Charity Bike Ride

This past weekend we had the opportunity to participate in the charity bike ride for Capt. Terry. He was the officer who was shot in the head a few months ago in Lehi during a routine traffic stop. I had seen big bike rides before but it was really amazing to be in one. There were approximately 500 riders. We had a police escort every where we went. It was quite a site. We went with our friends Chris and Jen, and Mr. Dahlberg :). We started in Orem and headed up to Nephi we then went through Nebo canyon and came out in Payson. It was a beautiful ride and so much fun to be a part of something like that.


In front of Timpanogus Harley
Lots of bikes
Jen and Chris
Dahlberg
Kelly and I riding through the canyon



Kelly and cute little Chase

Best wishes to Captain Terry and his family.
Those who want to help with Lehi Police Capt. Harold Terry's medical bills can make a donation to any Central Bank in his name.

Annual Gardner BBQ!

Last year we started a new tradition in the Gardner family to have an adult only BBQ at our house at the end of the summer. We had a great time this year. Kelly bought Rockband 2 and set it up in the backyard. We have found that Rockband is perfect for every get together. Everyone had a lot of fun rockin' out. We missed Kurt and Angela and Ron and Annette. All night everyone was saying they needed Ron there to show off his moves. We had a lot of fun and were so glad that everyone made it.

Darlene, Terry and Jeff

Brad, Andy, Alesha and Darrin
Singing Happy Birthday to Kevin.

Dick and Darlene even got into it.
Cute little Spencer. Brad and Becky's little guy. One of two exceptions to the adult only rule. Kira was upstairs asleep.

The End of an Era...Sort Of!

I am one of those people who is lucky enough to be 29 years old and say that I have had a friend for 24 years. I have been friends with Bri since I was 5 years old. Just a month ago Bri and her husband announced that they were moving to Seaside, Oregon and by Saturday they will be gone. Needless to say I was shocked and a little distraught. This girl has seriously been with me through everything. I know, I know, its not the end of our friendship I just wanted to put up a little tribute to us. Beware, its a long one.

This is what I looked like when I first met my friend Bri. I also think this is about what I looked like when we got in a fight over who was going to marry Michael Jackson. It lasted a week and then finally her mom made her come apologize. I wish I had more pictures of us when we were young because we did some ridiculously embarrassing things together.

Bri and I at our friend Kimmee's house. We are probably about 18 here.
Going to a school dance. I think this was Morp. Can you find us?
Who knows what we were doing here.
Just chilling at my apartment. I have know idea who that guy is but I love that Angela is in this picture as well.


Thats right. We got these boys to let us put make up on them.

Showing our muscles with Kimmee and Melissa.

Good times with Melissa and Kimme at either Fridays or Applebees. That is usually where we spent our nights.

This is one of my favorites. Bri and I would always have contests to see who could get the most food on there face while eating. I love that her date is looking on so proudly.

Me, Bri and Mel at Bri's wedding.

This is what we do when the boys make us watch football. We look good.


Most recently Bri and I have been spending our time together at the gym. This is our trainer Nick. It just won't be the same with out her.

I wish her the best of luck in Oregon.

Thanksgiving Movie Goers

To those of you that usually go to a movie with me the day after Thanksgiving. Tell me what you think about this one. I am really excited to see it.

Lash Extensions!

I finally had the time to learn lash extensions. Give me a call if you want to know more about them.

Weekend at the Dunes!! Again.

What a weekend for the dunes. We headed out there Saturday morning. The weather was nice and miserably hot. We got some good riding in that day. Someone managed to tip over a Rhino and another person lost their four wheeler. That was all in the first ride. Sunday things cooled down a bit via huge gusts of wind. I seriously thought some of the trailers were going to tip over. Not a whole lot of riding was done that day. That night we had the most amazing lightning storm I have ever seen. However an amazing lightning storm leads to a lot of mud. It wasn't bad though because it cleared most people out and left us great riding the next day. Because of the rain we were able to get the razor to the top of Sand Mountain.


To some this might just look like a picture of my brothers behind but because of the rain storm we went to our friends trailer and played games. This was how we decided to get back to our trailer. It was really slippery and really funny.


A couple of the guys we went with decided they should light a fire in the rain. Well because everything was wet the poured gasoline on the fire. As you can see here the gasoline quickly caught on fire even up to the top of the gas tank. Don't play with fire kids. No one was hurt during this incident.
Martin and Steve at the top of Sand Mountain in the Rhino. For those of you that don't know Rhinos don't usually make it up the face of the mountain.

And here I am, my first time at the top of Sand Mountain. It was a pretty cold and a really fun ride. Yes I am still wearing bags around my feet. It was really muddy.