HILARIOUS!

Another year bites the dust...

Last Thursday was Scott's bday! We celebrated at an Angels game. Avery had a blast and cheered as loud as her Daddy! It was too cute:)

The 'stache bandit

Pretty Sure...

I am crazy about this little bucket of love. 20 months today:)

The Doggone boy is gone... I am sad to hear the news of Michael Jackson's passing. He was a legend. His music, dance moves and music videos were the best. The first C.D. I ever bought was Bad. Captain E.O. is still my favorite thing that ever hit Disneyland. I remember my girl friends and I protesting and picketing down main street at Disneyland when they decided to replace Captain E.O. with Honey I shrunk the kids (remember that D?) This is a sad day. I was really looking forward to his come back and always hoped to someday find out that he was innocent for all of his accusations (I know, I know). At least we can still rock out to his amazing tunes:)

Wake up San Francisco Two weekends ago my cousin Matt got married in Oakland so we decided to head up to San Fran for the weekend. The wedding was a blast and we loved the city. I felt like I was in an episode of Full House the whole time:)

Everything grows with love...
Yesterday Avery turned 19 months old! My friend got Avery this dress when she was sooo small. I remember thinking that there was absolutely NO way that she would ever be big/old enough to wear it. I hid it in the back of her closet and figured I wouldn't have to take it out forever. I found it the other day and realized that she has already almost out grown it. It made me sad to think how fast time flies by. It seemed like just yesterday...

The Circus came to town!

A few weekends ago the Culpepper Merriweather Circus came to the park just a block from us! Avery and I went and we had a blast! I have ALWAYS loved going to the circus. It was Averys first time and she loved it. When the Lion did a fancy trick the whole audience was silent and Avery yelled out Wow! Everyone turned around and started cracking up. She of course loved the attention and kept saying it over and over again. It was hilarious.

WheRe a KiD cAn Be A KiD

We went to chuckie cheese for Avery's friend's (adorable twins) birthday. Avery loved it there and thought everything was a ride, even the lamp posts. She kept hugging them and waiting for them to do something. She also HAD to wear her sunglasses (that she insisted on buying from the store). The twins are so cute and I still want a set of my own someday).

Happy Mother's Day!

To all mothers and women yet to be mothers~hope your day is happy as can be. I am so grateful to be a mother. It is my favorite thing ever:)

Earth Day

In honor of our lovely Earth's special day, Avery and I went on a nature walk!

We saw some beautiful flowers,trees and birds. Oh how I love this beautiful Earth. Wish we could have celebrated Earth day at the beach though. It was HOT!

STRiKE A PoSE

So Avery LOVES this fuzzy purple crown. She hates leaving home without it. My girlfriend Kim brought it to her from NY with a matching purse that she carries around everywhere as well:) We were walking out the door the other day and I told Avery that we were going to a party. She ran back in and grabbed her crown and purse and then headed out the door. Too funny!

Hippity Hop'n Easter

Avery was hilarious during the Egg hunt. She decided to drive around in the car to get the eggs, then feed her candy to Thumper.

Avery, Macady and Hayley had matching Easter dresses and looked so cute, we had a money hunt and Scott raced all the little kids for a dollar bill and we got to see lots of friends and family:) It was an excellent Easter!

ANGELS GAME

Scott's firm gave us tickets to the Angels/Dodgers game and being big Angel's fans we couldn't resist driving all the way down to Dodger stadium. Our good friends Matt and Whitney live near the stadium so we got to go party with them:) Avery is so into their baby Tanner it is hilarious!

Family Reunion

Last weekend we attended a huge Gardner reunion in St. George.  There were 1,000 Gardners there.  My great(x4) Grandfather Robert Gardner helped settle St. George and was the first mayor and bishop there.  In his honor they put a huge statue of him in the city center.  Elder Holland (who is a Gardner) dedicated and unveiled the statue.  It was really awesome! We had a blast visiting with relatives we hadn't seen forever and we also got to visit the McDonald fam.  It was a great weekend.

The great outdoors!

A couple of weekends ago we headed down to San Clemente State Park to have our first family campout. I know it isn't that exotic of a location but it was a blast. (Minus the 1 hour of sleep I got since Avery decided to share a sleeping bag with me and take up all the space:)

Smile

We miss you Malibu

A few weekends ago we headed down to Malibu. We had soo much fun! We got to see tons of friends and enjoy the beautiful weather. Avery was in absolute heaven with her best friends Cambrie and Faith. On Sunday we visited our old church in the Palisades and Avery was so excited to see everyone. Being a small ward she always got tons of attention. It is kind of sad now when we go to our new church and she turns around with a huge grin on her face, only to see that nobody notices. She misses the Palisades where she had so many fans. (The word fans probably sounds ridiculous but we did have two 14 year old boys chasing our car down the street as we drove away hoping to get one last glimpse of their old pal Avery. What a riot! )

Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day!