Can I just say that I am totally excited about for this weekend and monday?!?!! This Friday night we're going to see my parents, which I always love to do, for my Mom's birthday. I'm really excited because all the kids are coming and I know how much she loves to have her family together. annnddd Monday... we're going snowboarding!!! I haven't been in like 3 or 4 years and I'm really excited that I get to go again!
When we were younger our Dad would take us kids skiing every year, but the past few years we haven't been able to so it's going to be really fun to go with us four kids again! It would be even awesomer (if that's a word) if my dad was able to get off work, but it's kind of short notice so we're not sure if he'll be able to, but we'll keep our fingers crossed!
Kyle has never been (his family went to Hawaii, our family went skiing and Disneyland, rough lives huh? haha jk) so we're really excited to see him the first couple runs down the slope! He's really good at picking things up though so I'm sure he'll do juuustt fine. I'm so excited!! YAY!
I have officially completed my scrapbook of our wedding and Hawaii (minus our snorkling page because they were on an underwater camera and I'm lazy and haven't gotten it developed yet) I'm so super proud of myself! :) Meghan gave me a super good idea on her blog (thanks meghan!) I got a mini-scrapbook for Christmas and since I have nothing else to scrapbook, i could start on our First year! like first house, first christmas, thanksgiving.. all that kinds of stuff.. I never thought about doing that before but I really liked her idea!
Did I mention that I'm going snowboarding on Monday?! and that I'm super excited about it?!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Him or Me?!
Alrighty- let's sum up me and Kyle ;)
1. Who is your man? that would be Kyle Gardner
2. How long have you been together? haha we always kinda of joke about this one- but to keep it simple a little over a year
3. Dating/Engaged/Married? very Married
4. How old is your man? 26
You or your man?
1. Who eats more? that would probably be Kyle, but if we're out to eat and I'm done with my food I usually always have to have a least a bite of his haha
2. Who said "I love you" first? he did like... a few months before I did :)
3. Who weighs more? Kyle
4. Who sings better? Him totally
5. Who's Older? ha ha, Kyle- by 6 years
6. Who's smarter? we're both smart at our own things- it varies with the topic
Different Ways
7. Who's temper is worse? that would me, Kyle doesn't get mad very easily at all and when he does he keeps is very calm
8. Who does the laundry? I do- he doesn't have time to do that
9. Who does the dishes? he does the dishes while I'm clearing the table
10. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? it depends, sometimes I get sick of the side I've been sleeping on so I have Kyle trade me till I'm sick of that side :) As of right now, me
11. Who's feet are bigger? His
12. Who's hair is longer? that would be mine!
13. Who's better with the computer? Kyle
14. Who mows the lawn? Kyle, right now it's very dead but in the summer time he does
15. Who pays the bills? I do- I stress about them too much so if he did it I would probably bug him too much about it, so I like to
16. Who cooks dinner? Me
17. Who drives when you are together? Kyle
18. Who pays when you go out to dinner? it comes out of the same account, but Kyle
19. Who's the most stubborn? me :)
20. Who is the first one to admit when they're wrong? Kyle- even when I know that I'm wrong
21. Who's parents do you see more? Kyle's, we live close down the street
22. Who named your dog? Kyle did
23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me
24. Who asked who out? He did
25. What did you do? we went to the cafeteria for lunch :)
26. Who's more sensitive? I am.. at least I cry more ha ha
27. Who's taller? That would be Kyle
28. Who has more friends? We both have a lot of friends, and we both have like 3 that we keep in touch with really well..
29. Who has more siblings? Kyle- he has 8 kids in his family and I have 4
30. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Let's be honest :) Kyle does, I just lay them out for him in the morning :)
1. Who is your man? that would be Kyle Gardner
2. How long have you been together? haha we always kinda of joke about this one- but to keep it simple a little over a year
3. Dating/Engaged/Married? very Married
4. How old is your man? 26
You or your man?
1. Who eats more? that would probably be Kyle, but if we're out to eat and I'm done with my food I usually always have to have a least a bite of his haha
2. Who said "I love you" first? he did like... a few months before I did :)
3. Who weighs more? Kyle
4. Who sings better? Him totally
5. Who's Older? ha ha, Kyle- by 6 years
6. Who's smarter? we're both smart at our own things- it varies with the topic
Different Ways
7. Who's temper is worse? that would me, Kyle doesn't get mad very easily at all and when he does he keeps is very calm
8. Who does the laundry? I do- he doesn't have time to do that
9. Who does the dishes? he does the dishes while I'm clearing the table
10. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? it depends, sometimes I get sick of the side I've been sleeping on so I have Kyle trade me till I'm sick of that side :) As of right now, me
11. Who's feet are bigger? His
12. Who's hair is longer? that would be mine!
13. Who's better with the computer? Kyle
14. Who mows the lawn? Kyle, right now it's very dead but in the summer time he does
15. Who pays the bills? I do- I stress about them too much so if he did it I would probably bug him too much about it, so I like to
16. Who cooks dinner? Me
17. Who drives when you are together? Kyle
18. Who pays when you go out to dinner? it comes out of the same account, but Kyle
19. Who's the most stubborn? me :)
20. Who is the first one to admit when they're wrong? Kyle- even when I know that I'm wrong
21. Who's parents do you see more? Kyle's, we live close down the street
22. Who named your dog? Kyle did
23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me
24. Who asked who out? He did
25. What did you do? we went to the cafeteria for lunch :)
26. Who's more sensitive? I am.. at least I cry more ha ha
27. Who's taller? That would be Kyle
28. Who has more friends? We both have a lot of friends, and we both have like 3 that we keep in touch with really well..
29. Who has more siblings? Kyle- he has 8 kids in his family and I have 4
30. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Let's be honest :) Kyle does, I just lay them out for him in the morning :)
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Life is rollin' by
WOW. Can I just say that this has been the craziest two weeks?!
Last weekend Kyle had a music conference in Mesa, so we were able to go down and stay in the Marriott in Mesa for absolutely free because the school paid for it! While Kyle was at classes all day long Friday and Saturday, I was able to go hang out with my parents and I was able to see one of Derek's soccer games which was really fun! I don't really get to go to things that Derek is apart of so it was really fun to be able to go and watch!
We came home late Saturday night, and Sunday I was called to be the Sunbeams primary teacher.. which is kind of an exciting calling! I had the same calling in Buckeye when I was still living with my parents, so I feel like I'm one step ahead of the game with that!
One of the major things that has been going on was the opening of the George Gardner Performing Arts Center which is the new High School Auditorium. Kyle's Dad, George, had put together (with the help of many people) a play, about 20 years ag
o, which is called "Holbrook" so they asked Kyle if he would take a few of the scenes from the play and direct them for the opening concert. Its a brand new auditorium so they were trying to figure out all the sound and light equipment so for the past two weeks Kyle has been at the Holbrook HS until at least 10:30 every night helping out to help the entire program go smoothly. This past week I was able to go over and help with phone calls and making sure all the little odds and ends were taken care of, so that was fun to get to work together with Kyle and not sit and wait for him to come home :) It sure made for week full of late nights, along with school and working.
Last night was the actual performance, and it was amazing. The play was only a portion of it, they had Indian Dances, Mexican Dances, and a number of different talented artists. Kyle's brother Brent was chosen to write a song about their Dad, and it was amazing. You could feel the spirit so strong when he was singing. We were all a little nervous about how the entire show would be, but they really pulled it off- it was so good. I'm really proud of Kyle and how good he did.
This weekend was the first time that I had ever been with Kyle's entire family together at once. It's hard for them to all get together when one lives in New York and another lives in Oregon, but they were all able to be here for the dedication. There were a lot of laughs and good times.
We are really excited for March to come along, Kyle's mom invited us to go to New York with her to go see Brent, Jodie, and their kids. I've never been anywhere other than the states that touch AZ (minus New Mexico) and Hawaii, so I'm really excited to be able to go somewhere! We are pretty positive we're gonna go to The Lion King on Broadway, and I couldn't be more thrilled!
Last weekend Kyle had a music conference in Mesa, so we were able to go down and stay in the Marriott in Mesa for absolutely free because the school paid for it! While Kyle was at classes all day long Friday and Saturday, I was able to go hang out with my parents and I was able to see one of Derek's soccer games which was really fun! I don't really get to go to things that Derek is apart of so it was really fun to be able to go and watch!
We came home late Saturday night, and Sunday I was called to be the Sunbeams primary teacher.. which is kind of an exciting calling! I had the same calling in Buckeye when I was still living with my parents, so I feel like I'm one step ahead of the game with that!
One of the major things that has been going on was the opening of the George Gardner Performing Arts Center which is the new High School Auditorium. Kyle's Dad, George, had put together (with the help of many people) a play, about 20 years ag
o, which is called "Holbrook" so they asked Kyle if he would take a few of the scenes from the play and direct them for the opening concert. Its a brand new auditorium so they were trying to figure out all the sound and light equipment so for the past two weeks Kyle has been at the Holbrook HS until at least 10:30 every night helping out to help the entire program go smoothly. This past week I was able to go over and help with phone calls and making sure all the little odds and ends were taken care of, so that was fun to get to work together with Kyle and not sit and wait for him to come home :) It sure made for week full of late nights, along with school and working.Last night was the actual performance, and it was amazing. The play was only a portion of it, they had Indian Dances, Mexican Dances, and a number of different talented artists. Kyle's brother Brent was chosen to write a song about their Dad, and it was amazing. You could feel the spirit so strong when he was singing. We were all a little nervous about how the entire show would be, but they really pulled it off- it was so good. I'm really proud of Kyle and how good he did.
This weekend was the first time that I had ever been with Kyle's entire family together at once. It's hard for them to all get together when one lives in New York and another lives in Oregon, but they were all able to be here for the dedication. There were a lot of laughs and good times.
We are really excited for March to come along, Kyle's mom invited us to go to New York with her to go see Brent, Jodie, and their kids. I've never been anywhere other than the states that touch AZ (minus New Mexico) and Hawaii, so I'm really excited to be able to go somewhere! We are pretty positive we're gonna go to The Lion King on Broadway, and I couldn't be more thrilled!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Goals
Today as i was reading through some of the goals that I wrote as a missionary I read something that really made me think. President Bowen (my mission president in Barcelona Spain from 2000 to 2002) taught us a new way to write goals for our lives. He invited us to find 6-7 Christ like attributes that we would like to improve or emphasize and write a goal from the perspective of what people will say about us after we die. But in first person. Then fins a scripture that shows that quality.
One of the quality's that I wrote was virtuous and one of the lines that I wrote said: "My words and actions are never such as to offend the spirit, even when that might offend others."
For some reason that really impacted me today and as I am writing my new years resolutions it is becoming a theme. I need to remember that all I do in this life is for one singular purpose, "...to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Moses 1:39" and everything else is just a vehicle for this purpose.
I hope everyone has a happy new year and whether you are a "new years resolution" type of person or not, best wishes in all you hope to accomplish in 2008.
One of the quality's that I wrote was virtuous and one of the lines that I wrote said: "My words and actions are never such as to offend the spirit, even when that might offend others."
For some reason that really impacted me today and as I am writing my new years resolutions it is becoming a theme. I need to remember that all I do in this life is for one singular purpose, "...to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Moses 1:39" and everything else is just a vehicle for this purpose.
I hope everyone has a happy new year and whether you are a "new years resolution" type of person or not, best wishes in all you hope to accomplish in 2008.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Merry Christmas
WEll it's official, Christmas is over. It was definitely a fun, and interesting Christmas this year!
Last week, Kyle was very busy with Christmas concerts and school, and I was very busy with.. well.. nothing, so I decided to come down to Buckeye a little earlier than we had planned. I came down Thursday morning and spent the rest of the day shopping with my mom and dad for last minute food and christmas shopping. Friday, we went tot he mall (which was CRAZY, we seriously had to park in like thee very last parking spaces in the very very back) and finished shopping for Derek. While we were at one store, my dad got a phone call that his speaker on Sunday wouldn't be able to be there because of a family crisis.. so he quickly asked me if I wanted to speak...even quicker i replied "Kyle would LOVE to!" so I called Kyle and let him know :) That's what a good wife is for right?! Kyle came up later that day after a Christmas Luncheon for work and we hung out the rest of the night.
Saturday, Kyle had the fantastic oppurtunity to go Christmas shopping for.. ME! I told him that he shouldn't have procrastinated, but he quickly informed me that either I could have gotten something from Alco or Safeway, or he could wait.. and I decided that was prefectly fine for him to wait 3 days before Christmas :) While he was out and about, Mom, Dad, and I did some MORE shopping and my dad took me to In and Out- oh how i love that place.
Kyle's talk went VERY well on Sunday, I had a lot of people let me know that i had a very good husband (I completely agree). Because my dad had to work Christmas, My Aunt Steph, Uncle David, Amber, Jenni, Grandma, and Grandpa, and Ben came later that day and we had Christmas Dinner (Ham, Potatoes, mom's famous rolls, green jello salad. etc.) that night, which was AMAZING, and Chris, Kati, and the Boys arrived to mom and dad's around 10:30 that night.
Monday, we had our morning Christmas routine. We all woke up.. waited.. waited some more.. and went and woke up mom and dad. Mom had to put the "Pancakes for a Crowd" (really yummy breakfast casorole) in the oven, and then she had to go get ready before we could open presents. Kyle did a VERY good job- he got me a really cute heart bracelet, 2 movies, and Enchanted for my Nintendo DS (I've been playing it non-stop since Monday) . Kyle got a football, socks, a George Forman Grill, and a book that he really wanted. Between those and presents from Family, it was a very good and useful Christmas. We spent the rest of the day playing and enjoying families company.
Tuesday, Christmas! Santa brought my little cousin Ben his presents, and Kyle, Derek, and I got our stockings. Stockings are always one of my favorite parts. I love the little goodies and toys. Since we did all our Christmas stuff the morning before, most of our extended family had gone- so about 2:30 we decided we should go see a movie.. even though we were meeting the Carrolls at 6:30 to see National Treasure. We hopped in the car and went to Harkins and saw I Am Legend. I have heard mixed things about the movie, but overall I really liked it. National Treasure was pretty good too!
Today- We're planning on meeting up with Chris and Kati and Steven and Meghan and playing soccer.. and Steve and Meghan are supposed to come later to get their presents and stuff.
It has definitely been a long Christmas... since we did everything we usually do in one day- in three! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!
Last week, Kyle was very busy with Christmas concerts and school, and I was very busy with.. well.. nothing, so I decided to come down to Buckeye a little earlier than we had planned. I came down Thursday morning and spent the rest of the day shopping with my mom and dad for last minute food and christmas shopping. Friday, we went tot he mall (which was CRAZY, we seriously had to park in like thee very last parking spaces in the very very back) and finished shopping for Derek. While we were at one store, my dad got a phone call that his speaker on Sunday wouldn't be able to be there because of a family crisis.. so he quickly asked me if I wanted to speak...even quicker i replied "Kyle would LOVE to!" so I called Kyle and let him know :) That's what a good wife is for right?! Kyle came up later that day after a Christmas Luncheon for work and we hung out the rest of the night.
Saturday, Kyle had the fantastic oppurtunity to go Christmas shopping for.. ME! I told him that he shouldn't have procrastinated, but he quickly informed me that either I could have gotten something from Alco or Safeway, or he could wait.. and I decided that was prefectly fine for him to wait 3 days before Christmas :) While he was out and about, Mom, Dad, and I did some MORE shopping and my dad took me to In and Out- oh how i love that place.
Kyle's talk went VERY well on Sunday, I had a lot of people let me know that i had a very good husband (I completely agree). Because my dad had to work Christmas, My Aunt Steph, Uncle David, Amber, Jenni, Grandma, and Grandpa, and Ben came later that day and we had Christmas Dinner (Ham, Potatoes, mom's famous rolls, green jello salad. etc.) that night, which was AMAZING, and Chris, Kati, and the Boys arrived to mom and dad's around 10:30 that night.
Monday, we had our morning Christmas routine. We all woke up.. waited.. waited some more.. and went and woke up mom and dad. Mom had to put the "Pancakes for a Crowd" (really yummy breakfast casorole) in the oven, and then she had to go get ready before we could open presents. Kyle did a VERY good job- he got me a really cute heart bracelet, 2 movies, and Enchanted for my Nintendo DS (I've been playing it non-stop since Monday) . Kyle got a football, socks, a George Forman Grill, and a book that he really wanted. Between those and presents from Family, it was a very good and useful Christmas. We spent the rest of the day playing and enjoying families company.
Tuesday, Christmas! Santa brought my little cousin Ben his presents, and Kyle, Derek, and I got our stockings. Stockings are always one of my favorite parts. I love the little goodies and toys. Since we did all our Christmas stuff the morning before, most of our extended family had gone- so about 2:30 we decided we should go see a movie.. even though we were meeting the Carrolls at 6:30 to see National Treasure. We hopped in the car and went to Harkins and saw I Am Legend. I have heard mixed things about the movie, but overall I really liked it. National Treasure was pretty good too!
Today- We're planning on meeting up with Chris and Kati and Steven and Meghan and playing soccer.. and Steve and Meghan are supposed to come later to get their presents and stuff.
It has definitely been a long Christmas... since we did everything we usually do in one day- in three! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 17, 2007
And I thought college was rough
When I was in college I always looked forward to Christmas break with great anticipation. Well that was before i became a full time music teacher. I think I am looking forward to this upcoming break more than ever. I have been so busy and I still have an elementary concert, Senior Orange sales deliveries and auditions for the Holbrook Musical this week. The jr/sr High School Christmas concert was a success last week. Again, I think the biggest compliments are how long the concerts have been because both have been exactly an hour and 15 minutes long. I also redesigned the music web site which has been a lot of work but that was my own fault. But I really like it. Check it out (www.myjcsmusic.com). I am looking forward to going to Buckeye for Christmas from what I hear we are going to celebrate like the Jews over a multiple day period. :) Adam Sandler would be proud. Kyle and Alli not a jew! haha Don't tell Alli but I have to go pick out her present Saturday :) Plenty of time right. I think that Helzberg commercial fits me just right "because your not that guy"
I haven't really been in the Christmas mood the last few years I guess Alli and I need to have kids so I can get in the spirit again through them. My students at school definitely are in the mood they decorated my office this morning.
Well the ceiling at least. Well that's enough from me but if you are really bored check out the video that I made back in college.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7CJuHEpsoc
I haven't really been in the Christmas mood the last few years I guess Alli and I need to have kids so I can get in the spirit again through them. My students at school definitely are in the mood they decorated my office this morning.
Well the ceiling at least. Well that's enough from me but if you are really bored check out the video that I made back in college.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7CJuHEpsoc
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Holidays begin!
Kyle seems to keep this pretty updated with all his school jazz- so I think it's my turn to keep ya updated on our other lives :) Two weekends ago we were able to go do to Tucson for my nephew Wesly's 3rd birthday, I can't believe he is already three! We had a total blast hanging out with the family and Kati's family. We went to the park and played kick ball, football, and watched the bottle rockets go off. It was nice to get outside and play for a little bit. Then we went back to Chris and Kati's house and had pizza and amazing pumpkin rolls and we played a very exciting game of spoons.. man those Pike kids are rough! :) I held my own pretty well though.
Two days after we left Kati had the new baby.. Nathan Douglas, I haven't been able to see him in person yet, but in pictures his just as precious as the other two boys :) I'm excited for Christmas to see him.
This Thanksgiving we spent with Kyle's family, and I was so super excited when I found out Stormy was going to come over too! The food, of course, was amazing! I was a little sad that we didn't have the green jello salad, but that must be a Carbonneau thing :) After we ate, we went to the Sand Dunes... which I wasn't excited for what so ever.. my stubbornness kicked in and I decided I wasn't going until Kyle's mom told me I had too.. can't fight with that :) I'm glad I went though, it was really fun. When I think of Sand Dunes I think of the ones in Buckeye.. it's just sand what's so special about that? But this is like the finest sand EVER and it's in a HUGE hill so you like jump of the top and roll down in the sand, it's really fun! I pushed Stormy a couple times and we had a little sand fight, and there wasn't a piece of clothing that was on me that wasn't filled with sand.
We put our Christmas tree up! We got everything at good ol' Alco.. it's like a walmart but Holbrook style. We didn't have anything to go on the top so we made something from construction paper, but hey i think it looks pretty good! This Sunday Stormy and her new bo Mr. Josh is coming over and we're gonna make gingerbread houses (one of my favorite Christmas crafts!) and that will be REALLY fun, I'm excited! I have two weeks left in school till finals, so wish me luck! We love you all!
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