Hyrum turned 8!

Santa even made it. :)

Hyrum was baptized on June 6.

Sara turns 1

Love you, Sara

A very common face for her.

Sara is one. Almost got my whole head.:)

St. George Gardner Reunion

Sara crying on the way home. Tired of that carseat.

Isaac about to splash Alexis at the park. It was 75 degrees. (Snowing here now.)

The statue of Robert Gardner Jr. March 31, 2009

This is the tabernacle where Elder Holland (great grandson) of Robert Gardner Jr. gave a tribute talk and dedicated a statue. There was a crowd of about 900 descendants. It was so cool. Elder Holland's mother is the oldest living descendent grandaughter at age 94. I feel so blessed to have such faithful ancestors and the journal with some of the stories. Elder Holland spoke about how important education, being faithful and obedient, and the role of strong faithful women were in Robert's life. If it weren't for the women, none of us would be here.

Reed's 6th Birthday

The knight in shining armor. Notice the diaper box? He got lots of diapers.:)

The boys taking care of Sara.

Reed turned 6 on Tuesday. He's a spiderman climbing on the web with his friends at a nearby playground. Even though it was slightly cold we decided to still play at the park and then come home for presents and cake. The day he came home from the hospital was the beginning of an ice storm in Rochester. Our Whipple Park apartment flooded because the power went out and we ended up going to the Seibach's for a night. We watched General Conference on their computer. The Anderson's also stayed with them.

Miriam turned 3

Miriam looks like me at her age.

The headband that will save her after she thrashed her hair with the scissors yesterday.

She was so excited about the princess gifts mom gave her for Christmas.

Miriam turned 3 and had the best princess party and the boys took the camera and locked it in their room (with the screwdriver that we use to unlock their door, safely locked inside) so no pictures of the princess party until my friend gets back from her trip and sends me her pictures. I'll just post some pictures of Miriam anyway. Yesterday she took some scissors to her hair. Luckily she has a headband that covers most of the bald spots she created. It will be awhile before her hair will look nice again.

Love you Miriam.

Cesar has been called as branch president

The new branch president in his new (to us) red car.

Cesar was called as branch president of the spanish branch we've been attending for about a year and a half. As my grandpa put it. This will be a great challenge. Grandpa knows what residency is like. I know the Lord will provide the way to accomplish the things He commands.

Cesar --- I love you!

Some Yummy Paella.

That's my man.

What an awesome papa!

Look how Strong!



Enjoying the waves.

Te Amo





Real Food!






On the ocean.

Captain of the clipper!