TIGER'S YA DONE GOOD!!!

We tied the game with 50 seconds left in the game and lost in the last 3 seconds when they kicked a field goal. This team has nothing to hang their heads about they played hard deserved to be there, and are champions!

Take State!

So we head up to Salt Lake this afternoon, its such a weird feeling because win or lose the season is over. Its been a fun year. I can not imagine the nerves of the coaches and players but they are so focused and ready. So with all the predictions and newspaper articles positive and negative none of that matters now it all gets worked out on the field tomorrow. Go Tigers you boys deserve this you are a class act!

Is he Scary?

Coaches Go Black

A few weeks ago the players all dyed their hair black, the coaches told them that if they made it to state they would too. So last night they kept their promise.

GOING TO STATE!!!!!

Come join us for the State Final game next Friday at Rice Eccles Stadium (University of Utah) to watch the tiger football team TAKE STATE at 10:30 a.m.

Happy Birthday Torrie!!

I can hardly believe it seems like I blinked and my little girl grew up, Torrie is 16today I took her to the DMV this morning and held back the tears. I am so proud of the wonderful young women that she is she is such an amazing friend, daughter, and sister, she continues to amaze me with her strong testimony of the gospel in her actions and choices. Torrie WE LOVE YOU!!!

Good Luck Tigers!!

Its going to be a cold night in Southern Utah but with a homefield advantage and our "CRAZY" Town of football fans, even if some of them jumped back on the bandwagon, Tigers will show up to play hard.
Game is at Hurricane 5 p.m. Friday

Boys Finally!

More Family Fun

Kaleigh Girl! She is at such a fun age.

Family Time

Its been pretty hectic at the Gardner's Torrie finishing up her drivers ed class, Kyndall wraping up Volleybal with a second place win for her 7th grade team, and Hurricane High Football going into second round playoff game this Friday against Judge Memorial. We had a wonderful visit in Provo with all the new babies and with Megan home for a visit all the grandchildren in one place, was so fun.

Friday Night Lights

If you wonder where we are during the fall season on a Friday Night, you will find us at a Tiger Football Game. Tonight we take on a big rival (a rival for many reasons) Snow Canyon, you might think of Hurricane as a small town team but we have beat the Warriors before and hope to do it again tonight! Last Fridays game if any of you read in the paper was quoted by many people as "The best High School football game they had ever seen!" and it was a tension filled 2 1/2 hours that we came up short in over double time and lost, however no one can say that Hurricane Tigers did not show up to play or that they were out played by the Pine View Panthers. This is an amazing team full of great boys and coaches.

Jaydenn is a big sister!

Joseph Trason Gardner was born on Sept. 19th
I am so excited for Ryann and Jaydenn to have a great addition and finally we are getting some boys in this family! The second picture was just about 10 minutes after he was born, I think he is just adorable with his little round face. Shereen sent me a text saying that we had a baby coming that night I told her to tell Ryann to PUSH!! about 20 minutes later my phone rings and its Ryann, I answered it and she said "he's here!" Wow she must have really pushed becuase that was fast. The first picture is of him today snoozing away.

Guilty Pleasure

Tuesday nights between 7 and 9 I am busy! I just love this show, it is so impressive what these people do in that short amount of time. Its to early to have a favorite but feel free to leave me a comment on yours. Ali was the first female winner or "Loser" last year, I was amazed as she was being voted off in the middle of the season that as she left she told everyone "she would be the biggest loser" Hello she was voted off! But as a twist of events they brought back those who had gone home and lost the most at home, she came back and won the whole thing!

They are Here!

We are so excited for the arrival of Talon and Kyson Maughn!
It is so excited to have the Gardner Clan growing.
Sorry Tyler but I kinda think they look like Aaron.
We are anxiously awaiting Ryann's little one any time now too.

HHS Tigers Football Schedule

Friday, August 22nd HHS @ Millard H.S. 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, August 30th HHS vs. Showlow (AZ) H.S. @ Snow Canyon High 6:00 p.m.

Friday, September 5th Moapa H.S. @ HHS 7:00 p.m.

Friday, September 12th HHS @ Virgin Valley (mesquite) 8:00 p.m.

Friday, September 19th Park City @ HHS 7:00 p.m.

Friday, September 26th HHS @ Pine View 7:00 p.m.

Friday, October 3rd HHS @ Snow Canyon 7:00 p.m.

**Thursady, October 9th Canyon View @ HHS 7:00 p.m.

**Thursay, October 16th HHS @ Cedar 7:00 p.m.

**Friday, October 24th Desert Hills @ HHS 7:00 p.m.

Fiday, October 31st First Round State Playoffs-TBA


Some people have asked for the schedule if your ever in the area on a Friday night we would love to see you!

Football is in the air!

Here we are already 4 games into the pre-season and things are going very well for the Tigers 4 and 0!

Kyndall made the 7th grade volleyball team and has straight A's! We took her to get new volleyball shoes and I decided to measure her feet 9 1/2! (shh she'll kill me if she new I posted that) I really hope she grows into them!

Brad did very well in his Century ride last month with a ride time of 5 1/2 hours a finish time of just about 7 hours, they are already planning another one.

Cari and I are going to train for another Half Marathon in November, the only thing in our way is if the football team goes to state playoff's and in that case we wont be disappointed to not do it.

Torrie is 2 months away from a drivers license! She is also doing very well in school with all A's and enjoying the social life of a sophomore.

I promise to post pictures soon of all our happenings.

The water was cold!

Emily decided to take a dip the rest of us decided putting our feet in was enough!

Kyndall made friends with a squirrel!

A Day In Zion

We had a wonderful day in Zion National Park with our family, my sister Terri her daugher Nicole and son in law Jimmy, and the beuatiful little Miss emily.

EFY 2008

Every girls Dream!
Amazing what kids these days will do with cell phones!
Torrie and new friend Matt Knitting hats for a service project.

A Ride To Zion

Brad and his friend Marcus road their bikes from Hurricane to the entrance of Zion National Park round trip it was about 56 miles. We drove up and had lunch with them at a park.

Soccer Time

I finally recovered some of my pictures and thought I would post some they are from a while ago.

Bryce Canyon Half Marathon

I did it! What an amazing experience this has been to train for and run my firt Half Marathon! It was a beautiful day in Bryce Canyon. As soon as I can walk normal again I will be doing another one! :)

Summer Time

We have been busy doing a lot of nothing this summer, Torrie and Kyndall have been to the lake a lot with friends, I have been training for the Bryce Canyon Half Marathon, and Brad is training for a Century ride (100 miles!) in Panguitch in August and busy coaching football. Torrie Is at EFY this week with her best friend Kayla and having a blast! She took my camera with her so I can not post any pictures but I promise to update the blog with some new stuff when she gets back.

Happy Birthday to my dad on July 19th I will be thinking of you on mile 13! He is the most amazing man in my life (along with my husband of course) he has always been there for me and supported me fully in anything I have done, I love you Dad!

We are still here!

WOW its been a while, we have been really busy with the girls and their sports and the end of year stuff Torrie is so excited to FINALLY be out of the middle school and in to the High School next year, I dont think she has had a spare minute on her social calendar since school ended she is always going. My hard drive crashed on my computer and I lost ALL my pictures! I know makes you sick huh? Luckily I still had some really important ones on my camera and I really learned my lesson I will now make sure I back up and get my pictures off my computer often. Everything else is great here just going to enjoy the weather until its way too hot here in Southern Utah.

Heaven Help Us!

Torrie officially has her learners permit! Man I feel old and she is following in her fathers footsteps and loving track and jumping snowmobiles (yes mom she has a helmet on)

WOW!

GO TORRIE

Torrie is one the Hurricane High girls track team and loving it, it was so fun to see her in her first hurdle race last weekend

Shannon's New Toy

We have had a blast snowmobiling with friends this winter and decided its time to get another machine so we can all actually ride, I had been using this one of a friends who we go with alot and they were going to sell it so we jumped on it its a really nice and very well kept machine! Now we just need a little more snow so I can ride it at least once until I have to look at it in the garage all summer.

Warning "Hottie" on a bike

Brad is going to kill me for this one, but he doesnt look at my blog any way. Brad bought a cycling bike a few months ago and has been really enjoying it he does not have the fancy riding outfits yet but I am sure those will come. He rides almost everyday now that the weather is nicer with some friends and hopes to do a Century ride (100 miles) this summer. Oh and he was mad I was taking his picture so he was trying to leave and I got the back side of him.

A New Cousin!!

We were so excited to have a new member of the family Kaleigh Hatch! Torrie helped Megan give her a bath and after she "pooped" in the tub twice they decided bath time was over!