tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67536754314839344172024-03-12T19:12:56.972-07:00The Gardner GlobScott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-46454808410455612542010-04-04T16:20:00.000-07:002010-04-04T16:34:10.427-07:00SportsMatt playing indoor soccer. Although he scored a goal nearly every game, their team never one a game...but it was fun for him and good practice (not so fun for the spectators on the green team).<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7khQmqD3WI/AAAAAAAAAIo/ueDT3M8xpL0/s1600/039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456428992674651490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7khQmqD3WI/AAAAAAAAAIo/ueDT3M8xpL0/s400/039.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kg30UvzLI/AAAAAAAAAIg/QBgCuK1zlgI/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456428566846622898" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kg30UvzLI/AAAAAAAAAIg/QBgCuK1zlgI/s400/037.JPG" /></a> Scott Played in a racquetball tournament in March and got 4th place (yes, there were more than 4 people in his division). Here are some pictures of him playing the guy who eventually won the division.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kgZSDJzgI/AAAAAAAAAIY/o-I1eQvMFpk/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456428042249948674" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kgZSDJzgI/AAAAAAAAAIY/o-I1eQvMFpk/s400/017.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kgFVJdRwI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/YbogFjbyRag/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456427699484313346" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kgFVJdRwI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/YbogFjbyRag/s400/022.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kfwS1plJI/AAAAAAAAAII/OKBsjhKsqVw/s1600/024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456427338087109778" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kfwS1plJI/AAAAAAAAAII/OKBsjhKsqVw/s400/024.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-38540087063923114192010-04-04T15:07:00.000-07:002010-04-04T16:11:17.911-07:00well, Matt got his eagle scout award on March 28. It was a great ceremony.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kb-6JG1CI/AAAAAAAAAIA/dktr4ZwCPEo/s1600/March+2010+048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456423191109358626" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kb-6JG1CI/AAAAAAAAAIA/dktr4ZwCPEo/s400/March+2010+048.JPG" /></a> Zach also got his first class rank at the court of honor!<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kbuRbQXuI/AAAAAAAAAH4/xTUXYh40jwc/s1600/March+2010+055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456422905301720802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kbuRbQXuI/AAAAAAAAAH4/xTUXYh40jwc/s400/March+2010+055.JPG" /></a> Matt...right before being carried off by a giant EAGLE!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kbcCrcXhI/AAAAAAAAAHw/H7Dzj-tnHZw/s1600/March+2010+042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456422592105438738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kbcCrcXhI/AAAAAAAAAHw/H7Dzj-tnHZw/s400/March+2010+042.JPG" /></a><br />Matt's friend girls.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kbIXw9YGI/AAAAAAAAAHo/aypFpmkjYUg/s1600/March+2010+086.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456422254168334434" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kbIXw9YGI/AAAAAAAAAHo/aypFpmkjYUg/s400/March+2010+086.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kZ37j7T-I/AAAAAAAAAHg/oQwCLkoQa7c/s1600/March+2010+074.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456420872207945698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S7kZ37j7T-I/AAAAAAAAAHg/oQwCLkoQa7c/s400/March+2010+074.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-64440207926325569202010-02-07T21:46:00.001-08:002010-02-07T21:54:52.871-08:00A boy and his dog<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-m9vWh2sI/AAAAAAAAAGk/Wq_C4_q_Cis/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435746854872668866" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-m9vWh2sI/AAAAAAAAAGk/Wq_C4_q_Cis/s400/002.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-m9QjRPNI/AAAAAAAAAGc/bQ8aiyNHv44/s1600-h/035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435746846604606674" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-m9QjRPNI/AAAAAAAAAGc/bQ8aiyNHv44/s400/035.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-m8wnht_I/AAAAAAAAAGU/9ZEeXIEDSdU/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435746838032529394" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-m8wnht_I/AAAAAAAAAGU/9ZEeXIEDSdU/s400/003.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Those of you who have met Frodo know that he is a very spoiled dog. We got Frodo in April for Zach's birthday--he turns one year old on the 11th of February. Zach loves Frodo. He can often be found at the computer, holding his dog. The first thing Zach does every morning is find the dog and hug him (then he finds mom and hugs her!) Frodo is a very good dog--doesn't bark, whine, beg (for the most part) obeys (more or less) and has a little personality that is really lovable. Of course, he'd be even better if we were more consistent--but hey, that we have a dog is really miraculous! Brenda has been surprised at how much she enjoys babying a dog who keeps her company daily. </div></div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-87955014024400340342010-02-07T21:18:00.000-08:002010-02-07T21:33:48.955-08:00Party Hearty<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-h1jHEBUI/AAAAAAAAAGM/83y3d7ZOo5M/s1600-h/060.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435741216589481282" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-h1jHEBUI/AAAAAAAAAGM/83y3d7ZOo5M/s400/060.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-h1ejbXMI/AAAAAAAAAGE/DRQgdTELYP0/s1600-h/033.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435741215366274242" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-h1ejbXMI/AAAAAAAAAGE/DRQgdTELYP0/s400/033.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-gvnfZ0yI/AAAAAAAAAF8/f09S1eCs1XQ/s1600-h/068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435740015174472482" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-gvnfZ0yI/AAAAAAAAAF8/f09S1eCs1XQ/s400/068.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>We've been trying to get Matt to have a party for a few months--after all, that was the point of getting a large house. A few weeks ago, Matt came to us saying he wanted to have a party! Great! He wanted to serve dinner and make it an evening. So we're thinking, "10-12 people, that'll work." The day before the party, he asks if 25 people will work. Will be tough with dinner...long story shorter, 33 people attended party! (Friends of friends ended up coming, rides ended up staying, etc.) And we did serve dinner. It was the parable of the fishes all over again! Here are some candid shots from the party.</div><br /><div>Note: Those of you who have slept in our guest room might notice that we have it temporarily converted over to our ping pong room. Now that we have a basketball court/soccer court, we needed a place for our ping pong table. It fills our guest room nicely--don't worry, when you come we'll convert it back to a guest room, i.e. with bed. </div></div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-90090904609250286662010-02-07T20:59:00.000-08:002010-02-07T21:05:41.620-08:00Come Play at our House!Well, Santa brought us a couple of basketball hoops for the basement. We have a "full court" setup. Come and play with us. We haven't broken a window, a nose or a finger yet! (although Matt came close to breaking Scott's nose the other night...hey, no blood, no foul!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-a7vN-p6I/AAAAAAAAAF0/ywuJv6GRD4k/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435733626337535906" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-a7vN-p6I/AAAAAAAAAF0/ywuJv6GRD4k/s400/022.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-a7H_Y7mI/AAAAAAAAAFs/2vo4Ao12xqk/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435733615807360610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-a7H_Y7mI/AAAAAAAAAFs/2vo4Ao12xqk/s400/012.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-85440407474520918012010-02-07T20:52:00.000-08:002010-02-07T21:41:10.926-08:00Elder Gardner<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-ZiASMCvI/AAAAAAAAAFk/faUI7lJiZKM/s1600-h/Nate+MTC+379.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435732084730366706" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-ZiASMCvI/AAAAAAAAAFk/faUI7lJiZKM/s400/Nate+MTC+379.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-Zh_fbyiI/AAAAAAAAAFc/gv6tU5g3mT4/s1600-h/Nate+MTC+371.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435732084517489186" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/S2-Zh_fbyiI/AAAAAAAAAFc/gv6tU5g3mT4/s400/Nate+MTC+371.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Nate is now in Taiwan, but here are a couple pictures from the MTC (note, his companion, Elder Weber, is NOT standing on a chair). Nate's comments about the MTC were that 1) It was a great place 2) It was a lot of work (we heard that a lot!) 3) People, teachers, companions, branch presidents, were all awesome 4) The showers and the food were bipolar! 5) It was DEFINITELY not like a long EFY (that was our explanation of what it would be like--he didn't agree!) Stay tuned for more info on Taiwan!</div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-70344505658092560982009-10-11T19:50:00.000-07:002010-02-07T20:52:34.292-08:00Come home, Matt!<div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StKZ_8vVWVI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/8HgnLd7iOZQ/s1600-h/DSC_0102a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391541027831372114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StKZ_8vVWVI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/8HgnLd7iOZQ/s400/DSC_0102a.jpg" /></a><br />
<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StKZ_bmTnrI/AAAAAAAAAFI/CPW428FHNwg/s1600-h/DSC_0052a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391541018935140018" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StKZ_bmTnrI/AAAAAAAAAFI/CPW428FHNwg/s400/DSC_0052a.jpg" /></a><br />Yes, it's true! Matt just went on his first "official" date to Homecoming. [Note: his first unofficial date was taking me out to play goofy golf and eat icecream! It was great!] He asked one of his good friends who has just turned 16. Here, the tradition is to date for the whole day....so they started out doing paint-ball sling shots for 3 hours, a scavenger hunt at the store, dinner at our house (Mexican-style), ice-cream sculpting at the house next door where one of the boys is from....then finally pictures and the dance. Since that time, he's actually gone another date with the other girl from his group that just turned 16. Just one of the benefits of being the oldest in your class! P.S. Isn't it great that Matt is finally taller than the girls! : ) (and he doesn't talk like one anymore!)<br />
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<br /><div>Camping and hiking<br />After spending last summer primarily building our home, then moving into it (late August), and the first of this summer working hard on the yard, we decided we should actually have some fun. The last days of THIS August were filled with the following:<br /></div>
<br /><div><strong><em>First Backpacking Trip:<br /></em></strong>None of our family, including the scouts (!) have ever been backpacking, except for Brenda when she was in Highschool. We experienced our first family backpacking trip a few weeks ago. We learned a few things:<br />1. Never use a “general” list of things to pack when you’re backpacking.<br />Our experienced friends who went with us has very much lighter packs than we did! Brenda’s ended up weighing over 35 pounds, Scott’s was close to 40! Mind you, this was an overnight backpacking trip!<br />2. Make sure your youngest’s backpack is virtually empty before you leave.<br />Mom and friends ended up carrying Zach’s backpack most of the way back down!<br />3. Don’t forget to put a doggy pack on your dog if you are crazy enough to bring him!<br />Since we didn’t have a dog-sitter, we brought the dog along! He did great, having much more energy than we did on the way up. On the way back, however, he went with the fast group….ended up tossing his cookies (or dog-food in this case) and being carried the last mile down by Scott. Next time, we think we’ll let him pack in his own food on his own back.<br /><br /><strong><em>First Hike to the Tetons<br /></em></strong>On Labor Day, rather than labor, we actually did something fun for a change! We woke up at 4 a.m., drove to the bottom of table rock (near the Tetons) and hiked over 13 miles to get to a wonderful view of the Tetons. We went with new friends—Zach and the other boy his age went back down early with his mom after the first of the hike was a little more strenuous than expected. The rest of us persevered—although, be warned: Near the top of the table rock is STRAIGHT UP. It was definitely “extreme” near the top!</div><br />
<br /><div></div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-66120790137411495052009-10-11T14:50:00.000-07:002009-10-11T17:25:55.224-07:00Lotsa Company!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJ24jDKsxI/AAAAAAAAAE4/efyL4g3cNBE/s1600-h/GEDC0302.JPG">Lotsa Company </a><br />We’ve discovered that one reason we might have not ever had so many visitors in the past is because we’ve always lived in South Dakota. This summer we experienced our first real batch of company: Starting June 29th, we had company staying with us every week/or weekend until we left on our vacation the 1st of August. After our vacation, we had 3 more rounds of company. It was great fun! The following is our list of visitors: Wk 1: The Whites (great friends from used to be Lubbock, then Brookings, now SLC) Wk 2: The Olsens (Zach’s best friend from SD) Wk 3: The Francis’ (our kid’s best friends from SD) Wk 4: Eric and Ronda and family (Brenda’s brother from Texas) Wk 5: Mike and Christi and family (Brenda’s brother from Nauvoo) Week 6: Shawna and Sandra (Brenda's sisters) with Sandra's 3 girls. Week 7: The Whites visit again from SLC. Week 8: Kevin Gardner (Scott's brother) who came up to run a half marathon. Week 9: The Whites come up for another visit at BYU-I. Hopefully more of you will come and play with us! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391502417769181970" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJ24jDKsxI/AAAAAAAAAE4/efyL4g3cNBE/s400/GEDC0302.JPG" /><br />Scott's brother, Kevin, after winning his division of the Mesa Falls 1/2 marathon.<br /><div><div><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJaLT-bX-I/AAAAAAAAAEg/AwdzccK68Ug/s1600-h/088.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391470854303080418" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJaLT-bX-I/AAAAAAAAAEg/AwdzccK68Ug/s400/088.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>Sandra's Daughter Sophie with Frodo. Here she's feeding him one piece of dogfood at a time. He was eating it up! (Literally!)</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJaKsqq8eI/AAAAAAAAAEY/NtzxepevcGc/s1600-h/095.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391470843751231970" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJaKsqq8eI/AAAAAAAAAEY/NtzxepevcGc/s400/095.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div>Mike and Christi's children (Brenda's brother is Mike) visit with our kids <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJaJQ1QSTI/AAAAAAAAAEI/3w3WI5K4Ais/s1600-h/052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391470819099560242" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJaJQ1QSTI/AAAAAAAAAEI/3w3WI5K4Ais/s400/052.JPG" /></a>Friends from Brookings the Francis' and the Godfreys (Godfreys live in Rexburg now)<br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJXzlTJ21I/AAAAAAAAAEA/7kYqh8yc9v0/s1600-h/Summer+09+108.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391468247613299538" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/StJXzlTJ21I/AAAAAAAAAEA/7kYqh8yc9v0/s400/Summer+09+108.JPG" /></a> Zach's best friend John Olsen from Brookings.</div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-58099135758453374252009-08-16T19:42:00.000-07:002009-08-16T21:15:22.792-07:00Chicago!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojZBCVKL1I/AAAAAAAAAD4/cnKjN-1H6S8/s1600-h/126.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370781167468031826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojZBCVKL1I/AAAAAAAAAD4/cnKjN-1H6S8/s400/126.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojYOhp710I/AAAAAAAAADw/ab5EI8-xMNU/s1600-h/126.JPG"></a>The Sears (Willis) Tower...tallest building in America!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojXZggcdkI/AAAAAAAAADo/tPYl2qdqYFo/s1600-h/201.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370779388862035522" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojXZggcdkI/AAAAAAAAADo/tPYl2qdqYFo/s400/201.JPG" /></a> We had a great visit to Chicago and were able to see the sights as well as visit a lot of Brenda's siblings.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojWNDFFDHI/AAAAAAAAADg/hOlUYc1GUzs/s1600-h/149.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370778075292568690" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojWNDFFDHI/AAAAAAAAADg/hOlUYc1GUzs/s400/149.JPG" /></a> Buckingham fountain at night...cool picture, hugh...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojVLDVnlZI/AAAAAAAAADY/tmsUKGENvu0/s1600-h/103.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370776941490574738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojVLDVnlZI/AAAAAAAAADY/tmsUKGENvu0/s400/103.JPG" /></a> Tallest Building in the U.S....and you are stepping out onto a glass ledge at about 1300 feet above the street below!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojUgPV81KI/AAAAAAAAADQ/n0Lv6vFlKmM/s1600-h/091.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370776205978817698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojUgPV81KI/AAAAAAAAADQ/n0Lv6vFlKmM/s320/091.JPG" /></a> View from the top of the Sears/Willis Tower<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SojEaoItX8I/AAAAAAAAADI/j62GC32eems/s1600-h/201.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-47901558773171386912009-07-10T07:30:00.000-07:002009-07-10T07:39:05.629-07:00Nate's Mission CallHere's a video of us opening the letter- Nate apologizes for stuttering during the whole thing.<br />For those of you who realize that the place we opened it is too pretty to be in Rexburg, you're right. We actually had to go up an hour to Harriman State Park to open it because Matt is at a violin camp up there. Enjoy.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxTCe0ScxtUArMJOvmdOtBCNs5vRoBoOorStwyml3G7MntdztWdd7ztFRqHS0GHlMd3yMCaoQsd1-o4VbZuVg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-26311410569066298182009-07-09T18:07:00.000-07:002009-07-09T18:10:27.034-07:00Tallies for the mission guessesJust for fun, we tallied up the guesses to see what was most guessed-<br /><br />Surprisingly, Canada was the most guessed, with 4 votes.<br />Next up were Mexico and Ecuador, which got 3 votes each.<br />Africa, Chile, Italy, Australia, Florida spanish speaking, and Tennessee both got two votes each.<br />But none of those guesses were actually right...Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-78103392930237203142009-07-08T05:04:00.000-07:002009-07-08T05:18:17.191-07:00Hiking R Mountain<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlSOb9KNNUI/AAAAAAAAADA/KmtyZRWsdzY/s1600-h/Summer+09+103.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356062467775345986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlSOb9KNNUI/AAAAAAAAADA/KmtyZRWsdzY/s320/Summer+09+103.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlSNQLshM4I/AAAAAAAAAC4/j1HEZ0bFqlI/s1600-h/Summer+09+102.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356061166007300994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlSNQLshM4I/AAAAAAAAAC4/j1HEZ0bFqlI/s320/Summer+09+102.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlSMAwNivXI/AAAAAAAAACw/p7Vxnz8QXtA/s1600-h/Summer+09+104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356059801419955570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlSMAwNivXI/AAAAAAAAACw/p7Vxnz8QXtA/s320/Summer+09+104.JPG" border="0" /></a> On July 3rd we hiked up R Mountain. Not a huge hike, but we started small. We only had to kill one Rattle Snake! Frodo also hiked with us and did a good job keeping up. This is Nate on top of the world. Oh, you can also see Rexburg in the background on one of the pictures.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-61831493504947535182009-07-07T16:44:00.000-07:002009-07-09T17:49:06.814-07:00Even more guessesHere are some more guesses just coming in- we've heard that most calls around here come on Thursday, just as a heads-up.<br /><br />Heather Nygaard says somewhere in Asia<br />Jackie Nygaard says Mexico<br />Kaleb Nygaard says Louisiana<br />Josh Nygaard says Russia<br />Celeste Walker says Tennessee<br />Candace Walker says Canada<br />Bryce Walker says Africa<br />Jedd Walker says Chile<br />Natalie Walker says Italy<br />Elise Walker says Michigan<br />Michelle Mejia says Chile or Puerto Rico<br />Reid Robison says France<br />Sandra Wesemann says Australia<br />Lucy Wesemann says China<br />Eliza says Boston<br />Kevin Cluff says CanadaScott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-79225697185407536882009-07-06T18:51:00.000-07:002009-07-07T04:23:45.110-07:00Matt's awesome 16th birthday party<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlMv72haLNI/AAAAAAAAACc/T3_q2s_Zh7c/s1600-h/Matt%27s+first+barbie.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355677087168081106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlMv72haLNI/AAAAAAAAACc/T3_q2s_Zh7c/s200/Matt%27s+first+barbie.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlMtP_DYPiI/AAAAAAAAACU/bonc4Hwf8AQ/s1600-h/Matt+and+Girls.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355674134520544802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlMtP_DYPiI/AAAAAAAAACU/bonc4Hwf8AQ/s200/Matt+and+Girls.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">For Matt's 16th birthday, he had a big boy/girl party with 15+ people there. It was pretty awesome, but boy were they noisy. Matt also got a barbie in one of his presents, curtesy of dad.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355532206714000626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JQCNHTe5uA0/SlKsKsxaFPI/AAAAAAAAACM/j_DM5Qp_6po/s320/Cool+Matt.JPG" border="0" /> boy/girl birthday </div></div>Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-66380705513850644372009-07-06T15:07:00.000-07:002009-07-06T15:27:01.616-07:00Some New GuessesJohn Schipper- Ecuador<br />Eric Cluff- Uruguay<br />James Feldermann- Siberia<br />Alexa Cluff- Canada French speaking<br />Sarah White- Africa<br />Loretta Tomshack- Los Angeles Spanish speaking<br />Grandma Cluff- Ecuador or Thailand<br />Grandpa Cluff- Florida Spanish speaking<br />Kevin Gardner- Australia<br />Matt- Poland or the Czech Republic<br />Scott- Argentina<br />Laurie Cluff- India<br />Brenda- Korea or Salt Lake City Mandarin speaking<br /><br />And just so you all know, Nate's call was sent Monday morning! Only time will tell when the letter will actually come.Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753675431483934417.post-57242435238591996812009-07-05T21:30:00.000-07:002009-07-05T21:53:55.205-07:00Where in the world is Nate going on his mission?So Nate has had his mission papers in for about 1 1/2 now, and we're expecting a call in the mail any day now (probably Thursday/Friday.) We've recently asked people where he's going, and here is what everyone is guessing. The person who guesses the closest gets their own mailable treat sent to them- or, if it's not mailable, we'll find some food-hitchhiking way to get it to them.<br /><br />Joseph White says Ecuador<br />Alice White says Georgia<br />Isabella White says Spain<br />Alexandria White says Mexico<br />Hannah White says Nebraska<br />Victoria White says Tennessee<br />Kendra Cluff says Italy<br />the Steeles says Rapid City, SD<br />Jason Logan says California<br />Jared Logan says Europe<br />Tyler Logan says Afganistan (is that even possible?)<br />Julie Logan says Romania<br />Tim Logan says Florida Spanish-speaking<br />Candee Coverley says New Hampshire<br />Rod Coverley says California<br />Daniel Coverley says Maine<br />Jr. Coverley says Brazil<br />Jackson Coverley says New York<br />Lisa Robison says Alabama<br />Susan Weimer says Ohio<br />J.D. Griffith says Rome, Italy<br />Shawna Woodworth says Finland; Birmingham, Alabama; or Billiings, Montana<br />Jed Woodworth says Japan, Denmark, Mexico, or the "best mission", Morristown, New Jersey.<br />Ben's Woodworth says Utah<br />Jane Woodworth says "Uhh hhh" (Utah)<br />Kendra Gardner says China- then, on second thought, she said "Colorado."<br />Katy Gardner says Canada<br />Mark Gardner says Ukraine<br />Grampa Gardner says Texas El Paso spanish speaking<br />Grandma Gardner says Monterray Mexico<br /><br />It's not to late to make your guess- feel free to email us.Scott G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07416302983683670470noreply@blogger.com1