Luke- bio part 1

When and where were you born?

I was born in Provo, UT on February 3. at 2:28 am.  I weighed 6 lbs and 1 oz.   

Did your parents tell you any interesting stories regarding your birth?

My mom told me that I was born sleeping.  And I had to stay at the hospital longer than my mom and sleep under a light bed.  My mom was really sad about that.  When Ben came to visit me at the hospital, he was more interested in playing with the buttons on the bed than he was in holding me.  My mom always says that I was a really easy baby and I was her easiest delivery.

Were there other children already in the family?  How old were they?

Ben was one and a half.  I am the second child.  I have two younger brothers.  I was almost 3 when Zack was born.  I was 7 when Simon was born.  Roma was born when I was 8, almost 9.  My mom is going to have a new baby and I will be 11.  That will total 2 sisters and 3 brothers. 

How did your parents choose your name?

They thought they would name me Isaac, but decided Luke instead.  I think it was from the bible, Luke telling about when Jesus was born.  Aaron is my middle name, and that’s my Dad’s name.

Do you like your name?  Have you ever wished to change your name to anything else?

I like my name.  But if I had to change it, I would change it to

What are some of your earliest memories?

I remember being at San Diego Zoo with Grandmother and Grandfather.  I started running on a bridge and tripped and scraped my knee. 

I remember living in Washington and there was a lot of snow.  I remember my mom telling us it was snowing and we went outside to play in it. 

I remember being in our town house in Las Vegas.  Ben would bring in legos in our room and dumped them out and my mom told me that I had to clean them up.

I remember we went swimming and we were in our swimsuits still and we had a dance party downstairs and we were acting like Transformers.

I remember when we got Sunny for Christmas.  She was wrapped up in a blanket and Grandpa brought her in.  She was being so shy and quiet.  It was funny because the night before I was joking and said, “what if Santa brings us a DOG?” but I didn’t really think it would happen.

I remember having a sleepover with the Jeffery’s and Singletons (cousins) and the kids were downstairs and the adults were upstairs.  And the adults changed the clocks on us and told us it was way later than it was.  Cade had a watch and said it was only 7o'clock but all of the clocks in the house said it was 11o'clock.  Aunt Cindy and Lori kept trying to tell me that it was later, but I never fell for it, but all of the other kids were confused. 

My mom and Ben took me to Target and we ate at the café and they told me that Santa wasn’t real.  But I already knew and wondered why they were telling me.  I never thought Santa could fly all around the world in one night.  I figured it out way before that.  I wanted to believe he was real when I was 5 or 6, but always thought that he wasn’t.   

I remember getting baptized and having an interview with Bishop Buck.  He asked me if I was excited about being baptized and I said, “um yeah.” And he gave me a bookmark and a pencil and a toy.  I remember a girl name Sophie in our ward got baptized right before me.  I remember my cousins, the Singletons, came down from Utah to be there for it.  We went hiking later that day at Red Rock to the waterfall hike and everything was frozen.  It's never been frozen except for that day.

Who was the most influential person to you as a child?

Probably my mom and my dad.  My mom helps me figure out a lot of things for school and always helps me with my homework.  She makes yummy food for me to eat and taught me how to make lasagna all by myself.  And she buys me new socks when I need them.  My Dad will take us to Café Rio to eat.  And when we’re out, he’ll buy us slurpies.  He’s way awesome and funny.  He plays tennis and soccer with us. 

What was your personality like?  How would you describe your personality now?  Is it the same or different than when you were a child?

I’m awesome and awesome looking.  I’m nice.  I’m a little bit funny.  I like to trick and tease my brothers.  Sometimes I will set traps on them.  Like, I will tape a shoe to the ceiling and then take a baby toy so I can pull the shoe up and down.  And then I hide under the covers and when someone comes in, I will let go and the shoe will drop on their head.  I don’t really tease Roma, though.  She’s my buddy and probably likes me the best out of all the boys, but not more than mom or dad.  I guess I’m a little shy.  I don’t really talk unless I need to.  I get kind of crazy with my cousins and stay up all night playing with them.