3rd week of Christmas

This last week was busy but not with alot of fun stuff. Blake's flight coming home from his brother's graduation was delayed so we ended up picking him up at 2:30am on Monday morning, which made for a very hard day as everyone was tired. The very next day Blake took a quick business trip to Atlanta and was gone for 2 days. I finished up Christmas shopping and Kierstyn had her last few days of school before the Christmas break.
















Her school also had a big Holiday Party which was also their big fundraiser. We didn't stay too long but long enough for Kierstyn to sing "I Want a Hippotamus for Christmas" with her class. This is a picture of her by her art work that was being auctioned off.


















After the school party we went with some friends to look at the Christmas lights at Ethel M. Chocolate Factory. Then we went to look at a street in Henderson that was all decorated and was amazing. The kids were pretty tired by then so we plan to go back and look some more.






On Saturday we took the kids to the Bass Pro Shop. We did all their little activities, saw the fish, sat on the 4 wheelers, and looked at the boats. I asked the kids if they wanted to go see Santa and both said no. Which was fine by me since I didn't want to wait in the line to see him.

2nd week of Christmas

The second week of December has come and gone. Here's what we have been doing this week.

Kierstyn & Bentley painted some Christmas tree ornaments to give to some special grandparents!!!




We decorated gingerbread houses with some friends!


And something that we have done the past 2 years, we went to the annual Winterfest parade in downtown Henderson. This year we went without Blake who was attending his brother's graduation. Congratulations Casey!


Kierstyn & Bentley's favorite activity is riding the horses.




They also liked playing in the snow, a novelty here in Henderson.



And looking through the craft fair. We found this cute hat for Kierstyn and Ben wanted a snake (Yeah he's all boy!)


Looking forward to the 3rd week of Christmas!!!!!

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

I love Christmas time. Yes it always is so busy and goes by so quickly but I love it!

So the first week of Christmas here's a few things we did:

We put up the Christmas tree



We hung up the stockings



And put out a few other Christmas decorations. Blake hung the lights outside with 2 little helpers doing their very best to assist.



We started our Christmas countdown



And started reading a Christmas story everyday. Maybe some of my family remember this binder. It use to be at my Grandmother's house and is filled with different short Christmas stories. Now I have it and love reading the stories to my children.



We also attended our Ward Christmas Breakfast. Yes, it was a breakfast this year and not a dinner but it was still fun with alot of good food. What a way to kick off the holidays!

Our Thanksgiving!!

Yes I know I'm extremely slow. What can I say other than I've been busy. But I wanted to post some pics of our Thanksgiving.

We spend Wednesday evening with Blake's family taking some family pictures and just hanging out. Kierstyn and Ben had alot of fun running around with thier little cousins.

The rest of the weekend was filled with a Gardner family reunion. And it was jam packed with activities thanks to some wonderful planners who put it all together(Jamie, Robyn, JaLane, & summer)!!!

So here is the schedule so you know how busy we were:

Thursday-all activities held at the church

Thanksgiving Day Parade
Movie Room
Jedi Knight Training for boys
Beauty Parlor for girls
Dodge Ball
Pictures with GreatGrandma
Dinner
Turkery bowl
Turkey pageant

Friday

We had a quick breakfast with our friends the Hepworths!
Play time and lunch at Game World
Family Pictures
Dinner at the hotel
Wii tournment/ Scrapbook night

Saturday

Scavenger Hunt
Bowling & lunch
Temple sealings
Traditional Gardner Christmas party

Maybe that doesn't sound like all that much just looking at it but doing it all sure kept us busy. We had a great time and it was so much fun to see everyone. It was about 70 people so almost everyone was there. And of course it was great to see Grandma enjoying all the family!!! Thanks Grandma for giving us a reason to all get together had have a good time!! Love ya!