2012

V becoming mobile from Holly Gardner on Vimeo.

This is a video when Victoria was starting to maneuver her way around.

April 1, 2013

Pirate boy and pretty eyes girl

Blossoming cherry tree among the tulips

March 30, 2013

The Easter Bunny visited our house on Saturday. The kids were so excited for all the goodies they received. They got a chocolate bunny, some marshmallow peeps, candy filled eggs, bubble wands, glowing stars to put on their ceilings, and new toothbrushes to clean their teeth after munching on their treats. Surprisingly, the kids were most excited about their new toothbrushes. We've trained them well. Haha!

March 29, 2013

Our ward's primary had an Easter egg hunt Friday afternoon. It was Victoria's first egg hunt where she had some notion as to what was occurring. I hoped to get some photo/video of Clark but he was all over the place. Too fast for his slow momma. 

July 10, 2012

Victoria has become quite the chatterbox lately. As of today she can say the following words and phrases:

thank you
love you
miss you
truck
look
up
bye bye
hi
amen!
ball
mama
dada
off
hot

She's so observant and loves to mimic everything we do at home. For example, she has watched Clark put on his swim goggles many times. Today, when we were swimming, Clark had put his swim goggles on the ground and Victoria picked them up and tried putting them over her head. Oh, I love that baby!

May 9, 2012

My baby is growing too quickly for my taste. She turns one year old a week from today. How did this past year go by so fast? Last night I nursed Victoria for the last time. She is now officially weaned and it breaks my heart. Tonight I just rocked her without nursing and she snuggled me so perfectly without the slightest complaint that I wasn't nursing her. I didn't want to put her in bed, fearing that she might be all grown up in the morning and she wouldn't need her mama anymore. I am grateful to my Heavenly Father for my precious children. I am so very grateful for the Atonement, which allows be to be with my babies and husband forever. The Plan of Happiness is exactly as titled. I am forever indebted to my parents for teaching me of the straight and narrow path AND for exemplifying how one should walk it. Today marks 31 years since my parents were sealed to each other and to me and my sisters for eternity. My heart swells with joy just thinking how I get to be with my entire family FOREVER. And tonight I got to experience a moment of eternal happiness while rocking my baby girl as she snuggled up to me.

May 2, 2012

Clark said the family prayer tonight. He thanked Heavenly Father for the "circles that you pull and count for Uncle Samuel" (a paper chain we made to count down Samuel's visit). He also prayed "bless Mommy that she'll be safe, and not mad" (I was pretty grumpy today. Obviously it carried into Clark's day). And he thanked Heavenly Father that "monsters won't get us in the dark and won't eat our house." 

"And a little child shall lead them..." Isaiah 11:16