The Garvey's

Pax and Jayden's pics

2011-08-17T10:15:00.000-07:00

Here's some pics of Jayden at two weeks when we did his newborn pics. There was so many pics to chose from it was hard but here's a few. And also some of Pax when we had his two year pics done in June, also hard to chose because he's so expressive that he had so many funny and cute pics!

Finally some fun!

2011-08-11T09:28:00.000-07:00

After trying to stay in the house for the last month with Jayden we were all ready for some fun! Last week we went camping with some of my family and had a lot of fun. We went to Provo Falls and played around for awhile in the water. The dogs loved it, they needed to get out as much as we did. Then this week we took Pax to the Living Planet Aquarium because he loves fish and animals. We did the zoo last month so it was good for him to get to see all the "water animals" this time.

We pet the sting rays and the little shark swimming around. The sting rays felt so weird!He had to press his face up to the glass so he could get as close to the fish as possible
We saw the sea turtles and the bigger sharks but pax didn't want anything to do with the sharks
When we came up to the penguins pax was doing his "penguin waddle" it was so funny. He's waiving at them in this pic.
No he's not really meaning to flip us off but this was still hilarious! He fell and got some stuff on his finger and he walked up to uncle ty and did this. And if you notice he's doing it with the other hand too. It was so funny
the lower part of provo falls
I think Easton and Pax could've thrown rocks in the water for hrs. they both got mad when we tried to leave.
We took the four wheelers and pax's little jeep and it kept the kids entertained the whole time. Pax loves the four wheelers but I forgot to take a pic. We got him a lighting mcqueen helmet and he even learned how to put it in drive and reverse. Shad's already looking at the kids four wheelers for him!
This is my cute chunky nugget at one month wearing 3 month pj's

6 years and counting!!

2011-08-05T09:27:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was our 6 year anniversary and we couldn't be happier! We went camping and then went to Provo Falls. It was nice to get out of the house with Shad, the kids and the dogs. Shad had a necklace made for me with the two boys birthstones, he knows how I like jewelry! Plus it helps that my brother is a jeweler. We have our little family now and I wouldn't want to share this life with anyone else. I'm the luckiest girl, Shad is a great dad and a great husband. I'm looking forward to at LEAST another 50 years!

Our Newest Addition!!

2011-08-02T08:06:00.000-07:00

Our newest little guy is finally here! We had Jayden on July 5th at 2:35 pm after about 7 hrs. of labor (much better than Pax's 26 hrs)He weighed 8lbs. 6oz. and was 20.5 in. He was exactly the same weight as Pax! I'm glad we had him a week early because I don't think I can do a bigger baby! It was an easy labor and delivery, I only had to push for about 6 min. Our dr. was in a surgery and almost didn't make it. The nurse was teasing Shad about him delivering the baby since she knew he was a firefighter, and then as it got closer she got more serious and said that her and Shad really may be doing the delivery. but I'm sure another dr. would've come in, at least I would hope so! But our dr. made it just in time, he told me to push once to see where we were at and then said to just keep going because he could see the head. Everything went smoothly, although I had a little bit of a weird reaction to the epidural and it took about 6 hrs. for it to wear off on my right leg only. We are super happy that Jayden is here and Pax is really good and cute with him. He's been a little more clingy but if that's the worst of him realizing he has to share us, I'll take it!

Last pic of being pregnant
First pic of baby Jayden
First pic. with my little guy after delivery
First night laying with daddy, he came out not wanting to sleep alone
Look at all that dark hair!
First family picture

He got so mad when someone tried to take Jayden to hold him. He wanted to keep holding him forever. I was glad that he instantly liked him!
One week old
Two weeks old. When we had his 2 wk appt. he weighed 9lbs. 12oz and the dr said that he has the 2nd highest record for weight gain in their office. The only baby that gained more than him is a Polynesian baby and he only has him by half a pound. So he gained back the weight he lost after being born plus some! I love fat babies so I hope he's a chunk!!!

Paxsten's 2nd birthday

2011-06-20T21:07:00.001-07:00

Our little baby turned two on Sunday but I can't even call him my baby anymore, he's a toddler! The last two years has flown by and it's been so much fun. He's such a fun kid and has such a cute and fun personality. We love him to pieces and love watching him learn and grow! We did a party with my family and some friends on Friday and here are some pics from the party.

This is him saying "cheese" and being super excited about it
Austin and Jenny spoiled him and got him and got him a ton of stuff. they got him the "cars movie" set of hotwheel cars. He loves hotwheel cars but is obsessed with the "cars" movie right now. He has slept with lighting McQueen and one other from the set since that night.

Poor Austin got stuck with not only holding him during presents and dealing with all the little kids up in his face but also during cake time! Then I could video tape while shad held the cake. Thanks Austin :)
He had to clap with everyone after he blew the candle out.
My sister got him a "cars movie" car mat and of course he wanted to drive the cars on it right away.

Happy Birthday little angel we love you!!!

The Zoo

2011-06-20T10:31:00.001-07:00

We took Pax to the zoo last week because he loves animals. The zoo has a new dinosaur thing and he liked those and would walk up to them until one spit water and growled really loud. Then the rest of the time he didn't want to go near them.

the tigers were sleeping and he was making snoring noises, it was so funny.

this is him growling at the dinosaur

He loves the elephants, and kept shouting "ball" and pointing at the elephants because they were playing with the balls.

U2 concert!

2011-05-27T14:36:00.001-07:00

Shad and I went to the U2 concert and it was a lot of fun. We went with a bunch of guys and their wives from the fire station, luckily the rain stopped for the concert because it was outside at the Utes stadium. I was kind of unsure about going at first being that I'm 8 1/2 months prego and not able to stand for to long, and already not comfortable and then throw in bleachers seats...but come on, it's U2 and The Fray opened for them and I love The Fray, and to top it off the tickets were free compliments of the SLCFD. So I couldn't pass that up and we went and I'm glad we did. The Fray started on time but then after they were done it took FOREVER for U2 to come out. We sat there for an hour, so I was a little annoyed about that because by the time they finally started I was starting to hurt. Unfortunately the baby is sitting on some nerves that after awhile of sitting start to really hurt. We ended up having to leave a little early because I hurt pretty bad and we had to park far away so I knew we had a 15 min. walk to still do, and we had to go pick up Pax from the babysitters. We could hear them the whole time we walked to the car so at least we still got listen to more songs as we walked. It was an awesome concert and they had a really cool stage and now I can say that I've seen U2 and The Fray, and luckily they both sounded awesome live!

That's my firefighter

2011-05-18T16:22:00.000-07:00

Shad was one of the crews that fought that huge warehouse fire downtown on Saturday. There are some really cool pics of him and his crew and some of my brother's crew. Sometimes I think he's nuts for doing what he does!

I think this pic is awesome, and no it's not from a movie but it looks like it is!
Shad is the one standing on the truck talking to two guys on his crew
Shad is on the right, you can see "Garvey" on the back of his helmet when the picture is bigger.
Shad is in the "boom bucket" on the far right
Another cool picture
This is my brother's crew, but I don't know if one of these is him or not. The one in the back his is captain.
This is a couple of guys from Shads crew in the bucket and he was at the bottom pumping the water. Good thing he did the Engineer school so he knew how to do that!

Lucky girl....

2011-05-09T16:45:00.000-07:00

So I have to take a second to tell everyone that I'm a pretty lucky girl! I have an awesome husband who spoiled me for mother's day. He had to work on Mother's day so we did stuff together on Friday. We've been looking at laptops and he got us a mac book pro! It counts as my mother's day and his father's day presents. I already love it, and he had his computer guys at work put a bunch of stuff on it for me. I wanted the Italian Rosetta Stone and now I have it! On top of this he took me shopping and I got a super cute new dress and some shoes and earrings. Then he took me to lunch to my favorite pizza place. He called a few places to set up a pedicure for me but I decided to get the dress instead. Especially since I plan on getting a pedicure closer to when I have the baby. Then with out my knowledge he had called his friend and arranged for a babysitter so he could take me to dinner that night, just the two of us. I have an amazing husband and I love him to pieces, thanks for spoiling me for mother's day!!

Easter!!!

2011-04-27T15:39:00.001-07:00

My goodness it's been forever since I've been on here! We had a crazy month in March, Shad was excepted into Engineer School and had training all month and we are so glad that's over! He passed and will get promoted at work when an engineer spot opens, and luckily some should be opening up soon. Then with me and a few dr. appt and stuff with the baby. April has been much better for us. I went on a girls trip and left shad and Pax for the first time! It was a much needed vacation and it was so nice. We went to St. George and stayed at my sister's house and it has a pool, and all the houses are only 1 story and it had a high privacy fence so I didn't have to worry about having anyone else see my in my swimming suit and being so prego, so that was nice! The weather was perfect and it was very relaxing. We had such a fun Easter this year. We had a huge party at his sister's house and she had 800...yes 800 Easter eggs that they did for all the kids. They have a huge yard so it was perfect, and Pax loved it!! they let the youngest kids go out first and gave them a few minutes to get some eggs before they let the older ones out. Pax did awesome at it. We forgot his basket and just used a bag, but it worked out better because there is no way he would've fit all the eggs he got into his basket! Then Easter morning we hid his basket and he was super excited when we found it. He loves cars so of course we had some of those in there and he cared more about those at first then he did the candy! Then we went up to Midway to have dinner with my family and do another Easter egg hunt. It was a little cold so it was a short egg hunt but after the night before he didn't need anymore. I wanted to take him to see the Easter bunny but we just didn't get around to it, so maybe next year!

He would pick them up two at a time and then hurry and shake the eggs and then put them in his bag and then go running to the next eggs he saw. He did awesome!

Of course his Easter basket is a fire truck basket. He got lots of candy and toys, and shad snuck some bubbles in there because he knows how much i hate bubbles so he thought that would be funny to give him...yay!

It's a BOY!!!

2011-02-18T15:17:00.000-08:00

Shad and I found out on Valentine's Day that we are having another boy! It was awesome watching him move around during the ultra sound and to see that he's healthy and doing well. I couldn't have asked for a better V-Day present. They did say that he is measuring big and that he'll probably be a big baby...yikes! They said he's measuring a week bigger, and that that's probably why I feel so much bigger this time. That and that I'm carrying him upfront, where I carried Pax more in my back. Let's hope I go early if he's going to a big boy!! I'm excited to have another boy so that I can reuse all the cute boy stuff I have and to not have to buy ANYTHING since both this baby and Pax are summer babies. Plus it will be so good for Paxsten to have a little buddy to play with. Shad's mom made Pax this really cute fire quilt that I can use as a comforter, so we are going to make his new room a cute firefighter room. She can draw and paint really well and she drew these pictures of antique fire trucks for him so I'm going to have those framed and use those on the walls. Anyway we are super excited and happy to finally know what's been growing in me!

Oh BABY!!!

2011-01-08T13:56:00.001-08:00

So I'm finally posting that I'm pregnant! Shad and I will be adding another little one to our family this summer. It was a total surprise for us and took some time to adjust to the idea of a newborn with a two year old, but people do it all the time so I can too! We heard the heartbeat a few wks. ago and it was the best sound in the world. The dr. thought we might not be able to hear it yet since i was only 10 wks. but as soon as he put the thing on my stomach it was loud and clear. He said it sounded good and strong. It's one of the best sounds in the world! I think that's what kind of snapped me out of the shock of being pregnant. I just started to laugh and the reassurance that there was a little person in there and that he/she was doing just fine was great. Now let's just hope there's only one in there! I'm showing a lot earlier then I did with Pax and twins runs on both sides of the family. I'm starting to feel much better now, which is great since it was worse this time around! Right now I'm at the end of my 13 wk. and am due July 11th. I went exactly a wk early with Pax and if that's the case with this one it would be on the 4th of July. So we'll just have to see. I'll find out next month what we are having and I can't wait. Then I can start picking names and stop calling it an "it". Hopefully Paxsten does well with having to share the attention!

2010-12-31T14:51:00.000-08:00

We had a really fun Christmas this year. We started it early and a week before xmas we went downtown with my family and got a few hotels rooms and went to dinner, then the lights downtown and then went back to the hotel and went swimming. On xmas eve we went to my parents house and went sledding and pax loved it. He loves the snowmobiles and the sledding. Then Christmas morning we woke up and did presents and made a yummy breakfast off eggs Benedict. Pax was so much fun this year, he's getting old enough he likes the presents and lights.

Pax helping us go through the house lights, he's our big helper.

Pax loves riding on the snowmobiles, he would try and climb up himself and wouldn't get off.

Pax loved sledding, as soon as they were down the hill he would go back to the snowmobile. and when we got to the top he would instantly get down and go over to the sled.

Pax loved his train!

What a cute kid...

He laid there and played with his toys all morning.

Moab!!

2010-11-13T10:18:00.000-08:00

We went to Moab last weekend and had so much fun! The weather was perfect, this is the best time of year to go there. Shad's family came down with us and we had a good sized group so that made it fun too. His dad used to go down all the time with their old jeeps and go rock crawling. He hadn't been down in 15 yrs. and Shad's mom had never been to Moab so it was fun to have them come. We got his mom to go on the jeep as well as the four wheelers, some of it scared her and she said we were nuts but she still had a lot of fun. Pax loves riding on the four wheeler and the jeep so he of coursed had fun. We luckily brought helmets this time, which was good since we had a few people get hurt but nothing to bad. Sorry there are a ton of pics. I was more than half way done when I thought about doing the collage instead of individual pics. Oh well...
What a cute little nugget

Me on our four wheeler

Shad and his pappy. John had so much fun, he loves doing this kind of thing and he's the one that taught shad so it was great to have him out there with us!

He actually did get it up this rock, it made me a little nervous. It doesn't look as bad as I remember it being though....

This was the helmet we brought for pax if we had him on the four wheeler, he looks like he's from Spaceballs!!

Shad, David, Kirk and John...all the boys in the fam but two were there.

Our group

Our cute little family

Shad's parents and some of his siblings

Riding in the jeep puts Pax to sleep every time. He crashed right after this pic.

This doesn't look as bad from this angle. Inside of the jeep I was a little tense as you can tell.

Shad coming up from an obstacle.

Halloween

2010-11-02T12:03:00.000-07:00

Paxsten was a pumpkin this year and he even left the hat on! He was so funny, we had taken him to my work on Friday because they had some trick-or-treating there so by Saturday night he had the hang of it and knew what to do. So when the people would open the door he would instantly reach for the bucket of candy. He also kept trying to walk into people's houses. One of the last houses had "scary" music playing on their porch and Pax was dancing to it. His dancing is so funny! They guy opened the door and totally started to laugh and said "it's suppose to be scary music but this is the cutest thing I've ever seen!" Anytime anyone laughs Pax does his fake laugh back so he started laughing with the guy...he's such a cute kid and we had a ton of fun!
My sister made him this cute little trick-or-treat bag that he actually carried, but then I had to take it because he kept trying to get the candy out while we walked to the next house.

When we got back he didn't make it into the house very far. He sat down and started pulling out the candy.

He was so tired that he just laid down on the floor and kicked back. And because I was laughing at him he started to laugh too, I think he was a little slap happy at this point!

Jimmy Buffett/Las Vegas!!!

2010-10-26T19:04:00.001-07:00

We went to Vegas last weekend for Jimmy Buffett as part of Shad's b-day. He's been wanting to go to a Jimmy concert for as long as I've known him. So I found one of our hotels a few months ago for that wk end and I told shad that would be his b-day present and that we were going! It was sooo much fun! We met up with some family and friends down there and my parents came down since it was my dad's b-day a few days before. Plus they haven't been to Vegas since 1973, CRAZY!!! So they did their thing and then my mom watched Pax while we went to the concert. They shut down the street next to Margaritaville and had a street party that was so fun. It was packed and hard to move around but good times. They had loud jimmy music playing and food and lots of great "people watching" Jimmy Buffett fans definitely know how to party and have fun. I have so many pics. so it was hard to chose but here are some of the crazy things people wore! Next year shad and I are making some crazy hats for the concert!
I don't know if you can really tell how packed this street was but here's an idea...

Yes he really wore this all day and night, and no...that's not his real bum

Those are some of the drinks they were selling, "small" margaritaville blenders full of some strong drinks.

Before the concert we went to the Rain forest Cafe for the kids and then we could already be at the MGM. Pax loved the fish and all the animals they had in there. It was actually a really cool restaurant.

His fans are called "parrot heads" and this guy had a giant parrot on his head.

Yes, that's a hat and she wore that most of the day too. We saw her here and there. Although she took it off at the doors of the concert.

He has a song about shark fins and these guys were so funny. The hats light up so when he did that song they were marching around the stadium.

We had awesome seats!!! Floor, 3rd row just off the front/corner of the stage. He came out right by us. And we got an amazing deal on the tickets. We paid less than half of what the person that bought them paid!

Someone started smoking weed over by us and even Jimmy could smell it and he made a comment that someone is getting high over by us...of course he didn't care though!

Shad said he can check off one of his life goals now that he's seen Jimmy Buffett in concert. So happy birthday Shad, it was a ton of fun!

Utah State Fair

2010-09-15T15:54:00.001-07:00

We took Paxsten to the State Fair because he LOVES animals! He was a little nervous with the cows because they weren't behind anything, and they were massive. They had their show cows out that were seriously huge and you could just walk up next to them so he was a little hesitant. But he liked all the other animals, and kept trying to pull on the baby pigs tails, but his favorite were the bunnies. He was so giddy, he would stomp and clap and get the biggest smile. We didn't stay to long because it was hot and he was tired but it was enough for me.

This was one of the smaller cows, he wouldn't let us get this close to the giant dairy cows they had out.

He seriously loved the bunnies, he had to stick his finger in each cage as we walked by.

He loved it when the bunny would sniff his hand or when he could touch their fur. If we didn't have big dogs this might be a pet I would get for him because he loved them so much!

Garvey family camping trip

2010-08-29T12:15:00.001-07:00

We went camping a couple of weekends ago to Whitney Reservoir with Shad's family. It was a lot of fun, we did some fishing, played some games and his brother brought his giant kite that you pretty much need a harness to fly, and he taught us all how to fly it. The weather and campsite were perfect. A little cold at night but during the day it was nice. We also had about 200 sheep come past the front of our campsite and that was awesome to see! I forgot my camera of course so you'll have to excuse the blurry pics. I'm not sure if it was the camera or the person taking the pics.
We had really good food the whole time, we did tin foil dinner's the first night and then I made my dad's Bear Lake Stew the second night and it was a hit!

We brought the dogs with us and if you'll see he doesn't have a leash attached to him! for those of you who know us and our dogs, this was a big deal with Koda because he usually takes off as soon as we undo the leash. He did so good, and if he started to wonder off we just had to call him and he'd come right back! It made the trip so much better!

Gail kept taking pics. so we smiled really really big for her in hopes that would be enough. ;)

They took the kids "snipe hunting" and these are the sticks he was using to call the animals to him. He's such a cute kid!

Our cute little nephew Camdin

This is Shad's younger brother and he's a giant...well at least next to me he is.

Pax is our "little helper" and wanted to help load the truck up when we were leaving. He likes to "help" us with everything we do. Now we get why parents say that we were their "little helpers" whenever they would be trying to do anything...

5 years

2010-08-11T11:26:00.000-07:00

Last week was our 5 yr. anniversary. I couldn't be happier, I'm the luckiest girl ever..I know that's cheesy but it's true. He's the best husband and dad to our little guy. We went to Hawaii a few months ago to celebrate and I honestly have so much fun with him! I love him to pieces!!

Animals!!!

2010-08-11T10:56:00.001-07:00

We took Paxsten to Wheeler Farm since he really likes animals. They didn't have very many of them out and it was really hot so the ones that were didn't want to move around much. By the end of it he did learn how to "moo" and the horses were kind of far away in the field so we didn't get any pics. with them but he does really like horses. I'm glad he's not afraid of animals!

He kept pulling on the pigs ear when it would get close enough that he could reach it. I decided I didn't really want him touching the pig so I had to move him after wouldn't leave him alone.

This evil duck almost bit him right after I took the pics. Stupid ducks...

4th of July

2010-08-11T10:18:00.000-07:00

I'm behind on stuff so I'm playing catch up now. For the 4th of July we went to Midway. My sister's backyard is like a giant playground for kids. They have a swing set, a tramp, zip line and a sand box and a golf cart that they drive around the yard. I have pics. of the day but totally forgot to take pics. of the fireworks. But Pax loved them, he kept saying "Oohhh" and would point and get excited, and he even pushed on my sister's shoulder when she blocked his view a little.
Pax loved the swings, he wanted to stay on them forever.

This is my 18 month old nephew rockin the zip line all on his own!

Pax loves sand, anytime he gets a chance to he'll play in it for hours. It doesn't matter if it's on the beach or in a box.

I love this picture, it makes me laugh. He got mad that the golf cart stopped moving.

He even loved the zip line, even though he's falling off a little in this pic. he thought it was so fun and kept pointing at it to do it again.

Just pushing the mower and hanging out with the chicken...

Paxsten's 1 year pics.

2010-07-05T09:38:00.000-07:00

I had Pax's pics. done a few wks ago and they turned out so cute! Again, I can't believe he's already one. He's such a little stud and I had the hardest time deciding what pics. to post on here because they all turned out so cute! I love this little man...

He's almost got the walking thing down. He'll take a few steps here and there so I'm sure it won't be long before he's running around!

Paxsten's 1st b-day!!!

2010-07-01T14:18:00.000-07:00

My little nugget is one!! Where has the last year gone? We did a party for pax's first birthday and did a little swimming and then a BBQ and cake and ice cream.
I think the water was a little colder then he would've liked

He didn't last very long in the water, so he snuggled up in his towel with Jenny

He made out like a bandit on presents, thanks everyone!

He loves this toy! He walks it all over the house with it and will just sit there and hit all the buttons. Now he's figured out how to put things in the seat too, so he try's to stick all his other toys inside of it.

We did one of those giant cupcakes for him to destroy and this is how he started out with the whole cake eating thing...

Then he gagged on it and spit it out! In his defense I tasted the icing on the cupcake and it was pretty terrible. It was so much and kind of bitter. But he loved the cake we ate and served out so that was good I guess.

He pulled and pushed this thing around the rest of the night before he finally crashed on the couch.

Yellowstone

2010-06-11T10:19:00.000-07:00

We took our camping trailer and went to Yellowstone and it was my first time being inside the park. It was really pretty, but we got rained on a lot. It rained most of the fist day but luckily we got the last part of the day to see stuff with out the rain. Then the next day it was nice and sunny all day and then it rained all night again. Our last night we finally got to sit around the camp fire and the lake, we had a nice view because our spot was right by the lake.
This is the typical driving situation in Yellowstone, the bison just cross where they want to.

After they crossed the street they came right up next to us.

This was our fist attempt at seeing Old Faithful, we had to put a poncho over pax's stroller and he hated it! It was down pouring and very cold!

Yeah all you could see was a bunch of steam when it went off....

Then the 2nd day we tried again and got a great view of it. We were so glad it was sunny that day. We also were able to go see all the other geyser's and mud pots.

Hawaii

2010-05-25T13:39:00.000-07:00

We went to Hawaii about two weeks ago and had such a good time! The weather was great and Paxsten did awesome on the plane and the whole time we were there. He didn't fuss or cry once on the plane rides and everyone kept saying how good and cute he was. He's such a ladies man he had the flight attendants and the people around us in the palm of his hand. He only had a hard time a couple of the nights because it was about midnight our time and he was still up. But it was an awesome trip, we went to Kauai and Oahu and Kauai is still our favorite! We saw a bunch and swam with some sea turtles and saw a ton of crazy and really pretty fish. We went to see the USS Arizona memorial on Oahu and did the Dole Plantation and had some really good pineapple ice cream and learned how to pick a good pineapple. The resort we stayed at had a salt water pond next to it and they had some sting rays and sharks in it. So that was cool to see from above the water and not while I was in it! I took about 300 pics so it was kind of hard to pick a few to post but here's some of our trip! This is part of the view off our balcony

Pax loved the sand so much, he would play with it in his toes and smash it in his hands. And he was constantly trying to eat it and succeeded most of the time. This was the perfect spot for him, there was the regular beach but the waves came up so much that he didn't like it. But off the side of our beach was this spot with the rocks and it made little pools of warm water that he loved!

Of course Shad had to burying him and he didn't seam to care.

So I was out snorkeling and when I came back up shad was laughing and wouldn't say at what. Well later I was going through my camera and found why shad was laughing...this is what I found. There was also one of the guys bending over but I will spare you all that image. I don't like spedo's to begin with but there are some guys that really really shouldn't wear them!

Shad and Pax just after the sunset. We got some great views of some awesome sunsets down by the beach and from our room.

Paxsten's 9 mo. pics

2010-04-30T14:15:00.001-07:00

I had Pax's 9 month pics. done last month and I'm finally posting some. It was so hard to chose which ones to put on here, they are all so cute! He really is such a little stud, not only is he the cutest little boy but he has such a cute and Happy and fun personality. I'm totally in love with this boy!!!

I love that he's standing on his tippy toes in this pic

There's a really cute one of him smiling in this outfit but if you've spent any time around him you know he has a tongue thing so I posted this one for my sister cause she loves when he does this!

He does love bathtime...

Just look at that face, and those eyes..again I'm totally in love with this boy!

2010-04-24T11:06:00.000-07:00

We went to Moab last week and it was awesome! The weather was perfect and Paxsten did great. He wasn't afraid of the 4-wheelers or the jeep at all, he would actually get excited and bounce and scream when they would pull up. We did some hikes, 4-wheeling and a little jeepin'. It was our first trip out with the camping trailer we bought and it was so nice having that!

My sister and nieces and nephew. Kenzie is a champ on the 4-wheeler. she was going on trails and did just fine on the hard parts, she's a brave girl!

Shad rigged it so we could put Pax in the rock crawler and he loved it! I don't know if it was that he could see everything but he would get super excited when we'd put him in it. And no we didn't take him on the hard/dangerous stuff. We did the easier trails with him. Plus after about 15 min. he'd fall asleep every time so that was nice. I don't know how though with all the bouncing and it being so loud!

We did Arches Natl. Park and this was at the sand arch and he loved playing in the sand.

Our silly little boy!

2010-02-07T12:18:00.000-08:00

Shad was changing Paxsten in his room and I hear him yell for me to hurry and come in the room. I walk in and saw this and started laughing so hard! Pax has a little bit of what you would call a big head, and his shirt apparently was a little tight when when shad tried to take it off.

Wearing uncle Ty's sun glasses, and he left them on for a while and kept smiling at us.

Just hanging out in his tub. When I first grabbed the camera he had his feet propped up on the side and his arm on the edge instead of hanging over. He was just kicking back and hanging out in his tub. He's a little big for this one now so I think we'll graduate to the big tub now!

Pax's 6 Month Pics.

2009-12-30T10:18:00.001-08:00

We had Pax's 6 month pics. done a couple of weeks ago. He's getting so big it's crazy. He sits on his own now and if he starts to tip over he'll even catch himself and sit back up. I'm sure it won't be to long before he's crawling!
He doesn't even look like a 6 month old in this pic. he looks like a little toddler!

My chunky little nugget

Las Vegas and Newport Coast

2009-12-04T09:32:00.000-08:00

Shad and I were in desperate need of a vacation...or at least I was. I was having with drawls! So we planned a trip to Newport Coast Cali. to stay in the Marriott timeshare there. Then the idea of taking a road trip instead of flying and staying in Vegas on the way down came up and Shad loves road trips. So after much convincing I finally caved and we took a road trip. Don't get me wrong I love road trips, but I hate the 6 hr. drive to Vegas for some reason. Anyway it was great weather, a little chilly but much better then the snow we left here. I love the fountains at the Bellagio so we had to stop there first. Sorry it's a little blurry I was also holding Paxsten and trying to stop him from grabbing the camera from me.

Pax also loved the fountains! I couldn't get him to turn and face the camera because he couldn't take his eyes off the fountains. I would turn the other way and he would instantly whip his head around to see them again.

Finally we got him to turn around somewhat for a second so we could have a little family pic. taken.

I should've zoomed in more on this but oh well....so this is our view off the balcony. I was sitting here eating my breakfast in the morning just watching the boats with Pax and I go inside to get his blanket. I come out less then a minute later and this is what I see in the water. I'm watching it for a minute thinking that looks like a small plane. Well yes it was and I freaking missed it crashing into the water by a minute! Ironically enough a few minutes before this I had been talking about how I hate flying over water because I have a fear of crashing into water, then this happens. Fear justified!!! I saw it before the coast guard even got there, I watched their little red boat coming up to it. But other boats had pulled up to it and I think gotten whoever was on there off of it. You can't tell in this pic. but the one side of it started leaning and the other wing was touching the water. Luckily it floated and they towed it back in. Crazy!!!!

I love this little guy!

The water was a little to cold for Pax he wouldn't put if feet back down after this pic. He did the full body shiver when we put his feet in the water. It was funny but sad because then he started fussing. So we took him out and wrapped him up.

Miles for Miracles

2009-11-09T12:02:00.000-08:00

Last week Marriott was one of many sponsors for a torch relay for the Children's Miracle Network and our center got to participate. We did a 5k walk to raise money for CMN. It was the first year that they came to Utah to do the torch relay and they said that after our turn out they will definitely come back. We had about 500 people from my work do it so that's a lot of money they got just from all of us signing up. Then they had raffle tickets you could buy to win stuff. They had a little lunch and some other stuff set up for us downtown at the end of the walk. It was a lot of fun and next year I'll plan a little better and invite people to do it with me so we can earn more money for a great cause. They had a mom come to talk to us at the end about her son that was at Primary Children's Hospital and her story made it more then worth it. You can even bring your kids and walk them in the strollers. Luckily it was nice weather that day. So next year I'll let everyone know about it so you can participate if you want to!

Halloween and Shad's B-day

2009-11-08T14:54:00.001-08:00

Shad's b-day is on Halloween so we went up to Midway and had a little party and did some trick-or-treating with the family. Paxsten was a lion and he looked so freaking cute in his costume! He didn't mind being it in at all and it kept him really warm. Although every time the wind would blow and hit his face it would take his breath away and make his eyes water, sad but funny.
I love that he even put his hand up in this, it was perfect timing.

Easton was a monkey. I should've gotten a pic. of the back of their costumes cause the tails on both were super cute!

Tyler had one of those big joker hats that he put on Pax. He would make the funniest face when he put it on him.

They're going to be best friends....they just don't know it yet but they don't have a choice!

I made Shad a Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake but he wanted that all to himself so we I made some Halloween cupcakes for the party.

4 months old

2009-11-08T14:41:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics. of Pax over the last month, he's four months old in this one. And P.S. ignore the messy bedroom in the back ground, I should've thought about that when Shad took this pic. Oh well....

So he fell asleep on me while we were sitting on the couch and I didn't want to wake him up so I just set him down there. I got up to get a drink and came back and this is how he was laying. He either sleeps on his back with his arms up above his head or on his side. He's such a funny sleeper!

Shad put one of the fire stickers on him that they give kids when they come and tour the fire stations. And funny enough he was wearing one of his fire shirts that day.

My sister gave me this toy thing and he seriously loves it. He'll play under that thing forever. And we'll put him under it and a few minutes later he's totally turned around or on his side reaching for the toys. He has to move around to get to all the toys, and he gets so loud playing under it. That's usually when he's the most vocal. He loves this thing so thanks Mel!!

3 Month Old Pics.

2009-10-29T19:02:00.001-07:00

Here are some pics. of my little angel at 3 months old. I can't believe how time is flying by. I had the hardest time picking which ones I wanted to post because of course they are all so freaking cute! So here are a few of my little guy. There was some super cute of him the nude on his tummy with his cute little bum showing but I thought best to not put those on the Internet.

Seriously is he not just the cutest little baby?!

2009-10-29T18:48:00.000-07:00

I'm finally have a chance to post some pics. of my little guy. Here are just some random pictures that are from when he was three months old. He's now 4 and half months old so I'm a little behind...I'm getting there.
I love that he reaches for our faces now, he even grabs our lips and pulls now when we talk to him but that's ok cause I love that he likes to touch our faces.

His Dr. said at 3 months we can start giving him rice cereal so this is our first attempt at feeding it to him. Then I had a few people tell me to just cut the hole in the nipple bigger and feed him it from a bottle. Yeah it's much better, and a lot less messy!

He loves my sister Kym, anytime she has him he just starts smiling and cooing at her, she can get him laughing pretty good too.

Hike to Cecret Lake

2009-09-13T10:25:00.000-07:00

We went on a hike to Cecret Lake since I hadn't been there in almost 8 years and I remembered it being pretty easy. Well it was supposed to only be 1.9 miles but we couldn't find the right entrance, so we ended up going the really long way and it ended up being 3.6 miles. Still not to bad but when you have the extra weight of a baby on the front of you it's a little harder...needless to say it kicked my butt and shad ended up having to carry him in the sling towards the end when it got steep. We did find the regular entrance on the way back down but we still had to go back the long way to get to the car. But it was a perfect day and we still had fun even though it took us longer than we planned.

Luckily we found some shade so I could take him out of the sling and let him cool off. He's like his dad, he's a little heater and gets so hot!

We had some granola bars that we ate when we got to the top and you can tell that a lot of people must go up there because the the wild life isn't afraid of people at all. We had a few squirrels that kept coming right up to the side of us for pieces of our food.

Paxsten's Blessing

2009-09-13T09:55:00.000-07:00

We had Paxsten's blessing last week and it turned out awesome, with lots of family and food.

His cute little blessing suit. The suit jacket was to big but he still looked like a stud with out it!

My little man

Two Month's Old

2009-08-22T17:27:00.001-07:00

Our little guy at two months old. These pics pretty much speak for themselves, he's just a stud!

Bear Lake and a couple of other pics of Pax

2009-08-22T17:01:00.000-07:00

We go to Bear Lake every year and the last two years we have been able to stay in a trailer instead of camp, and that was nice with a little baby. I stayed on the beach with Pax while Shad went out on the boat so I don't have any boating pics. so it's just some beach pics. The weather wasn't that great, we only had one day of nice weather. The rest of the time it was VERY windy and we would only get a few hrs. in and then we'd have to leave. But it was still a lot of fun to get out of the house and hang out with the fam.
Pax and Daddy

Paxsten found his thumb while we were up there. I now have to keep pulling his hands, fingers and arms away from his mouth. So we are working on this not becoming a habit!

Beach golfing

Paxsten is starting to smile like crazy, I love it!!! We almost have him laughing too, he laughed really hard in his sleep but we haven't been able to get him to do it while he's awake. He's almost there, he just smiles really big and makes lots of noise. I love the sounds he makes and I'm so glad he's starting those baby sounds!

He's got holding his head up on his own completely down, he's such a big boy. I can't believe how fast he's growing!

One Month Old!!!

2009-08-22T16:52:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how fast he's growing! Time fly's by and its crazy to watch him develop and grow! Here are a couple pics. of our little guy at a month old.

Paxsten's Newborn Pics.

2009-07-18T11:30:00.000-07:00

We had some newborn pics taken of our lil Pax when he was two wks. old. So here are a few, there are about three hundred of them so when I get more time I'll post some more!

Our little Paxsten

2009-07-01T11:45:00.000-07:00

Our little guy is finally here! We had Paxsten on June 19th at 1:58 am and he weighed 8lbs. 6 oz. and was 20 in. long and actually has some hair! He is such a little angel, it's crazy how much you can suddenly love someone. We are having a ton of fun with him, and we really are lucky, he is pretty easy for the most part. He sleeps good..at least right now he does. He only gets up maybe 2-3 times a night and it's around the same times every night, and he's definitely a good eater! He's already changed from the hospital, he's starting to fill out and his personality is starting to come out too. He does throw a mean fit though if he doesn't get to eat right when he wants to, legs kicking, and pushing off of me, and throwing the hands around and screaming. Not so happy that he's already learned how to throw a fit. Anyway here are some pics. of our little stud. Our little guy, he's so freaking cute!

Proud new daddy!

Shad giving him his first bath in the nursery

We got to come home on Sunday, Father's day so that was nice for Shad. Plus he wanted to get out of the hospital so bad. If it was up to him we would've left a lot earlier. This was his coming home outfit, it was a little big at the hospital but it fits nice and snug now.

He loves to sleep on our chests like this. His arms are either out or up by his face.

If we aren't holding him this is how he sleeps. I'll have his arms all tucked in tight to the blanket and he works them out and then turns on his side a little. He sleeps just like his mom, on his side and arms up.

Cutest little stud ever, and I love his peach fuzz hair.

I'll try and keep up on the pics. We are always taking them, it's just a matter of posting them on here.

Baby Shower

2009-05-22T12:08:00.000-07:00

I have some amazing friends that I work with and they threw me such a fun baby shower! I can't believe that I forgot to get a picture with everyone but I guess that's what happens when your mind doesn't function right anymore! We had delicious food and played fun games. It was at my friend Amanda's house and she did the cutest game! She bought this way cute fat chrome piggy bank and then we played this game where you put have to put pennies in it. I thought it was such a cute idea and then she gave me the piggy bank with all the money in it. So now our little guy has a piggy bank and a college fun started ;) I'm so lucky to have friends like them, it really was such a fun shower, thanks ladies!! We totally made out like bandits and I wanted to thank everyone for all the gifts! Here are some pics. of some of the stuff we got.

We got so many cute clothes, I can't wait to put him in all of them! And yes these pj's in front have dogs on them of course and the feet look like dog slippers..cutest things!

Tiffany found a rubber ducky that is dressed up as a fire fighter and it has that thing on it that tells you when the water is to hot. It is seriously so cute, when I showed it to Shad he laughed and said it was "freaking awesome" so thanks tiff. Also she does this super cute thing where she buys a BUNCH of baby books and made a bunch of Cd's with children's music on them. And she does the good books too! She also found the Curious George goes to the fire station book. Shad and I both have said that we are definitely going to read a lot to our kids so we love the books and can't wait to read them to him!
When shad and I saw this bouncer by Boppy we totally fell in love with it, it's seriously so soft and fluffy. We also got the Boppy pillow, it's the best thing in the world! I have used it so many times with my nieces and nephews. I think everyone in my family has one, we love them! So needless to say I was very excited that we got that too! If you don't have one I highly recommend one. We also got a bathtub filled with all sorts of goodies and my friend made me a blanket, burp cloths and a bib. And so many cute cute clothes. Like I said we made out like bandits so thanks so much to everyone again for all the gifts!

Wicked!!

2009-05-22T11:54:00.000-07:00

I've been meaning to post some pics. from Wicked for a while but just haven't had a chance. The girls in my family went to Wicked last month and it was so much fun! The play was amazing, and better then I even expected! The characters were funny and amazing singers, it was definitely worth the price of the tickets. We had awesome seats, except for this girl in front of us that has some seriously huge hair so we had to do some seat arranging so my niece could see. But it was such a fun night!

We went to dinner first with the guys at the Cheese Cake Fac. and then after Shad and Ty took Easton and they went to watch the Jazz game.
My super cute nieces were very excited to see the play, they can sing to the soundtrack word for word!

Cuttest little things!

2009-04-09T12:30:00.000-07:00

I work with some of the sweetest people! Daysi and Jamie made these cute little things for our little guy and I can't wait until he's here to wear them. Jamie made the shoes and Daysi did the beanie. My computer is being retarded and won't turn the pic. but you get the point. The strap on the shoes even unbuttons. Your girl's are the best and I seriously love these. I know they do make and sale these so if you want any just let me know! Jamie even has a pattern for little Mary Jane shoes for girls, those are also super cute!

I know...I know....

2009-04-09T12:03:00.000-07:00

I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything, things have been really crazy for us lately. We've been working on the basement a lot and we started the baby's room, and just busy with things all around. Anyway I've really been meaning to post some pics. of one of the basement rooms that my amazing and talented hubby just finished. He's got one room completely done and my storage room pretty much done and the bathroom started. He's seriously amazing! So here are some pics. of the room he did.

It started out as this...
Then after a lot of work got to this point...

Then the finished project! We put the desk in the spot where Charlie is so it's back out of the way. He even put a little can light right above it so we have a light right over the desk.
The window has blinds in it now but I didn't feel like taking a new picture. This one was already on the computer so I'm just using this one.

I really am so glad that he can do all this type of stuff. We moved the office from upstairs down to this room so now the computer and work out stuff is in here. And turned that room into the baby's room. I'll post more pics. as he finishes more stuff.

5 & a 1/2 months prego

2009-02-22T18:22:00.000-08:00

I meant to post a pic. at five months to celebrate being half way through my pregnancy, but I got really sick with the worst cold and then forgot. I've promised some people that I would post a pic. of my growing belly so I figured I better do it before I get ginormous and want to hide from people. So here is me at 5 and a half months prego. And this is probably the last one of these types of pics. you'll see!

Sody's Wedding

2009-02-22T18:03:00.001-08:00

Our little Sody got married to her sweetness Ricardo this weekend. She looked so cute and happy, it's so fun to see how nothing else matters that day to the couple and to watch how happy they are! They are both from different cultures so it was really cool to see how they did the wedding with both cultures. Her mom made the best Flan, mmmm it was so good! Congrats Sody!!!

The happy couple

Our peeps

She had cute little gold slipper shoes on.

Stacie and I rubbing my baby bump

Sody workin the dance floor. It was so funny to see little sody "gettin down"

Baby News!!!

2009-01-28T19:08:00.000-08:00

Shad and I went to our appt. on Tuesday and found out that we are having a boy!! We are both so excited! We didn't really care what we had, but both of us are super excited that we are having a boy, especially shad. So there is going to be a lil' Shad running around the Garvey house soon enough! He's healthy and doing great, and is such a little mover. He was moving around and kicking the whole time the dr. was doing the ultra sound. It was crazy to see him move so much. We already think he's cute of course ;) she got some really cute profile pics. of him, and some pics that it is definitely a boy...no mistaking it!

Temple Square lights

2008-12-28T12:44:00.001-08:00

We went to see the Christmas lights at Temple Square with some of my family and some of my sister-in-laws family. It was fun but very cold, but I didn't ever hear the kids complain that it was to cold. They took it like champs! Although at the end of the night Oliver and I were getting really hungry, and Oli said " Hey Kelly, dude I'm hungry and we should go eat now" That kid makes me laugh, he always says the funniest things. And his new favorite word is "dude". The lights were pretty, but for some strange reason they had a ton of orange lights this year, not sure why.

Some of my family members and I.

Baby News!

2008-12-28T12:29:00.000-08:00

So Shad and I told our families over the holiday that we are pregnant. I am now 14 wks. along and I'm feeling pretty good, I've been really lucky! When we told Shad's family we told his dad just a minute before the dinner started and he said the prayer. We asked him to say something about it in the prayer, Shad thought that would be really funny cause everyone would have to wait until the it was over to say anything. Well, we both ended up laughing before it was over because most, if not all the family had opened their eyes and were looking at us in shock right after his dad said it. It was really funny. Then when we told my family, we casually said we wanted a family picture while we were exchanging gifts. Shad counted to 3 and then said that I was pregnant, and then we could catch on the picture every one's reaction. Well we ended up doing it in the basement, and it's not finished so it was really dark and the picture didn't turn out so well, but it was still funny. My brother Ryan caught on right away and gave me a hug, and my mom is looking at me instead of the camera. I think it took everyone else a minute for it to register. My mom asked if I was being serious, and when I said yes, she started crying and said that she thought I was going to make her wait a couple more years. We've been married for 3 1/2 yrs. and have been together for about 6 yrs. and she said she just figured we'd make her wait even longer.
Sorry it's a bad pic. Shad couldn't get it to focus in the dark and it was a little delayed. Plus I should have told everyone to scoot in closer, oh well.

Sledding

2008-12-28T12:08:00.001-08:00

We went sledding up in Midway where some of my family lives, and it's the best sledding! This time of year is a ton of fun up there, we get the sleds and the snowmobiles and go play in the snow. The best part about the sledding is that we attach a rope to the back of the snowmobile, so you get a ride to the top of the hill, and then you go down and someone comes back down with the snowmobiles and pulls you back up, yeah not walking back up the hill is my kind of sledding. It would take forever, the snow is deep and it's a long hill.
The kids all picked the sled they wanted, it's a good thing they have a ton of them up there.

We went later in the day so it got dark pretty quick, but it was still just as fun.
Shad on the snowmobile.
They tied loops in the rope and you just sit on your sled and hold onto the loop while they pull you back up.

WICKED!!!!

2008-12-12T12:45:00.000-08:00

I'm totally excited, we got tickets to Wicked! It's with my sisters and my nieces, we got great seats, 9th row right in the middle! Tickets were kind of expensive but it will be worth it, plus how many chances will I get to see it again. So for a one time thing, I'll pay it. My brother-in-law went through hell to get them so a BIG thanks to him for doing it for us especially since he's not even going. Anyway, I'm really excited and can't wait until April to see it!

Thanksgiving

2008-12-01T08:52:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was fun this year. We ended up being able to go to both of our families, which we don't normally do because it's to hard and my parents live kind of far away. Shad's family did it at 1:00 and when we were all done it was only 3:30 so we figured we'd go see my family. So it was nice to have two Thanksgiving dinners, especially since our families do some different foods, so we got the best of both worlds. We played the Wii all night and I got my butt kicked on the Mario Cart by two little girls...it was pathetic. But I got revenge when we played tennis! Overall it was a good weekend with yummy food, and good company. I hope everyone enjoyed their turkey day and the Friday shopping if you were brave enough to do that.

Twilight Movie

2008-12-01T08:33:00.000-08:00

So I'm trying to do some catch up, things have been kind of crazy. We went and saw the Twilight movie, and I liked it! It wasn't exactly like the book, but what movies that are from a book are the same. They changed some things around but it was still good. The cast all played their characters really well. I wish they would've kept some things the way they were in the book, and some good stuff got left out. But that's ok, we still have the book and the movie was actually really good. I won't say anything else about it so that I don't spoil it for anyone that hasn't seen it. By the way this is a pic. of the cast and what they look like regularly, with out the "vampire" look.

Sex in the City night

2008-10-20T16:31:00.001-07:00

We did a Sex in the City movie night on Friday night. Shad worked, so it worked out great since he had no desire to see the movie. We did it at Shannon's house and did a fondue dinner and desert. It was so good, we had a ton of yummy food. We had a ton of stuff to dip in the cheese and then really good stuff to dip in the chocolate. We also had Cosmo drinks to go along with the movie of course. Amanda and I had virgin ones...don't worry. We all really liked the movie, Tiff and Kameron had already seen it but were willing to see it again with me, Shannon and Amanda. It was a fun night with some friends.

Us and our Cosmo drinks, we were going to do the cute glasses but didn't feel like buying any so we made due with good ol' dixie cups.
Amanda and I enjoying our virgin Cosmo's!
Tiffany & Kameron
I look horrible in this pic. but I thought I'd post it anyway since Shannon and Amanda look cute.

Kameron and Shannon & all our yummy food.

I got tagged

2008-10-19T11:18:00.000-07:00

4 random things about my husband-1)
1) Shad's birthday is on Halloween and it's also his favorite holiday.
2) Shad is number 9 of 10 kids...and I thought I had a huge family!
3) Shad is sooo good with kids. He loves to play with them and they usually flock to him. He's a magnet for them, I can't think of any little kid that doesn't immediately want to play with him. He's very cute with them!
4) He's definitely a tough guy but when it comes down to me he is so sweet and good to me. He totally babies me, and even has a very cute romantic side to him.

4 movies i could watch more than once-

1)The Count of Monte Cristo
2)Ever After
3)The Legend of Bagger Vance
4)Sweet Home Alabama or Italian Job..couldn't decide

4 TV shows I watch-
1)Myth Busters
2)Greys Anatomy
3)The Colbert Report
4)CSI

4 places i have been-
1)Hawaii
2)Mexico
3)Oregon
4)Florida

4 people who email me regularly-
1)Ryan
2)Teisa
3)Tyler
4)Andee

4 favorite foods-
1)Mexican
2)Italian
3)Fries
4)Sushi

4 places i would like to visit-
1)Italy
2)Greece
3)Ireland
4)England

4 things i am looking forward to this year-
1)Mel having her baby
2)Starting on the basement
3)Thanksgiving dinner
4)Christmas

4 people that are now it-
1)Andee
2)Amanda
3)Becky
4)Angie

High School Days...

2008-10-13T12:03:00.001-07:00

Tori had this on her blog and I thought it would be kind of fun so here ya go....

1. Your High School's Full Name? Brighton High
2. High School Colors? Blue and Orange
3. School Mascot? Bengal
4. Did You Date Anyone From Your School? yes and no depending on the year.
5. What kind Of Car Did You Drive? "The Beast" a 1979 blue Oldsmobile cutless supreme..it was a fun beater though.
6. Where Were You On A Friday Night? At the football games if that was the season otherwise out with friends.
7. Were You A Party Animal? Not really, I did go through a very short phase though.
8. Were You Considered A Flirt? I don't know..I don't think so.
9. Were You In Band, Orchestra, Choir Or Other Groups? Nope
10.Were You In Any Clubs? No
11. Did You Ever Get Expelled Or Suspended? No
12. Can You Still Sing The Fight Song? I couldn't even remember the whole song when I went there!
13. Favorite Teachers? Wild life bio. teacher and chemistry aid teacher, and adult roles teacher.
14. Where Did You Sit During Lunch? Never stayed at school for lunch.
15. Who Did You Go To Homecoming With? I don't remember his name...sad!
16. Who Did You Go To Prom With? I didn't go, I started dating Shad and he was already graduated and I didn't want to go with anyone else. Got grounded for Jr. prom so I missed that one too.
17. If You Could Go Back And Redo High School...Would You? Maybe parts of it, there's some things I wish I could re-do.
18. What Do You Remember About Graduation? That it was way long and Shad wouldn't take work off to come see me graduate...how rude!
19. Do You Plan On Going To Your 10 Year Reunion? Maybe.

What year do you belong in?

2008-10-09T11:38:00.001-07:00

You Belong in 1955

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

What Year Do You Belong In?

Benefits of being married to a Firefighter!

2008-10-03T09:17:00.000-07:00

So this morning I was driving to work and as usual I was speeding. I have a bad habit of always going at least 10 miles over the speed limit. Well this morning I was going a little more than that. And I should know better than that because U-111 always has cops hiding, especially when it's dark. So sure enough I come up on a cop and I am going 13 over the speed limit. I slowed down and passed him but it was to late. He pulls out and flips the lights on. So I pull over and as I'm getting my license out I look in my mirror to see him laughing and shaking his head...ok weirdo was my thought! I rolled my window down and he comes up and is laughing and says, "out of the 5 people speeding of course I pull over the fire fighter." So I said I know I'm sorry. Then he asked are you the firefighter, and I said no my husband is. He says well tell him he owes WV city and then just laughs and walks off. He didn't ask for my license or anything, sweet! Lucky me that two weeks ago Shad renewed my tags and got my firefighter plates put on! The $30 that cost just paid for it's self plus some! Yay for fire plates, and one of the many benefits of being married to a firefighter!

T's Birthday party

2008-10-01T19:22:00.000-07:00

We did a surprise party/dinner for Tiffany's birthday on Friday. It was such a fun night out with a bunch of friends to celebrate. We went to Squatter's for dinner and then over to a cute little bakery that Tiff loves for desert. We laughed all night and had such a good time! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFF!!!
The group of us at dinner, I felt bad that shad is way off on the side alone but he said he'd stay there instead of moving chairs and coming over on the other side. Plus I had to sit with Shannon for the pic. We were so glad she came since we don't get to see her as much anymore.
The girls...Shannon, Sody, Tiff, Andee and me
Tiff, Sody and Kameron
Segundo doing his shout out for the C.O.A. outside Squatters.

Circle of Awesomeness!!!!

2008-09-23T19:20:00.000-07:00

Yeah that's right we are the ones that belong to the "circle of aweomeness" and for those of you who don't know what that is...well that's the name I gave the circle we sit in at work. It came about in the middle of a team meeting, when I was having one of many strange mood days where I was blurting out random things and being very very sarcastic. It was a quick response to a whinny person being upset about not sitting in the circle...I mean honestly though who wouldn't want to have a seat in anything that had a name like the circle of awesomeness! We've come up with lots of other cool names for the Coastal Florida peeps but enough about that, on with the pics. from our team outing last week.
Kameron, me, Shannon and Amanda

As some of you may remember my partner in crime went to work from home, so when Shannon showed up to the team outing I was obviously excited to have my other half there to help with the trash talking once the competition games started. In our team meetings we always ended up on the same team and always talked lots of shmack, so of course this day was no different! P.S. I put this one on here mostly for the awesome girl jumping in the back. I love days when Amanda is in a funny mood!
Me, Shannon and Amanda.
The awesome Coastal Florida team, minus a few members. Andee, me, Kameron, Shannon, Daniel, Amanda, Liseth.

This started out a the "pull a funny face pic. that we all do so often" then I felt a slight touch on my bum and my face suddenly changed as I realized Andee's hand was on my bottom.
The coolest dance ever...you all wish you could look like this! Andee and I rocked this one, and of course I love how Andee has her head thrown back, she's means business.
The look on Andee and Kam's face looks as though they've been caught doing something they didn't want anyone to see. I honestly can't even remember if there was music playing at the time. We did have it playing at one point but we might have been dancing to the music in our head. Shannon does that a lot! ;)

Heck yes...Lake Powell!!!

2008-09-15T11:42:00.000-07:00

We went to Lake Powell with our friends Lance & Teisa, and Austin & Jenny, and had a ton of fun! I love that place, and it had been way to long since Shad and I both had been there, so it was good to go with our friends. I have to say a BIG thank you to Lance and Teisa because with out them this trip would never have happened. So thanks for a fun time guys! They provided the boat and the truck, and those are very important things to have when going to Lake Powell! I also have to add that Lance is one of the funniest people we know, he made the trip hilarious with his facial expressions and the comments he would make while he was out on the water and just hanging out. We really did have such a fun time and I'm sorry there are so many pics. There were to many good ones to only post a few.

The trip started out with blowing one of the trailer tires on the way down. It also happened on the way home. That wasn't so funny though, so no pic. of that one. We no longer had a spare tire now since we had already used it. And we didn't have any tools. We were in between green river and price, with nothingness for miles. So we had to leave the boat and Austin behind to go get a new tire and tools. yeah not so funny that time...
We started wake boarding as soon as we got there.
Shad is getting so good! He kept catching really good air and landing his jumps. Not me, I'm not quite there yet! We also got Austin up on the wakeboard, yay for him!!

Then there is Lance, who makes it look effortless to catch crazy amounts of air. And that wasn't all he would do. He was throwing out tricks the whole time.
Our campsite was on a cute little island. It was nice to be surrounded by water, but we had enough privacy that the girls were safe to have privacy when needed ;) Not really sure why Shad was on the front of the boat like that though...

The boys rowed over on one of the tubes to get some more fire wood. Luckily it wasn't to far from our island. And yes, Shad is actually using an ore while Lance and Austin kicked.
Me and my love
Teis and I got a little bored while all the fishing poles were being used so we decided to goof off and take some fun pics.
Teisa, me and Jenny
The ol' gang
The boys decided to light a bunch of the sage brush on fire
So Shad and Lance started out doing the double tubes and as you can see shad is trying to flip lance over.well apparently Lance didn't like it to much...
because he jumped onto shad's tube and ended up throwing shad off. I missed the pic. of that but you can see Lance now on Shad's tube. Silly boys!
Me catching a small carp...they get huge down there!
Jenny, me and Teisa on the tubes.
Teisa and me on the tube
Lance and Teisa playing horse shoes on the beach

We went out every morning trying to catch striper fish and we go back to camp and catch one right off the banks of our little island. Granted it's small and we had been trying for the big ones. but at least we caught one!
Shad just wanted to catch a carp and a catfish, and he ended up catching both so he was happy. My fishing pole was the "hot pole" of the night. We had all the poles in the water but mine just kept catching one right after another with out anyone else even getting a bite! Yeah for the cheap pole of awesomeness!

Bear Lake

2008-09-08T19:40:00.000-07:00

We went to Bear Lake this last weekend with my family and seriously had so much fun! This is one of our favorite places to go. We used to go every year when I was younger and now it's one of shad and I's favorite places to go too. We stayed at one of my brother-in-laws friends place that they have up there, and that was nice to have running water and a warm place to sleep.
The first night they got the go-cart out and drove it around. This is my niece Kenzie, all the kids had so much fun on it of course.

We went to eat at this Bear Lake pizza place and this was the biggest pizza we've ever seen. Of course we couldn't finish it, even though we had 12 people there.

Tyler and Oliver...he was singing along while ty played. He's such a cute kid!

We took the kids out on their first "sniper" hunt. Oliver was so brave, he wasn't scared at all. He kept telling them to catch it and that he wanted to see it.

Launching the boat off the beach...

Yeah you can drive out a ways before it gets to deep. this is such a crazy pic.

Playing golf on the beach

Oliver and Jordyn just hanging out looking for shells.

Some good old sand volleyball...minus a net. Four wheeling on the beach was fun though

My cute niece Rakaylay.

Shad would build a sand castle so that Oliver could destroy it. typically boy I guess!

Shad wake boarding, I love this water. It's so clear and clean. That's one of the reason we love it. Even though it's really cold!

Me driving the boat pulling Ty while he wake boarded, it was a little nerve wracking.

Ty actually let Oliver steer, he loved it!

4-Wheelin

2008-08-27T17:42:00.001-07:00

We went 4-wheeling on Saturday to a place we haven't ever gone before. We found a bunch of old mines, some that they have caved in and other that were still up. We found this old little town that was abandoned and pretty much ripped down. But there was a ton of mines in the little area. So of course all the boys had to go hiking up to see what all the old stuff was. You can't really see them in this pic. but the boys are up there poking around.

View from the top, it was very pretty.

One of the mines

Day on the lake

2008-08-23T08:05:00.001-07:00

We went boating yesterday with my sister and brother-in-law. It's so nice having Fridays off with Shad. I love the longer weekend, and we can go and do so many things! We went to Dear Creek, and just hung out on the lake and did some wakeboarding.

My nieces Kenzie and Jordyn, aren't they so cute?!

My ten year old niece Kenzie rockin the wakeboard! She's so brave, and she did awesome on it!

Me on the wakeboard

shad on the wakeboard catching some air.

Ty got Jordryn ( who is six) to get on the wakeboard with him. It took some convincing from him but she still did it. Both those girls are crazy brave!

Ty on the wakeboard

Ten years old and she's already driving the boat!

Twilight Series

2008-08-18T13:35:00.000-07:00

So last week I finished the final book of the Twilight series and I am actually a little sad I'm done. I really liked the books! Everyone kept talking about them and how great the books were and I just never got into it, until my friend Andee brought the first book to me, Twilight, and told me to read it. So I decided why not. I have a lot of extra time on my hands, so I might as well. Well I got completely addicted and sucked into the whole saga of the books! I read all 4 books in about 3 wks. I really liked them a lot and I absolutely love Edward...So thanks to Andee for getting me into these books and also Teisa and Mel who talked about them enough to spark my interst. I know some people had mixed feelings over the last one but I liked it! I can't wait for the movie to come out at the end of the year, hopefully it turns out as good as the books did.

Brian Regan

2008-08-15T19:44:00.000-07:00

We went to see Brian Regan the other night with Mel and Ty because we all think he's freaking hilarious! It was a great concert..if that's what you call it when you go see a comedian. Anyway it was an our door thing, so that made it that much funner. Sitting on our blankets on the grass laughing the whole night. And of course he was awesome, my stomach hurt by the end of the night from laughing so hard. If you haven't ever watched or heard him before you are missing out! He's one of our favorite comedians.

Mel and Ty

We weren't sitting as far away as this picture makes it look but you get the point.

Luckiest girl ever

2008-08-05T13:20:00.001-07:00

Shad and I had our anniversary yesterday, the 4th and it was such a great day! It's crazy to think that we've already been married for 3 years. I seriously am the luckiest girl ever! I have such an amazing husband, and I just love him to death. I can't even begin to explain why I love this man so much, but if you know him, it's not hard to tell why I do! We had such a great day together yesterday. We both had the day off and it started out with him waking me up, kissing my check and telling me happy anniversary...i know, so cute right?! Then we got up and went to eggs in the city for breakfast and sat out on the cute little patio and ate. Then we went shopping and each got to pick out what we wanted for a present. Then for dinner we went up the canyon and ate at Ruth's Diner, and again sat out on their patio. It was such a nice evening and it was nice and cool up there. Then we went from dinner to the Kura Door Spa. Let me just say that was the perfect way to end the day. We did the Ofura bath, which was a giant deep tub with all these different salts that we got to pick out that they put in the water, along with tea that we got to have in our room. They also had ice cold rags in there and cold water with lemons. Then we went from the hour long bath to an hour long couples massage, where we got to pick the smell of the oils they used. The massages were amazing and so relaxing. We had cute robs and shoes we got to wear too. It's a Japanese holistic spa so the feel of the whole place was amazing. I highly recommend this place! It was such a great day and love that I have such an amazing husband!

Us at breakfast at Eggs in the City

Dinner at Ruth's Diner

After leaving the Kura Door...it's kind of dark but you get the point.

Babies!!!

2008-08-03T20:27:00.000-07:00

We had Ashley and Annalisa's baby shower on Saturday and it turned out so good...at least I hope they think so! They are due with in days of each other and are both having boys. We played the baby memory game that is famous in my family. There are 21 different matches that have to do with the entire process of having a baby. And with each match you get a candy that goes with what the match is. For example "conception" and the treat you get for getting that match is a score candy bar! And that one worked out perfect because Ashley got that match, so I was glad that one of the mommies got it! It was a fun afternoon with a bunch of girls talking about babies and eating good food. I can't wait for them to have the babies and to see how cute they are!

Tiff loves books and we all think she should write children's books. She's awesome and got them a ton of babies books!

Soon to be mom, Ashley and her cute little nephew.

Soon to be mom, Annalisa and her mom. Which by the way is such a cute lady! I'm glad she brought her to the shower, she seriously was such a fun lady!

Me, Annalisa, Ashley and Tiffany. Thanks to Tiffany who helped me plan the shower!

Memory Lane

2008-07-17T10:08:00.000-07:00

My friend Teisa had this on her blog and I thought it looks fun.

Here are the directions: 1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together (it can be a memory with either me or Shad, or both). It doesn't matter if you knew me/us a little or a lot, anything you remember! 2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. I can't wait to read all your memories and then post some memories about you

My kind of night...

2008-07-13T13:57:00.000-07:00

My friends mom let us use her house in Park City for a little "shin-dig" and it was such a nice night. First of all it was perfect weather up there...nice and cool. And the views and scenery were perfect for a nice dinner on the patio. We had so much yummy food...I love that I am friends with people that not only love to cook but they do it very well! I felt like I was eating at a fancy restaurant in the canyon. It was fun to just hang out with friends and spend hours just talking and laughing and eating good food, and to get out of the city.
This is half our group, I think the other half were in the kitchen bringing out some food.

Annalisa and her cute baby bump, me, Michelle and Tiffany.

My Michelle...how can you not just love this girl?! She's hilarious, we miss her sitting by us.

Again Michelle...I couldn't help but put this one on here too because of her face!

How great would it be if this was the view from your backyard?! Sign me up, cows and all!

Firecracker time!!!

2008-07-07T15:45:00.000-07:00

Shad and I spent the 4th of July with our friends, Lance and Teisa. We had a BBQ at Teisa's parents house and did fireworks after. They had their little girl Emie excited for the firecrackers but when it came time to do them I don't think she thought they were as cool as she did before. But she did like the snaps or whatever they are. She had fun stomping on them and throwing them. Shad and Lance put the show on for us, but most of the fountains were the same. Luckily Teisa and I had some help picking out the firecrackers from two little boys at Dan's, that went into detail about each one and which ones were the ones to buy and which ones were more expensive at the stands. They might as well have been working for Dan's. We had a fun and relaxing night with them and it was fun watching them with Emie for her first time.

Emie and Shad were jumping on the tramp and she found a ball under it. When they both got up they had black marks on their foreheads, I laughed at him first of course, then wiped it off.

Me and Emie. She calls me KK and I love it, it's so cute!

Us with our friends Lance and Teisa.

Emie wasn't a big fan of the firecrackers, she willingly went to bed just to get away from them. But she did pretty good, I think. She would say no no but didn't ever really cry.

By the end of the night Shad and Lance were lighting firecrackers by each other or kicking them at each other after they would light them. Boys...

The "Out-Laws"

2008-07-04T10:16:00.001-07:00

So a couple of months ago we did the Garvey family pictures. Normally it's not a big deal to get pictures taken, but poor Dave (my brother-in-law) had his works cut out for him. There are 31 people in the Garvey family right now and it's only growing! It's hard enough to take a big groups picture anyway, but add a bunch of kids into the mix and it's nearly impossible. He did great though and the picture is finally done. It's been almost ten years since their last family picture so I think Dave should be safe for a while!

Heather, Becky and I. We are the daughter- in-laws/sister-in-laws of the family, but might as well be the "out-laws" since we aren't one of the "original 10" kids. But that's OK because we have our own little "pack" with each other. The in-laws gotta stick together right?!

Shad's sister Karon is one of my favorite people. We could spend hours just talking and many times do! I love her to death, and miss hanging out with her as much as I used to. I was at their house all night last night and love that it's like we've known each other forever, they are the most comfortable people to be around. We've adopted her into the pack of in-laws. She's coming with us!

And of course my honey and I.

Keegan

2008-06-25T17:59:00.001-07:00

So my little nephew Keegan is such a cute kid. I stole this picture from my sister because when I see it, it makes me laugh. She said he pulls this face and then breaths in and out of his nose really fast. Just look at this picture! You can't look at it and not laugh. This is his big sister Kate who is also very cute of course, and has a lovely set of stitches right now on her eyebrow from her little sister throwing a glass glade candle at her face. This is Kate's 4th set of stitches I think. Poor steph.....

Here fishy, fishy....

2008-06-22T16:48:00.000-07:00

Shad and I haven't been able to see each other much the last couple of weeks and this weekend he finally didn't have to work at that fire station or do any side jobs! So we decided that since we hadn't gotten to see each other much we would go do something fun together and have some "us" time. So we went fishing. First the day started off with him making me German apple pancakes, and they were so good! I'm really liking him learning how to cook from the other fire guys at the station, I'm definitely benefiting from it. He even made me pork ribs the night before and those were also very very good! Anyway, so after breakfast we got our stuff together and went fishing up at Rockport lake. We had a few bites but didn't get anything. But that's ok it was still fun just hanging out on the lake and playin in the water. Then we went to the outlets and did some shopping and then ate at Loco Lizard, which I know some people don't like that place but I do. So it was a fun day just hanging out with my hubby.

Just another day at work!

2008-06-19T14:28:00.000-07:00

Shad's crew got to go on a house fire and this is him getting ready to cut a ventilation hole in the roof. I wouldn't want to be standing on a roof with fire under me, let a lone cutting a hole into it! I'm so glad it is someone's job to take pictures at the sceen so I can have all these cool pics. of him.

Elliot

2008-06-08T13:49:00.001-07:00

My sister and brother-in-law were in town this week from Montana and I was so excited to see my nephew Elliot. He's growing up so fast, and he's such a funny a kid! He turned 2 in April and already talks so good and knows his shapes and color's, he's such a smart kid.

When you tell him to scowl, this is the face he pulls. He goes from laughing and smiling to instantly this. I was laughing so hard, he's such a cute kid.

Tonya told him to eat his peanut M&M's one at a time and he had definitely put more than one int here. His checks were full, he tried to smile right after this and you could see a few colors of some partially crushed M&M's.

Kevin put his glasses on Elliot and he thought it was so funny, he has such a cute smile!

Summer time!!!!

2008-05-26T11:07:00.000-07:00

Yay for summer!! We are so excited for BBQ's and camp fires. We didn't get to do a lot last summer because Shad was in training with the fire dept. from end of June through beginning of Sept. So we are so excited for this summer, we plan on doing a lot. We've already kicked it off with a BBQ up in the canyon for some hot dogs and s'mores around a camp fire. It was a lot of fun and perfect weather for a night around a camp fire.

Shad and I by the river, which is very high and moving very fast!

Me and Becky

Shad, David and Becky

Cute little Izzie. She loved the roasted marshmallows

Mexico

2008-05-22T07:46:00.000-07:00

We recently went to Mexico with my sister & brother-in-law that we like to hang out with. It was a blast and so pretty! We tried "riding" the waves with our boards and Shad and Ty got pretty good at it. The resort we stayed at had an amazing infinity pool!!! I already want to go back!

Akumal

2008-05-22T07:45:00.001-07:00

Me in Akumal Mexico. It's so different than Cuncun. They don't really have any waves. It was a great spot for us to go snorkeling.

Mel & I at the ruins in Tulum Mexico.

Cancun

2008-05-22T07:44:00.001-07:00

Us at a pier in Cancun, it's kind of a blurry picture, but pretty with the water. We walked around after eating at Shad's favorite place, Margaritaville. He's just a little bit of a Parrott head, and if you are a Jimmy Buffett fan then you know what that is!

Moab

2008-05-22T07:38:00.000-07:00

Shad about to go up the escalator. Everyone else couldn't make it but we had no problem. Lance's jeep can pretty much go up anything and everything! It was so much fun and awesome that he let us use it.

Me driving up potato salad in Moab.

We took the dogs with us to Moab last fall and did some hiking and jeepin'. The dogs didn't so much like the four wheeling. Koda sat in my lap the whole time and Charlie fell out once. So we left them in the hotel the next day, good thing they allowed dogs!

Firefigher pics.

2008-05-22T07:13:00.001-07:00

When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. - Edward F. Croker

I love this picture of my handsome little firefighter !

When Shad became a firefighter I got to pin his badge on him after he got sworn in, which was pretty cool.

Tea Time

2008-05-22T07:11:00.001-07:00

We did a surprise "Tea Party" for my moms 60th birthday at a little tea shop at Gardner Village. We surprised her with her best friend coming and my sister coming in from Montana. It was lots of fun.

Friends

2008-05-22T07:10:00.000-07:00

I'm so sad, my partner in crime is leaving me! Well kind of....my friend Shannon is going to work from home now so that she can save money and not have to put her son in day care all day. I'm so sad that "Shrannon" isn't going to be sitting next me all day now. We keep each other entertained and now all our inside jokes will have to be done through e-mail. I guess I'll survive. =(

Our friends Austin and Jenny

Our friends Lance and Teisa and their cute little one, Emie. She's not so little anymore!

Night out with friends...back when I had long hair.