4th of July weekend....

This past weekend was a lot of fun! We actually got to see Landen! Andie loved having her Dad home. He really enjoyed being home also and just being able to relax with his girls. On the 4th we just relaxed at our house with each other and watched a movie. That night we went over to Rock Canyon Park with some friends and had a BBQ and watched the fireworks. It was fun and Andie loved running around. We played some volleyball and Andie was pretty good just to sit in the grass and watch us. When the fireworks started she was a little scared of them and need Daddy to hold her and then after a little bit she couldn't take her eyes off of them. The ride home only took us a HOUR & FOURTY MINUTES!!! The traffic was pretty crazy. It was still worth it for all of the fun that we had. Saturday we decided to go over to Provo to walk around the booths that they had there. It was really hot but Andie still had a good time walking around in her stroller. I bought something for Andie to wear in her two year pictures which I am very excited for. That night we went down to Scofeild with my family on my brothers new ski boat. We fished until dark and then they lit fireworks off of the island. It was cool to watch them on the lake in the boat. It was a lot of fun! On Sunday we had a family home evening up Provo canyon with Landen's extended family. We had a light dinner and a lesson. It was really good. Andie loves to see her Aunts and Uncles and Grandma & Grandpa! Yesterday after Landen got home from work we went on my brother Brandon's boat and did some tubing and swimming and wakeboarding. It was so much fun. Andie really like ridding on the tube. She loved swimming in the water. It was such a nice day and the water was so warm. The water wasn't very calm but we still had a lot of fun. That is the first time we have got to spend so much time with Landen since the season started. Now we are back to games for 7 days in a row. It was really nice to spend a lot of fun times together as a family. Now that I am done rambling here are some pictures from the weeked.

Landen's dad brought this bike over to us with a car seat on the back for Andie. Now we can go for little bike rides. SHE LOVES IT!!

This is up Provo Canyon at family home evening. Andie on the Ski boat fishing
Landen showing Andie how it is done.FishingIt was such a great weekend and I can't wait until Landen's next break from work!!!!!!!!!

Concert!!!!!

Last night I went to the Collin Raye, Joe Nickels & Josh Gracin concert. Landen had to work at it so I just hung out with friends and family. It was SO MUCH FUN!! We were really close for Josh Gracin & Collin Raye but for Joe Nickels we were right against the stage which was AWESOME!! It was so much fun! I love concerts!

So everyone knows that we are huge baseball fans. My dad sent this to me in an e-mail. Me and Landen thought it was pretty cool.

Let me know what you think!

Game

Here are the rest of the pictures from opeing game. I realized they were being saved on the SD card somewhere else then they usually are. Everyone had a lot of fun!!!

Andie & Grandpa Garner

Andie & Uncle Bryce I told Mae to smile and she did.Andie & Aunt MarceaAndie & Grandpa & Grandma TiptonMae showing her smile off again.

New Favorite Thing......

is this sweet headband!!!! She walks around the house with this on ALL THE TIME. She hasn't insisted leaving the house with it yet, but I know the day is coming when that will happen!

Take me out to the ball game!!!

Opening game is FINALLY here. We have been looking forward to this all year. Now that the season is here we are anxious to get it over with! Landen has been working until 2:30 a.m every day and begining work at 9:00 a.m for the past week. He is definatly exhausted!!! He has been working really hard with Helamans camp also. He is going up to that tomorrow, and spending the weekend with the scouts. He will get home Saturday afternoon and then go right to the stadium for another game.

We had a lot of of fun at the game. We took Mae, from our ward, along and we all had a lot of fun with her.

Aubrey & Mae

Andie & Landen

(I didn't really get to doing Andie's hair so one of her aunts did it really fast for me. She just looked a little neglected that day.)
Marie, Mae, Andie & me
I have a lot more pictures but I am having some problems with my SD card. When I fix it I will post the rest of them. I have some really good ones of Mae. She is so CUTE!

The game went into extra innings (13 innings to be exact) and the power went out so we ended up leaving early. The owlz WON 6-5. It was a good Opening game and we hope that Mae will be able to come with us again!

Books.........

When Andie got done going to the bathroom this morning this is what our bathroom looked like...

That is what it looks like EVERY time she is done. When she goes into the bathroom she makes sure she has plenty of books to look at. She usally is in there for about 15 minutes so I guess she knows what she is doing. I just think it is so funny how she is with her books and the bathroom. She won't go without at least one but it usually ends up being several. Sometimes if she gets sick of the ones she has she will hurry and get up and run and get a couple more and then come back. I can't complain though, whatever gets the job done!

Surpirse!

Today we decided to take Andie over to the baby contest for Art City Days in Springville. They did the judging and announced the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st place winners. They didn't announce Andie's name which was ok with us. It was fun to go and see all of the cute little girls. She got a T-shirt and a cute bow for her hair. When we were waiting in line to get her picture taken this lady came up to the line and asked if there was an Andie Garner. I said she was right here and she said that Andie had really taken 3rd palce! There was a little girl that was in the wrong age group and she had taken 1st place. When they figured that out they realized Andie should have been the 3rd place winner. It was a fun surprise. She got a third place medal. She wore it in her picture and was so cute with it. Then they did a group picture with 1st, 2nd & 3rd. She will also get to be in the Art City Day's parade. That will be fun. We will see how fun she thinks it is. Of course we forgot to take our camera so we had to take a picture of her when we got home. In the contest all babies have to wear a white onsie. She is wearing clothes in the picture though.

Landen is trying to get her to hold still. She didn't really want to wear the medal anymore and was trying to take it off.

All grown up

My baby girl isn't a baby anymore. On Sunday I had my high heels on to go to church but we weren't quit ready to go. I took them off so I wasn't being loud for my neighbors that live under us (sorry for all the noise Tawyna!). I turned around and Andie had them on in 30 seconds and was walking in circles around our hall way. I wasn't surprised because she is ALWAYS getting shoes out of my closet and walking in them. She already LOVES shoes! I watched her walk around couple of times and decided I should take a picture. Later I was looking at the picture and it made me realize she is growing up too fast. Before I know it she will be getting dressed up in fancy dresses to go to dances.

She definatly loves to do girl things. Her favorite things to do:

1.Play with her babies!

2.Play with her barbies.

3. Likes to have her tonails and fingernails painted! (she sits still so well and lets me do it)

4. She lets me do her hair everyday. She likes to have clips in her hair. If she finds one on the floor she will bring it to me so I can put it in her hair. Sometimes she likes to play a game where she takes the clip out and brings it to me so I will put it in again and that can go on all day!

5. Loves to wear moms shoes

6. Carries a purse around the house (up on on her sholder like you really wear a purse) while she is playing

7. Loves musical movies or any movie that has a lot of singing in it and she try's to sing with it. (so cute to watch)

8. She loves wearing dresses. Whenever I put a long one on her (or a long nightgown) she twirls around in it.

9. She doesn't like anything messy on her hands. If she gets food on them she will hold her hand out in front of her until I clean them off.

10. She is a PICKY eater!!!! (not eating is her favorite!)

11. She is VERY social. She loves to play with any kids no matter how old they are.

12. She is NOT attached to Mom or Dad at all. When I take her to nursery she turns around and waves by. Even when she stays at Grandma and Grandpa's for a couple of days she doesn't miss me or her Dad. ( Makes me kind of sad sometimes )

Andie walking around in my church shoes.

When Andie woke up this morning I was putting some laundry in the dryer. Next thing I knew She was IN the dryer. She always likes to help me put the clothes in the dryer but this is the first time she actually got in the dryer. She liked it until she couldn't get out on her own.

Anjali & Garretts wedding!

Anjali FINALLY got her pictures back from their wedding. They turned out really cute!!! Anjali looks beautiful!!

Me, Anjalie and Landen at the reception
Anjali & Lisa
All of Anjali's brides maids.
Natalie, Michelle, Lisa, Anjali, me and Tara
Mom & Dad, Anjali & Garrett and his Mom and Dad
Anj & Gar at the TempleAnjalie with her neices. Aubrey, Andie and Allie. Andie wasn't too happy about having to sit still!

Anj and Gar at the temple.

Weddings!!!

This week has been a wonderful week but I am so GLAD that it is over! My sister got married on Thursday, Landens cousin got married on Friday and Landens brother got married on Saturday. It was a crazy weekend but wonderful at the same time. They all turned out beautiful. It is so weird that my two younger sisters are married. I am so happy for them! By Saturday Landen, Andie and I were all so tired and ready to get some sleep. Andie kept herself busy at the receptions by running around like a wild child.

This is at Landen's brother, Bryce and his new wife marie's, wedding. It was so pretty! After Bryce and Marie's reception Andie took this wagon thing for ride. A few seconds after this picture was taken the wheel broke off. Ooops!

All the girls waiting while Bryce and Marie get pictures taken.I am so happy for Lisa and Garett, Bryce and Marie and Kira and Tommy!

(I had so much going on at Lisa's wedding that we didn't get any pictures taken)

BBQ and more....

Today we decided to go up Springville canyon and have a little BBQ with just the three of us. It was a nice day but with the wind blowing it was a little on the cold side. That didn't seem to bother Andie one bit. She loved every minute we were up there. She was finding a lot of different things on the ground and she loved it. Her favorite part was when Landen took her over to the water. He let her play in it for a little bit with her hands. She didn't even seem to mind that it was FREEZING cold!!!

This is where we had our BBQ.

Andie saw a swing set and she had to swing on it. She was laughing so hard when Landen was pushing her.

This was on our way home. She loves to play with Landen's hats and she knows how to put them on. She will walk around the house with it on all day.

Today was a really good day. It was so much fun to watch Andie. Hopefully next time we go it will be a little bit warmer!

Mr. Mom.........

For the last month and a half I have been going back to school. I go every tuesday and thursday night from 6:00p.m -10:00p.m. It has definatly been weird going back to school since I haven't been in almost four years. I am re-taking a course so I can take the certification test to be a pharmacy technician. I really liked working as a phlebotomist and x-ray tech. but I have decided if I am going to go back to work I would rather do this. The reason why I am writing all of this is because I wanted to tell Landen THANK YOU!!! He has become Mr. mom on tuesdays and thursdays. It would be so much harder to go back to school if I had to find a babysitter for four hours twice a week. At the begining he had to work those nights for the utah flash so I did have to find someone to watch her. Mostly my parents, who were planning two weddings. I also thank them for their time. Landens parents are more than happy to help anytime we need it. They help us out with Andie so much! Now the flash are done so it is Landen every time. He always seems happy to do it even if he has a test or final to study for. I am just for thankful for him and what a wonderful Dad and husband he is.

Random stuff........

Andie loves both of her Grandpa's! It kind of makes her Grandma's a little sad. Most of the time she would rather go to Grandpa rather than Grandma. She gets so excited when she gets to see them! I love to see them play with her.

Andie and Grandpa Garner

Can you guess what this is a picture of?!?!

Well for the past 2 months Andie has been telling me when she needs to go to the bathroom. I just never did anything about it because she was so little still (and still is). Finally about 2-3 weeks ago I decided to buy her a potty and see how it goes. It has been going great!!! No more chaning messy diapers! Her Aunts were over here playing with her and she had to go potty. They thought she was being so funny so they snapped some photos. This one is so funny. She loves her potty. She is only 19 months old and on her way to being potty trained. She isn't there all the way yet but she is on her way!

Well Moving on.........

This is Andie this morning first things when she woke up. First thing she said was, "Baboo". Which means balloon. She wanted to hold her balloons right when she woke up. She is so cute with them. She holds on to them and walks around the house with them all day. She even had to go to the potty with them today. She makes me laugh. I love to watch her learn new things and grow.

Mom and Dad

April 21st was my parents 30th anniversary! My brothers and sisters and I decided to throw them a surprise anniversary party with their family and friends. They were so surprised! We had it a the church and how we got them there was funny. The Bishop called them the day of and told them that he needed to talk with them at the church that same night. My Mom and Dad were a little bit nervouse why the Bishop would need to talk to them with such short notice and on a Monday night. When they got into the Bishop's office the Bishop talked to them for a minute and then said before we get started I have something I want to show you. He brought them into the gym and we were waiting for them. They were so surprised! It was so fun to be able to keep it a surprise and to have it actually work.

It was a wonderful evening. We all got up and shared with my parents how wonderful they are and how much we love them. My Mom got teary eyed and to our surprise so did my Dad. I probably never would be able to express enough how much I love and appreciate my parents. I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD!

This is Andie walking around after dinner with a bunch of balloons tied to her skirt. She loved it. She would have slept like that if we would have let her.

This is the banner me and my sister Lisa made. It was fun to make together, I had even more fun watching Lisa try and make that yellow n.

I have more pictures of my parents but I will have to add them later.