Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Gardennismith Family Pictures

As a part the family Christmas gift to GG, everyone chipped in to get her family pictures. Three years ago we gave GG pictures fro Christmas too, and I would say our family has grown since then (by 7!).
 
Here are some of our favorites from this year.
Pops and GG with their 11 grandkids - 
John Bryan, Andrew, Will, Sophia, Alden, Archer, Hudson, Esther, Bailey, Waylon, Hurley
The Gardner Family -
Greg, Esther, Hudson, Tara, & Sophia
The Gardner Family -
Erin, Bailey, Jon, & Hurley

The Ennis Family -
John Bryan, Matt, Amanda, Will
The Ennis Family -
Alden, Robin, Andrew, John, Archer
The Smith Family -
Brian, Waylon, Christy (and Baby Wren on the way)




 Fun pictures of the kids!
 

 
 
 

 Thankful for this family and these memories!

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Our First Birthday Party

We celebrated our first (although Dad claims it is really our second birthday since we were born on our first birthday) birthday on our actual birthday, January 2, 2016.  We had a balloon themed party at GG's and Pops' house and everyone who was at the hospital when we were born was there - plus lots of other friends.  All the decorations were in our colors - red (Archer), blue (Andrew), and green (Alden). Baba and GG helped Mom decorate. Everyone helped make a delicious lunch. Mom made Bar-b-que, Grandma made slaw, Pops made baked beans, and Paula made Potato Salad.


 

We loved getting to eat our birthday cake!

Before the mess!


During

After

 We made a big mess and then got to take a bath in the kitchen sink
(with everyone watching).


We hung out with some of our favorite people!




 
 







 All of our birthday friends: Colton, Chad, Nicole, Rachel, Dakota, Steve-0, Adelia, 
Grandma, Grandpa, David, Mom, Baba, Dad, GG, John Bryan, Matt, Morgan, Amanda, 
Will, Lauren, Addy Kate, Millie, Alyson, Audrey, Adam, Caleb, Grandmother, Carlene, 
Papa, Madison, Marguerite, Amy, Ralph, Evalouise, Emily, Allen 
(not visible: Pops, Byron, Melissa, Paula, Ken, Bella)

We opened lots of presents

We were so exhausted afterwards that we could barely drink our bottles while we road home in our new big boy carseats.


Read all about our favorite things at 1!