Thursday, June 26, 2008

fathers day cookout


we love our dad!
jay - lindsey - dad - me
(missing christy- wish you were here!)



with no camo for aaron to become invisible, he worked with nature and made his own. 



of course you can't have a picnic without bocce ball.
if you look closely, you can see how serious my family is about this sport.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

family time.

we were so excited to find out that our cousins rented a house on the beach and that they had EXTRA ROOM! mom, linds, and i jumped at the chance to get out of jonesboro for a few days and spend some quality time with our family...on the beach. a few dozen oreos, some ipod sing-a-longs, and 12 hours later we made it to our destination and had a wonderful wonderful time.

i truly think heaven will have beaches, but no sharks of course.


the cousins
- spencer - stuart - lindsey - me - jacob - sarah -



me, mom, and lindsey
- one of these things if not like the others -
* linds used to tell me i looked like the mailman because i looked nothing like her and mom. actually i favor my dad...who is a very handsome fellow



sarah, me, and linds
- i can't explain how much i love these girls -



beautiful rosemary beach





Tuesday, June 17, 2008

life.



new to the world of blogging... i ventured out and decided to go for it. wanting to catch up with old friends, and keep them up to date with our exciting life... my idea was to tell everyone about wonderful, perfect things that were happening in the life of the bakers. well, as we discover in life, God has His timing that doesn't always go with "our plans."
here is our story.
the day before mothers day we found out we were expecting our first child. i can't explain our excitement due to the fact that we had wanted this for a very long while now. we thought it was finally God's perfect timing for us. at 6 1/2 weeks, He showed us otherwise. For some reason God wanted this baby in His hands instead of ours and so He did. dealing with this has and will be a long road.  so as for us, the bakers, we are trying to understand. honestly, i do not know why God has chosen this path for us, but i hope to one day see His plan. we are still asking questions and still depending on Him for direction. we do hope that one day God will decide it is time to add to our family. as for now, we wait on Him.

we want to thank all of our family and friends for everything, but most of all... the prayers.
also thank you katy for the beautiful flowers that reminded me of such a pure life. they were wonderful. i posted a picture.