Life is precious

God's mercies endure forever. He is the ultimate Comforter and Peace-giver. Jeremiah David went to be with our Lord on Saturday, October 24. We won't be able to see or enjoy him in this lifetime, but he is in heaven with our Lord and never had to suffer the cruelties of this world. I am comforted in knowing that we will see him one day in paradise!

Jeremiah - God has set free

David - Beloved

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Family, Friends, and Fellowship

Yesterday was a beautiful day! There is finally a "cold front" that has moved in! (It's been in the 70's, but it's so nice! It's more like a 'cool-front'.) Yesterday we (us 4 older girls) went over to a friends house to do a period western photo shoot! The weather was perfect. Not too hot to attract too many mosquitoes. ;-)
We were dressed to the nines in costumes and props!
The photo shoot lasted about 3 hours!! FUN! We don't have the pictures yet, but our wonderful friend Lacie, from A Blessed Life is working on editing the pictures, so soon after we have them, I'll post some up here for you all to enjoy! (Within the next week or so) So until then, here are some from these past few months while we lived in NC and then a couple from after we moved back to TX.

We bought some strawberry plants from someone we knew. They thrived for the first few weeks when I had time to care for  them. Sadly by the time we moved, they were all either dead, or mostly dead. They gave us some berries, but the birds got to most of the ripe (& sometimes not so ripe) ones before I could get out in the morning to pick them.

Emily

 Our lovely kitty, Trinity! She joined us for tea one evening.

Me reading a book and relaxing after kitchen work. It was fun living in the country for a while.

We dressed historically several days out of the week!

Jaden being cool! ;-)

He enjoyed playing on the step ladder whenever it was out :) Before this pic, he climbed up and was reaching high pretending to fix the light like my dad was doing (he needed an incentive for this pic! lol!).

Lydia and Jaden watching a video and eating gold fish! MM!!

Jaden donned Aaron's belt and began to wrestle Daddy to the floor. He won! 

Our eggplant. Our garden was bountiful, but sadly, we had to leave it behind. (It did feed God's creatures, though!) This is what an egg plant looks like while it is growing. The vegetable begins out white, like an egg, and then turns purple! So pretty!

(The pics below are from TX)

 At Penny's... Anyone want some coffee? ;-)

 At Costco: Your not so average camping chairs

Jaden helping Daddy fix the dish washer

Lydia with her homemade ladies hat and fan!

Here is some fun news!!! 

My mom is expecting #8!!! She is due in mid May! She is 7 weeks along today! We are all super super excited, and can't wait! My mom & dad have decided to wait & not find out before hand if it's a boy or a girl, so that makes the suspense all the more fun. :D Pretty soon we will be a family of 10! SO COOL!!!

We will be getting school started up again for the year next week. (the 4th) I have decided to so some higher grade history (studying some eras I hadn't done in school.), & to brush up on my science. (nothing like chemistry or biology..Just basic science as a refresher.) I will also be teaching Liana & Lydia this year. I have dome some reading & such w/ Liana on & off these last 2 weeks, and she can now read simple 3 letter words & easy easy sentences! :D I'm so proud of her! Doing school every day will really help her & she will progress quickly! 

The Legacy Doll Shoppe is now on Etsy! (Some of you may have noticed the image link on my sidebar) I will be adding new items periodically, so check my Etsy shoppe, or the blog sidebar for updates now & then :)

I'll post again when I have the pictures :)

Pic credit goes to my wonderful friend, Brianna. Love you, girl! <3

Vision Forum's Baby Conference

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July 8-10 is Vision Forum's "The Baby Conference". We are hoping to go, Lord willing! It is in San Antonio, TX. You can read more about it HERE. Some of the speakers include: Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar, Doug & Beall Phillips, Scott & Deborah Brown, & more!



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Happy 1st Birthday, Jaden!

Jaden Reuben Lemay

Jaden means: God has answered

Reuben means: Behold! A son!

Happy Birthday, Jaden!

Today Jaden is 1 year old! I can hardly believe that it has already been one WHOLE year with you in our family! We are blessed to have you with us! I pray that you will grow up to honor God in all you do.

(About 1-2 hours after birth)

He gave us a scare soon after he was born by loosing an entire pound. He went from 8 pounds even to 7 pounds even in about a week.

(Jaden sunning w/ his big sister Liana! - He was a little jaundice)

After lots of prayer, & my mom nursing him every 30 min - 1 hour, he slowly gained his weight back. Today you would never know he lost a whole pound after birth!

(Jaden 3 weeks old)

I thank God every day for a sweet little brother like Jaden! I can't imagine what life would be like without him.

(Jaden getting bigger! He's a few months old there)

(about 7 months)

You add so much to our life, and ALWAYS have a smile on your sweet face!

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 Yep, you always make us laugh! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Jaden's birthday cake!

With the move, we packed out cake decorations. So I had to make-do with what we had un-packed. So, we used straws for the #1, a toy dinosaur, & coco puffs for his name & the little "rocks" :) lol!

Jaden - 4 months old

It amazing how fast time flies! Jaden is already 4 months old! He has changed so much. He's smiling so much and holding his weight on his feet! (Not standing on his own of course, but he can bear his weight well!) He can even sit by himself in his exer-saucer thing!

Here is a picture of when he was just a few hours old!


Here is a picture I took the other day of him playing in his exer-saucer!


He's so cute! lol! He has changed so much!

Happy Birthday, Jaden! - Update: 3/31/09

I'm SOOOO EXCITED!!!!!

Jaden Reuben Lemay is now here! He was born at 3:18 PM. & healthy!

My dad caught him, & Emily, Caley & I helped my mom(she was on a bench so we had to support her) while she pushed. It was a really cool experience! He's so tiny!!

Right now he is nursing, & I'll update once we know how much he weighs, & how long he is, along w/ some pics!!!! :D

Update: OK! Jaden has been weighed, & measured!

He's 8 pounds eve, & is 20 1/4 inches long!!

He's so cute!! We have some pics, but I just have to get them uploaded & posted! (Maybe later tonight)