No one likes to lose. And the older you get the more you realize that losing is part of life, or a part of this life anyway.

 Our business has experienced what appears to be a loss. There is more that can be done, other ways to win. But winning is not always the best end result. Why? Because in everyone’s life there is a time when an important decision must be made. Am I going to try to win at all cost? Am I going to do whatever it takes to push my way to the top? Or am I worried about how I play the game.

 The higher road sometime feels like the lower one as we move forward on a path that is less traveled. But in the end, a person doesn’t add up all the wins and losses and finds solace if the former outweighs the latter, what matter most is how they lived their life. Who did they help instead of step on, who did they comfort instead of criticize, who did they love instead of hate.

Winning isn’t everything. Losing isn’t the end of everything. More than just playing to win, we want to win from the way that we played.

Jacob’s Little Lambs Preschool is a Christian preschool for 3 & 4 year old children. Our boys attended school there last year and the twins, Luke & Connor, will continue their preschool studies this year, while Seth is off the kindergarten! The staff is so wonderful and caring to the children!

It just so happened that they were in need of a website, www.jacobslittlelambs.com, so we donated our services for this wonderful cause. What’s better than promoting an organization that was founded on the core belief of Christ? Their goal is to share Jesus’ saving Word while provide quality education and care to the children of the community.

The site is under development, with hopes of an early September completion date.

If there are any other Christian based organizations in need of marketing services, please send your request to the l&b design team for our review.

Every parent has those moments where they would do almost anything to help their child in a time of need. Unfortunately, some things are just beyond our control. That is the way we felt Wednesday night when our oldest son said his bedtime prayers. He beseeched God about our cat that had been missing for over two months. The prayer was something like, “Jesus, please bring Toby (the cat) home. If she doesn’t come home, please let her live with someone who doesn’t have enough money to buy a cat.”
As much as we would have loved to muster up enough faith to tell him that Toby could come home, the only answer we could give him was that maybe Toby was with someone else. Of course, not really believing that line of wishful thinking, we had a much harsher reality in mind that we couldn’t bare to share with our son.
The next day, what we could not give our child had been given for us by Someone greater than ourselves. When Laura opened the back door, a familiar form and squeaky meow came emanating from the farmer’s field. Here after two months of being totally MIA, Toby the cat came trotting over to the house. A little skinnier and with quite an appetite, it was no doubt the same old Toby we all knew and loved.
Even as I write about the amazing return of this prodigal cat, I can’t believe I am feeling her tail swooshing against the back of my neck. I still shake my head in amazement as I marvel at the power of prayer and the purest faith of a little child. But even more so, I take comfort in the overwhelming love of the One who cares so much to answer that simple but purrr-fect prayer.

Huddled close under a blanket and sitting on our back deck we enjoyed 4 firework displays shot over the mountains in our backyard! WOW the kids (yes, the l&b design founders are proud parents of 4 wonderfully adventurous boys) went wild seeing all the glorious colors hint the dark star filled sky. We sure had something to celebrate— Happy Birthday America!

But for l&b design we shot up a couple extra grocery store bought fireworks to celebrate the completion of our very own website! Yes it may seem quite tacky or rather unusual but for the past 3 years we have developed numerous client websites, but never finished our own. So here it is—at last there is no park page! A special thank you to all of our clients who helped build our portfolio over the past 5 years! Please surf the site and post any comments here…thanks and enjoy!