Happy Birthday Papi!

Happy 60th Birthday to my Dad! (Uncle Ray to most of you... :)

Amber & Zach announcement

June 19th will be an open house shared with Adam & Cedar in Blackfoot.

June 26th will be the wedding in St. George Temple & reception in LaVerkin, Utah.

Hope to see you all there :)

Don't worry, for those of you that I have addresses, you will get a hard copy in the mail soon.

Bradley's Talent Show

Bradley has been taking piano lessons for almost a year. The first grade at his school was having a talent show and he wanted to play the piano for them. His first song is the Indian Song, the Second is My Robot.

Gail Taylor History

I have put together a history written by Grandpa Taylor. It was typed by Aunt Carma, and with the help of Dave Minch, I have scanned it, and have put in on the computer, in a book format in Microsoft Word. I have mailed a copy to "The Big 5" for you to see what they look like, you should be receiving it within a week, with Carma's traveling the furthest. I have this available on disk, and can be emailed, or I can print more out and ship them. They only cost about $5 to print and bind, and shipping depends on where to. Sending one copy from Tucson to Casa Grande, Salt Lake, and to Blackfoot cost $2.60 and to Carma in Canada was $4.73, so it is very reasonable. You also have the option of me emailing you the file and having it printed and bound on your own. Anyone who wants a copy, please let me know. You can email me at mattd.gardner@gmail.com or call me at (520)237-0408

Mother's Day

A very happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers in our family!

Updated pictures of my kids!

Taylor- 7 months old

Ryan- 9 years old


Anthony- 11 1/2

Michael- 13 years old

Time flies way too fast! Taylor has her bottom two front teeth and is mobile! She can also sit herself up and pull herself up to standing against things! Ryan is the protective big brother! He often asks Matt and I if what we're feeding Taylor is really okay for her to eat! (sometimes with Matt that's a very good question to ask!) Anthony is almost as tall as me and is getting ready to start Jr. High this coming school year! Michael is very proud to say that he's now 2 inches taller than me! He's quite the character! They're all good kids (for the most part) and I feel very blessed to be their mom!

David and Jamie

Just letting you know David and Jamie are planning a July 8th wedding, in the Draper Temple. We're excited!!!!

In Memorium

Thanks for the laughs and the tears. I LOVE MY FAMILY!!!!!!

Bradley and Olivia

Bradley and Olivia's butterfly feeders

Coloring Easter Eggs

Easter Pictures

Pictures and the way back

Thought I'd post a few of the pictures I took, but first I thought I'd share our returning story.

We left a little earlier than planned, right after the dinner, because we heard rumors of bad weather on the way and we wanted to beat it. Well, we made it to SLC about 2 hours before our flight, which turned out to be good, as it started snowing fairly hard after we returned our car, checked in, and got passed security.

So, our plan was to fly through Las Vegas, hit a 45 minute layover and fly back to Tucson. At first, there was no delay, then it started creeping up to a 20 minute delay, and held constant for an hour. Finally, the time was coming that the plane was supposed to land that was going to take us. Right at that time, they announced another 10 minute delay, but promised that it would not affect any connections, so we breathed a sigh of relief. About a minute later, they announced that the plane had been diverted, to Boise. It's about an hour by plane to Boise, and an hour back. So, well, we missed the connection. As it was weather, they wouldn't provide vouchers, and the next flight didn't leave till 6:30 in the morning. So we ended up staying the night at the Las Vegas airport, not alot of fun... It actually would have been quicker to drive, that only would have taken 13 hours, not the 15 from the time we made it to the SLC airport. Still, there was no way to know...

Anyways, for the fun stuff. Click on any picture to download, print, or just see the rest of the pictures.

Happy Birthday Esther!!

Just wanted to wish my wonderful sister Esther a very Happy Birthday!!! I love you tons!

Growing fast!

Taylor, as of this past Monday, is 6 months old! I took her in for her check-up today! She started out at 7 lbs. 1 oz. and is now 17 lbs. 10 oz.! That's about average for her age. She started out at 19 1/2 inches tall and is now 28 inches!!!!! That's TALL for her age! She's in the 95th% on height! She's happy and healthy! She loves to roll and blow raspberries! She's trying to crawl and can sit up as long as nothing distracts her! Her favorite food is bananas! She has the sweetest smile and cutest laugh! Her brothers are very protective of her and her Daddy spoils her every chance he gets! (So does her mommy!) She sleeps through the night every once in a while, but not often enough! She's such a doll and we sure love her!
Oh, the sunglasses were a gift from the nurse to help distract Taylor after she gave her 3 shots!

Birthdays!

Happy Birthday to Amanda Haroldsen and David Pearson today! Hope both of you have a great day!

Happy Birthday, Jeremy and Robert

I just wanted to wish Jeremy and Robert Pearson a very happy birthday today.

WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!

WE GOT A HOUSE!!!!!! Four or five months ago we started looking for a house. Three months ago we found the one we wanted. Yesterday we got the call- IT'S OURS!!!!!!!!! We should close on it the first part of April and are planning on being moved in by May! It's in Lehi. The outside is brick which I LOVE! It's a rambler style which will be good for my bad knees! It's got 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths on the main floor and 2 bedrooms and a 3/4 bath in the basement! It's on about a quarter acre, so that will be nice! It's close to the schools, it's on a nice, quiet loop, and we found out that there are a lot of kids our kids' ages in the Ward we'll be in! I'll post pictures when I can. There are renters there now, so we haven't been able to take pictures yet. We're so excited! We'll keep you posted!
Also, if anyone is wanting to come to the reunion, but not camp, you'd be welcomed to stay with us! The boys and Matt may camp, but I'm not going to with Taylor. If the boys camp we'll have a few beds, but, no matter what, we'll have tons of floor space! Just let us know soon!

Happy birthday Emma!

Happy Birthday, Emma Prete (the elder!)! Glad to have you in the family! Hope you had a good day today!

Happy Birthday Matthew and Emily Jo

Hope Matthew Gardner and Emily Coates have a great birthday. Amazing how many birthdays have more than one person!!!!


Hope you both have a wonderful one!

Look out BYU!

Just letting you know Cassy got accepted to BYU. She is moving to Utah, this July, and starting school this fall! My baby is leaving, but it's OK... she has to test her wings some time... and they usually appreciate home more, after they leave.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Janet and Joyce! Hope you have a good one!

Driver of the Year

Congratulations to my Dad for getting Driver of the Year award! We went to the England Headquarters and sat in the Theater waiting for everyone to show up. Once the place was packed(we got front row seats), they started handing out awards. There was about 15 ahead of Dad's, but once they got to him they said a lot of really good things about his driving career. Good job Dad!

Birthdays!

Happy 4th Birthday yesterday to Jennifer B.! Happy 30th Birthday today to Kim! Also Happy Birthday today to Randy! (we won't list your age!) :-)

Brian's The man!

I jusat heard from Janet who told me that Brian is going to be "DRIVER OF THE YEAR" for England trucking! CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN! He has 20 years experience with England and has 3 million safe driving miles! WOW! We are proud of you!

Taylor reunion

I just want to let everyone know the preliminary plans for the reunion. It will be held July 16th and 17th at Atlamont Campground in American Fork Canyon. All family members are welcome to come and camp if you like or just come up during the daytime. We can enter the campground after 2 on Friday and have to be gone by noon on Sunday. Most of our planned activities will take place on Saturday but you can just camp and do your own thing on Friday night. We will plan two meals on Saturday together, a very short program and games, crafts and lots of visiting on Saturday. We are thinking of sloppy joes, salads and watermelon for lunch and hotdogs and chips for dinner that night. The final cost will depend on how many families come, but we are looking at a cost of $35 per family if you are camping and $25 if you aren't camping. If you are single and coming by yourself, we would do a discount. We would like to get a guestimate of who might be coming and whether you would be camping or not so we can make more plans as needed. If you are interested in coming Friday night and want us to feed you, we could for an extra cost if you let us know. We just want to make it simple and fun. I hope to hear from you and look forward to seeing a lot of you there.

family reunion

hey everyone. just wondering if we have any more details yet on the reunion this year. i am trying to work my schedule out so i can come. (i will have clinicals to work around) so if anyone knows more than just the place & date, please will you let me know? thanks! can't wait to see everyone. it will be such fun!

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Delrey, Rochelle and Jason today. I hope you all have a wonderful day.