Grass in the backyard. Yeah!

Cesar leveled the yard a bit. We also made it bigger by changing the fences.

The "mountain mover" with his assistant.

We spread out 3 dump truck loads of topsoil before laying sod.

Been too busy playing to share all the fun. :) We put grass in our backyard. It is soo nice to have a backyard.

Isaac turned 10!

We were almost too busy to have cake and icecream. But, the dog training class got rained out so we had cake instead. Cesar performed his second marriage last night. He's really getting lots of experience most people his age don't have.

I can't believe my oldest son is a decade old! He wanted a watch to keep track of the next ten years.

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.