Gardner Family Pictures

There are two things that are always interesting with the Gardner family...  The first is singing Happy Birthday -- always an adventure.  The second is trying to take family pictures.

It's just a crazy group :)

You never know who will pose or just even smile

Sometimes it works out

But yeah, anyone is ask risk for being the one to "ruin" the photo

Mooney is always great though.

And occasionally we get a good one :)

Then Chase gets back into his crazy mode, avoiding the camera at all cost.  Gotta love those toddlers.

Twisting...

Turning away...

Being goofy...

And cuddling...

Oh, and crying...

So we took him for a walk

And helped him smile again :)

Grandkids (and one great)

Sibs

The Gardners :)

The best one, I think!

Playing in Arizona

It was nice and warm in Arizona, so it was perfect weather to play outside with Chase's new scooter.  He loves to try out scooters at the park, but he was a little nervous about having his own.  Or maybe he was just skeptical.

But then he focused and decided to give it a try.

Oops, sorry Jake.  Your car was in the perfect place to help Chase stop...

Chase and Ada also played together.  They became great little buddies.  Ada would play trains with him and let him watch movies on her iPad.  Super cute.

Chase definitely misses all the family around to hang out with, as do we, and the sunshine!  It's not so fun to get back home where we stay inside a lot because it's freezing out -- and usually he just has to play with Mom...  We have fun together, but we miss having so much family around.

Christmas Morning

We had a great Christmas morning, complete with lots of presents and of course our traditional omelettes.  It was a fun day!  We have some pictures of Chase opening gifts and playing with his new toys.  He definitely approves of Christmas and getting to unwrap presents!

Eating breakfast, waiting to open presents, showing off his Nutcracker Christmas pjs.

Our stockings

Chase is in a big Mickey Mouse phase right now.  He was really excited for his Mickey Mouse Clubhouse figurines.  

Could barely wait for me to open the box.

He is still great at opening presents :)

And loves checking out other people's presents too

His own Baseball mitt!  Can't wait for T-ball days!

A Mickey Mouse lunchbox!  He carries this EVERYWHERE!

His Duplo train set

Chase also enjoyed watching the skiiers go around this track.

Merry Christmas ;)

Page Family Reunion in Park City

This week, my family went up to Park City for a Page Family Reunion. Almost all of my aunts, uncles, and cousins were there for at least part of it, and it was a lot of fun to see them. I was only up there two nights (my day off), but I was glad to make it up for at least a little bit :)

We had family history presentations about all of the in-law families. I really enjoyed talking with Marcus' parents about where their families came from to prepare my few minutes about the Hardys. Sadly I missed most of the other presentations, but there will be a dvd to catch up on later :)

While I was there, we also played some Minuit-to-Win-It games. My team won :)

My mom and I have similar concentration faces

I met my step-cousin's daughter (Tyrel and Tricia's baby Baylie). This is a picture with Grandma Nanci. :)

We had some crafts planned for the week. In this picture Trevor had just had his hands waxed. He loves that. I made sewed some placemats-- I should've taken pictures of me at the sewing machine for you all to believe it! :)

This weekend was the Art Festival in Park City, and my mom and I walked up and down the street a billion times looking at all the paintings and projects... and of course looking in some of the shops. This picture is for Marcus:

My mom and the bear

My mom loved the junk animals, so she bought an opossum. It's really cool actually! I have a picture on my phone that's better, but since my phone is so new, I'm not sure how to upload it just yet.

We took family pictures with a photographer (I believe he's my dad's cousin). Sadly, half the kids in my family weren't there, but we still took some pictures.

My cousin's son (Matt and Jolynn's son Cooper) wanted to make sure we took one of him too. :)

Some of the group waiting for their pictures

Nana and me

Matt and Jolynn's kids Cooper and Sydney

My dad with his parents and brothers and sisters

Dennis, Jana, my dad, Nanci

Jonne, Ken, Nana, and Papa

Nana and Papa with all the grandkids sporting the tie-dye

Trev and his girls (cousins Cadie and Corie)

My greeting whenever Trevor sees me

It was a beautiful weekend in Park City, and it was a lot of fun to see the Pages together.