Look who's 1

 

 

 

 

Today the twins turn 1!!!! We made it through the first year! I can't believe how fast the year has gone and how much they have grown. They are such special girls. We love them so much and we don't know what we would do with out them. Caylin is standing up by herself in the middle of the floor and taking 5-6 steps. Cara will stand up by herself and just took her first 2 steps the other day. They have 4 teeth now and love their brothers so much. These are a few pictures that my nephew Justin took for me when we were in Salt Lake last weekend. Happy Birthday girls!!!
The first picture Cara is on the left, Caylin on the right. Second picture Caylin is on the left, Cara on the right, Third picture is of Caylin, last picture is of Cara.

Wahoo!!!!

On Monday we started painting the house (finally). It looks so good. I am excited to get it finished. We also got a driveway (finally) on Monday. It was a very productive day. We were all so excited. As Peyton says "doesn't it look pretty!" The Lincoln County fair is going on this week and we were able to spend the afternoon there today. The boys had their faces painted like Spiderman so I had to include a picture of them. Aren't they cute?

Toothless!!

Brayden lost his first tooth today!! He was so excited. His teeth started to get loose a few days ago and he couldn't wait. Today he came running outside and said look, with his tooth in his hand. I couldn't belive it. I had let him have a brownie and then went outside to work. Brayden decided he wanted another brownie and so he tried to help himself, but he couldn't get the conatiner open so he decided to use his teeth and out popped the tooth!! He was so excited!!!
When I asked him how much money he thought the toothfairy would bring he said probably not as much as she would have becuase I was getting into the brownies when I shouldn't have! So cute!

No More Training Wheels!!!!

 

 

 

Tonight was the night. We took off the training wheels and convinced Peyton to try to ride without training wheels. He tried twice and was ready to give up. I bribed him with any treat he wanted to try again and it worked. He took off! Once he realized that he really did it by himslef he wanted to ride again and again. Way to go Peyton!!!

4th of July

 

 

 

 

We have had such a fun July!! We started off the month with my sister and her kids coming to visit. We went to Lava Hot Springs where my parents and brother and his family met us and spent the day swimming. Then everyone came to our house for the weekend. On the morning of the 4th the boys went to play mud volleyball, my boys and Abby were in a float in the Thayne parade. Then we had a Gardner family reunion. We finished the day roasting marshmallows by the fire watching the fireworks. It was a great day. Then we headed to Utah and spent the week with my family. We had so much fun boating, golfing, swimming and just hanging out with everyone.
The girls are now 11 months old and they are at the beginning stages of walking. They are getting very brave and it is so cute!! Caylin now has 2 teeth and Cara has one. Brayden and Peyton are doing great and just started soccer. They miss thier cousins a lot. They had so much fun being with the big boys. Summer time is great!!!

First Stitches!

Tonight it was picture day for T-Ball we were waiting for Brayden's turn and he was climbing up a chain link fence, when I told him to get down he jumped down but caught his arm on the fence and got a good gash. So we taped it up took the pictures and headed to get stitches. Brayden was so brave. He didn't even cry at all. He was a little worried about what was going to happen but he was such a trooper. We just started swimming lessons yesterday, so Brayden was a little upset that he couldn't finish swimming lessons. We will have to try another session. Now Brayden is pretty proud of his stitches!

Cute kids!!

 

 

 

 

Caylin and Cara are now 10 months old!!! They are getting so cute and into everything! They found the stairs the other day and want to go up the stairs all the time. Caylin pulls the funniest faces she has such a fun personality. Cara got into my plants and got caught. She looked so cute with dirt all over her face. We have had a lot of rain latley. Brayden and Peyton have made the best of it and decided to dance in the rain.

Graduation Day!!!

 

 

 

Today Brayden graduated from kindergarten. They put on a really cute program for the parents. This is what Brayden said about himself. Brayden is six years old. His Favorite thing to do at school is receess because we get to play. His favorite thing to do at home is to play superheros, like Spiderman, with his brother. In 20 years Brayden will be 26 years old, he is looking forward to skateboarding at that time. Brayden will marry Joey and have some kids. He will work on building and puttting out fires because he likes to help people. He will live in Star Valley and with his free time he will rest and play with his kids. Brayden got the Extra Gum award because he loves to go the extra mile, especially with his art projects! Congratulations Brayden!!!! We love you lots!!

Camping

 

 

 

 

We went camping over Memorial Weekend for the first time in 2 years! We were all really excited to go. We had a great time. The girls did really well and loved being outside. Brayden and Peyton loved the mud, water and dirt. They were able to go on some nature hikes and shoot guns. We got a little wet (the trailor leaked) but it was a great weekend!

Double Trouble!

 

 

 

 

Aren't they cute!!! They are starting to explore the house and finding lots of new things to play with. The first and second picture is of Caylin, the third and fourth picture Cara is on the left, Calyin on the right, and the last picture is of Cara. They are now 9 months old!

Happy Birthday Peyton!!!

 

 

 

 

Today Peyton turned 4 years old!!! I can't believe how fast time flies. He had a great birthday. On Sunday we celebrated with the grandparents. Today we had a birthday party with 6 of Peyton's friends. We had a great time playing games and eating cake and ice cream. Happy Birthday Peyton we love you lots!!!

Little Red Riding Hood

 

 

Brayden tried out for a play that they put on at the school and he was chosen to be a Raccoon! He was so excited to be in the play. He was such a trooper, play practice every day after school and most of the day Saturday. But he loved it. The play was so cute. The Raccoons danced and sang songs and stole Red Riding Hood's basket! In the second picture Brayden is the 4th from the left on the top row.