Gardner Family Addition

Welcome to our family Max Gardner Roberts! My sister had her third little baby on Wednesday night- he weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and was only 18 inches long. He's her smalles baby yet! He is such a little cutie and looks exactly like his older brother Luke, not just like Luke did as a baby but like he does know. He has the same hair line, nose, and big full red lips! Steve was a little shy holding him at first and then didn't want to give him up. We can't wait to see him grow into a little person...

Still Alive & Kicking...

Yes, as you probably assumed by my two posts last weekend, we are still alive and well!! Things have just been pretty busy around here. Steve is back in school and therefore I don't see him until about 9 each night- by which time I am usually already in bed. So as you could have guessed we cherish our weekends!! I also started school almost a month ago- getting a good year off the ground is always a challenge. I have 25 students this year who are all quite energetic and very chatty!! It was hard to give up my little angels (they were so so so good!!) from last year but I am quickly falling in love with these ones too!!

Besides school and work we are a pretty old, boring couple! We haven't really done much exciting... of course besides the 12 days I spent with a horrible cold, cough, and sore throat! Wasn't that a treat?! My parents were in town two weekends ago and will be back this weekend because my sister will be having her third little one on Wednesday (we can't wait for little Max to join us).

Don't worry- I'll keep you updated on anything exciting!

A Colorado Wedding...

When I went to Colorado for a visit home last month (which was an awesome trip), I was able to go to my best friend Brittany's wedding. She looked absolutely beautiful and it was so fun to be there and see her join her love. It was a traditional catholic wedding which meant it was a High Mass. Overall it was very interesting and I learned some new things about her religion but in the end made me grateful for what I know and believe. Congrats Britt!

Completely awful picture but my camera was too slow as they were walking back up the aisle on their way out!

Saying their vows- a little strange that you could take pictures during this (much different than my own wedding).

Best friends from high school- Linds & Erin

My mom and I before the ceremony.

Me and little Foxx- so cute but not sure quite what to think about his rather loud aunt MooMoo. His parents are much calmer and quieter than me :)

Fiona and I giving loves- I look totally gross but she is such a doll and has such a fun and bubbly personality! Love her!!

Summer Cruise

So I know I have been totally off the map lately, but I really have to be in the mood the update my blog and I guess I'll just have to say that I haven't been in the mood for the last two months :)

Well, this cruise was almost two months ago but I still want to document what we did and the few (sorry!) pictures we took. I'm really mad at myself that we didn't take all that many pictures but our camera isn't waterproof and almost everything we did involved water- of course!

So here goes:

Steve and I left early early, like 2 am early, Sunday morning for the airport and headed for Miami. Stepping out of the airport and into the streets hit me like stepping into an oven- wow the heat and humidity!! I felt wet all the time!! So our friends Cami and Nate picked us up from the airport and we headed for our hotel. Let me just tell you, Miami... nothing like shown on tv. I was expecting to go and see this posh place with gorgeous blue water and white sands beaches- you know like shown on CSI Miami, one of my favorite shows- well, mostly I saw trailers, graffiti, pot holes, and some very interesting people.

So we spent the evening exploring, ate dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe and turned in early since we were all exhausted. Monday morning was a relaxing and lazy day- we slept in, ate breakfast, got ready and packed our stuff to head for the boat. Our specific group wasn't supposed to board the ship until like 3 but we wanted to get on early and eat lunch so we boarded at about noon. The ship was very cool and our rooms left much to be desired- more like caves with no windows that rooms, but who cares all we really did was sleep in them!! Monday we explored, ate lots of yummy food, went to a comedy show, and got ready for our first day off the boat.

Tuesday:

Nassau & Paradise Island- took a ferry to the island, walked to the beach, swam in the ocean, Steve and I rented jet skis, walked through some amazing hotels (featured on the travel channel and where Miss Universe was hosted last week), and attempted to visit Michael Jordan's home there. Of course we had to do that for Steve, but his house was on the opposite side of the island and we didn't have time to get there.

Wednesday:

CocoCay Island- delicious bbq lunch, floated on mats in the water, paddle boats in the water, Steve and I snorkled (quite the experience for Steve- he was terrible!!), and did lots of relaxing.

Thursday:

Key West, FL- hottest day ever!!!! The four of us went on a several hour water tour in kayaks and swam in the water.

Friday we had to get off the boat early and Steve and I didn't have a flight until 7 that evening. So Cami and Nate were so wonderful to stay some extra hours in Miami with us and kill time. We went to some Botanical Gardens in Miami Beach- which I have to say was the much more fancy city I was looking for, went to the Harry Potter movie, visited a delicious Dunkin Donuts, and finally made it the airport around 3:30.

It was a great and relaxing week!

Much Needed R & R...

Steve and I will be spending the next week on this...

visiting places like these...

and doing things like this....

see you in a week!!

The End of a Year Long Project...

So Steve and I have lived in our house for almost two years now- and we are finally almost complete with all of the landscaping! When we moved in the builder only put in the front yard and even there it was the bare minimum. Basically, just grass. Last year we hired a landscaper to finish the entire yard, including cutting out a bunch of new beds for us. So last year that was the main project- we planted plants in all of the beds in the front.

This year we have done so so much work to finally complete the yard! We had a patio put in, planted the rest of the beds, put in trees, and hauled so so many rocks to all of the beds. Steve is so proud of all of the work he has done and we think it looks pretty good! It's not quite finished but almost...

Our new trees in our backyard!

View from the front...

The bed in the front corner.

One of the side beds- with our favorite flowering pear tree!!

Our new patio! We love it- it's stamped concrete!!

Now all that's left is to get a patio set and our french door going out onto the patio!!

Annual Campout!

On Saturday Steve and I headed with Becca & Jesse and kids for our annual camping trip. We headed up Spanish Fork canyon, it took about 45 minutes to get up into the mountains and pick our spot (which was gorgeous- off the road, lots of trees, right on the river). Steve and Jesse unloaded the truck and Becca and I played with the kids. We rested a bit, went on a short hike, and began cooking dinner... the most delicious steak and potato tin foil dinners ever!

For the remainder of the night we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, the boys played football in the river, talked around the fire, and Livi did lots of singing performances and knock knock jokes for us!

The night was pure heaven compared to last year! Steve and I bought a much bigger tent and an air mattress, which both saved my life! I never got cold and I actually slept good! In the morning we drank hot chocolate, made pancakes and sausage and got ready to go home. I can only hand one night of not great sleep without my bed and Becca can only do one night with the two kiddos!


We came home only to remember that Steve had locked his keys in his car (in the ignition). So first we stopped off at our house to see if we could break in somehow- we left unlucky to see if we could now break into the car down at Becca's house! After about an hour of trying, Steve and Jesse finally called the police to see if they could get in. The first officer had no idea what she was doing so they had to call another! How embarrassing- Steve outside with two cop cars and the whole neighborhood watching! Finally, they got in and we got ready to return home. Oh, but not quite... Steve's battery was dead! Finally, we got home to rest and of course I got sick! Well it was a great weekend- even with a few hiccups!