Kevin is 27!

Happy Birthday Kevin! 27 years ago today, you made your grand entrance to this earth (you already knew that). I hope that you have a wonderful day! I look forward to spending your 27th year with you and enjoying whatever is has in store for us!

In memory...

Those of you who know Kevin and I well know that we lost a baby to miscarriage last July. If we had carried the baby to term, it would have been born last Thursday, Jan. 31. In July, when we had the miscarriage, we decided that we wanted to do something in memory of the baby, but thought that we would like to wait until the due date. So this past weekend, we had our families down (Kevin's dad got sick so his parents couldn't make it) so we could have a small ceremony and plant a dogwood tree in memory of our little one.

The weather couldn't have been more perfect. It was a beautiful day and a special ceremony. It really helped us to have some closure to the grief that we've experienced over the past 6 months. The tree will also be a reminder of the life of our child.

A verse that has meant a lot to me through this is Lamentations 3:21-24

"Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, 'The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.'"

Happy belated Anniversary, honey

Kevin and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary back on December 18, but as usual, because we

were in the middle of all of the Christmas hoopla, we didn't get to celebrate till January.

A couple of weekends ago, we went to Hot Springs to celebrate (we decided when we got married that we would take a little trip together every year instead of giving each other gifts because it is so close to Christmas and birthdays). We had a wonderful time...stayed at a nice hotel there and did the thermal bath and massage thing (some of you need to ask Kevin about his bath!)

We walked around and shopped and went to a movie and had a good time together.

Thank you Kevin, for 3 wonderful years! You are an incredible husband and I look forward to spending many more years together. I love you!

Christmas, part 2

I did not take many pictures in Memphis, but we were there from December 28-30.
Here are some of the few that I have!These are all the Edwards cousins and nephews/niece.

Now I'm finally caught up on Christmas!

Christmas

I got so behind over Christmas that it going to take forever to catch up. I may have to do this in several posts. We were pretty much out of town for the entire holiday(s), but we had a wonderful time with both of our families. We are very blessed!

Our first trip was to Houston to spend time with Kevin's family. We were there through Christmas Day. Kevin's brother, Chris, our sis-in-law, Jill, and our nephew, Fred, left on December 28 to do a 4 month internship in Rwanda, where they will be moving in November to do full-time mission work. Our time with them was especially precious. Please keep them in your prayers, especially Jill, who is pregnant.

Here are some pictures from Houston, in no particular order:

The whole fam, right before Chris, Jill, and Fred had to say goodbye Jeremy, Dijana, Dean, and Noah (Christmas morning)

Jill and Dijana

Nana teaching Fred how to make Chocolate Delight

Kevin hanging out with Noah. Noah never got to sit in his little seat

because someone was always holding him.

Fred and Dean had a lot of fun together

Chris, Jill, and Fred

Merry, Merry Christmas!

I know that I have not posted in forever, but I wanted to wish everyone a very merry and peaceful Christmas! I hope that you have special moments with your families and I hope that we all remember why we celebrate this beautiful holiday. With love, The Shelbys

Momma Lisa

Last week, our friends David and Deb came over to eat and they had the best idea! They have been wanting to paint "Momma Lisa's" for a while now, so they brought their stuff over to do it! The original plan was to paint "Mona Lisa's" with our mom's faces on them, but they decided that you really wouldn't be able to tell that it was our moms, so they changed the plan and we picked famous paintings and reproduced them on our canvases. It may sound goofy, but we had so much fun. I am a terrible artist (David and Deb are actually good) so it was pretty funny. If y'all are looking for a different kind of date night, give it a try!