gardner family blog

The new redirect

2008-03-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

You will be automatically redirected to the new blog for the gardners!

http://carinagardner.blogspot.com

Swimming

2008-03-19T18:40:00.000-07:00

We went swimming on Saturday to get out of the Minnesota winter time blues. Here are some of the pics:

No news

2008-02-25T20:50:00.000-08:00

So I know I haven't been keeping everyone updated on this blog, but I'm enjoying the rest of your blogs:). We cannot seem to get better. Both girls were had ear infections (which I thought we were over), then a stomach virus attacked us last week. We went in for check ups for the ear infections to find out that Siri still has hers (back on the Amoxicillian)! Perhaps that accounts for deciding not to use the potty anymore?

Hope everyone is doing well and that your weather is sunny and bright (sorry, it's all I can think about as the Minnesota weather lets up to a warm 30 degrees!).

One of my Seven Layers of Hell

2008-02-03T17:25:00.000-08:00

We used to play a game with the the Smiths (that would be, Lachelle & Nick) called 'My Seven Layers of Hell.' Basically, you find something that you dislike doing with all your might and if you had to do it for eternity, well, it would be hell. I have a new one. Having two sick kids and one sick husband to wait on for the REST of eternity...because, well, one month has been enough!

A question for Lachelle, is this a White Whine? (Go to her website if you want to know what I mean!)

Bear Lake Scrapbook

2008-02-01T09:08:00.000-08:00

So, in an attempt to mix business with pleasure, I created a quickbook for my store and at the same time worked on my photos from our family's Bear Lake Trip. So sorry, gardners/jaggis/petersons, be forewarned that any pictures I take may end up in my store! ha ha! The photos are up on my homepage... http://www.diginirvana.com.

Our Christmas in Utah

2008-01-13T20:10:00.000-08:00

I have not been diligent about keeping everyone updated so here are some of the pictures from Christmas in Utah. We had a great time! We stayed with Mary, Josh's mom. Siri made Christmas so magical this year for us because she was SO into it. I loved her reactions to everything!

Tim and Josh with their two babies.

Caroline and Siri at the Children's museum in SLC.

Siri, Caroline , and Lola at the Children's Museum in SLC.

Siri and Flissa in their cute Christmas jammies.

Josh visiting his old elementary school (his 6th grade teacher Dan Hermansen).

My newest layout of Felicity!

2008-01-13T20:09:00.000-08:00

Here's my latest layout of Felicity. Here are the credits!
paper and sparkles from Princess Kit
frame from Little Boy Blue Kit
date and love stamps from Journaling Stamps
flower stickers from Heidi Kit
butterfly from Summer Garden
buttons and ribbon from Sweet Ada Kit
stitches
All by Carina Gardner at http://www.diginirvana.com
or a quickpage My Love No2

My shop is opening!

2007-12-30T13:20:00.000-08:00

After 6 months of figuring everything out and one MAJOR learning curve, my digital scrapbooking shop is finally opening! Check it out if you get a chance and if you are even THINKING about getting into digital scrapbooking, you should download the freebie in the store called Christmas minikit.

The whole month I am having specials and freebies-notably the $1 goodies sale (there will be a new product for $1 everyday for the entire month of January). And if you aren't a digital scrapbooker, just go to the home page to check out the cute pictures of Aubrey, Siri, and Kate!:)

Love you all and thanks for reading my shameless plug! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Our pictures of Christmas in Utah will be up soon!
Carina

Christmas fun

2007-12-16T17:45:00.000-08:00

Siri told Santa Claus she wanted a talking Ariel, a Star Catcher with Blue Rings, and a mermaid shell. Santa said 'okay' and handed her this pre-made treat. She had SERIOUS look of DISTRESS. She expected Santa to give her those things RIGHT THEN. She was SO unhappy. She took the treat and one of the other moms said that she heard Siri say 'WHATEVER.' We were all laughing at that!

Siri sleeping a box. Need I say more? How did she get in that box? As it so happens that is her 'house.' It was the box for Flissy's new carseat. BEST TOY EVER. hmmm. Maybe we can get her another for Christmas.

This is family home evening at Nick and Lachelle's.This is (from the left) Joy, Keaton, Laneah, Flissy, Siri, and Neal.

I don't know how bloggers do it!

2007-12-09T20:18:00.000-08:00

Sorry, there hasn't been much blogging due to the unearthly amount of things that keep us crazy in December. Josh is the middle of finals, I'm grading finals, and the girls, well, they keep us running! I have a million pictures and stories sitting on my camera that I can't seem to get around to downloading so I'll post these instead.

I had a photoshoot for my Christmas cards and my website last week. One of our neighbors is a photographer and came and did this for me (her website it foreverengagements.com). She did a GREAT job (If you want to see the ones on my website, it's diginirvana.com). Here are a couple of pics (okay, more than a couple) that didn't make it onto the Christmas cards (which I still haven't sent out. Yikes!). I was so stressed about choosing.

The photographs were taken in our home on our antique piano.

Picking Out A Tree

2007-11-24T16:36:00.000-08:00

Siri was SO excited to pick out a tree this year. She picked out her ornament this year yesterday (a white and silver butterfly) and wanted to put it on the tree. Siri (and now Felicity) get a special ornament each year. Sometimes I pick it and it goes in the stocking, but this year I let Siri choose (and I chose Felicity's—a silver star).

I always love the people we buy the tree from. Every year we have gone to a different lot. The men are always so sweet and I feel so 'Christmasy' around them. This year was no exception. One of the men even took pictures of us in the tree lot.

Flissy was cracking us up in her marshmellow-man snow suit. Thank goodness she has a new car seat. Can't imagine her in her baby seat (we just got her the new seat yesterday). Siri has been using the box the carseat came in as a house.

Thanksgiving 2008

2007-11-24T16:21:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! Thursday we napped, watched the parade, and had Thanksgiving with our friends the Holcombs (and did I mention that we napped; sorry I had to say it again!). It was nice to spend the day as a family. It's been a long time since I have felt like I could just hang out and not work or study on a holiday. It was GREAT!

These pictures were all taken at the Holcombs. I'm so grateful for my two little darlings! Every night I thank my Heavenly Father for them. What do you thing? Does Siri love her little sister or what? Don't worry, shortly after the picture was taken, we got Felicity out of the choke hold.

Tickle Flissy's Musical Tummy

2007-11-21T17:16:00.000-08:00

At dinner tonight, Siri and I were sitting across from Josh and Flissy. Josh told Siri that when he tickled Flissy's tummy, her tummy would make music. Josh was sitting in front of the piano and was using his elbow to make the music. Siri thought it was great!

I thought it was pretty seamless too. I couldn't see Josh using his elbow to make the music when he tickled Fliss. Siri wanted to see if she could make Flissy make music too. She ran over and started to tickle Flissy's tummy—and put her elbow out to bonk on the piano just like her daddy! Too smart for us!

Our week | Nov 3-11

2007-11-11T21:10:00.000-08:00

Today was the Primary program at church, and I have to admit I was pretty teary eyed. It made me feel like Siri was very grown up—a real, little kid, not my toddler. As always, our child provided the comic relief (you know how there is always that ONE sunbeam—yep, it's ours). Other than the hysterical faces, the head shaking (which she managed to get Kate to help her with), the high pitched vibrato singing, and the look of "why in the world am I still up here?," she did very well in the program.

She had two lovely speaking parts that we had practiced at home. The first thing she needed to say was "go to church." She was the first sunbeam to go up. She first surveyed the crowd, then very clearly said her line.

The second time she went up she was suppose to say, "pray." Lachelle, the primary president, told her what to say, and very clearly into the mic she said, "Is that what I am suppose to say?" Everyone laughed, and then Siri said, "PUT." I guess she had misunderstood Lachelle because PUT isn't exactly PRAY.

A great first Primary program for her adoring parents!

This is Siri's Sunbeam class: Siri, Laneah, Kate, Kyah, and Aubrey. They are a darling little bunch of girls!

Our week | Nov 3-11

2007-11-11T20:57:00.000-08:00

This is a picture from when an entire contents of dry spaghetti fell on the floor. What does a reponsible mother do? Let her children play with it, of course. No 5 second rule here.

Hi!

2007-11-04T19:50:00.000-08:00

I'm excited that we now have a family blog. I will be contributing from time to time. Love it!

Josh

Halloween 2007

2007-11-04T16:05:00.000-08:00

Siri {mermaid|fairy} and Felicity {flower fairy} trick-or-treated to about five houses before Siri declared that she was done. We walked over to Nick and Lachelle's house for some 'warm' halloween fun. Dawn helped Siri make a little pumpkin, which Siri promptly named 'octopus.'

And of course, no holiday fun would be complete without a little over-stimulation (the melt down happened BEFORE we even started trick-or-treating).

Our new family blog!

2007-11-04T15:41:00.000-08:00

Finally, after avoiding it so long, I am putting together a blog for our family. It's starting make more sense so that all of you that are so far away can see what is going on in Minnesota. So here it is!