The LaGarde Family

Brandon Hardy

March 8, 1981 – April 28, 2006

On Memorial Day we celebrate and remember those who have served our country and died protecting us- Brandon was one of those who gave his life, and today I am thanking the Lord for him and remembering him. Even though he died 2 years ago I think about him every day and know he died doing what he loved and what he knew God called him to do, I know he felt good about serving and giving his life for the country he loved. I wish he didn’t (that no one) had to give his life for us, BUT he did and I am so thankful that he was willing to give the ultimate gift to keep me and my children free and safe.  I know he served his county well, and I am so proud to call him my friend and hero…

THANK YOU Brandon and all of the other soldiers out there who have given their lives to keep America Free!!!  We are celebrating ALL of you today!

Brandons mom wrote the poem above I hope you can read it- I thought I would share it with you all- please pray for all of our soldiers they fight for all of us and our children and our grandchildren…

We havn’t been great at getting videos up on the web for viewing, and I apologize for that (Chris speaking here). But to be honest, there wasn’t a super easy way to do it, and now it is a bit easier. Anyway, to we will put a link on the side navigation shortly, but for now, here is the link:

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FINALLY!!! we have a happy baby! Grayson is a happy child when he isn’t in pain, for a while we thought it was reflux and we were trying everything, I even tried tylonol, which scared me since I’ve heard of parents over dosing their children…

We tried prescription acid reflux medication and it seemed to make it worst, as soon as we started it he stopped sleeping through the night, it was a rough adjustment since he has been sleeping from 11pm to 6 am from 5 weeks on so to go back to him screaming though the night was horrible… I know we are lucky he started sleeping though the night at 5 weeks and it served us right to get used to it, but it was more the screaming we didn’t know how to fix that was the problem… He was so tired, he wasn’t eating well, and he was not napping well during the day either. I felt so bad for him, but didn’t know what to do for him.

So as a last resort before trying another prescription medication we tried “Gripe Water” – getting the gripe water was an experience- we went to the natural health pharmacy across from our pediatrician on 113, it is a tiny little store, FILLED with rows and rows of tiny little bottles of medicine, things were so tight I saw us being the people who would touch something, knock it over and it be a domino effect and we would have a scene that you would only see in a movie.. We eventually made it to the back of the store with out incident, but Logan was so tired and angry that I was making him hold my hand and I was trying to walk fast so he couldn’t get his sticky fingers on anything- he was screaming in rage- so I set Grayson down to talk to him and Grayson started screaming- the lady that was back there to help gave me a look and all I could say was “we’re having a bad day” I asked where the Gripe water was and I pretty much got immediate service I don’t know if we will be welcome back there again, but now I know where this medicine is kept so I don’t have to worry about causing a scene- I’ll be leaving both kids in the car for the 2 second run in

It was all worth it that night when our almost 4 month old slept though the night again!!! AHHHHH! We now have a happy and pleasant child and happy and pleasant parents at all times of the day!!!