Friday, September 10, 2010

That's right another post!!!

Oh yes two posts in less then two weeks! I am on fire!!!! So these are pictures from Labor day weekend and Gavin's first day of 2nd grade! I can't beleive he is in 2nd grade. Time flies...

We had an awesome Labor day weekend with the McEwens, Christensens, Wheelers and the Blads! Thanks for an awesome weekend guys.


The weekend started off with Clay bringing home our "trial" dog. The kids have been wanting a dog so bad, so Clay burrowed this dog from someone at work. We had her for 5 days, she was the sweetest dog!!! The kids loved her, Peyton showed NO mercy, and the dog still kept going back to her. But... we realized we are not ready for a dog yet.


Kids after church

At the tide pools
First day of 2nd Grade....





Thursday, September 2, 2010

Has it been that long??

So clearly I am HORRIBLE at updating this blog! I am going to try my best to keep it somewhat current! It is overwhelming to go back and catch up on everything I have missed so I am just going to throw in a couple pictures and go from there! No looking back! Just moving forward.

So... yes it was a boy! Curren was born June 18, 2010 at 3:30 in the morning. He is a hard baby and if he was my first.... he may have been my last! He has an umbilical hernia, acid reflux and colic. Wow... that boy can cry for days! We are on our second medicine and it seems to be helping a little. Cross your fingers. Aside from that he is a healthy baby, which we are extremely grateful for.

Peyton is hitting terrible twos faster then you can say it! She has so much personality and sass! We love her to death. She cracks us up. But she is has a little bit of a split personality! No joke. At the grocery store she was screaming and being snotty, as soon as someone turned down our aisle, she stopped completely and in her sweetest voice says, "Hi!!!" and waves. As soon as they turn the corner.... watch out! Major melt down. She can work a crowd like nobody's business! She LOVES jumping, animals and doing anything her brother does. She is like a little parrot. She will repeat ANYTHING we say. I love when her dad is leaving for work in the morning and she says, "miss you!!!"

Gavin is growing so fast. What happened to my little boy?? I miss him... He is skateboarding like a champ! He is getting so good and I am so impressed. He loves it. He starts 2nd grade in 5 days. He learned his times tables through 12 this summer. He is the sweetest brother anyone could ask for. He loves his brother and sister and would do anything to make them happy. My favorite thing is when I overhear him having a heart to heart with Peyton or Curren. It is the sweetest thing. He has no idea I am listening which is the best part. I have recorded many of these in his journal.

Clay is still working in San Diego, which is a bummer. Poor guy spends 2 hours driving everday, as well as the 10-12 hours at office. He is a trooper and our hero! We love him to death. He has been training for a double century bike race (210 miles in one day) Crazy! The race is on Sept. 11th! He can't wait for BYU football to start this saturday. He is a great dad and husband!

As for me... I am taking care of 3 kids, trying to get sleep, trying to get organized, trying to spend as much time with each one as I can so I don't miss a thing, trying to lose the baby weight and trying to be a good mom and wife.

So.. here are a few of my favorite pictures...

Back in March Clay and I were able to go to Kauai by ourselves! (Thanks mom)


Just trying to get a decent picture of all 3.
Arts & crafts (got a little messy, but they had a blast)



Gavin has competed in quite a few competitions this year, this is from the CA State Games

Peyton and I at competition

Curren

Peyton
Gavin (I love this picture!)

Love this of Peyton
Clay and Peyton after she did the big swing at camp

We were able to go to the Gardner Getaway in Utah this year! We had a blast, I will post more pictures from that later.

We got to bless Curren in the Mountains, it turned out to be awesome, Clay did a great job!

Canoeing on the lake.

My cute Husband

Our little family!


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

BOY OR GIRL???



YEP!!! IT'S A BOY!!!! THE GARDNER NAME LIVES ON!

(We totally stole this idea from someone else's blog!!)

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Clay's Work Party




Clay had a work party earlier in December that was supposed to be adults only. Our babysitter however, fell through at the last minute so we decided that since Clay is the boss it would be ok for him to break the rules and bring Peyton. She actually turned out to be the life of the party and was on the dance floor more than anyone else...one of Clay's employees gave her the pompoms which made her even happier.

Sunday Morning



So Peyton was sick the Sunday before Christmas and didn't get to don the Christmas Dress Grandma Gardner got her so mom decided to give it try the Sunday after Christmas. Unfortunately she and Gavin weren't really up for a photo shoot...although we thought these were cute. Thanks Grandma Dee Dee...We Love You!

Clay's New Car


So back in October Clay was transfered back down to Vista Knoll (next to Oceanside) where he started 3 years ago with the Ensign Group. He knew it was going to be a nice commute (about 45 min) but didn't really consider the cost of gas in his pathfinder (3 fill-ups/wk = $150.00 = $600/month), ouch! So after a few months of just sucking it up, no pun intended, he decided to buy his first ever "Brand Spanking New" car. It was hard for him to give up no car payments but his gasguzzler just wasn't cutting it. He went for a very fuel efficient, clean for the environment, $1300 tax incentivized Jetta TDI Clean Dissel SportWagon. Paul Christensen turned him on to the car and he just couldn't get the 42miles/gallon out of his head. Whatever you do don't call it "cute" as a few of his employees have, he prefers "sporty" which isn't much better but will have to do.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

The new house!

Ok..... So we still have to decorate and I still need to take pictures of the upstairs.... But I thought I would give a little preview.

It's amazing... I am not gonna lie... I didn't think we could pull it off.


Drum roll please..............................

Before....

After....

KITCHEN BEFORE.....

AFTER.....


STAIRCASE BEFORE....
AFTER.....
FAMILY ROOM BEFORE....
AFTER.... I will post upstairs soon.... = )