Sunday Morning Rant

Right now I'm irritated with 3 things.

1. Barkley ate Macy's shoe. A very cute blue sandle with a big white flower on it. I got them at the end of summer last year a size too big so she could wear them this summer and within DAYS of getting them out for her to wear he ATE A FLOWER. I wanted to kill him.

2. My due date. I know it shouldn't bother me, but it does. Bad. I don't think I'm only 21 weeks along. They base your "due date" off of your last menstrual period. I KNOW for a FACT that my last period was NOT October 31. It was definitely in the middle of October. So I don't really know how far along I am, and neither does my doctor. I have a "due period" I decided. I'm due between July 23 and August 6. There ya go.

3. How everyone keeps comparing The Hunger Games to Twilight. THEY ARE SO DIFFERENT. Not even comparable. But I guess people did that to Twilight and Harry Potter too, which was stupid. But I guess that just means Twilight really is that popular or people wouldn't be trying to compare it to everything. It's not the "twihards" that are comparing it either- it's the people that don't even like Twilight. If you don't like it LEAVE IT ALONE.

K. I'm done. Thanks. I feel better.

Spring is here!!

I hate winter. It's a known fact around these parts that Alli Gardner does not, in any way-shape-or-form, like winter. It's cold and miserable.

My dislike for winter is what probably makes me so excited that today is officially the first day of SPRING! Yay!!

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There is just something about Spring that is just wonderful, it's full of new possibilities!
I feel so motivated to just do everything. It might just be nesting getting to me a little early, but between Spring and Summer, I have some big plans.

First on the list... a tan. I miss having a tan. It's probably been about 4 years since I've had a nice golden glow to white skin, and let me tell ya, I. am. WHITE.

The pool. It's no secret that I love the pool, and with Macy being 3- I think it's time her and I really worked on swimming. I hear the pool has a cheap family pass, and I might just do that this year. The pool is about a 3 minute walk from our house and I could really work on number 1 there.

Our Yards! I've talked a lot on facebook about our backyard, and front yard. With a non-existant lawn in the back, and a "being revived" yard in the front, I'm excited to get them started again. It seems like just when the lawn starts looking good it gets cold again, so I'm excited to start working on it early this year so we can have a pretty lawn for longer. Since our sprinkler  system is finally fixed and we have water in our front yard again, I'm going to plant flowers this year! It will add so much to the front!

I can't even describe this feeling that I just want to get started. Kyle is currently not feeling to hot, so he's probably going to read this and already feel more tired, because lets face it- he's probably going to be the one working on the yards while I take Macy to the pool or work on my flowers- a pregnant woman and a 3 year old usually do more harm then good when it comes to manual labor. I sure am lucky to have a guy that will take my crazy ideas and make them happen though, even if I'm not much help.

Move your body!

Since this is my 3rd pregnancy, I decided to switch it up a little it and do some experimenting. With Macy and London I didn't really exercise on a daily basis. I walked when I remembered and swam some with London, but nothing consistant. After London was born I got into running and I really would like to run a half-marathon after this little boy is born, but I don't want to completely start over from the beginning. Which leads me to why I'm posting this post :) I decided last week that I am doing to do my pregnancy workout video every day until little one comes. Of course there will be days I can't (when we're not home) but for the most part- it will be every day.

My only worry through all of this is that Macy and London wouldn't really let me. Between "she stole my book" "I need a drink of water" and London doing whatever she's gonna do, it almost seems like an impossible task to get through a whole video (40 minutes) without the girls needing something. Last week we did really well and the girls actual did the video with me. It was really cute to watch them sway their hips and do all the stretches.
Today....
Not so much.
I think I paused the video about 5 times because I was missing way too much.
What was supposed to be 40 minutes turned into about an hour and 10.
Hopefully the Lord will just bless my efforts right?
Better luck tomorrow I suppose!

Baby Boy!

We are excited to announce that we will be expecting a new member to the family! 

Estimated Due Date: August 5th!

We love our little girls with their pink and purple and 

we're excited to add some blue and red to the mix!

Race Across America

Last year I went on one of the craziest adventures of my life. I was on a crew for a non-stop bike race across America. And I just agreed to do it again.

From June 16th to June 22nd, I will be on the crew for a bike race across America as a member of Team Donate Life , a non-profit organization that raises money and awareness for organ and tissue donation and transplants. By joining others and contributing to team donate life you can help give hope to thousands by raising money and awareness for organ/tissue donation and transplants, and feel good about it all. Every little bit helps.

The Race Across America begins in Oceanside, CA and will end 6 days and 3,005 miles later in Annapolis, MD.  Our relay team will ride 24 hours a day, racing from the Pacific Ocean, through the Mohave Desert, climbing 3 mountain ranges (including the Colorado Rockies) totaling over 118,000 vertical feet, traversing the Great Plains, with all its wind and rain, riding throughout the day and night on our way to the Atlantic Ocean until finally, worn out yet victorious, we’ll celebrate with actual organ donors and recipients, as we cross the finish line, to support the miracles associated with organ donation~ LIFE!

Your tax deductible donation of any amount can either be made by check to “Team Donate Life” mailed to the address below, or you may go directly to our fundraising page here:http://teamdonatelife.com/riders.asp?ifid=198 to donate online.  Please note on your donation who you are supporting. We are committed to reaching our goal by June 16th.  

Event: RAAM Event Date: 6/16/2012 Fundraising Goal: $1,500.00 Current : $0.00 Donate Now

This is my 2nd year being associated with Team Donate Life and you can call me a believer. There is no more important cause in my book than life and Team Donate Life demonstrates that on many levels. Most importantly organ donation. I remember as a teenager coming up on a car accident where they were flying someone out. Word quickly got out that the person being transported had already died but was an organ donor and they were racing to get his organs to someone in need. That moment I decided that is what I wanted to do and have registered as an organ donor ever since. Join me in helping me reach my goal of $1,500 toward this cause, every little bit helps.

Thank you for your support,
Kyle Gardner
Team Donate Life
El Dorado Hills CA, 95762
http://www.teamdonatelife.com

Birthday and a Funeral

We had a very busy weekend! Kyle needed to go down for the valley for a Music Conference, and we tagged a long with him. Kyle spent most of the weekend in Mesa for the conference, and the girls and I tagged along with my Mom and Dad. It was my Mom's 50th (!!!) birthday so we started out by meeting up with my siblings at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant (YUM!), sadly we don't have a single picture, but we had a lot of good food and lots of fun. For my Mom's present from the kids Kati had the idea to get together 50 memories and put together a book of memories for her. I got on Facebook and e-mailed her family and friends and they sent memories back to me, we put them in a small scrapbook and gave them to her. She LOVED it. Kati and I couldn't find a time to get together and scrapbook them before we gave it to her, but Kati printed out pictures of everyone that participated and then that Sunday we were able to scrapbook about half of it. That just means next time we get together we'll have a little project to finish. 

Saturday was spent in Prescott with lots of family. My Great-Grandpa Randall (Macy and London's GREAT GREAT Grandpa, crazy huh?!) passed away earlier in the week so we went for his graveside service and had a BBQ with the family afterward. 

Here is everyone at the graveside service. 

The kids were getting a little restless so Kati was awesome enough to watch them while we listened to everyone talk about Grandpa and their memories of him. Don't worry- they aren't playing in the dirt on graves, this was a patch of dirt next to them :)

When I got the call that Grandpa had passed I couldn't help but be so excited for him, my Grandma passed away several years ago and he has missed her so much, and they finally get to be together again.  

 My pretty Mama, Aunt Steph, and my cousin Amber

 Here is the whole gang! It was so fun to see people that I hadn't seen in years.

That Sunday was the Super Bowl, so we all gathered at Mom and Dad's and watched the game and ate dinner. Cindy Carroll was there and snapped a few spur of the moment pictures for us. Here's everyone!

Our little family.

She's 3!

Macy turned 3! I still don't feel like she should be three, but I suppose she is. This third birthday was the LAST thing to put in her baby book, I'm still kind of aw struck about that. To celebrate Miss Macy's 3rd Birthday we had a Pizza Party! In attendance we had Grandma and Grandpa Carbonneau, Chris & Kati, their crew, Grandma Gardner, and Kym. We had pizza, cake (Macy picked German Chocolate, smart girl), and some ice cream. The best part of having a birthday party at Mr. G's is their projector/wall to watch a movie! The adults chatted a bit and the kids played with Macy's new toys, watched the movie, and just ran around. It was a great way to celebrate our little girl. 

 Macy was super lucky and got some really cool presents! We have her the baby twins to go with her dollhouse, Aunt Kym gave her Moon Sand, Chris and Kati gave her "Brown Bear Brown Bear'' (which she reads ALL the time) and two bracelets, Grandma and Grandpa Carbonneau gave her a velcro sandwich set and a cooker dress (an apron), and Grandma Gardner gave her a Cheerleader Doll. She made out pretty good. 

Thank you to everyone that joined us for the party, it was super fun and I'm glad we got to spend it with family!