Paul and Kelci Gardiner

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

New Year...New Beginnings

Happy New Year!

2013 started out with a bang! We celebrated the new year at a party at my mom's. We enjoyed a night of games, food, laughter, family, and friends. As we all came in from outside after 12:00 I noticed my mom's boyfriend pull something out of his jacket. I wasn't the only one. The next thing you know everyone at the party had their cells and camcorders out sitting in the living room and my mom honestly didn't realize it. You have to know my mom, she wants to keep everyone happy and never takes a minute to sit down with people at the house. She was oblivious to everything going on that Steve had to take her hand and turn her around before she caught on. She said Yes before he even popped the question. It was sweet. It was cool that he did it with most family there and some friends. 
Of Course after the new year I got sick. I was sick for most of January. I got a couple of fevers within a couple of weeks, so between that time when I was feeling good I pushed myself to go out and do things. We celebrated my sisters birthday at Texas Road House. It was delicious. We also had an opportunity to go to a Jazz game. They won in overtime! Then at the end of the month my dad called me and told me he was getting married. We now have a wedding to go to in May. I'm looking forward to going out there. I can't wait to see more cousins. I have been able to meet Robin on Skype and really like her. I'm happy for both of my parents. Its nice to see them happy. 
Nothing too new going on. Paul is still researching so he can get a good letter and starting to look into GRE prep courses. I'm just working. I wish life could be a little more exciting, but I'm happy in life and happy with the way things are going as of now.  

2012 in Review....

I know this is a little late but I thought I'd just take a moment and remember 2012. 2012 was a pretty good year for us. We have both good and bad memories. I thought I'll just share a few of our moments in the year. Paul and I are lucky that we didn't have employment change this year. We both have good jobs and are happy about that with this economy. In April we celebrated our 7th anniversary. Paul graduated from the U in May with his bachelor degree. We took a vacation to California. In July we enjoyed a car trip with my mom and grandma to Carson City, NV for a family reunion on my grandmas side of the family. I had so much fun seeing some cousins that I havn't seen in years. It was fun for Paul to meet them too. In August we lost Grandpa Gardiner. I'm so glad that we had the opportunity to say goodbye. I was able to meet more of our cousins that I havn't met before. That was fun. We had a big cousin party at our house. Sometimes, I miss those. I was able to enjoy a few lunches with the girl cousins on Pauls side of the family. I'm so grateful to get to know such wonderful people and to know that they are my family. I'm glad for that opportunity because at the end of August we lost one of them. I'm glad for the time I had to get to know Julie. The holidays were great. We spent Thanksgiving with my family. Christmas was divided. I love the time we have with our family. We look forward to see what 2013 brings!