Rapid Review

To those who still wonder if we are even alive- YES! And doing great :D To prove this, here's a rapid review of our lives since my last post which was quite a while ago
I chose 1 picture to represent each month, so let's start with...

December
Here's one of my favorite pictures from Christmas this year. When we went up to Driggs to celebrate with Evan's family, we did a talent show. Well, all of the other siblings promptly "delegated" this out to their children- lame! ;) So Evan and I were left to our own devices. I'll admit, I played the easy card and read a story to all the kids. But it was a new book and REALLY cute! Then Evan dazzled everyone with a rendition of "I'm a Little Teapot" complete with the actions.





















Needless to say it was hilarious and by far the highlight of the evening. I love that guy!!! :D
But we had a wonderful Christmas. Evan was spoiled with a GPS for hunting/camping and he spoiled me with a Wii Fit which is SO fun! Anywho, so there ya go-- a belated Christmas to you all!


January
Evan's 26th birthday! Yay to my handsome hubby!
We just had the family over for some homemade raspberry/huckleberry cheesecake -- YUM -- and dinner. It was a party, complete with balloons and some bubble-wrap from one of his other gifts that the kids started dancing on. Great fun ;). But I think this was his favorite...

Drumroll please...Cabela's Big Game Hunter for the Wii! It is hysterical to watch Evan and his brothers play these games. They get so competitive! But it's been fun for everybody.















February
Introducing our new nephew...the nameless wonder! ;) Let me elaborate...
This cute little guy was not due until April, but decided he'd rather come in February. He came at 32 weeks, weighing 4 lbs and 19 inches long- what a stringbean!! BUT, he did so well!! This is a picture of his first day, but he only ended up needing the darth vadar mask for about 10 hours, then just regular oxygen supplement. He was a trooper! As for the name thing, originally my brother Ward called and said that his name was Kyler James Gardner. Cute right? Then, a day or two later he called back and said Just kidding! His name is now Daegan James Gardner. What?! Anywho, since then it has not changed and we've loved having "DJ," as his grandpa calls him, around. Love you bud!
















March
Evan and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary!! We've kinda had not-so-awesome luck with anniversaries thus far with being able to celebrate them :) so this year I really wanted to do something fun. But, I asked Evan to plan it -- hehe sneeky, huh? So on our anniversary he surprised me with a trip to SLC to attend the SLC temple! That is something I'd never done and wanted to SO BAD. It was such a cool experience!! We even got sorta lost getting inside because a very nice gentleman assumed we were there for a wedding :), good stuff. But we made it and loved it! Afterward, Evan was planning to take me to PF Chang's to eat because that's where we ate the night we got engaged. However, it was prom night in SLC. Yeah, no bueno on the wait time. So instead, we went to another favorite, the Rodizio Grill! YUM!! Thanks for a fabulous anniversary date babe- I LOVE YOU!!
Unfortunately, no pictures :( cuz Kerri was a twit and forgot the camera. Oh well! So instead, our picture for this month is of Uncle Evan and Daegan, to see what a difference even a month had for this little guy. Here he was just over 5 lbs. Now, 3 months later he is 15 lbs. DUDE!!















April
haha! Who said you couldn't have sunshine, snow, rain, and hail all in one week! Well in Idaho we can, and do quite frequently ;). My sister Jamie and her kids came to visit in April and we had SO MUCH FUN!! It was great to see them and hang out, and to see the kids' adventures- especially for Easter. My mom and I went out to hide the eggs for the kids to find when the skies opened up and started to snow... a lot! So we had fun, then laughed inside as the kids scrambled around the yard to find the eggs as quickly as possible so they could come back inside. I think we set the record for shortest easter egg hunt in history! But it was fun. I'll have to steal some pictures from Jamie's blog later though, I again forgot my camera. Doh!



May
Again, can I just say how awesome Evan is?! For those of you who have been to our house, you've seen the awesome settling in the yard, cracked steps, etc. Well, that is our project this summer and here is Phase 1. Evan dug out the front yard, ripped out all the concrete (which left us with no front steps, or back steps for that matter, for about a week hehe It was great) and then his friend John and his brother Shawn came over and they poured new concrete sidewalk and steps in the front, and new steps and a patio in the back. YAY!!!! It looks great, and now we're on to landscaping, then hydroseed so we actually have a lawn next year. Wahoo! Thanks to everyone that helped, and on to the next phase soon...















So there ya have it folks! Now we can enjoy some sunshine and a summer that is bound to be an adventure... ;)