun!

Here he is with Miss Margaret. She is quite the poser!

And so cute!

Luke and his buddy Clare, the two little red-heads...

And here are some group shots. Again... hard to believe when our keeno group started their were no kids, and now...

We've got quite the crew! Four sets of twins...

in fact, I think Luke is the only one without a little brother or sister...

for now at least!

hope you enjoy the pictures!

Happy Halloween Y'all!

Monkey and Raffi

Luke's best friends

Back to the Grindstone...

Bummer.

Feel free to click on the links below to check out our vacation.

{or you can scroll through backwards, whatever floats your boat!}

The Matthews Family Vacation

Aspen DAY ONE

Aspen DAY TWO

Aspen DAY THREE

Aspen DAY FOUR

Aspen, Colorado, DAY FOUR

And yes, we might have been tired, some of us might have been cranky, ahem, boys... but we made it home, safe and sound! And as for the Matthews first family vacation? Well, I can't wait to do it again! We had the best time ever! Thanks queenie and boompa for letting us tag along with you guys! Here is a re-cap of our last day and some good times in Aspen. Here are Troy and Luke, getting off the plane and heading in for the last {and definitely longest} leg of the trip. Hello Denver!

Sorry we had to wake you two up. And Luke, I'm really talking to you bud.

Our plane left at 1:30, and we literally took up until the last minute soaking it all in! Here we are at Wagner Park. We had a great time, and met a lot of nice people and dogs. Aspen is very dog friendly, which we enjoyed, and they have a sense of humor. Troy couldn't help but laugh at a sign posted in the local Boggie's diner stating, "Please don't feed the Blondes" They were, what Troy deemed, the only problem in Aspen... We ran into {literally} quite a few that, um they were, um... not very nice? They couldn't ruin our good time, and I'm pretty sure Luke still enjoyed looking at them. Here he is doing what he loves to do, climb. He also learned a few new words in Aspen: Cold. Brrr. Cheese. He had been saying Boompa, but Boompa and OUTSIDE, are by far his two favorite words right now.

This is Ajax, where we ate lunch the first day. It's at our hotel. Which is why people would come up to us and say, hey, weren't you guys here yesterday climbing these stairs? Why yes, yes we were. Because it's one of the things that kept Luke quite. Didn't I see you climbing the stairs at Brunelleschi's? Why yes, yes you did.

The beautiful mountain directly behind Ajax {and our hotel}.

Giving up on a good picture with my little moving maniac.

Attempt 1 million 1 hundred thirty-seven...

See why we wouldn't have minded missing our plane home?

T-roy and Luke!

oh yeah, and those stairs I was talking about...

I do NOT need your help! I don't even use my hands.

See?

Told ya so. Yeah. He has SO perfected that look already.

That's the one.

Matthews first family vacation, A+

Aspen, Colorado, DAY THREE

Pizza was a favorite of ours on the trip, but this pizza our last night was by far my favorite meal! It was at Brunelleschi's, and it was scrumptious! I was splitting* {I got 2 out of 8 pieces}. I gave one to Troy and this little one... he was the pizza monster!!! He decided to forgo little pieces, which are clearly for babies, and just go for the whole piece.

Or four...

Here is a picture to prove to Luke I will go to no end to embarrass him if he doesn't listen to me. Point Proven.

Troy with the hipstamatic. He's good.

We ate at this tasty restaurant called Little Annie's, and walked around the local outdoor market. Ahhh... did I mention I like this place. Hey Troy, if you ever want to surprise me with a vacation... back here okay???

Aspen, Colorado DAY TWO

After the haircuts {see below} we headed to the park behind the condo my parents were staying in. It was so pretty! It was so nice to be somewhere that it really felt like Fall, my favorite time of year. Luke met a boy named Felix who instantly took a liking to my dad {also see below...} Here is the one and only family photo, snapped by my dad. Thanks Dad! We ended the day with my parents offering to babysit. Troy and I gladly accepted and went out for dinner and drinks to local spot Jimmy's. We had a great time, but forgot to take any pictures to document our night, or the fact that we ran into Uncle Bill not once, but twice in one day, in Aspen! Yes, you heard me correctly. Troy says I always run into someone, no matter where I am. But I must be rubbing off on him after 10 years together, as he ran into an entire wedding party of old friends and family {some of which I knew as well naturally}!

The Park

Luke sporting the new do.

I love this place...

I mean, seriously...

here is dad, or boompa, as Luke said over, and over, and over, and over. It was too cute.

And this was the little boy Felix. He showed my dad all around the Park. Too cute.

The Haircuts

On Thursday we discovered this cute little place called Sammy's, a traditional {and perhaps only} barber shop in Aspen. I decided my shaggy boys could use a haircut, and they both agreed, so Friday we started our day with a vacation haircut. Here is the before picture...

Luke was so excited to get a vacation haircut.

Okay, maybe not that excited. But he was good. You can see Sammy working on him in the background. Hmmm... A girl named Sammy gave Luke his 1st haircut, now his second haircut is also by Sammy... I bet I am not the only person who see's the pattern...

The boys sporting their new do's! Troy is proudly sporting his Rangers shirt hoping for a Rangers win against the Yankees...

So the Rangers didn't win game one, even though they should have. But we did have a great second day in Aspen. Rangers, 0-1. Matthews Family, 2-0.