Paul and Kelci Gardiner

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

July's Highlights

Some of these may not fall under highlights, but I just wanted to share some things that have been going on this last month. I may or may not have mentioned these in recent posts, but this is kind of my reminder what we did and this was basically our month.

We celebrated the 4th of July as a weekend event. My mother-in-laws b-day is the 3rd so we did a family bbq on the 2nd and went to lunch with her on the 4th. We also had a bbq at my moms and Paul and I went to the West Jordan Firework show. We had never been to that one. It was fun. We also watched fireworks on the hill at my mom's house on the 2nd. I love the 4th of July. I love all the fireworks and am glad that they let them go pretty much through the 26th thanks to Pioneer day too.

My brother turned 21. We had a big dinner for him. It was a fun night.

I ended up back at the doctors. Luckily I didn't have to go to the ER again. Come to find out the pain pills they gave me caused issues with the other issues I was having so when stones tried to move they couldn't. They gave me more medication and got me on the right track for treatment. I really feel like we are headed for the road of recovery. I have had two good weeks without getting sick cause of the stones. I'm so thankful to have Paul by my side. I feel bad we havn't had as good of a summer as we could.

My sister-in-law was put of bed rest for rest of her pregnancy, so I've gone to visit her. Hopefully I can put in more time for visits next month. I feel way bad. I hope she can get through the next three months. I don't want the baby to come early and him not be healthy. I can't wait to meet my new nephew though.

Paul got an A on his second test for this semester. I'm happy he is enjoying this class a lot more than he did last summer. I guess its more interesting than regular statistics.


I got a gift card from a photography place, so Paul and I had our pictures done. I can't wait to get them back. They will for sure be posted.

We celebrated Pioneer Day. I love the month of July with all the fireworks.

The biggest thing this month is I got a new job! I'm so excited. I start in August. I'll have a few weeks off that I need to find stuff to do, but I'm so looking forward to something new. It really couldn't have come at a better time. Its full time, more pay, and benefits. Paul is looking to go part time for the next two semesters of school so he can graduate next spring and we can move wherever grad school will take us. I'm trying t help out by working full time and hoping to get through school faster so eventually I don't have to work and I can be a stay at home mom. I feel like we are in the right direction for my goals and dreams to come true too! I also feel like with out clinic moving downstairs and having to combine with others it would cause problems and I would come to not like my job. I can honestly say in the years I worked at the SMART Clinic I have never once dreaded work. I hope with this new job I will feel the same.

My dad's divorce is final too! He doesn't have to put up with his CRAZY ex anymore! Hope she will leave him alone.

This pretty much sums up our July. I hope everyone is enjoying the summer.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Happy Birthday America!

HAPPY 4TH!




This 4th of July was a long weekend adventure for us. Friday the 1st we went to the hill at my moms house in DayBreak and caught a show of the fireworks around the valley. I love going there for that. On Saturday we had a lunch with my Aunt who was in town and we also celebrated my mother-in-laws birthday. On the 4th we went out to lunch with Pauls family then had a BBQ with my side. We also decided to go to the West Jordan firework show. It was really cool. I love fireworks. I also loved having an extra day off from work! I took a few videos of the fireworks and can't figure out how to get them on my computer right now so i'll use them as photos. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

Family Fun


Family Pictures
Taken at the BBQ we had at Rhett and Becky's.


Random shots of our fun.

The last weekend of June, we had some of our family from Texas in town. Unfortuantely, Paul actually had some plans that weekend and missed the visit. He had a good weekend out with the guys. At least I was able to go out and play too. We met our cousins for lunch on Friday then went to see Cars 2. I gotta tell ya that is a great movie. Later that night we went bowling and out for icecream. Saturday I met little Eli for the first time. Rhett and Becky hosted a BBQ at their house. Jill took a lot of fun pictures. I love the ones of me and my sisters-in-law. Then we added Lynette too. Notice the missing guys? Josh and Rhett were the only husbands there that night. We had so much fun though. I love when we have family come to visit. Hope everyone is having a great summer!