Just wanted to quickly share with you all one of my favorite websites!! It's called City Deals and I'm not sure where all their deals are, but I know they have some in Arizona, Nevada and of course Utah! Right now they're having a huge fall savings sale so you can save even less on your favorite places! I got coupons for less than half the price they're worth, it's just awesome! Go check it out! :)
http://www.citydeals.com/?ref=CDUMTA5OTI5
About the Gardner's!
- Stef
- This is us! Jared, Stefanie, Anna and Aiden! Anna is 4 and Aiden is 2, time flies so fast! We're doing our best to enjoy life and take every obstacle head on! :) I'm hoping to have this blog be about all the happy things in our life and keep it mostly positive! Obviously, we have things in our lives that aren't so great, but I'll do my best to keep this as uplifting as possible ;)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Been a while since I last wrote! Not that a whole lot has been going on anyway ;) I never did post any pictures of the house either, so I'll post a few of those too. (Oh and the picture of the dining room was one while we were moving in, the table and chairs were just temporary ;)) We're still doing the same stuff as we were before, only in our lovely home! :) We just love it here. We love having the extra space, the private backyard for the kids to run around in, a garage to store our extra stuff and our car, it's all just been wonderful. I think my favorite part of the house is the kitchen :) It's a beautiful kitchen and the appliances were all bought within the past couple of years! There's so much more space in the kitchen and sadly, I don't have an organizational system for papers and things yet so those are kinda spread on a counter or two, but other than that, I just LOVE my kitchen :) I haven't thought too much about it lately, but I've thought about maybe painting the kitchen cabinets. The previous owner told me she wanted to paint them an off-white color and it got me thinking that maybe I should do it! :) So we'll see if that'll happen. Unfortunately, our garden has pretty much died. I'm SO not used to doing yard duties, so we neglected the yard and the garden! Jared's been more dedicated the past week or two to watering the lawn at night, but I don't know how much good it's doing in this awful heat! But it's good that he's still doing it, he's done so much already with this house :)
Anna and Aiden....there's one word to describe each of them right now! Anna~ opinionated! Aiden~ energetic! Anna is really starting to become even more independent. She wants to do everything by herself, she wants to really speak her mind, even if it's calling someone stupid! A lot of things "aren't fair" to her and she'll storm off if she doesn't get her way sometimes. With all of those things, I still love her so dearly :) She can be so sweet with Aiden and helps me a lot with certain things. It still amazes me sometimes how big she's gotten, I can't believe she'll be four in January!! Aiden, oh my Aiden. A big ball of energy is what he is!! He's always exploring, getting into things he shouldn't, running away if we try to get something from him he shouldn't have, climbing on everything and everywhere! And yet he's the cutest little boy I've ever seen :) He can be a real sweetheart sometimes and still makes sure he says his "thank you's" when needed. He can be a good helper when he wants to be and he LOVES to dance! I still remember when I was pregnant with him, how Jared and I really hoped for another girl. Now I wouldn't want it any other way, I LOVE having my little boy!!!! And having one of each, it's just perfect :) We are all so happy and even though we've hit rough patches this summer, we all have each other and can keep each other happy and that's what matters the most :) That might sound corny but I don't care, we've realized the un-importance of material things the past few months and the importance of focusing on each other and our family. We're all so happy and doing so well, I love my family and our dear home!! :)
Anna and Aiden....there's one word to describe each of them right now! Anna~ opinionated! Aiden~ energetic! Anna is really starting to become even more independent. She wants to do everything by herself, she wants to really speak her mind, even if it's calling someone stupid! A lot of things "aren't fair" to her and she'll storm off if she doesn't get her way sometimes. With all of those things, I still love her so dearly :) She can be so sweet with Aiden and helps me a lot with certain things. It still amazes me sometimes how big she's gotten, I can't believe she'll be four in January!! Aiden, oh my Aiden. A big ball of energy is what he is!! He's always exploring, getting into things he shouldn't, running away if we try to get something from him he shouldn't have, climbing on everything and everywhere! And yet he's the cutest little boy I've ever seen :) He can be a real sweetheart sometimes and still makes sure he says his "thank you's" when needed. He can be a good helper when he wants to be and he LOVES to dance! I still remember when I was pregnant with him, how Jared and I really hoped for another girl. Now I wouldn't want it any other way, I LOVE having my little boy!!!! And having one of each, it's just perfect :) We are all so happy and even though we've hit rough patches this summer, we all have each other and can keep each other happy and that's what matters the most :) That might sound corny but I don't care, we've realized the un-importance of material things the past few months and the importance of focusing on each other and our family. We're all so happy and doing so well, I love my family and our dear home!! :)
Friday, April 23, 2010
I guess I should write a post about our new, exciting adventure in life!! :) We bought a house!!!!!! I couldn't be more excited and thrilled!!! Right now it's totally hectic with the packing, unpacking, all that stuff, but it's going to be totally worth it, I can't wait to be all moved in!! Tomorrow is when we finish all the moving, but then of course we have to clean the apartment after that, shouldn't be too bad though ;) We just LOVE our new home, it's just perfect! And has soo many things in it that I've always wanted! I just couldn't be happier!! :) The house is in Clearfield, so the commute for Jared to get to work should be interesting....but we just love this place. It's about 1,500 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, two living rooms, a fireplace, a BEAUTIFUL kitchen with all matching stainless steel appliances, dining room of course, really deep two car garage, FULLY FENCED BACKYARD!!!, a big deck, and a hot tub!! :D Love it all! Once things get settled down then I'll want to do some sort of get together, which makes me WAY happy to finally be able to do!! :) I'll have to post pictures later, gotta get back to packing for now! :)
Monday, March 22, 2010
Just us
I just wanted to write a post of how much I LOVE my little family!!! :) My kids are just dolls and I love them both to pieces. I love that I have one boy and one girl, one of each, it's just perfect! I remember wanting another girl when I was pregnant with Aiden...I wouldn't trade him for all the girls in the world :) Anna was pure joy for us because she was our first and I wasn't happier to have a girl! Now she's 3 years old, man how the time flies! And Aiden is 16 months...I swear he was just born last year, it certainly feels like it!
And then there's Jared. I couldn't have asked for a better husband for me and dad for my kids. He is just SO amazing!! We've been married for over four years now and they have been by far THE BEST four years of my life. We've gone through a lot together and continue to love each other more each day, I love my sweet husband!!! :) Here are some pictures of my loved ones....in the beginning...and now. Enjoy :)
My little Anna, about two weeks old!
Anna on her 3rd birthday, she's so big!
Aww, my little man ready to go home from the hospital!
When did he get so big?? (Sorry the picture's a little blurry!)
Can't believe this was over four years ago, look at us!!
My main man today, I'm sure he would love that I posted this silly pic of him ;)
And then there's Jared. I couldn't have asked for a better husband for me and dad for my kids. He is just SO amazing!! We've been married for over four years now and they have been by far THE BEST four years of my life. We've gone through a lot together and continue to love each other more each day, I love my sweet husband!!! :) Here are some pictures of my loved ones....in the beginning...and now. Enjoy :)
My little Anna, about two weeks old!
Anna on her 3rd birthday, she's so big!
Aww, my little man ready to go home from the hospital!
When did he get so big?? (Sorry the picture's a little blurry!)
Can't believe this was over four years ago, look at us!!
My main man today, I'm sure he would love that I posted this silly pic of him ;)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Finally!
Well, I was FINALLY able to put up a picture at the top of this page, not sure why it didn't work before! But now, how do I do the "fancy font" for the rest of my page? On here they only allow certain types of fonts, but I know you're able to do different fonts, so how do I do that? If I'm going to keep this blog then I need some help with it! ;) As for us.....
We're all doing great. Anna and Aiden have had a cough this week and Aiden a mild ear infection, but otherwise still doing good! They still have plenty of energy to use! We're getting excited for warm weather, we want to get outside and run around! Especially the kids ;) We all had a great Valentine's Day, I made us a big, very yummy breakfast and we spent the evening with Jared's parents, as we do every Sunday and we love it every week. Earlier that week, Jared and I did a double date dinner with some friends of ours for our Valentine's dinner, it was soo much fun and so yummy! We went to Tucano's, LOVE that place! That's pretty much the only update I have right now! This week, Jared is working at the North Salt Lake Post Office again and it's awesome, he only has to walk a few blocks to get to work! Plus he has an hour lunch so he can come home for lunch. It's too bad it's not his permanent schedule to work there ;) I'll post some recent pictures of us and the kids, we're doing great but just can't wait for warmer weather!!
The kids really didn't want me to take this picture and Jared had to help keep them somewhat still, but I just love their shirts :)
Anna insisted on riding in the shopping cart this way a few weeks ago, she's so funny :) And yes she's in her jammies!
Anna enjoying her ice cream at Pirate Island Pizza, we went there on her birthday!
She loved going there for her birthday, we all had a great time :)
The kids in their matching sweaters, these are my favorite outfits for them! :)
We're all doing great. Anna and Aiden have had a cough this week and Aiden a mild ear infection, but otherwise still doing good! They still have plenty of energy to use! We're getting excited for warm weather, we want to get outside and run around! Especially the kids ;) We all had a great Valentine's Day, I made us a big, very yummy breakfast and we spent the evening with Jared's parents, as we do every Sunday and we love it every week. Earlier that week, Jared and I did a double date dinner with some friends of ours for our Valentine's dinner, it was soo much fun and so yummy! We went to Tucano's, LOVE that place! That's pretty much the only update I have right now! This week, Jared is working at the North Salt Lake Post Office again and it's awesome, he only has to walk a few blocks to get to work! Plus he has an hour lunch so he can come home for lunch. It's too bad it's not his permanent schedule to work there ;) I'll post some recent pictures of us and the kids, we're doing great but just can't wait for warmer weather!!
The kids really didn't want me to take this picture and Jared had to help keep them somewhat still, but I just love their shirts :)
Anna insisted on riding in the shopping cart this way a few weeks ago, she's so funny :) And yes she's in her jammies!
Anna enjoying her ice cream at Pirate Island Pizza, we went there on her birthday!
She loved going there for her birthday, we all had a great time :)
The kids in their matching sweaters, these are my favorite outfits for them! :)
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