New baby Niece

Savannah Rachelle Lake
Born May 23rd at 2:12 am
4lb 6oz 17 inch long

Sunday May 22 Wesley and I decided to go to Payson for Sunday dinner. It turned out to be a good thing that we were down there. At 7:30pm Nicole called and said that she thought her water broke and that she was heading to the hospital. Nicole to got Payson hospital and she was already dilated to a 3 and that she so moving really fast and they transported her to Utah Valley Hospital because they had a NICU there that would be able to help the baby more. Wesley and I headed up to Provo because Cody didn't want to drive his car up and so he asked Wesley and I to head up there with them. Nicole was only in labor for eight hours. The Keelser gang was all there to support them. I didn't think that we all would be there to support her but I am really glad that we were able to be there because it was pretty scary for us all because Savannah was going to be six weeks early.

The whole gang. Picture of us all of us right before Nicole was taken into the O. R.
(pictures that Tiffany took)

Baby Savannah right after she was born she gave a us a scare there for a little while.

(pictures that Tiffany took)

Day two and Savannah doing so well that changed her to a different breathing machine.

(pictures that Tiffany took)

Day Four Savannah off of all breathing machines and doesn't even need oxygen.

(pictures that Tiffany took)

Day Five and Savannah is under the lights.

Day Six Savannah is off of the light and Nicole is able to so hold her more and start to breast feed her.

We were really glad that we were able to be there and support Nicole and Cody. Baby Savannah was able to go home on June 20th. We was in the hospital less than a months. She is doing really good now. We are so excited to have her in our family now. We can't wait to see her next.

Crafts Projects

Stuffed Animals

Here are many of my craft projects I have been working on. The first project I did was some stuffed animals for friends and families baby showers. These are the ones I did for little boys. I did some for girls but changed the material.

New Bag

My mom had a bag just like this and she told me that if I got the material she would make me one too. I found some extra material and was able to make two bags. I made one bag for my mother-in-law and one for myself. The ones I made are a little different than the one my mom made. I was able to do most of the bags one my own, but had my mom help me with the last steps. They were a lot of fun to make.

Rachelle's bag

Abby's bag

Car Seat Covers

I made a car seat cover for my sister-in-law Nicole. I wasn't sure if she was going to like it but she really liked it. I made it two sided, it was pretty easy to make and was fun to make it for her. Good thing that we had Nicole's shower so early because baby Savannah decided she wanted to come out early. Stay tuned for more on Savannah.

Baby wipes case that I covered for Nicole also.

Employee Appreciation Week

This year at work for employee appreciation week they did a western theme. This is our decorations that we put up to get in the spirit of employee appreciation week. I just thought to share a little of what is going on at work.

Andrea and I dressed up for the costume contest we had Friday afternoon during lunch. It was a lot fun to dress up and have a little fun at work.

MS Walk 2011: Shawna's team Utah

I was able to participate in the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Walk for a very important person in my life, Shawna Otte. I am so glad that I had the chance to do this walk with many of my friends and family. We had 13 people sign up but only 9 of us were able to walk. There was me, Laura, Megan, my Mom, Sheena, Tega, Jeremy, Holly, and Oscar who all walked. Wesley was going to walk with us but he hurt his back pretty badly and wasn't able to. Even though not every one was able to come we will for sure try next year to have everyone come and join us for the MS walk. We were able to raise $95 this year and we will try hard next year to raise more.

The morning of the race we woke to this. We ALL dressed up warm of course.

Getting ready for the walk.

Abby and Sheena

Holly, Oscar, Tega, and Jer

Gail and Laura

Jer, Holly, Tega, Megan, Oscar, Sheena, Abby, Laura and Gail

The whole crowd of people there for the MS walk.

Our Team picture (Tega's sister wasn't in this photo with us.)

"I walk for Shawna"

Laura made us arm bands to show that we were a team. (Thank you Laura for making those for us all)

Beginning of the race

Half Way

Sheena and I at Half way.

Coming up to the end of the race.

Sheena at the end of the race.

Me at the end of the race.

This a a group of friends from work that was walking for their dad.

Laura at the end of the race.

Tega, Jer, Holly and Oscar at the end of the race.

Thank you everyone who was part of the MS walk. It really means a lot to me for all the support there is here in Utah for my really close friend Shawna. So grateful that Tega was able to participate even when she is eight months pregnant and Laura who is four months pregnant. I know when we first started to think about doing the walk we weren't sure if the four of us who grew up with Shawna we be able to participate and show our support but I am glad we all could. We love you Shawna!

Carl Bloch art show

My dad got four tickets to the Carl Bloch art display and gave them to us because they couldn't use them. We were able to go on April 22nd. We invited Wesley's parents to go with us because his Dad kept saying how much he wanted to go. Tim was able to come also because he is a BYU student and got in with his student ID. I really enjoyed the art show and to learned more about Carl Bloch and about the many talents he had. Thank you Dad for the tickets.