Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Gardners!!

This is a mixture of pictures from this holiday season. We have been blessed beyond measure this year and we are thankful to the One who came to earth for us so long ago. I will try to post pictures of the other kids as I get them when they are dressed decently and looking at the camera. To see other holiday pictures you can visit our myspace page or facebook.

Pacers Game

We went to a Pacers vs. Suns game on Wednesday. It was a first for me to go to a 'real' game. I did play a little basketball in high school, but probably haven't played since. I didn't really know or care what was going on most of the time and even cheered for the other team a time or two...but all in all had a great evening. I guess you don't have to know what is going on to have a good time. Kristi and I thought we were probably the best 'cheerers'!!! We thought Shaq probably would be an awesome player.....but he spent the majority of the game on the bench, we were not impressed. We got his picture though, just to prove we saw him. Kristi, Andy, Susan, and Randy went along as well as the kids. We want to go back and get better seats next time.

Crazy moments

Here are a few of the crazy moments on my trip. When I look at these they just make me laugh. It is good for the soul to just act crazy at times. There are very few people with whom I can truly be myself, these are the few!! I don't have very many pictures of me, as I was the one with the camera. Esther also had a camera and it seems I don't have many pictures of her either.

I am back....tired!!

I am back from my great weekend in NC with the gals. We had a wondrous time and plan to do it again. The four of us settled in and it seemed we had never been apart. We figured that it had been at least five years since we had seen each other. We had big plans to go to the women's conference in Greensboro, and even had our costly tickets, but alas.....we got to talking and never made it to the Colosseum. I do have the ticket though...I guess it can go in my scrapbook as gold!! We really didn't do all that much except talk, laugh, act stupid, shop, eat, and drink coffee. I drank more coffee than any sane person should drink. I will post a few pictures here, and maybe more later when time allows.

I am off for a great weekend

Well....it has finally arrived!!!!! I am leaving tomorrow morning for my weekend with the gals!!!! I will be flying down to NC to meet up with my dearest friend Iva, otherwise known as Stellie...and then we will meet up with Tricia and Esther, also our friends from high school. I have never got a chance to do this and had promised Stellie that I would go see her over two years ago. Well, that never happened....and I am just now keeping my promise!! We plan to shop, eat, shop, drink coffee, eat, laugh, gossip, eat....you get the picture!!! Sooooooo tata for now my dearest readers....I will bring back lots of pictures of our wild time!!! Here is a picture of Stellie that I stole from her site.

Stellie and her lil' Sweet CornStellie Mae

Our Day at Turkey Run State Park

Starting the long hike on the 'river trail'. Randy is still feeling good and showing his skills!!

Still feeling good in the caves.

Dave and I.....lookin' kinda funny in this pic.
The whole bunch of us taking a rest on the trail.
Chelsey came along with us for the day. I am convinced she thinks we are crazy people.

Sitting taking a rest before we go up yet another hill.

Me and my girls tired after the long climb.

A restful scene at the end of our journey. Love, love, love this picture (except for the guard rails). It is so calming.

Pix with my new camera

These are some neat pix I took of the kids with my new camera that Dave got me for my B-day. I really like it....but really don't know all it can do for me. Guess I need to read the manual....that always helps!! My kids are growing way too fast, it is always more visible to me when I see them in pictures. Sometimes I wish time would stand still....notice I said sometimes.....but for sure not when they are fighting!! :*)

Fall Days

My little Maxine....she looks so cute in this picture!!!

This spider lives on our front porch.....He is sure pretty, but I don't know if he is a bad guy or not.
Austin found this fungi in our woods......it is huge

Mickhi loves to ride the four-wheeler.....and Libby just loves Mickhi!!!

Kristi thinks she can run faster than me!!!

I have been jogging daily (almost) hoping to someday get skinny.
While we were talking, jogging and being silly the guys were out shooting each other with paint balls.......just doesn't make sense!!
Dave has a great big nice ole' red mark to prove he was hit, not my idea of fun!!!

This post is just a mixture of pictures from today. It was beautiful outside and our family came out to enjoy a big fire, food, and fun. I have always been a believer that weekends are for fun and family....and this was no exception. We ladies sat around talking and being silly and the guys rode the four-wheelers and played paint ball. I see no fun shooting each other with little balls and leaving big bruises....it must be a guy thing!!! All in all it was a great day!!!