Joel's Bday

Sunday we had Joel and Jenny over for Joel's birthday.

Jenny got him a PS3 with Rock Band.

He was very excited as you can see

Brian on the drums
The band...
Me trying the drums... I am not very good as you can see from the look on my face

Ohio Visit

Last weekend I flew back to Ohio for a visit. It was great to see family and friends. I had lunch with Jill (my old high school friend and college roommate). Then on Friday night Jacki and I went to the Indians game with Missy and Jen. The Indians lost and it rained but we got free tickets to a suite so it was worth it.

Us girls in our suite

The view from our seats
Jacki and Me
Saturday I went to the Women of Faith Conference with my mom, aunt, sister, Rebecca and Heather. It was a great conferences and then afterward Heather and I got to spend some much needed time together. Later that night I hung out with some old friends; we played pool and wii.

Me doing wii bowling

Jacki playing pool

Hillary's Baby Shower

It was so nice outside this weekend, hopefully Spring is here to stay. Yesterday we had Hillary's baby shower, for those of you who don't know Hillary and Jason are expecting TWIN BOYS in July. Jill and I threw Hillary's shower and it was awesome. Lots of Hillary's friends and family were there and they got a lot of gifts.

Me, Hillary, and Jill

The cake... isn't it so cute
The Mommy to be Hillary had lots of gifts to open
Jill and I got her some Cardinals outfits and these cute baseball pj's Look at the cute bibs I found
Me and Jill with pregnant Hillary
Later that night we all hung out at Jason and Hillary's, the boys started putting stuff together, like the stroller that Jason really wanted to try out (He is one excited Dad to be)

A Lot Going On...

Well things are very busy in the Gardner house. Brian is working hard at Maryville with only about a month left of classes and Spring hockey started last week. I am back to school after Spring break with only 8 more weeks until summer vacation :) I am now officially registered and ready to begin my master's class at Lindenwood University---which is where Brian's brothers go to school and play hockey. I am going to start this summer and hope to finish up next fall with my Master's degree in Character Education.

At Lindbergh right now I was asked to join the Character Education District Team and I am going to be presenting on Character Ed with a few of my co-workers at a National Conference this summer. The conference just so happens to be in St Louis, how perfect. Other than that not much else is going on. Lots of rain not very much sun, so hopefully these next few weeks will bring some nice weather to St Louis.

Last weekend Brian decided to build a fire in our backyard

we enjoyed hanging out for a while--- I didn't stay too long, it was too cold

Happy Easter

Yesterday we went to Nana and Papa's house for Easter.

It was good to see the family and just hang out a little

Earlier that day after church Brian and I went over his parent's house.

The Easter bunny had come and we had baskets to find.

Brian found his first...

The "Easter Bunny" was having lots of fun
There she goes hopping around
Me, looking for my basket
Ahh tricky... but I found it

St Patty's Day

Last weekend we pulled out all our St Patty's Day shirts and headed off to the parade again. The weather wasn't perfect, but it was much warmer than last year. We had great front row seats and got lots of beads. Brian couldn't come, he was in Nebraska for hockey regionals. I flew up later on Saturday night to surprise him, but they lost on Sunday. The season is over, however Spring hockey started this week.

Chase was so excited for the parade

The had a lawn chair band
"Aunt Jeni, look..."

More Snow Days

Well last weekend started off with some nice warm weather, it was about 70. Then it rained Monday which then froze and Tuesday we got 7inches of snow, only to see the sun on Wednesday and have most of it melt. St Louis weather is definitely crazy, but the snow did cause me to have another snow day and Brian was off too so we got to hang out. It was a perfect day for me to get lots of planning and grading done.

The moose says about 6 to 7 inches... good thing we didn't put him away yet

Here is our cul-de-sac from the front door... everything is white
Backyard
Brian attempting to shovel the drive way

(this is starting to look like Ohio)
Me after Brian dumped a shovel full of snow on me
Our neighbor Tim was so excited to finally get to use his snow blower
Later on we went sled riding in our backyard. Our entire cul-de-sac same out to play. The kids were playing and one of the mom's was throwing snow balls at her five year old son. We all had a good time.
Brian and our neighbor, Jason (he works with me at Lindbergh)
Jason's daughter Ella (she didn't want to use a sled)
and Anabelle going down too