tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24655046419684036292024-03-05T19:17:02.017-07:00The GardnersThe Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-59465641983383084782013-10-18T12:51:00.000-07:002013-10-20T08:44:03.726-07:00Jessa Lynn Gardner<div style="text-align: center;">
Remember when I had a baby three days after my last post and then didn't blog about it for 4 months?<br />
Yeah, that was lame.<br />
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Well...I finally got my girl.<br />
Introducing:<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Jessa Lynn Gardner</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">June 6th, 2013</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">6:13pm</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">7lbs 9oz</span><br />
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<span id="goog_523003361"></span><span id="goog_523003362"></span>Now, my excuse for the delay is that there were lots and lots of photos I wanted to post but they each took SO LONG to upload and I would get pulled away from the computer waiting for them all to finish and...yeah. Not the best excuse, but it's all I've got.<br />
So you've been warned -- there are many.<br />
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These first few were taken by my friend <a href="http://www.azandersonphotography.com/" target="_blank">Jasmyn Anderson</a>.<br />
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Don't you just love her lips?!<br />
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Now for the story, which usually isn't very long because my labors are so fast. :)<br />
My doctor had stripped my membranes earlier in the day (11am) and sent me home, fingers crossed.<br />
I was hopeful but doubtful anything would happen.<br />
So Jeff went back to work and I went to wash and vacuum the car, you know, because it needed to be done.<br />
By 3pm, I started keeping track of the contractions and they were never longer than 7 min. apart.<br />
We arrived at the hospital a little before 4pm, still not in too much pain.<br />
The nurses in admitting confirmed I was in active labor. In the midst of their questions, they discovered I'd never had an epidural before. While nervous about getting one, a little extra prompting from Jeff was all it took. "This might be your only chance to get one."<br />
Decision made.<br />
The nurses, knowing my labors are fast, made sure the anesthesiologist would be in my room shortly after arriving there myself. So, so helpful.<br />
And while I could still feel pain from the contractions on the top of my belly, I was able to do this:<br />
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...smile. <br />
During the other labors, I'm pretty sure my eyes were shut tight the majority of the time because of the pain.<br />
Good memories. Good times.<br />
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I was at at 10 by 5:30 pm but they made me wait for my Dr. to get there.<br />
Jeff, my mom and my sister Jill kept me company in the meantime and I loved having them all there.<br />
My doctor came at 6 pm and Jessa came at 6:13 pm.<br />
We were both ready to meet each other apparently.<br />
I cried of course, not believing 100% that she was a girl until I saw her.<br />
I think I heard a few sniffles from Jeff as well.<br />
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Jill manned the camera and was able to capture some great shots. Thanks Jill!<br />
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The boys were so cautious at first but have loved her from the very first moment.<br />
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Griff especially.</div>
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They have become very very good helpers and know the tricks and helps to quiet her down when Jessa gets fussy.</div>
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One of my very favorite photos:<br />
Daddy's little girl<br />
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We found out early that she's got the cutest little dimple on her right cheek.<br />
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Her blessing day was August 4th, 2013.<br />
We were happy to have so much family there to support us. Unfortunately, busy Sunday schedules prevented everyone from staying until the end so we didn't get a big family shot.<br />
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We set up the camera at home and captured the day before the boys took off their church clothes.<br />
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One of my favorite family photos of all time.<br />
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It's been a blast for me to dress Jessa and put bows and flowers on any chance I get.<br />
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I always get comments about how expressive her eyes are. <br />
For a better part of each day you will find her eyes wide and eyebrows raised.<br />
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My sweet sweet baby girl is here at last.</div>
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My brother in law, Todd, who is one of only 5 people who check my blog anymore said that I really need to update because no one knows I'm pregnant. </div>
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So here's my announcement, officially. I'm pregnant!!!!!</div>
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This time I will be having a girl although I don't know if I will fully believe it until I see her. </div>
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I am due in 16 days, on June 19th. But I would be surprised if I make it that long because I usually go early. We shall see. </div>
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I have been steadily growing a belly of course and I have loved being pregnant again. </div>
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I wasn't into running as much with my other pregnancies so it was really really hard to give it up at about this stage:</div>
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Besides that everything has gone fabulously and I can't wait to meet this new addition!!!</div>
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The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-50349364794186343032013-06-03T14:00:00.000-07:002013-06-03T14:00:01.339-07:00Brian Graduated Med School!!<div style="text-align: center;">
Within the next few weeks my brother, Brian, and his family will be moving to Florida for his residency.</div>
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FLORIDA!!!!</div>
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Could they have picked a place any farther?</div>
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Anyway -- he had his graduation in Nevada and, believe it or not, ALL of my family was able to be there for him. It was so fun to be all together, even if it was only for a day and a half.</div>
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Treyson wanted to do the exact same thing as Kai this year for his birthday.</div>
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ChuckECheese and then back to the house for cake and presents.</div>
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Treyson had a huge part in his cake design as well. He was right by my side as we looked up ideas online.</div>
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And helped draw out and color the sketch we sent to Katie:</div>
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This time I got to help her make the cake. With her elaborate skills, sometimes it's just easier and faster to make the cake at her work or at her house.</div>
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Trey was so so SO happy with the cake!</div>
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It was everything he dreamed of and more.</div>
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His favorite birthday gifts this year were unicorn Stompeez, a bag of Jumbo Marshmallows, a can of pizza flavored Pringles, Pokemon cards, a Mario shirt, and Ironman.</div>
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And yes, I said UNICORN Stompeez. Don't ask....because I don't know.</div>
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The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-49724918003039745432013-06-03T13:18:00.000-07:002013-06-03T13:18:03.073-07:00DeWitt Egg Bash 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Oh how we look forward to this annual event!</div>
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For those who have never read about our "bash" before, each family member picks one egg they have boiled and decorated.</div>
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That egg is entered into the Egg Bash bracket and randomly put against another family member.</div>
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We compete by rolling said eggs towards each other at dangerous speeds... okay, not really.</div>
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Most of the time the eggs wobble off to the side before even getting close to the competition.</div>
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But once they connect, only one will crack.</div>
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Griffin and I both made it to the final round.</div>
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Whatever the outcome, I knew the beloved championship plaque would be hanging in my house for the next year.</div>
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and unfortunately, Griffin had to learn the sad lesson of being a good sport while Mom wins.</div>
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He really was a good sport about it!</div>
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Here is last year's champ, Allan, handing off the coveted prize:</div>
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The Champion Egg!</div>
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This year Kai had a lot of say in what he wanted for his birthday.</div>
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He was very clear about the activity to ChuckECheese and the design of his birthday cake.</div>
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He had been telling so many friends at school that his birthday was going to be at ChuckECheese and that everyone would be given 500 tokens.</div>
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What?!?!</div>
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Yeah, we had to tone that wish down just a bit.</div>
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After tokens, tickets, prizes, and pizza, we went back home for cake and presents and the homemade ball pit on our trampoline. </div>
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Aunt Katie, once again, pulled through with an awesome cake. </div>
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Kai absolutely loved it!!!</div>
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Towards the end of the school year, Kai's class did studies on Australia and each student was asked to make a diorama of a famous Australian landmark.</div>
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This was Kai's choice and he was so proud of his creation.</div>
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Isn't he handsome?</div>
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The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-85615774061138590592013-06-03T12:23:00.001-07:002013-06-03T12:23:35.181-07:00And The Scouting Competitions Begin<div style="text-align: center;">
Good thing we will have lots and lots of tries to make the best boats and the fastest cars, because we definitely failed our first round.</div>
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But Griffin had a great time making both projects and that's all that matters right?</div>
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The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-54036801786654109862013-06-03T11:50:00.001-07:002013-06-03T11:50:54.061-07:00Gardner Flagstaff Christmas Trip <div style="text-align: center;">
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The cabin (more like a vacation home) is on a country club and we are always able to find great places for sledding, which is what ALL the photos will be of this year.</div>
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In addition to sledding, we had great food, a really fun team New Years Eve game night and lots and lots of playtime with cousins for the boys.</div>
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We always have so much fun!</div>
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He did a great job!</div>
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The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-47753329437326235622013-06-03T11:29:00.002-07:002013-06-03T11:29:35.266-07:00Christmas 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
Each year, we seem to have a theme for the gifts the boys ask for.</div>
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This year was Pokemon.</div>
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Here they are after the Christmas story, finding out which wrapping paper was theirs.</div>
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And even though they received lots of Pokemon gifts...</div>
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I was happy to find out they were still excited about the other items as well.</div>
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Like popcorn,</div>
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bubble gum,</div>
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fruit snacks,</div>
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and pants.</div>
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Here is Griffin reading the note left by Santa, letting them know there was one more gift waiting for them out back.</div>
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A TRAMPOLINE!!!!!!</div>
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FINALLY!!!</div>
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This has been the gift that keeps on giving.</div>
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Many, many, many hours of loud, crazy boy time has been spent out back and that made it the best Christmas yet for this couple!!</div>
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The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-59444663989413311582013-06-03T10:57:00.000-07:002013-06-03T10:57:24.134-07:00Flagstaff Day Trip<div style="text-align: center;">
Also in October of last year, we wanted to go up north and see the beautiful changing colors that Autumn brings.</div>
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We knew Flagstaff would not disappoint...</div>
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...but our timing was not ideal.</div>
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And yes, it was pretty nippy!</div>
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Proof of nippy-ness.... already snow on the ground!!</div>
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There wasn't much to explore at the top so we didn't stay too long.</div>
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Not exactly sure what these poses are by Griffin and Kai??</div>
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Flagstaff really is a beautiful place. I would never want to live there again, but visit?....Sure thing!</div>
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Still catching up.......</div>
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This past Halloween we were an 80's couple, Ironman, a cowboy, and Pikachu.</div>
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and Mickey Mouse and a Slurpee:</div>
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Meatloaf Rats:</div>
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Can't wait to see what happens next Halloween! -- I won't need to wait long because this post is so late and October is merely MONTHS away.!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For our</span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: bold;">12 year Anniversary,</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted to give the Love of my Life a treat that could express how much I love being with her and exploring new places. With the help of a few people, whom I want to thank and recognize, we had a spectacular trip. A friend of ours, Craig who works for US Airways, helped us with buddy passes to fly into Oakland and then we took an exciting BART train ride into downtown SF. Also my awesome in-laws who booked us an amazing Time Share Resort in heart of San Francisco. Lastly my mom who was our transport to and from Airport and helped watch the boys while we were gone. THANK YOU GUYS- It wouldn't have happened without your help. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We walked all over the place, and by the end of the weekend we were exhausted. We did buy some City Passes that allowed us to jump on the countless trolleys, old style cable cars, buses, etc... My favorite was riding the cable cars and holding on for dear life on the side rails. We saw the whole city, thanks to Carolyn and her amazing maps skills.</span></div>
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Another highlight of the trip was the amazing food that we ate. Authentic Chinese food from Chinatown, Sourdough Bread (it tastes so much better when you eat in SF), crab right off the boat, chocolate from Ghirardelli factory. The list went on and on. Thank goodness we walked everywhere so we could burn off some of the calories.</div>
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Lastly I booked 2 special tours: Muir Woods and Alcatraz!!!! We had such an amazing time and the pictures don't do justice to how breath taking the giant red woods were and the nostalgia of being on "The Rock"</div>
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Last July (2012), my brother and his lovely wife were sealed in the San Diego Temple.</div>
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The San Diego is one of my all-time favorites and the grounds were spectacular as always.</div>
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Here's Jeff throwing the ball....</div>
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....and catching it at the same time. Amazing!!!! </div>
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These two didn't get the beach memo, I guess. My dad's calves have always been awesomely muscular. </div>
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Here is a shot of said leg muscles holding up pants without the need to roll!!!</div>
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Awesome.</div>
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I could have sworn I did a post on my marathon already but I checked multiple times and couldn't find anything, so here it goes.</div>
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I decided to follow a training program I had heard and read about called <a href="http://www2.furman.edu/SITES/FIRST/Pages/rlrf.aspx" target="_blank">Run Less Run Faster</a>.</div>
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A friend at work let me borrow her book and I LOVED it.</div>
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I ran three days a week, cross-trained on two other days and had two days each week of recovery.</div>
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I had never been one to put in miles and miles each week so this program seemed to be just what I needed.</div>
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The training is set for about 16 wks. but as you can see, I started a little late. Which I was okay with because I felt like I already had a pretty good base from the crazy <a href="http://jeffandcarolyngardner.blogspot.com/2012/03/ragnar-del-sol-2012.html" target="_blank">Ultra Ragnar Relay</a> I had done at the end of February.</div>
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Here I am early early early on the morning of June 9th, 2012. Jeff was dropping me off at the shuttle site.<br />
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Here I am being a goof for the camera...</div>
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...trying to make Jeff smile...</div>
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and deciding to get back into my stride. </div>
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Jeff was able to meet me a few times on the course and give me my beloved coconut water.</div>
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I made sure to hydrate at each of the water stops (every two miles) and still I wish I would have worn my water belt. It's those in-between miles that always ends up when you need water the most. :)</div>
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This was at about Mile 20, as we had just come out of the Provo Canyon into the city.</div>
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I'm not really sure why there are so many older gentlemen around me. I promise I was keeping a pretty good speed.</div>
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The last 4.2 miles were a killer!!! My legs started to burn and it became all mental at that point.</div>
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All I wanted to do was stop running, just walk for 1 minute. Then I would tell myself that if I did, I would be so angry and regret it completely. So I kept running.</div>
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And kept running, and running and running.</div>
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That last stretch was the hardest thing I've ever done.</div>
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This is my head and shoulders, minus my knees and toes, running in through the finish lane:</div>
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Can you find me?</div>
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After I crossed the finish line, I almost started crying.</div>
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I felt completely exhausted but completely accomplished at the same time.</div>
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It took me a few minutes to find Jeff, and when I did, I posed for some shots of course:</div>
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.....but all I really wanted to do was this:</div>
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and this:</div>
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and this: </div>
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and this: (my back was killing me!)</div>
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All you had to do was type in your number and it showed your official time and ranks.</div>
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Official time: 3:27:20 (7:55 per mile average pace)</div>
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Overall rank: 177 (out of 2044)</div>
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Gender rank: 32 (out of 955)</div>
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My public goal was to qualify for Boston. Which meant, for my age group, I had to get under 3:35.</div>
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Secret goal: I would have liked my time to be 3:20.</div>
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I met right in the middle of those two and I was really proud of what I had done.</div>
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Not all marathons do this, but if you DID qualify for Boston, you could take your results printout to a tent they had at the finish line and they handed you a shirt to prove you had done it!!</div>
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So, mission accomplished:</div>
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I got my shirt and proof:</div>
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And I finished my first marathon!!</div>
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Absolutely.</div>
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The title of this post lets you know what Jeff and I were called by our "family" on our Stake's Pioneer Trek this year.</div>
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We were surprised to be invited into that position because it would be a bit of work to find places for our boys to go while we were gone, but all of that planning and work was totally worth it!</div>
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We had an amazing time with such strong youth that our faith in the rising generation was encouraged.</div>
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This was our awesome family:</div>
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The second day, we had stick pull competitions, and ax throwing contests, etc.<br />It was the youths' favorite day for sure.</div>
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The ladies in our group were so tough. By the end of day one almost all of them had blisters on their feet.<br />This next picture was pretty much just a joke because in reality, there was no way any size of moleskin or corn pads were going to help their feet.<br />We're talking silver dollar sized blisters on the bottom of their feet.<br />So sad.</div>
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But they kept walking. We figured out by the second day that if they weren't holding on to the end of the cart, they would fall behind. When the need came to push, they were ready and willing but for much of the time they just held on for dear life.</div>
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Our guys were so strong. They never, EVER complained and were always so willing to jump in and take over for someone looking tired and worn out. Even if it wasn't our cart.</div>
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I wish I could remember the exact mileage -- 20 miles in 3 days maybe?<br />(I'll edit that once I find out for sure)<br />This was at the very end. We had unloaded and disassembled our cart and were heading home.</div>
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It was a priceless experience that we, along with the youth, will never regret nor forget. </div>
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My first born is EIGHT!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHorh06ZJXi1wTr1Wjw2S_2DQs5pX_YgYab5PRlSwQKtefLrDRaN7GfrFaKpFB1XuNakCenyokHGrKCrAO-lynuwyrir9yvwd3QgL2HRWmtctLSxvy0U_6ZC9ishvnGQjwi2ryDPojyY/s1600/IMG_7364-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHorh06ZJXi1wTr1Wjw2S_2DQs5pX_YgYab5PRlSwQKtefLrDRaN7GfrFaKpFB1XuNakCenyokHGrKCrAO-lynuwyrir9yvwd3QgL2HRWmtctLSxvy0U_6ZC9ishvnGQjwi2ryDPojyY/s400/IMG_7364-001.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
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Griffin Jeff Gardner turned eight on July 20, 2012.</div>
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He chose to have a play party at Makutu's Island. I love that we live close to almost ALL the cousins and that my boys just LOVE having all of them at their parties. </div>
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Then on August 4, 2012, Griffin was baptized.</div>
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We were blessed enough to be given permission to have it be a solo baptism and all the talks, etc. were done by family. It was such a special day!</div>
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After the baptism, we had lunch, cake and presents.</div>
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I love that cousin Sadie is holding her hand over her brother's mouth while Griffin blows out the candles.</div>
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His cake this year was yet another Ben 10 cake.</div>
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I made it to look like one of the toys he was going to be getting from Grammy.</div>
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The top of the "Omnitrix" pops up and you can spin the top to pick which alien you are wanting to become at that particular moment.</div>
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Thank goodness Grammy (my mom) knows the boys so well and was willing to buy three of these so there wouldn't be any fighting.</div>
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They played with these things nonstop for the first week or two after the party.</div>
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His mouth was stuck in this position for the next 4 hours. I had to chew his cake for him and feed it to him like a baby bird! -- Okay that's gross. I took it too far. Sorry.</div>
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Even though I think he's done this before, now that he is 8 yrs old, the city of Mesa will allow him to legally jump off the high dive.</div>
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Since I am posting this during Sunday "rest time", I will try to get Griffin's thoughts on his baptism day posted here to we have it documented.</div>
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On June 30th of this year, I turned 32.</div>
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I am almost in my mid-thirties.</div>
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How is that possible?!</div>
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It was a really good day.</div>
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I woke up to a wonderful green smoothie made by Jeff.</div>
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I hadn't requested a big "breakfast in bed" this year because I wanted to try out Joe's Farm Grill breakfast menu since we have only ever had their lunch/dinner selections.</div>
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(You get ten dollars worth of food on your birthday)</div>
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I ordered some kind of Mexican spiced meat and egg mixture that was served with mini tostada disks.</div>
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It was delicious!</div>
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When I returned from Joe's Farm Grill (yes, I went by myself), Jeff had a huge surprise for me:</div>
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This was my "Wall Of Love"</div>
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He had emailed and asked friends and family to write just a small note to me for my birthday.</div>
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It was probably one of my very favorite gifts ever.</div>
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I have such amazing people in my life and felt honored they would take the time to be part of my birthday.</div>
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Thank you Jeff for putting it all together!</div>
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Next activity was a movie with the family. I had been wanting to take the boys to see <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/" target="_blank">Brave</a> and movies are one of my all-time favorite things to do. </div>
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Next up -- Shopping!</div>
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You can't really see in the photo but on Jeff's note, in the center of the mirror, he had put an image of a $100 dollar bill. He let me know that he had wanted to get real money for me to spend but was confident that I knew how to use a debit card just as well as cash.</div>
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On my way out shopping (by myself of course :-) -- I picked up a free sub from Firehouse Subs.</div>
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Now I'm not EXACTLY sure on the time, but for some reason 4 hours sounds about right.</div>
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Four hours!</div>
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I took four hours to wander, try on, window shop, spend and just "relax" in a woman's sense of the word.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The many faces of an AMAZING wife, mother, daughter and friend. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></h2>
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<br />The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-85805407624821387582012-06-20T07:15:00.001-07:002012-06-20T07:15:18.963-07:00The Belly Flop Meant To Be A DiveI can't stop laughing at this video!<br />It just gets better and better. <br /><br /><br /><p align='center'><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/9fqsIWXGLnQ" width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9fqsIWXGLnQ" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><!-- Fallback content --><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fqsIWXGLnQ"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/9fqsIWXGLnQ/0.jpg" width="400" height="300" />YouTube Video</a></object></p><br />The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-42010892716785109372012-06-01T15:13:00.001-07:002012-06-01T15:13:00.627-07:00Too Cool For PoolAnyone out there think fun and fabulous floppy hats are only for girls?<br />
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I have loved Kai's teacher this year: Mrs. Dinet. Such a sweet lady and perfect for my middle child. <br />
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Treyson had been asking for MONTHS now:</div>
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" 48 more days Bud!"</div>
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" 32 days left now!"</div>
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" 19 more days to go!"</div>
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"8 days", "3 days",</div>
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"ONE MORE DAY!!"</div>
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Trey was the happiest little boy just having us sing to him and eat a donut for breakfast. </div>
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Plans kinda fell through for all the other celebrating we wanted to do, so we ended up just having cousins over for pizza and swimming.</div>
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Treyson is the funnest! He cracks us up every single day and we are lucky to have him.</div>
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All the boys are still borderline obsessed with Ben10, so of course that was the cake he chose.</div>
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My sister, Katie, came over to help the night before and we had a BLAST making it like we always do.</div>
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Such a funny, late night.</div>
<br />The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465504641968403629.post-21343841868742723102012-05-08T19:13:00.003-07:002012-05-08T19:13:48.921-07:00Easter 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
Thanks to Jimmy, a best best cousin to the boys, we are now a<a href="http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ben10/index.html" target="_blank"> Ben10</a> obsessed household.</div>
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Our table and family room floor most days look like this:</div>
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Printed Ben10 images from the computer, colored and cut out for playtime. On the right is Griffin's list of the show's aliens.</div>
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So for Easter this year, I knew this obsession had to be part of the mix.</div>
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I searched high and low, in stores and online, for Ben10 shirts.</div>
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The only ones I found would ship from Great Britain and would have taken too long for my last minute shopping.</div>
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So I made them.</div>
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I found a heat transfer manufacturer that sold these images and ironed them on myself.</div>
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The boys were so excited.</div>
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After a quick change, we went out back for the egg hunt.</div>
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Kai was so funny. Each time I called his name for a picture, he would stop mid-walk and pose like this:</div>
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Instead of candy in the eggs this year, we filled them with Chuck E Cheese tokens, with a promised trip to the favorite pizza place later in the week.</div>
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I was so sad to not capture the DeWitt Egg Bash on camera this year.</div>
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I had just enough battery life to get some photos of a few of the games my parents had set up for us to play.</div>
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This one was a duel visual battle.</div>
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You started at the items table side by side with your opponent. When the word was given, you ran to the visual table, tried to memorize the 8 objects in their proper order, then ran back to grab the items and put them on the placement table correctly.</div>
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It was harder than you think.</div>
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This game was a simple bean bag toss game.</div>
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I say simple, but my parents made this entire structure with their bare hands!!</div>
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They're amazing!! </div>
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Ever held a half-PVC pipe, side by side, with 3 other teammates, and try to roll a ball through them to the other side of the room?</div>
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We have.</div>
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One player holds the "tower" while the other adds a new section of pipe to the bottom.</div>
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The goal was to keep the water container on top for as high as possible.</div>
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A fun marble "Bowling for Bunnies" game for the boys:</div>
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This one had 8 players, each trying to stay on the game board for as long as possible.</div>
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With each new square you stepped on, you had to turn over the one you just left.</div>
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Last man standing wins.</div>
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And the end of this blog will reveal my sadness once again about not capturing the Egg Bash 2012.</div>
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It was such a rushed tournament this year because of the time we finally ended up starting it.</div>
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Allan won yet again.</div>
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Is this his third year taking home the coveted title?</div>
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He must be cheating somehow.</div>
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I can't believe I didn't even take a picture of our dyed eggs.</div>
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I also failed to document the annual Gardner Family Auction.</div>
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Jeff won the big prize again this year.</div>
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An air compressor.</div>
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It was a great Easter yet again, despite the missing photographic documentation.</div>The Gardner Ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439806009878656795noreply@blogger.com2