.

Boys spring school pictures

2011-06-09T12:45:00.000-07:00

Bradly 13 years old - 7th Grade

Grant 10 years - 4 grade

Zachary 6 years - 1st grade

Basketball Season!

2011-02-13T11:52:00.000-08:00

We started Basketball in the first part of January and have been busy ever since!
Brad made the A team for 7th grade at Vallivue Middle School, Grant is playing 4th grade ball and Zac is playing for his first time in 1st grade.
I love to watch how much they grow from the first of the season to the last game. Grant and Zacs last games where yesterday and Brad still has 3 more games before tournaments .

Grant is a kid after my own heart. He started out just sitting back a taking it all in and now he is the all star!! He wouldn't let anyone give him crap and man was he good at giving it!!! He was the only one who really ever wanted to get down and get the ball. He was amazing at getting rebounds. GO GRANT!!

Zac being his first year playing he was so fun to watch! His first game he stole the ball from a kid and was dribbling it back to his basket and all the sudden he was going so fast he fell. We all laughed it was so funny. Not only did he fall, the next time he got the ball he was dribbling it he bounced it so high it went off his head, but when it can back down he keep going like it was no big deal. Gotta love that kid!! He loves to make shots and be a ball hog. Can't wait until next year.

Brad made at A team and that is AWESOME!! He has only played 1 other time in his whole life and that was when he was in 1st grade. So for him to make the A team that is a big deal, we are a 5a school. He plays a lot, but isn't a main starter. However he did start in the last home game! :) I was so happy!!! We still have 3 more games for him until they have their tournaments. I will update how that goes.

I am very blessed that I have athletic boys! I love sports and love to watch my boys play!! Can't wait to see what they want to do next. I have tried to get Brad to play Tennis, but he isn't into it. So he wont do anything again until football next school season.
I want Grant to play Lacrosse and I think he will try it next school year. Grant really wants to be a snowboarder and we have a ski team in middle school so we will have to get him up on the hill more. And he wont play anything again until Football next year.
Zac wants to play baseball, but I don't want to play teeball. I think maybe we will let him try next summer so he can play with the big boys and not the teeballers. So until then we will have to wait until he play football next fall.

Bradly #15

Zachary #7

Grant #5

Future Pro Snowboarder

Christmas 2010

2010-12-25T21:08:00.001-08:00

Christmas 2010

2010-12-25T20:57:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!!

Grant woke up at 1:30 am, so we had Christmas that early makes for a very long day!
Here are just a few shots from this morning.

Monty

Zac

Grant

Bradly

Mormon Trek 2010

2010-09-20T15:27:00.000-07:00

Brad got the opportunity to go with our stake on the pioneer trek in Wyoming.

He had to come up with a family name that he could be while he was on the trek, so
Mike asked his Uncle Blake if he knew of any family members that were pioneers.
Uncle Blake came up with a wonderful story.
Brad got to be his 5th Great Grandpa John Hardcastle.

Here is the whole story of John Hardcastle:

John Hardcastle sailed for America on May 25, 1856, on the ship “Horizon” from Liverpool, England. The voyage was a very rough one and the food was coarse. There were 956 passengers on board, so the ship was pretty well crowded. The food consisted of hard tack or oatmeal crackers so hard and dry that the people could not bite them until they had soaked them in water all night, very salty meat that had to undergo the same process, and a very few fresh potatoes boiled in the skins. They did not taste or see bread from the time they left Liverpool until they reached Boston. Boston was their landing place after about seven weeks of tossing and rolling up and down over the waters.
From Boston he traveled to Iowa City where he remained for three months before he could leave for the Salt Lake Valley because neither the handcarts or the wagons were ready. It was the middle of September when the company started for Salt Lake, a distance of about 1300 miles. The two companies, wagons and handcarts, started together. John was a passenger in Captain John A. Hunt’s Ox Train. The Ox or wagon train had strict orders to keep behind so that they could pick up as many as possible and leave none behind. Of course, all had to walk that could, but many gave out, and before reaching Laramie, which was about 500 miles from the starting point, severe snow storms set in and snow became a foot deep, covering up the trail so that they could not find anything to make a fire with at night or food for the cattle. That was where trouble began. The men had to go ahead and break the way by tramping through the snow so the teams could travel, then the process was slow. Men and teams began to give out, food for all soon got scarce, and clothing would freeze to the women's legs. They could not lie down at night until the snow was shoveled away and here was one of the deeds of John Hardcastle. He was a strong, stout young man and as the storms came on thick and strong, the journey became more tiresome. The snow became 2 and 3 feet deep and often more. The cattle and the people began to feel the effects and death claimed many more. As fast as an Ox dropped down, it was eagerly sought after for food to sustain the company. It was the painful duty of the Captain to go around every morning to see how many had died during the night, as they had to be laid away before starting. Sometimes there were from 6 to 8 and often more. One night 18 passed away and they were buried in three separate graves, six in each. This is some of the work that John Hardcastle and the rest of the young men had to perform in 1856, and so history goes.
When Devil’s Gate was reached, the number was small to what it was when they started. It was there that relief was received which had been sent out from Salt Lake City to assist them. Several of the young men remained at Devil’s Gate for a time to take care of the property which could not be brought in that season, and of course, the men had to subsist on what cattle was left and as no food could be obtained, the cattle soon died and the boys had to save as much of the meat as possible for the winter. When this was all gone, it became necessary to dig up the hides and such scraps that the wolves had left, and live on this as best they could until spring.
John arrived in Salt Lake City with the main body on December 3, 1856, but Brigham Young asked him to be a Scout and so he went back to Devil’s Gate and stayed during the winter going back and forth from Devil’s Gate bringing people into the Valley. He arrived permanently in Salt Lake in the Spring of 1857, where he entered the employ of Franklin D. Richards & afterwards took up land and went into farming at West Jordan which pursuit he followed until he went into business for himself at Sandy, Utah.
At the age of 20, he married Miss Trena Dungarrd Larson whom he had met on the trail when coming to Utah.
Your relationship to John Hardcastle:
John Hardcastle
August O. Johnson and Lillian Hardcastle
Dexter Irvin Gardner and Magdalene Lillian Johnson
Ronald Johnson Gardner and Arlene Ellen Hale
Lance John Garner and Rhonda Ellen Gardner
Michael Lance Garner and Tara Dawn Fisher
Bradly Michael Garner

He also had to have names that he could take to the temple in Utah. So we called Grandma Rhonda for that and she was able to get us names that were members of Johns family that had never had there work done for them.

He had a wonderful time and I just hope that next time Mike and I will be able to go and experience the pioneer life.

Martin's Cove Wyoming

Salt Lake City, Utah and Jordan, Utah

New School Year

2010-09-11T08:33:00.000-07:00

Bradly is a 7th grader.

Grant is a 4th grader.

Zac is a 1st grader.

Zac wanted to take pictures of his clothes he wear the first day of school.

Do you remember how heavy your backpack was??

Oregon Coast 2010

2010-07-13T23:02:00.000-07:00

Our Family Trip to the Oregon Coast.

Oregon Coast 2010

2010-07-13T22:06:00.001-07:00

Oregon Coast 2010

2010-07-13T20:48:00.000-07:00

Oregon Coast 2010

2010-07-12T11:34:00.000-07:00

Camporee 2010

2010-06-27T09:49:00.001-07:00

Brad went to the Boy Scouts Camporee. He had lots of fun and got a lot of sun! He was there for 4 days and when he got home he was fired on his shoulder. I guess that's what happens when mom doesn't go. I think he learned his lesson. Next time he will be wearing sunscreen.

2010-04-04T12:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter!
Hope everyone is have a great day with there love ones.
Love,
Mike, Tara, Brad, Grant and Zac

This is a great video to watch. Just click on the link below:
He Lives

2010-01-11T21:56:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

2009-12-30T15:49:00.000-08:00

Happy new year! Hope all is well in your home. Ours is very crazy with 3 growing boys!! I will post pictures soon....

Scentsy/ Jewelry Open House

2009-12-07T20:35:00.000-08:00

****ALL JEWELRY 10%-50% OFF! ****

Starting my own Vinyl Business :)

2009-12-07T01:13:00.000-08:00

I started my own vinyl cutting business.
I was asked to cut vinyl saying for a couple different wards for there super Saturday. After I was done with all of there saying, I started make stuff for me and really enjoyed trying to figure out different projects to make. Crafting makes me "almost" stress free. lol
I only charge 5 cents a square inch and all of the other places charge 7-12 cents a square inch.
Here are a few of my projects, if you want to see more visit my website: www.customvinylcut4u.com
I would love to help anybody find there crafty side. Just let me know if you need ANYTHING..

Great Wedding Presents and I have almost all of the Temples!

Getting ready for Christmas

2009-12-07T01:06:00.000-08:00

Mike and the boys putting up the tree.

I got to watch and take pictures :)

Vinyl

2009-11-25T23:05:00.000-08:00

I started my own vinyl letter cutting business. :)
I love it!
Check it out www.customvinylcut4u.com

School Pictures

2009-11-15T11:03:00.001-08:00

Brad 6th

Grant 3rd

Zachary Kg

First day of school 2009

2009-08-28T15:08:00.000-07:00

Bradly 6th

Grant 3rd

Zachary Kindergarten

Cherries!!

2009-08-02T14:53:00.000-07:00

I got a phone call from a lady in our ward telling me there was FREE cherries out here in Greenleaf. So of course I had to get some, they were FREE!

The boys and I went and pick a few...

I never imagined making cherry pie filling would be so messy!

But I had alot of help doing it which was very nice.

Zac helped with the sugar

Grant was a great pitter.

But he was a little dangerous with the juice it went everywhere.

With all of the fun we had. We ended up with 20 quarts and 9 pints of cherries pie filling.

Now I can wait until my tomatoes are ready to can!!!

Zac

2009-04-30T22:33:00.000-07:00

Preschool 2009

Hyer Education

Easter Eggs

2009-04-15T15:38:00.000-07:00

Egg Hunting!!

The Greenleaf Church has a egg hunt for the kids every year.
They hardly have any kids there and they give out chocolate!
Not just Jelly Beans.

Zac was so cute.
He had a plan on how to get as many eggs as possible,
but his bag just wasn't on the same page.
Next year he wants a bucket.

Grant and Brad waiting for the hunt to begin.

After the egg hunt
we had a lot of fun decorating eggs!

Grant and Zac mixing colors.

Brad didn't want much to do with it because it was boring.

So Mike helped him out a little. lol

Turns out he just wanted some attention from his Dad.

Changing Name!

2009-04-11T15:07:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Zachary came home from school with a paper that he wrote his name on and it was Zac. I asked him what happened to the h and he said he changed his name to Zac not Zach because it was easier to write.

I laughed so hard and had to keep his paper he changed his name on.
Only Zac would think of something like that.

Cowboy Grant

2009-02-26T18:13:00.001-08:00

Grant decided he needed to practice roping.
I laughed so hard when I saw him!!!
Only Grant would think of something like this.

Wedding in St. George, Utah

2009-02-11T22:03:00.000-08:00

Ron & Maggie Garner

St. George TempleMikes Family: Jason, Donna, Ron, Rhonda(mom), Lance(dad) & Mike

The Whole Garner Family

One CRAZY Family
Donna, Mike & Ben

What happens when you get old!

2009-01-17T12:10:00.000-08:00

The joy of being graceful: I had an accident yesterday.

I was leaving the gym (ymca) and my ankle decided it didn’t want to work anymore!
I stepped of the curb and my ankle gave way. Thinking that I had just sprained it, I called Mike at work and he said the same thing it’s just a sprain. But Zach was very worried about me and keep telling Mike just to come get me. It was cute! Instead of Mike coming from Boise and getting me I decided that I could drive. It was fun trying to drive a stick shift. I strongly recommend that if it ever happens to you get someone to drive. Thinking the worst, I decided to not take that chance, so I went to the doctor. Good thing I did, because I was wrong! I actually have a small crack in my fibula and a very BAD sprain. So now I get to sport a lovely air cast/ boot “depending on my mood and how bad it hurts” for the next 4 to 6 weeks. O joy for me!!

At doctors

This morning

My sporty look!

Snow, Snow, Snow....

2009-01-14T17:14:00.000-08:00

Two days after Christmas break was over, we received 7 inches of snow. The kids were mad because they didn't cancel school and Mike had to go to work.
So of course after they got home they had to have a snowball fight at 9pm!

Zach

Grant, Zach & Mike

Grant

Brad

Zach, Grant & Mike

As you can tell I'm not in any pictures. Snow and I don't mix well.
Ok I hate it!! Its COLD!!
And if I take the pictures i'm safe from flying snow!
At least thats how it suppost to be, but Grant thought different!

Got to love snow I guess!

Grant hard at work!

2008-12-10T15:46:00.000-08:00

O'Christmas Tree

For the first time setting up the tree he didn't do to bad with no help!

Mike and the boys on the roof getting the house lights up!

(Check out brads awesome hair!!)

Zachary Thanksgiving Preschool Party

2008-11-29T22:00:00.000-08:00

November 25,2008

Hyer Education Preschool

Zach showing off his pilgrim hat he made at school.

Zachary with his friend Landen McBride

Singing 5 little turkeys

Thanksgiving Feast
Cornbread and Juice

2008-11-03T17:18:00.000-08:00

Grants Baptism

2008-11-02T16:55:00.001-08:00