I am going to have a new family member.....
Bud is Engaged.... I still can't believe that he asked Laura to marry him. He has always talked about just living with my parents forever and not wanting to get married until he was 40. I am so excited for him and Laura. He and I had made a scrapbook and at the end of it he proposed. Bud had asked Cort to take a picture of him and send it to him to add as the first person to say congrats. Cort's pic was amazing. He also colored a congrats picture and sent it with the picture so both the pic and the artwork made it into the scrapbook. She along with everyone else was very surprised. They will probably be getting married sometime in the spring. I am not sure of an exact time frame. I am sooooo proud of him and I feel honored to be his big sister.
Cort is doing great. He has had the best and worst week yet. He and his companion teach seminary to students on Wednesdays. One of the two girls they teach was killed in a roll over. He and his companion have been dealing with her passing. On a lighter note Cort and his companion were cleaning their car out and Cort ran into the bathroom to grab the Windex that is under the bathroom sink. When Cort opened the cupboard door there was an animal in the cabinet. He ran out to get his companion to come in and see what he found. The companion opened the cabinet door and told Cort it was a possum. His companion grabbed the broom and tried to push it back through the hole where it crawled through. (the hole is for the plumbing/pipe) Well they could not get it to go back out so they called their landlord who came over with a gun and shot it. Are you kidding me? I can picture Cort freaking out. Both my brothers are terrified of spiders let alone a nice surprise next to the Windex.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Take out and cleaning....
There is a new Olive Garden in town and Caleb and I might be considered to join the frequent eaters take out group. We can call in an order and pick it up in 15-20 mins. Life just got a whole lot easier for a girl who does not cook. The individual proportions are the big enough for a family of five. A little bit of my heart belongs to the new Olive Garden....oh the bread sticks....
Am I the only person who has a lot of free time (now that I am not in school) that seems to want to do nothing but sit on the couch? I know that there are things that need to be done around the house. I need to get my rear in gear and be more productive around the house. Being that it is only Caleb and I living in our home it should not get too out of control...but then I look around and have to re-evaluate. I tend to ask myself that if someone dropped in would I be ok inviting them into our home? Overall I would consider our home clean...maybe just not to my own standards. By no means would our home be condemned by the health department...I am just not sure If I would do so much black furniture in our next home.
There is a new Olive Garden in town and Caleb and I might be considered to join the frequent eaters take out group. We can call in an order and pick it up in 15-20 mins. Life just got a whole lot easier for a girl who does not cook. The individual proportions are the big enough for a family of five. A little bit of my heart belongs to the new Olive Garden....oh the bread sticks....
Am I the only person who has a lot of free time (now that I am not in school) that seems to want to do nothing but sit on the couch? I know that there are things that need to be done around the house. I need to get my rear in gear and be more productive around the house. Being that it is only Caleb and I living in our home it should not get too out of control...but then I look around and have to re-evaluate. I tend to ask myself that if someone dropped in would I be ok inviting them into our home? Overall I would consider our home clean...maybe just not to my own standards. By no means would our home be condemned by the health department...I am just not sure If I would do so much black furniture in our next home.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Two weeks worth....or more.
It has been a while since I have updated our blog. We have had a lot going on so bare with me. On Friday Sept. 4th Caleb celebrated his Birthday. We went out to dinner with his parents to his favorite place to eat. We had a good time. Saturday we headed down to Yuba for the family reunion. We played catch and sat around catching up with everyone. Families were going to be showing up on different days. We left Sunday around 1:30 and got home just before 3:00. We got showered and cleaned up and headed to my parents house around 4:15. We went over to celebrate Caleb's Birthday with my family. My grandpa Gardner was having a hard time for the first couple of hours we were there. We almost had to call 911 to have an ambulance come and pick him up. We were finally able to get him up and going and sit around the table with us. We were trying to work on Cortney's Birthday present. Monday morning I got a phone call from my mom that my Uncle Pat had been in an accident and as a result he passed away. later that afternoon Caleb's parents called to tell us they were broken down and needed some help. All of this in one weekend is a bit much.
The weekend of the 12th I worked on Saturday for my companies open house. I had spent a lot of time working on everything for the open house and it went great. I sent off a package to Cort for his Birthday which was on the 14th. It was kind of hard day without him here. He wrote his letter home and I was pretty emotional when reading it. the fact that it was his first birthday not at home did not set easily for me. I have been thinking a lot about him lately and MISS him a ton.
This past weekend Caleb and I had a lot going on. Saturday morning around 7:00 am Caleb, his dad and brother all went down to help his grandparents install a sprinkler system. At 10:00 am I went to my nieces volleyball game. She played great and won. It is amazing to see these tiny kids playing a game that I love soooo much. Caleb and I then had our nieces 1st birthday party at 3:00. We went out to Chelsea and Nic's house to celebrate. We left there around 5:00 and ran to the dry cleaners and then home to get ready. We headed to our 10 year class reunion which started at 7:00pm. The class reunion was a class reunion. A couple of people walked around trying to sell them self as a huge success. I told Caleb that I was going to have a hard time with a few people not being able to tell which person out of the husband and wife we actually went to school with. One guy walked up and started talking to Caleb and asked if I was his wife and put his hand out to shake my hand. Caleb then told him that I went to high School with them. That was a highlight of my night.
I cannot believe that we have been out of high school for 10 years. I am not sure if a 10 year class reunion is considered a milestone in ones life but it puts your age into perspective. Wow. I need to try and keep this updated a little more often so that it does not turn into a novel every time.
It has been a while since I have updated our blog. We have had a lot going on so bare with me. On Friday Sept. 4th Caleb celebrated his Birthday. We went out to dinner with his parents to his favorite place to eat. We had a good time. Saturday we headed down to Yuba for the family reunion. We played catch and sat around catching up with everyone. Families were going to be showing up on different days. We left Sunday around 1:30 and got home just before 3:00. We got showered and cleaned up and headed to my parents house around 4:15. We went over to celebrate Caleb's Birthday with my family. My grandpa Gardner was having a hard time for the first couple of hours we were there. We almost had to call 911 to have an ambulance come and pick him up. We were finally able to get him up and going and sit around the table with us. We were trying to work on Cortney's Birthday present. Monday morning I got a phone call from my mom that my Uncle Pat had been in an accident and as a result he passed away. later that afternoon Caleb's parents called to tell us they were broken down and needed some help. All of this in one weekend is a bit much.
The weekend of the 12th I worked on Saturday for my companies open house. I had spent a lot of time working on everything for the open house and it went great. I sent off a package to Cort for his Birthday which was on the 14th. It was kind of hard day without him here. He wrote his letter home and I was pretty emotional when reading it. the fact that it was his first birthday not at home did not set easily for me. I have been thinking a lot about him lately and MISS him a ton.
This past weekend Caleb and I had a lot going on. Saturday morning around 7:00 am Caleb, his dad and brother all went down to help his grandparents install a sprinkler system. At 10:00 am I went to my nieces volleyball game. She played great and won. It is amazing to see these tiny kids playing a game that I love soooo much. Caleb and I then had our nieces 1st birthday party at 3:00. We went out to Chelsea and Nic's house to celebrate. We left there around 5:00 and ran to the dry cleaners and then home to get ready. We headed to our 10 year class reunion which started at 7:00pm. The class reunion was a class reunion. A couple of people walked around trying to sell them self as a huge success. I told Caleb that I was going to have a hard time with a few people not being able to tell which person out of the husband and wife we actually went to school with. One guy walked up and started talking to Caleb and asked if I was his wife and put his hand out to shake my hand. Caleb then told him that I went to high School with them. That was a highlight of my night.
I cannot believe that we have been out of high school for 10 years. I am not sure if a 10 year class reunion is considered a milestone in ones life but it puts your age into perspective. Wow. I need to try and keep this updated a little more often so that it does not turn into a novel every time.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
I love count downs everyone who knows me knows this about me. I have been counting down the number of classes I have left until I graduate. Well let me fill you in....I AM DONE...FINISHED...Graduated...It only took about two and a half years to get my degree. I don't think it has really hit me yet. I am sure it will when I don't have to actually go straight from work to the campus. Caleb and I have a few things going on that I am sure will keep me busy. Caleb started the fall semester last week. I have mentioned that he is good at everything he does. He had to help both of his teachers teach the class during both summer classes. I Love him tons...
My niece has decided to take up volleyball. I could not be happier not only for her but me. Out of all her choices she chooses something that means soooo much to me. She sent me a text (from her mother's phone) and asked if I would help her with her serves. she came over last week and we worked on them in my backyard and front yard. She is going to be amazing. I love that she will ask for help and actually listens. When I coached High School volleyball they did not listen to me as well as she did. She was scheduled to have her first game last Sat. but she was not feeling very good. I told her that I would come to all of her games. I will post some pics of her playing in her games once I attend one.
This weekend we have a family re-union on Caleb's mom's side of the family at Yuba Lake. I will take some pics and post them with an update of how it went. I am hoping for Fun in the Sun being a beach bum. I have to keep reminding myself that this beach is going to be nothing like Hawaii, Cancun or Grand Cayman.
My niece has decided to take up volleyball. I could not be happier not only for her but me. Out of all her choices she chooses something that means soooo much to me. She sent me a text (from her mother's phone) and asked if I would help her with her serves. she came over last week and we worked on them in my backyard and front yard. She is going to be amazing. I love that she will ask for help and actually listens. When I coached High School volleyball they did not listen to me as well as she did. She was scheduled to have her first game last Sat. but she was not feeling very good. I told her that I would come to all of her games. I will post some pics of her playing in her games once I attend one.
This weekend we have a family re-union on Caleb's mom's side of the family at Yuba Lake. I will take some pics and post them with an update of how it went. I am hoping for Fun in the Sun being a beach bum. I have to keep reminding myself that this beach is going to be nothing like Hawaii, Cancun or Grand Cayman.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Our Weekend
On Friday night Caleb and I went out to dinner and to the mall. A pretty normal night for us.
Saturday I went and ran some errands while Caleb went and rented a bobcat looking thing to start working on our pond. We went to dinner with a few of my co-workers up in Ogden. We had a good time. I won the game that we played which made it even better. We ended up leaving around 11:00 which means we didn't get home until after 12:00. It was a long and busy day for the both of us. Busy days are good except they go by way too fast.
This morning Caleb got up and started working on his truck then our backyard. We are putting in a water fall and pond. (When I say we I mean Caleb.) Caleb worked on that all day. He really made some progress with it. Here are a couple of pictures that I tried to take.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
I never really post about Caleb. I post about things that are going on in our lives but never just about him. I think sometimes I take for granted how great he truly is. Here are some of the things that I love about him and that make him an amazing person and husband.
1. He is a Freaking Genius. (as many people have described him.)
2. He is good at everything he does.
3. He loves to torment our nieces and nephews in a playful uncle way.
4. He is a HUGE computer geek.
5. He does not like sweets.
6. He loves me...even when I sit and watch him pull weeds.
7. Who does everyone call when they need help??? Caleb.
8. He owns a paintball company.
9. He loves Milk.
10. He is going to school.
11. He hates taking naps.
12. He loves to be out of the house.
13. He is a great provider.
14. He loves to whistle.
15. He sleeps on the right side of the bed.
16. He has gorgeous hazel eyes.
17. He has the cutest giggle if you can get him going.
18. He is strong willed.
19. He has a huge heart.
20. He is all mine.
21. He does not like to play video games.
22. He does not like to hunt or fish...THANK YOU.
23. Everyone calls him for his advice..no matter what it is.
24. He wishes I would cook more.
25. He drives a black truck.
26. He does not eat seafood.
27. He loves to go camping.
28. He hates buying clothes for himself.
29.He drives everywhere we go...no exceptions..I love it...
30. I know that someday he will be a great dad.
31. He is so caring.
32. He does not mind re-introducing himself every time we see my grandpa Gardner.
33. He loves to take pictures. (from behind the camera)
34. He is willing to listen when I need to talk.
35. He is trustworthy
36. He is dependable
1. He is a Freaking Genius. (as many people have described him.)
2. He is good at everything he does.
3. He loves to torment our nieces and nephews in a playful uncle way.
4. He is a HUGE computer geek.
5. He does not like sweets.
6. He loves me...even when I sit and watch him pull weeds.
7. Who does everyone call when they need help??? Caleb.
8. He owns a paintball company.
9. He loves Milk.
10. He is going to school.
11. He hates taking naps.
12. He loves to be out of the house.
13. He is a great provider.
14. He loves to whistle.
15. He sleeps on the right side of the bed.
16. He has gorgeous hazel eyes.
17. He has the cutest giggle if you can get him going.
18. He is strong willed.
19. He has a huge heart.
20. He is all mine.
21. He does not like to play video games.
22. He does not like to hunt or fish...THANK YOU.
23. Everyone calls him for his advice..no matter what it is.
24. He wishes I would cook more.
25. He drives a black truck.
26. He does not eat seafood.
27. He loves to go camping.
28. He hates buying clothes for himself.
29.He drives everywhere we go...no exceptions..I love it...
30. I know that someday he will be a great dad.
31. He is so caring.
32. He does not mind re-introducing himself every time we see my grandpa Gardner.
33. He loves to take pictures. (from behind the camera)
34. He is willing to listen when I need to talk.
35. He is trustworthy
36. He is dependable
37. He is a good kisser
38. He does our finances
39. He mows the lawn and takes the garbage out.40. He wants a boat someday
41. He is proud of me
42. He is successful43. 45. He loves to travel
44. He is giving45. He is not big into watching sports
46. He kisses me goodnight
47. He can be quiet sometimes
48. He doesn't have back hair
49. He treats me with respect and tender love
50. He may come off super serious sometimes, but he is really funny..or so he thinks he is..
Sunday, August 2, 2009
The Quilt....
In Cort's last email home he asked my mom to make him a craft. It is a weird request but we have to do something for him. My mom came up with the idea to make Cort a quilt. When she mentioned this to me I was thinking to myself...Are you kidding me? I do not quilt or sew...this should be good. So last Wednesday night I went over to my parents house to make a quilt. My mom had bought two fleece pieces of material and we had to just the edges and tie them in knots. It did not sound hard since there was no needle needed. We laid it out on the living room floor, get one side cut and tied. We move around the blanket to the next side and I realize the top piece of material upside down. Every piece of material has a wrong and right side. Well leave it to use to just get going and not pay attention. We recruited Bud to help untie everything we had just done so that we could flip it over and fix our mistake. Once we fixed it we were not going to stop until it was done. Sitting on the floor for long periods of time is not a good thing for the Gardner family. I started it off with a charlie horse in the arch of my foot, Bud lasted all 15 min before the arthritis in his knees kicked in and my mom ended the quilt with a charlie horse in her thigh. So as they saying goes...no pain no gain. I stayed over to my parents until we got it done. We had a good time doing this with my grandparents sitting on the couch watching us. It actually turned out pretty good. Here are a couple of pictures.
In Cort's last email home he asked my mom to make him a craft. It is a weird request but we have to do something for him. My mom came up with the idea to make Cort a quilt. When she mentioned this to me I was thinking to myself...Are you kidding me? I do not quilt or sew...this should be good. So last Wednesday night I went over to my parents house to make a quilt. My mom had bought two fleece pieces of material and we had to just the edges and tie them in knots. It did not sound hard since there was no needle needed. We laid it out on the living room floor, get one side cut and tied. We move around the blanket to the next side and I realize the top piece of material upside down. Every piece of material has a wrong and right side. Well leave it to use to just get going and not pay attention. We recruited Bud to help untie everything we had just done so that we could flip it over and fix our mistake. Once we fixed it we were not going to stop until it was done. Sitting on the floor for long periods of time is not a good thing for the Gardner family. I started it off with a charlie horse in the arch of my foot, Bud lasted all 15 min before the arthritis in his knees kicked in and my mom ended the quilt with a charlie horse in her thigh. So as they saying goes...no pain no gain. I stayed over to my parents until we got it done. We had a good time doing this with my grandparents sitting on the couch watching us. It actually turned out pretty good. Here are a couple of pictures.
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