I consider myself a romantic and always have. When I was younger I use to dream about who I would date, who I would marry, what dating and love would be like, and many other things. I just loved love stories and happy endings. I always dreamed of my happily ever after. So I was looking through a journal of mine the other day and found some quotes I had put in there. These are quotes that I liked or meant something to me at the time. With Valentines Day coming up, and with it being February and the month of love, I thought I'd share some of these.
If I never met you, I wouldn't like you. If I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you. But I did, I do, and I will.
-- Author Unknown
Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
-- Franklin P. Jones
Love is like an eternal flame, once it is lit, it will continue to burn for all time.
-- Kamila
Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.
-- Author Unknown
This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.
-- Author Unknown
True love is like a pair of socks you gotta have two and they've gotta match.
-- Author Unknown
When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge to laugh with you. When you cried you had my urge to hold you. When you said you loved me, you had my heart forever.
-- Author Unknown
Dance as though no one is watching you. Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.
-- Author Unknown
There are many more, but I'll just leave it at that. Hope all of you have a wonderful February!
Paul and Kelci Gardiner
Monday, February 8, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
2009... The good and the bad
I really hope I'm not too late for this post. I saw this on my sister-in-laws blog and really liked the idea of reviewing 2009, so I'm stealing her idea. Thanks Rachael :) Anyways 2009 was quite eventful. Some things I would totally love to happen again, but some things i'm glad they are done and over with and won't happen. Here is an inside scoop to our life in 2009.
January: I totally love the start of a new year. My grandma was in town so we had a few family dinners and family get togethers. They are always fun. I didn't start this year out the best though. I had car trouble. My car was old and pretty much died on me and didn't pass safety and emissions. That was the bad news. The good news I got a new car. I now have a Honda CRV and am totally loving it. We also went to Desert Star with some really good friends of ours. We love doing date nights with Gen and Adrian. We continued to have many fun nights through out the year.
February and March: These 2 months usually go together for us. I love celebrating Valentines with Paul, but that is pretty much the only highlight of our month this year. The most eventful thing is the birthday celebrations for the Gardiner side. Most of the family have February and March birthdays. We had fun celebrating everyone's birth days. Paul's birthday is in March. We had fun going out to celebrate. This year I gave him a skydiving trip, which has yet to be used. We are planning on it for this current year. We had a lot of things happening that we were unable to go during the right season. In the beginning of February Paul did surprise me with a weekend getaway to Hines Mansion. Its a bed and breakfast in Provo. It was way fun and romantic. I love get aways with him.
April: Paul finished a semester of school. Almost done with SLCC. Yea! We also celebrated our 4th anniversary. 4 down Eternity to go! We went to Ruby Rivers for the first time. Awesome Steak!
May: We took our annual trip to California. This year we went with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. It was way fun. It was Joshs' first time at DisneyLand. It was fun to be there with them. We stayed with my grandma and went to the San Juan Capistrano mission, Balboa, more beaches, and just spent time with some of my family there. California is always a great trip.
Now for the summer months. This summer was the summer of weddings. It was fun, but kinda got exhausting. Most of them were for family members.
June: We celebrated my birthday, my brothers graduation, and 2 of my sisters got married. Three of these things happened in the first week of June. My dad came a day before my birthday which was a nice surprise for me. We went out to lunch and just got to spend the day together. I also got a new niece on my birthday. Becky and Rhett welcomed the 1st grand-daughter on the Gardiner side. My brother graduated a few days later, 2 days after that my sister got married. I was in the wedding. The next week one of my other sisters got married. June was a month full of family events. Oquirrh Temple opened. It's beautiful. We also got to have my Grandpa and Kathy stay with us for my sisters wedding. I liked having the time to get to know Kathy better. Its fun seeing her make my grandpa laugh. They are cute together and she makes him happy.
July: Mary and Ryan got married! They went through Draper Temple. It was my first time there since we missed the open house. It's beautiful and has amazing views. There sealing rooms are beautiful. We spent the 4 of July with my Aunt at her house, then we all went to Riverton to do the rides and games they had there. I think that was the first time Paul had funnel cake. Fireworks were awesome.
August: One of Paul's best friends got married in Idaho. I had only been to Idaho one other time for EFY years ago. We left early day of the wedding, and met up with some friends in Malad for lunch. We went to a ma and pa diner (forgot name) and they had the best scones. Because we got to visiting we barely made it to the temple. They got married in Idaho Falls temple. We got there a few minutes late and they still let us in. Luckily though we weren't the very last ones and they let somebody in like 15 min. after us. I didn't feel too bad. We went to the luncheon after at Katie's family's house. It was fun. The reception wasn't til the next day. We didn't know if we wanted to stay or not. They were coming a few weeks later to South Jordan so we were planning on that one. We just didn't know what we would do with our time the next day. Some other friends had decided to stay and invited us to go to Yellowstone with them. So Saturday, before the reception we went to Yellowstone. It was our first time there. Luckily, we made it on time to see Ol Faithful and get back. We also went to the melting pots and took some fun pictures. It was just a fun day altogether. We also went to the reception in South Jordan.
September: Back to school. This month I decided I wanted to go back to. I'm doing a medical transcription program and will be done in April. I can see the end coming. I have enjoyed my classes. Since Sept. Paul has finished a semester and had all A's. I'm very proud of him. He still has awhile, but it will be so worth it in the end.
October: Holidays start. I love when Halloween comes around for a couple of reasons. Paul gets very excited. Next to Christmas Halloween is his favorite. He has so much fun with it. I love when he gets all excited. And its the start of the holiday season. We had some friends over for Halloween and we learned a new game, Bang the Bullet. I highly recommend this game. Its fun with a big group. Paul and I went out and bought it and its fun but not with 2 people.
November: We did Thanksgiving with Pauls family. We went and saw New Moon. Sarah and JJ welcomed baby Jackson into the family. He is my first nephew on my side of the family. Paul and I are lucky to now have 3 nephews and 2 nieces. They are all so much fun to be around.
December: In N Out opened here in Utah. We also got together with some friends and did a holiday dinner. Danny did most of the cooking. He's in culinary school and thats awesome, cause everyone knows how much I don't like to cook. In my defense though, I do cook and I try. I'm getting better, but I still don't like it. My grandma came out for Christmas. I love when she is in town. She came for a couple of weeks. I just hope she can actually have a normal trip out here some time. While she was here, my mom had to move. Her house wasn't quite ready so she moved in with my sister for what was supposed to be a couple of weeks at most. It ended up being a month. But luckily her house is done and its beautiful. Another fun thing for me was that my stepmom gave my dad his Christmas gift early. That was a ticket to come out and spend Christmas with us this year. This was the first time he has been to Utah for christmas. We usually go see them. The last time I spent Christmas with him was my Jr. year of HS. We missed you Stacy, but thanks for sending him our way for Christmas. We also went to the Allred Christmas party this year. It was fun. I love this time of year to be able to catch up with everyone. We ended the year by having a New Years Eve party at our place. We rented the club house and played games and ate food all night. It was fun. Happy 2010 everyone!
Thats pretty much 2009 for us. I just want to say that I think we have the best family and friends ever! Thank you for being part of our lives and for all the fun times we've had with you. If I actually had the patience and time I know this post couldve been longer. Paul and I just like living life. We love spending time with our family. They are the best support group when needed. I know this year hasn't been easy and all good things, but i'm glad we don't dwell on it and look forward to the future. We love being able to go out and have fun with our friends. We enjoyed plenty of date nights alone and with friends this year too. We love you all.
January: I totally love the start of a new year. My grandma was in town so we had a few family dinners and family get togethers. They are always fun. I didn't start this year out the best though. I had car trouble. My car was old and pretty much died on me and didn't pass safety and emissions. That was the bad news. The good news I got a new car. I now have a Honda CRV and am totally loving it. We also went to Desert Star with some really good friends of ours. We love doing date nights with Gen and Adrian. We continued to have many fun nights through out the year.
February and March: These 2 months usually go together for us. I love celebrating Valentines with Paul, but that is pretty much the only highlight of our month this year. The most eventful thing is the birthday celebrations for the Gardiner side. Most of the family have February and March birthdays. We had fun celebrating everyone's birth days. Paul's birthday is in March. We had fun going out to celebrate. This year I gave him a skydiving trip, which has yet to be used. We are planning on it for this current year. We had a lot of things happening that we were unable to go during the right season. In the beginning of February Paul did surprise me with a weekend getaway to Hines Mansion. Its a bed and breakfast in Provo. It was way fun and romantic. I love get aways with him.
April: Paul finished a semester of school. Almost done with SLCC. Yea! We also celebrated our 4th anniversary. 4 down Eternity to go! We went to Ruby Rivers for the first time. Awesome Steak!
May: We took our annual trip to California. This year we went with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. It was way fun. It was Joshs' first time at DisneyLand. It was fun to be there with them. We stayed with my grandma and went to the San Juan Capistrano mission, Balboa, more beaches, and just spent time with some of my family there. California is always a great trip.
Now for the summer months. This summer was the summer of weddings. It was fun, but kinda got exhausting. Most of them were for family members.
June: We celebrated my birthday, my brothers graduation, and 2 of my sisters got married. Three of these things happened in the first week of June. My dad came a day before my birthday which was a nice surprise for me. We went out to lunch and just got to spend the day together. I also got a new niece on my birthday. Becky and Rhett welcomed the 1st grand-daughter on the Gardiner side. My brother graduated a few days later, 2 days after that my sister got married. I was in the wedding. The next week one of my other sisters got married. June was a month full of family events. Oquirrh Temple opened. It's beautiful. We also got to have my Grandpa and Kathy stay with us for my sisters wedding. I liked having the time to get to know Kathy better. Its fun seeing her make my grandpa laugh. They are cute together and she makes him happy.
July: Mary and Ryan got married! They went through Draper Temple. It was my first time there since we missed the open house. It's beautiful and has amazing views. There sealing rooms are beautiful. We spent the 4 of July with my Aunt at her house, then we all went to Riverton to do the rides and games they had there. I think that was the first time Paul had funnel cake. Fireworks were awesome.
August: One of Paul's best friends got married in Idaho. I had only been to Idaho one other time for EFY years ago. We left early day of the wedding, and met up with some friends in Malad for lunch. We went to a ma and pa diner (forgot name) and they had the best scones. Because we got to visiting we barely made it to the temple. They got married in Idaho Falls temple. We got there a few minutes late and they still let us in. Luckily though we weren't the very last ones and they let somebody in like 15 min. after us. I didn't feel too bad. We went to the luncheon after at Katie's family's house. It was fun. The reception wasn't til the next day. We didn't know if we wanted to stay or not. They were coming a few weeks later to South Jordan so we were planning on that one. We just didn't know what we would do with our time the next day. Some other friends had decided to stay and invited us to go to Yellowstone with them. So Saturday, before the reception we went to Yellowstone. It was our first time there. Luckily, we made it on time to see Ol Faithful and get back. We also went to the melting pots and took some fun pictures. It was just a fun day altogether. We also went to the reception in South Jordan.
September: Back to school. This month I decided I wanted to go back to. I'm doing a medical transcription program and will be done in April. I can see the end coming. I have enjoyed my classes. Since Sept. Paul has finished a semester and had all A's. I'm very proud of him. He still has awhile, but it will be so worth it in the end.
October: Holidays start. I love when Halloween comes around for a couple of reasons. Paul gets very excited. Next to Christmas Halloween is his favorite. He has so much fun with it. I love when he gets all excited. And its the start of the holiday season. We had some friends over for Halloween and we learned a new game, Bang the Bullet. I highly recommend this game. Its fun with a big group. Paul and I went out and bought it and its fun but not with 2 people.
November: We did Thanksgiving with Pauls family. We went and saw New Moon. Sarah and JJ welcomed baby Jackson into the family. He is my first nephew on my side of the family. Paul and I are lucky to now have 3 nephews and 2 nieces. They are all so much fun to be around.
December: In N Out opened here in Utah. We also got together with some friends and did a holiday dinner. Danny did most of the cooking. He's in culinary school and thats awesome, cause everyone knows how much I don't like to cook. In my defense though, I do cook and I try. I'm getting better, but I still don't like it. My grandma came out for Christmas. I love when she is in town. She came for a couple of weeks. I just hope she can actually have a normal trip out here some time. While she was here, my mom had to move. Her house wasn't quite ready so she moved in with my sister for what was supposed to be a couple of weeks at most. It ended up being a month. But luckily her house is done and its beautiful. Another fun thing for me was that my stepmom gave my dad his Christmas gift early. That was a ticket to come out and spend Christmas with us this year. This was the first time he has been to Utah for christmas. We usually go see them. The last time I spent Christmas with him was my Jr. year of HS. We missed you Stacy, but thanks for sending him our way for Christmas. We also went to the Allred Christmas party this year. It was fun. I love this time of year to be able to catch up with everyone. We ended the year by having a New Years Eve party at our place. We rented the club house and played games and ate food all night. It was fun. Happy 2010 everyone!
Thats pretty much 2009 for us. I just want to say that I think we have the best family and friends ever! Thank you for being part of our lives and for all the fun times we've had with you. If I actually had the patience and time I know this post couldve been longer. Paul and I just like living life. We love spending time with our family. They are the best support group when needed. I know this year hasn't been easy and all good things, but i'm glad we don't dwell on it and look forward to the future. We love being able to go out and have fun with our friends. We enjoyed plenty of date nights alone and with friends this year too. We love you all.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Great Date
Last Friday night, Paul called me from work and surprised me with tickets to the Jazz game the next night. We had such a fun time. The seats were front row in the upper bowl. It was pretty nice. We used our AppleBees gift card then got to the game a little early. As we were walking around we stopped at a couple of stands. One of them was the bear signing autographs. It was pretty cool, cause anybody who goes to the games knows how entertaining the bear is. Paul also noticed a contest going on to get lower bowl seats. We had to answer a trivia question by texting the answer, then they would call us at the end of the 1st quarter if we won. Well 6 min into the game Paul got the call and we won the lower bowl seats. It was so much fun. Better seats too! We also won some t-shirts that were wrapped up as cars and tickets to the motorcross nationals in May. After the game we met up with some friends who were there and went out to get dessert. It was just a way fun night. I'm so happy to have such a sweet hubby and to be able to do fun things together. Its been over a year since we went to a game together. I love doing different things for dates. Hopefully we can come up with more ideas. I'm also glad to be able to go to a game where the Jazz won! YAY for date nights!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
January Happenings
This year isn't starting off with anything special happening. This month so far has pretty much been the same old stuff. I just wanted to post this to keep you updated with whats going on. Nothing much, right now. Everything is still the same with work and school. Paul started back to school last week. He just has one more math class to go that he really needs before he can transfer. I guess he could've transferred earlier, but it would've required more math, and starting over. He just wants to get math done and over with. Who can really blame him? His plans are to complete this semester and take a summer math class and start at the U in fall. I hope everything works out for him.
As for me, things are the same. I'll be done with school in April, then hopefully I can start transcribing. I want to stay where i'm at and plan on it until we start our family. Then once we start a family I can work from home. Hope its sooner rather than later. I have enjoyed going back to school. Its more work but something to do at night. I've had some really great classes to prepare and one not so great. I'm just happy to be done with human anatomy and physiology.
Our families are doing good. My in-laws just put in their papers to serve an inner-city mission. I'm excited for them. My mom is preparing to move into her new house this weekend. It was supposed to be done a few weeks ago and she and my brothers have been living with my sister. My sister is amazing for having everyone stay there with them for so long. I wouldve too, but we definitely don't have the room.
I was able to spend time with my side of the family tonight to celebrate my sister's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH! We all went out to dinner tonight. She invited both her and her husband's family and we just had fun talking and visiting. JJ has an amazing family. I'm happy she found someone special to take care of her and who has a wonderful family. They have also included our family in so many things. Aren't families just the best? I'm starting to ramble. Hope everyone has a great night.
As for me, things are the same. I'll be done with school in April, then hopefully I can start transcribing. I want to stay where i'm at and plan on it until we start our family. Then once we start a family I can work from home. Hope its sooner rather than later. I have enjoyed going back to school. Its more work but something to do at night. I've had some really great classes to prepare and one not so great. I'm just happy to be done with human anatomy and physiology.
Our families are doing good. My in-laws just put in their papers to serve an inner-city mission. I'm excited for them. My mom is preparing to move into her new house this weekend. It was supposed to be done a few weeks ago and she and my brothers have been living with my sister. My sister is amazing for having everyone stay there with them for so long. I wouldve too, but we definitely don't have the room.
I was able to spend time with my side of the family tonight to celebrate my sister's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH! We all went out to dinner tonight. She invited both her and her husband's family and we just had fun talking and visiting. JJ has an amazing family. I'm happy she found someone special to take care of her and who has a wonderful family. They have also included our family in so many things. Aren't families just the best? I'm starting to ramble. Hope everyone has a great night.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
SMART Clinic
Anybody who knows me knows that I really want to be a stay at home mom and not want to have to work. I have to say though, that with this economy and everything else going on I'm extremely thankful and lucky to have the job that I have. I'm a receptionist at the SMART Clinic in the Physical Therapy dept. and I totally love it. This is the first office I have worked for that I honestly don't have any complaints about. Even on my bad days I don't dread going to work. The people there are amazing and for the most part we all get along great. Most offices have the usual drama and back-stabbing and cliques, and anything else that goes on, but there is less of it at this office. I'm not saying our office is perfect, we still run into some issues, but they are solved quickly and its a fun environment to work in. I have to say this is my favorite job and the happiest i've been at my work place in a long time. Thank you everyone for making this such a fun office to work for! I've just been thinking today about how lucky anybody who has a job is and how thankful I am that I have one that I like. It's a blessing to not dread going to work and not being stressed at work. I've dealt with that and its not fun.
It's probably too late to post about our office Christmas party this year, but since I have this pic I thought I might mention that we had our party at Tuscany again in the same room we did last year. I think I may have posted about it. Anyways it was still a Christmas Card setting except for the snow was missing this year. It was still beautiful but the snow did add something. I'm just happy it didn't snow.
Friday, January 8, 2010
GLEE
So I just found a new show that I fell in LOVE with. If you havn't seen Glee I highly recommend it. Its a fun show and I love the music. It's not everyday you find a great show. Thanks to my brothers for telling me about it. Even though some of it can be cheesy the stories/plots of the characters are something that people deal with in everyday life. It also has a great message for those who don't feel like they belong. Did I mention that I just love the music? Well I hope everyone has a great night!
Friday, January 1, 2010
New Year... New Beginnings
Paul explaining the game
Chris and Christina
Danny and Kirsten and Robert
David and Katie
Dave
The one thing I have to complain about this Holiday is deciding how to celebrate it. We had a lot of great choices to choose from. This year for New Years some of our friends came into town so we decided to celebrate with them and catch up. It was nice being able to get together and do that. I think we need to get together more and not just let the holiday bring everyone together. Anyways it was actually nice being home and not really having to go out.
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I hope you have an amazing 2010! Can you believe that we are entering a new decade? Time really flies! Also want to wish Becky and Payton a Happy Birthday! Hope you guys are doing something special. Have a great night!
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I hope you have an amazing 2010! Can you believe that we are entering a new decade? Time really flies! Also want to wish Becky and Payton a Happy Birthday! Hope you guys are doing something special. Have a great night!
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