The Garner Women

Friday night the Garner women met at my cousin Camille's home. It was so fun to see everyone, to visit, and to eat lots of good food. I really do have a great family and I feel very lucky and blessed to be associated with these women. As I look at this picture I've been thinking how wonderful it is that we are all so strong in the gospel. Each of us has had trials and different challenges but we have maintained our faith. As I talk to others around me I know this is not generally the case with many families. I have such great examples surrounding me! I missed those who couldn't come but I know we'll get together again. I especially missed Natalia. It will never seem right that she isn't there but I like to think she knew what we were up to and maybe popped in for a quick peak.

Spring is Here

It has been so nice and sunny the last few days. I love it. Even though I'm in the house most of the time it's so nice to walk outside and not need a coat or a heavy sweater. Bryan started working on the garden boxes today. This one will be for peas and whatever else we decide to put into it. I'm so excited to have fresh tomatoes and basil again. Of course it will still be a few months before I get those but it's nice to get started on the process.

Kids say the funniest things...

My friend had done this with her four boys. It was funny how little Lucas really knew about me and Bryan. Some of his answers are funny. For instance, I guess he doesn't think I take care of Ty very well! Interesting.

1. What is something mom/dad always says to you?
Yes or come here/No

2. What makes mom/dad happy?
When we surprise mom on Mother's Day/When I do something for him

3. What makes mom/dad sad?
I don't know/I don't know

4. How does your mom/dad make you laugh?
Tickle me/When he plays with me and we have so much fun

5. What was your mom/dad like as a child?
I don't know what you were like/I don't know

6. How old is your mom/dad?
26/27

7. How tall is your mom/dad?
10 pounds/60 pounds

8. What is her/his favorite thing to do?
Play Mario Kart/Play Mario Kart or movie nights

9.What does your mom/dad do when you're not around?
Work/Work

10. If your mom/dad becomes famous, what will it be for?
She would be a famous racer or singer/A famous racer

11. What is your mom/dad really good at?
Mario Kart/Mario Kart

12. What is your mom/dad not very good at?
Sometimes not very good at taking care of Ty/I don't know

13. What does your mom/dad do for a job?
You work/Go to JetBlue and work

14.What is your mom's/dad's favorite food?
Chicken enchiladas/Pancakes

15.What makes you proud of your mom/dad?
Because you're so nice to me/Because he works for us and has money for the house

16. If your mom/dad were a cartoon character, who would she/he be?
A Looney Toon person/Spiderman

17. What do you and your mom/dad do together?
Sometimes you play Mario Kart/Sometimes we play catch

18. How are you and your mom/dad the same?
Because we're in the same family/Because we're in the same family also


19. How do you know your mom/dad loves you?
Because you're always nice to me/Because I'm his son

21. Where is your mom's/dad's favorite place to go?
I don't know/Training table

No Helmet

Monday we went back to Fit Well and Ty got to take off his helmet!! We actually could have left it on for one more month and it was possible he could have improved a bit more. We decided he looked fine. Plus, on the scale they use, 1 to 10, he was a 3. Before the helmet he was a 5 1/2 so he improved quite a bit. Just so you know 1 to 3 is in the normal range and they have told us that no one has a zero. Almost everyone has a bit of a misshaped head. Anyway, we are happy to have have Ty back with no helmet and he is still just as cute as before.
He is crawling now and doing great! He will no longer walk for us. Whenever we try to get him to walk he sits down. He will walk along furniture but has decided that crawling is good enough--unless he can get one of us to hold his hand while he walks and then he'll go anywhere.

Lucas Playing Football

Earlier this week Lucas took one of his footballs to school so that he could play with it at recess. He came home and told me that he had his BYU football and one of his friends also had a BYU football that he also brought to school. Then he told me this story. "I played football with my friends. It was me and Kaden against Dillon and Zeke and Body. My team was the Austin Collie BYU team and Dillon's team was the John Beck BYU team. Kaden and I won. Can you believe that? It was two against three and we won!" I replied, "Really? Why do you think you won?" (I asked this thinking that Dillon was at home telling his mom how he won the football game at recess.) Lucas said, "Because I told Kaden, fake a pass and I'll run a fade route, then throw me the football. So Kaden faked a pass and then threw me the ball. I caught it and ran. I didn't have a touchdown yet but I stopped and turned to Dillon and said, look at me Dillon. Then Dillon came after me, I ran, and I got a touchdown." He finished his story and happily went to do something else. He was so serious and it just made me laugh. Here he is, six years old, telling me about faking passes and running fade routes. I love it. I do have to say thank you to Uncle Scott and Uncle David who have spent time with him teaching him about football. He loves playing with you whether it's here in our family room or in Idaho in the front yard!

NOTHING Happening

The last few days I've been thinking about posting something on here but I just don't have anything to post. There has been nothing going on in our lives that is exciting. Bryan is working, I'm working at home, Lucas is back on track (that is good news), and Ty is doing fine. Actually, Ty is finally sleeping through most nights. He wakes up around one and I let him cry for a while to see if he goes back to sleep. I guess he is because I'm going back to sleep and I wouldn't if he was crying too hard. I'm too much of a wimp to let him cry for a long time and it doesn't work for me to go in there and calm him down. Instead of calming him down he gets more upset. So keep your fingers crossed that he keeps sleeping so well. I guess it's good that I have no news, good or bad. It means we're happy overall!

Learning to Walk

This weekend Ty surprised us by taking his first steps! Unfortunately by the time we got the video camera out his legs were tired and he could only stand there. It is fun though to see him learning. Lucas took his first steps at 9 1/2 months and was walking well by 10 1/2 months so we didn't think Ty could beat that. But Ty is 8 1/2 months and so now we'll see if he learns quickly or decides to crawl first.