We Made It to BYU-I

Hello Everybody!

This is MaryLynn. Greeting from Rexburg! Well, Levi and I are here (in Rexburg at the BYU-I that is)! It was a long drive but we are so excited to be back! It was wonderful when we saw the temple in view, I can't wait to go there. So after an 8+ hour drive, we dropped of the stuff at my apartment. My old roomate Mandee was there and it was great to see her again. We are rooming together along with Ashla and some other girls. Then we went to Levi's apartment and dropped of his stuff. Three of his roommates were there, they were all freshman. They seem nice so that is good for him. He said it was weirder to come back than the first time! It is so fun to have him here too. Heidi....next year! Ashla will be here tomorrow, I can't wait.

Then we ventured to the lovely local grocery store Brolums and gave one of Levi's roommates a ride too. Fun, fun, we bought food and such. Ya know stuff like Berry Colosal crunch. hum sounds like some good dinner with a little peanut butter on it. hehe. It is chilly here, but no snow yet...maybe tomorrow:) I am quite tired from staying up way late packing, so I don't think I will venture on anything too exciting tonight. It was fun talking with Mandee and catching up and making some fun plans for the semester.

I am having a goal to be more outgoing, social, and friendly. Hopefully having a year of college behind me...not being a freshman will help. I think Levi was a little sad that he wouldn't have Bryant pestering him that it was time to go to bed :) haha. Heidi can't wait tell you are here! Are you surviving the um brothers?

Well, I guess I should go unpack and such, and eat, and sleep. I am way tired!

Well, Love you all family and miss you.

Talk to you later. Post some pics with the sheep!

P.S. Wyatt, how are the straws?

Coming Soon....

Coming up soon on What-in-the-wide-world-gardners....

So, um...What's for dinner?

So we were thinkin'

Wyatt's Flying Tricks

Passing the Torch

and

A Peachy Time in the Kitchen

There going to be great, so be sure not to miss them.

Little Wonderous Wyatt goes to School

Wyatt's First Day of School

A little worried, but happy and excited too!

Wyatt started kindergarten a few weeks ago. It ended up that he started a week later than the high school. He was all ready to go when they did, but after waiting another week he told mom he wasn't so sure about it.

The first day mom stayed with him, maybe more for her comfort than for his. :) He has done just fine at school and mom has done okay home alone too. :) He has shown his artistic abilities and imagination. Everyday when asked how school was he says, "Great!" He is making new friends, but to his dismay has not yet learned how to read. How long does that take anyways?

His second day of school, getting on the bus.

When we asked him what his favorite part of school was, he exclaimed, "Riding the Bus!"

Back to School!

Back to School cake!

Summer is ending and school is begining!

How do you feel about school?

Heidi: 'Ugh stressful!'

Bryant: 'Aaaaahhhhhahaha!' (maybe because of girls, or is it the math homework?)

Wyatt: 'I don't know, I havn't been there yet.' (and those were his exact words)

Random Summer Fun

Well, as you know we the Gardner's have some pretty fun time. There are lots of things we have done this Summer. It's been pretty eventful...making food creations, surprise creatures on the counter, working in a jungle of weeds, being attached by pumpkin plants, sister getting married, brother returning from his mission, Wyatt being Wyatt and the list goes on. Here are some pictures of some of the things we have done. Each has it's one story with in itself, so I'll just briefly tell about each one... because "A pictures worth a thousand words."

Time for a Rodeo

Wyatt and his best friend Nathan having a Rodeo of their own out in the yard.
They had many events, barrel racing, bull riding, calf roping, and some they made up themselves.

My favorite was when they would have their horses attach each other. Looks like they are getting ready for that event right here!

Eventually Wyatt found his boots and was styling in his shorts with boots fashion.

Sheep Joys!

Of course the summer just wouldn't be the same with out working with the sheep and getting them ready for the lamb show. Wahoo!

Here they are taking them for a walk/run/drag. Bryant made Wyatt take the big one, which weighs at least twice as much as him, and Bryant took the little one. Bryant claims that, "the big one is calmer." Well from the looks of the picture Bryant's lamb seems to have escaped him, causing um...a little stress on his part. :)

Well, looks like Wyatt can handle them both! He's pretty tough, like his big brother Levi! Notice, he is once again in his favorite style (boots w/ shorts).

Fun with the nephews

Gale, Chett, and Jaxon!

Sweet Jaxon!

Playing cowboys.

Making apple pie of course!

Lookin' good Chett:)

Gale with some Root beer... well actually it's just water. (For you Anena)

Swinging in Grandma's yard.

Buggy Rides

Inside

and out!

Fun at the Park

Wow Wyatt! We are all amazed he is almost six and hasn't broken a bone with how crazy he is!

The sister...and Wyatt. He insisted on being in the picture, that's okay.

Wiggle Racers

Have you ever ridden a wiggle racer? Well, they are awesome. We have all, young and old, big and small, had a lot of fun on them.

Looky here, even dad got on one. I think Wyatt won him in the race. Once when the home teachers came, Wyatt made them try them too!

And More Fun Times

Brain Freeze from the smoothy eating contest. Actually, I think Bryant and Wyatt were the only ones who were trying to eat them fast. We just wanted to see them get brain freezes. Mean of us huh!

Um...Bryant doing "Walk Power Walk" I wasn't supposed to put this on the blog, oops!

Too bad we didn't get any pics of us doing Yoga!

Three little cowboys, and one sleeping dad cowboy.

Bryant and his blue violin. Yes, that made the summer um entertaining. :)
Pudding fight, during a cream poof making session.

Well I hope you enjoyed seeing some more of our Summer fun. It has been quite the summer, as you can tell, we keep ourselves entertained somehow. There may not be a lot to do in Enterprise, or on tumbleweed lane. So we make our own fun, and as you can tell, we do have fun, at times maybe more than we should! :)

Mom's Birthday

Mom's birthday follows right after Cheryl's, so we were already in the birthday spirit.

The Controversial Card

One of our favorite things is singing cards (especially Hoops and Yoyo -they are great)! So we thought we'd find mom one! Well we found one, it didn't exactly sing but made noise. Heidi and I were so excited about it and thought it was perfect for mom! Well, after we got home and listened to it more carefully, we weren't so sure. We mostly liked it for the part about taking a nap because mom really enjoys that. The card says something like, " Happy Birthday (with lots of enthusiasm)...This is an elderly person so we need to make this as least exciting as possible....happy birthday.....no no that's too much we don't want to send them into a tail spin...okay happy birthday (with less enthusiasm)...." Anyways we were a little concerned about the elderly part. But after a long debate we finally decided to give it to her.

Here it is.

The front.

Inside Spread.

Close up of inside.

Close up of the back. See the "Happy napping!" :)

Mom examining her card...will she like it?

Being sure she hears it I guess. haha. I am pretty sure she liked it. She smiled and laughed, so I think we were safe, luckily. :)

The Cake

At our house, a birthday just isn't a birthday with out a cake. And so we try to make something special for everyones. For mom, we decided to create her back yard, because it is something she loves and spends a lot of time with. It took a lot of work and time, but between Heidi, Cheryl, and I, I think we mastered it pretty well.

Tada! I really had a lot of fun on this cake.
The real back yard.

Mom loved the cake so much she wasn't sure she wanted to eat it. But um she did, along with the rest of us! And it was yummy!

Presents

Well, you can't really see it so well, but Bryant gave mom a necklace he got from the Indian reservation. The green present that is unwrapped is a photo frame with pictures of us three sisters. Off to the side you can see Wyatt card he made her. And I think he may have also given her some stuff from his "Special drawer."

Will be having new posts tomorrow. Be excited to see them :)