The applications are in!!! Dan just finished sending off his law school applications today so now we just have to wait until April/May to find out where he has been accepted to and then decide where to go! That’s right – we will find out in April or May and then if it is out of state, we have to move and be settled in by the end of July so Dan will be ready to start in August. I feel a little rushed thinking about that and how quickly it is all going to happen, but I also can’t believe we are finally to this point! It is such a weird time because we don’t know where we are going to be in a few months. The suspense is killing me. I wish we knew right now where we are going to be spending the next 3+ years of our lives! I hate waiting… I want to know NOW! I feel like a little kid…. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
Nope – NOT YET!
Monday, March 1, 2010
January/February
So other than being busy with who knows what the past 2 months – not a lot has been going on in the Garner Family. January was a fun month and we set goals for this year. February Dan and I took a little trip (without Jaxon) to Las Vegas for the Superbowl and had a great time! It was a much needed little vacation and my mom is WONDERFUL for watching Jax while we were gone. Valentines Day was fun and to celebrate - Dan, Jaxon, and I went out to dinner on Saturday night and then once Jax was in bed Dan and I went dancing at our church. Our ward was so cute and set up the chruch like a reception center almost and had a live band and a cute couple from the BYU ballroom team come teach us some dance moves and we had a blast dancing the night away!!! We can’t believe how fast this year is already flying by. Jaxon is already 8 months and I can’t believe in just a little bit we will be celebrating his 1st birthday!!!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Cute Necklaces!
Ok so I know I am so behind in posting. I will have to post an update next week - my life has just been so busy like everyone's! But my friend is making the cutest flower bib necklaces for a fraction of what you can get them at anywhere else. So click here and find out how you can order them! I have put a picture of them below so you can see how cute they are and the AMAZING job she does at making them!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Christmas
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We were very lucky this Holiday Season to be with our families!
Before Christmas we wanted to go see the lights at Temple Square. We were a little nervous about taking Jaxon because of how cold it was, but we bundled him up and he ended up LOVING it! He was so happy the entire time!
The Sunday before Christmas we had the Garner family Christmas Party and had so much fun! We played several fun games, ate wonderful food, and got some fun presents! Next came my mom’s side of the family Christmas party. We always do the nativity scene with all the little kids and this year Jaxon was asked to be the baby Jesus. He was good at the beginning, and then a few min into it he started crying so I had to go be by him and try and hide behind the manager for the rest of the “show”.
My cute grandpa came down with a Santa hat and beard on and since we didn't take Jaxon to see Santa (since he is too young and wouldn't even know) we figured we would get a picture with this "Santa". Jaxon just wanted to play with his beard haha. But he was cute!
At that family party we always get the Koch shirts. Now if you have known me for a long time, you know that every December my Grandma and Grandpa give us shirts to wear at our family reunion in May. Every year it is a different color – and has a different saying on it. It is always fun to try and guess what it is going to be. This year this is what the shirts look like.
I used to be embarrassed of the shirts when I was younger, but when we are hiking at Zion’s and people see a group of 75 people all wearing the same shirts – it always gets people talking and asking us what group we are with – and when we can tell them that we are all a family – they are always shocked and it usually turns into a missionary experience.
Christmas Eve after the party, we all opened our new pj’s, watched a Christmas movie and went to bed.
Christmas morning we woke up to my little brother Landon calling from his mission. He didn’t tell us what time he was calling – so we were planning on getting up at 9:00 since this will probably be the last year we don’t have to wake up super early on Christmas haha. It was a very nice surprise to wake up to him and it was so good talking to Landon and hearing about his mission – I can tell he is such an awesome missionary! Then Dan and I went downstairs and had our own Christmas before we went upstairs to be with the rest of the family. We just did one “big” present for each other this year since next year is Law school and we need to save – so I got Dan a nice chess set.
He has wanted one since we got married and I saw this one and thought it was perfect. It is SUPER heavy because it is marble. I also got him some golf stuff, and a new game (we love games!). He got me tickets to see Michael Buble in concert in March (WAHOO!!!!), and a movie!
It was the PERFECT Christmas. Then we went upstairs and Jaxon opened his presents from me and Dan, and then from Santa. We had breakfast with my family and hung out for a while and then went over to the garners to do presents over there. They spoiled us! We had a fun time over there! I was bad with pictures this year – I didn’t do any of all our gifts – but here is most of Jaxon’s loot. He wore several outfits on Christmas as you will see in the pictures - he was in his jammies at the beginning of the day, at the Garners we changed him into one of the shirts great grandpa gave him because he was hot - and then we changed him into a long sleeved shirt he got from us at the end of the day. HAHA! Fun times!
Christmas was absolutely wonderful and it is so much fun with our sweet Jaxon!
Before Christmas we wanted to go see the lights at Temple Square. We were a little nervous about taking Jaxon because of how cold it was, but we bundled him up and he ended up LOVING it! He was so happy the entire time!
The Sunday before Christmas we had the Garner family Christmas Party and had so much fun! We played several fun games, ate wonderful food, and got some fun presents! Next came my mom’s side of the family Christmas party. We always do the nativity scene with all the little kids and this year Jaxon was asked to be the baby Jesus. He was good at the beginning, and then a few min into it he started crying so I had to go be by him and try and hide behind the manager for the rest of the “show”.
Then on Christmas Eve we started the day off with breakfast at the Cracker Barrel with the Garners which has been a tradition with them forever, then we all went and saw a Christmas Carol. Next we went to the Koch Christmas Eve party which the entire extended family still attends and had a blast there too. We haven’t done the nativity in that family for years, but they decided to start it up again since there are little kids to do it now and Jaxon was asked again to be baby Jesus – he did MUCH better this time, probably because “Mary” was so cute with him and held and played with him.
I used to be embarrassed of the shirts when I was younger, but when we are hiking at Zion’s and people see a group of 75 people all wearing the same shirts – it always gets people talking and asking us what group we are with – and when we can tell them that we are all a family – they are always shocked and it usually turns into a missionary experience.
Christmas Eve after the party, we all opened our new pj’s, watched a Christmas movie and went to bed.
Christmas morning we woke up to my little brother Landon calling from his mission. He didn’t tell us what time he was calling – so we were planning on getting up at 9:00 since this will probably be the last year we don’t have to wake up super early on Christmas haha. It was a very nice surprise to wake up to him and it was so good talking to Landon and hearing about his mission – I can tell he is such an awesome missionary! Then Dan and I went downstairs and had our own Christmas before we went upstairs to be with the rest of the family. We just did one “big” present for each other this year since next year is Law school and we need to save – so I got Dan a nice chess set.
Christmas morning in our PJ's
Opening his first gift - it was a pack of baby Einstein DVD's
We got him this play thing lol (don't know what they are called) but he loves it!
Sitting on Grandma and Grandpa Garner's couch playing with some new toy's they gave him
This is almost all the stuff he got for Christmas. He got a blanket, some beenies, lots of toys, a snow globe, clothes, books, DVD's, and the big play thing.
Christmas was absolutely wonderful and it is so much fun with our sweet Jaxon!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Merry Christmas
We didn't get a chance to send out a Christmas card this year - so this is our Christmas card!
We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas and that you are all surrounded by loved ones this Holiday season. We also hope that everyone remembers the true meaning of Christmas and that you all take a moment during this busy time of year to think about our Savior. We are so grateful to all of our family and friends and the love and support they continually give us! We love you all!
Merry Christmas everyone!
We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas and that you are all surrounded by loved ones this Holiday season. We also hope that everyone remembers the true meaning of Christmas and that you all take a moment during this busy time of year to think about our Savior. We are so grateful to all of our family and friends and the love and support they continually give us! We love you all!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Jaxon's 6 month appointment
Jaxon had his 6 month appointment today and all is well. He weighs just over 18 pounds which makes him in the 60th percentile, and he is 28 and 1/4 inches long which puts him in the 94th percentile. He is growing well and we are so happy that he is healthy! He had the H1N1 shot today as well as the flu shot and all the other shots they get at 6 months. I always hate it when he gets shots, it is so sad, but he is usually cuddly after because he doesn't feel good - and I like cuddling with him.
We have a lot going on the next few days so I will post pictures of all our fun parties and activities after Christmas. Jaxon will be playing baby Jesus in 2 natavities this year which I am so excited about!
We have a lot going on the next few days so I will post pictures of all our fun parties and activities after Christmas. Jaxon will be playing baby Jesus in 2 natavities this year which I am so excited about!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
6 months
Yesterday was Jaxon's 6 month birthday (half birthday). I can't believe he is 6 months old already! Part of me feels like time has just flown by, and the other part of me feels like it was just yesterday that we welcomed him into the world.
He has brought so much joy into our lives and we are so lucky he is our son!!! We had a little party yesterday for him! It was fun - here are just a few pictures. :)
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