Sunday, May 10, 2009

The Hunt

This Easter was especially fun with Luke. He got right into it and Jake and Bree loved helping him as they found more than their share of eggs!







This next picture depicts my favorite part of Easter this year. This was taken the day before Easter. That morning, I was trying to get things ready for our Easter dinner. I was busy making a fabulous dessert which ended up being more complicated and time consuming than I anticipated. I realized I was running out of time to have the kids color eggs. So in desperation, I handed Jake the box, eggs, some vinegar and bowls and said, get 'er done!! And guess what? They did! Without help from me. HAPPY DAY!!!!!!
Now about that fabulous dessert that I spent ALL morning on. I asked Jer to try it before our guest arrived. He took a bite and with great pause, and head hung low, he said, "It's not good." You could almost hear the tremor in his voice as he said it. Then he asked if it was lemon sorbet. It was cheesecake.
Boy was I glad he tried it first!! It's still in my freezer even as I type. I couldn't bear to throw it out after all the hours it took to make. So if any of you are up for some Lemon Sorbet, come on by!

Two!

It's actually Mother's Day today, so I thought I'd steal a few quiet moments to catch up on some long overdue posting! By the way, since it is Mother's Day, I'll just take a minute to say that I have the greatest mom in the world. She's SO fun and seriously just a girl's girl! And at the same time, I have been through some pretty difficult challenges in my life and she literally drops everything to support me when the walls come crashing in. I love you Mom!!!

Now back to the topic of this post! There's this little guy I'm kind of crazy about and he turned two about month ago. He has been the most easy-going, happy baby and to say we adore him would be the understatement of the century. We just ooze with happiness whenever we're with him! So without further adieu here's Mr. Two on his big day:
Presents from our friends! Thanks guys!!

Grandma and Grandpa you rock!

Cash from Aunt Nat! Sweet!! There's an Elmo out there with my name all over it!

Luke loved opening presents! It was impossible to get him to look at the camera because everything else was so much more interesting!
We love you Luke!!!
Happy Birthday!!

PS - The day after he turned 2, we were hangin out in the backyard and Jake and Breanna taught him to do this:


Look out big boys....here I come!