The LaGarde Family

I (april) got bad news yesterday, my best guy friend from High School was killed in Iraq! I know that so many lives have been effected by this war, it just hits home when some one you know is the one lost.

I thought I would write something short (well it may not be that short) about my friend!

Things I remember:
I remember…
…the first time we met, 9th grade picture day, you had befriended a friend of mine, how sweet of you, he didn’t have many friends…
… going to a concert at the hershey stadium
… getting you out of so many groundings (good thing your mom liked me)
… dating siblings for a whole year
… working at Dutchman’s – the many many breaks we had together
… going to the 10th grade dance together
… having 5th period gym together- boy was that the best gym class
… you getting your license before me even though I was a whole year older
… you giving me so many rides home from school (one time you dropped me off and I cut my finger on your car door, I still have a scar)
… the many, many dances proms and other fun activities we attended together, maybe not as a date, but we were both there
… graduation day!
… you going into the Air Force and coming back buff!
… you calling me from Paris on new years eve – 2000, that was so cool because I was watching the fireworks on TV and you were there in person!
… you not being able to come to my wedding, but calling your dad and I got to talk to you on his cell phone (I have a picture to prove it)
… you coming to dinner with Chris and I the few times you were home
… borrowing your cow boy hat for halloween one year
… seeing you last year at our siblings graduation
… meeting your fiance this December – she was very nice I approve
… meeting you for dinner all the times you were home on leave
… your truck (all of them)
… and last but not least your favorite saying… Cowboy Up! I will never hear that again without thinking about you

Brandon, I am sorry I didn’t get to see you when you were home last- I guess you never know when you may not see someone again… You will be in my heart forever. Thank you for all the wonderful memories we have together, I promise not to forget! we love you!
Much love! April

It has been a while, 9 days to be exact, since our last posting. We have plenty to write about. For starters, Chris went on his first trip away from Logan. He did ok, but really missed him, and of course april. He was up in boston for business, and it was a good trip and went very well. He left early Thursday morning and came back today, Saturday.

On Tuesday, before he left, April went to and organized the games for her cousins wedding shower. She said that the games went very well. They played a version of bingo as well as this “pair up” game, and both were a success.

Logan seems to be growing like crazy. We don’t know how much he wieghs at the moment. We are willing to bet that it is over 10 lbs. We know that he at least weights more than ashlea, and that is a somewhat new develoment.

On some exciting news, Chris is going to be teaching/leading two seminars/classes at “InfoComm06″ this year which will be held in Orlando Florida the first week of June. Infocomm is a very large and influential association in the industry Chris works within. He has been involved since the fall with the organization. He will be teaching two classes, one is entitled “Theories Behind Interface Designs that work” and you can read more about it by clicking here. The other is called “Photoshop Tools for the Interface Designer”. These are huge opportunities for Chris, as well as the company he works for, and he is very excited to be doing this.

Thats it for now. Hope life finds you well where ever you are!

Just a quick note – Logan slept pretty much from 9 pm ish to 7 am last night. We fed him at 11:30 but he slept through that pretty much. Praise the Lord!  It felt sooooo good to sleep that long, uninteruppted.

Of course, this comes after friday’s all nighter, plus, since then we have been putting him in his crib to sleep. Chris actually woke up at 5 am, and realized Logan hadn’t woken up, so he went in to check on him, and he was breathing away. So, he left him and he didn’t wake until 7. What a nice birthday present for Mommy (and daddy).