Happy Easter!!!

Our Savior's love for all of us is absolutely amazing! He is Risen! Wishing you and yours a joyous celebration of Life!!! Have a beautiful day with love, hope, and joy!

So these is what we've really been up too...

What do you do when the dishwasher hose leaks and floods the kitchen?
Most people would mop up the mess and get a new hose. Not the Lake's, we had discussed a remodel of the kitchen to create a 'home' for the fridge but it wasn't supposed to happen for a few years. However..... with the laminate flooring comprimised we decided that we were only going to redo the kitchen floor once and since it happened to go throughout the entire level so did the remodeling. Enjoy the pictures and we will update with the finished project in the next two weeks. Have a beautiful day!!!

Happy Valentines Day Love!!!

Thank you for 'Everything'. You are my everything, wonderful, sweet, kind, Handsome amazing man and I am so thankful to be your wife!!! Have a beautiful day!!! I Love you oh so much!!
P.S. Thank you for the flowers!!!! They are beautiful!!!!

Christmas Memories of 2008

Pre-Christmas!

Adventzeit! We did a few things each Sunday prior to Christmas ,we made gingerbread houses from scratch. Lilly helped make the dough and before she could help decorate with mommy & daddy she and Jace fell asleep. Jake and I felt like we were on a date at home. We both love design so it was fun. Lilly quickly understood that the houses had treats on them the next morning. So she would push the chair up to them chanting 'no no no' as she pulled pieces off to eat them Yummy candy! She was so proud of herself. "No No No" = mmmmm!Jace loved Santa's reindeer bells. Lilly... love anything about Santa? Um.. No so much!

We made a nice turkey dinner for Christmas Eve and read the Nativity Story from the bible afterwards. A tradition we are looking forward to doing every year. (It was my first turkey I ever cooked! and Surprise - it turned out perfect!)

On St. Nikolaus tag(day - December 6th) the children received a kids nativity set. They played with it all of December. A few favorites - Jace mauling the angel and trying to eat baby Jesus. Baby Jesus was placed higher for safe keeping. He also liked the sheep a lot. Lilly taking the manger apart and carrying it all through the house - everyday! My all time favorite was after we went to open gifts on Christmas day - Lilly went straight to the manger scene and started handing out the characters to all of us. It is precious to me that 'a young child shall lead them.'
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that you feel our Savior's love for each of you!

The fun has just begun!

I will post Christmas and New Years shortly, but for right now I wanted to share the fun that Jace has discovered. That of surprise and Yes, picking on his sister. He will be a whopping 7 months old on the 12th and is already well on his way of playing the role of the teasing brother.

Originally I placed Jace in the walker to help 'protect' him from Lilly. Well, lets just say he has figured out how to maneuver it to his advantage. Just yesterday he learned that if he let me pass in front of him he could quickly cut sister off when she tried to follow me. The best or worst part of it all is that he laughed. So Lilly, tries to pull his walker back to let herself through. Just as she goes to place her hand on the walker he quickly stops or rolls the other direction leaving her only to slip and fall to the floor. Yes, folks the fun has just begun!

He has also discovered if he runs into the slightly opened bathroom door he can surprise his sister's bath time!




Another one for Jace! I do love to hear him laugh! It is very contagious. As long as Lilly isn't upset to much. They are easily entertained with another and do play nicely with each other - for the most part right now. Life is great!

Halloween Update!

Our little Pixie girl and little golfer boy, here with grandma. They are all laughing because Scotty has to make sure he is in all of the family pictures. Funny dog who really believes he is human.

Lilly loved Trick or Treating! Once she got the hang of it (which wasn't long), she started grabbing candy out of her purse (she loves purses) to give to the people who would open the doors to give her candy. It was her way of giving and trading treats. She ran from house to house. We had to slow her down because it was easy for her to trip. Silly Girl. It was so much fun to watch her interact with our friends.

Jace had a good time just watching his sister. He thinks she is very funny! I love to watch him laugh at the things she does.