Pizza Fun in Seminary

Well, I finally made it to seminary on a Friday. It's been awhile since I've done that. Now don't you worry, I haven't been sluffing. We don't do anything on Fridays because it is to short. So I haven't missed out on anything. Today I went in and there were a couple of students talking in his office. So I go in and sit down to chit chat with them all. There Avree kept asking were David was because she wanted him to take her to Pizzzaros (local eating spot). Bro T. (seminary teacher) kept saying no. Finally they compromised and he said she could go if she got him something. We all decided on a large pepperoni pizza to share. Then Avree said she needed a driver. So Bro T. gave me his car keys and had me drive the car and Avree to get the pizza. It was great fun driving in the snow and trying not to get stuck. Now I know that doesn't sound like a normal seminary outing, but I promise it is. After we got the pizza I drove back and we all enjoyed.

Ward Christmas Party

Mary refused to sit on Santa's lap. Sad...

On December 12th we had our annual ward Christmas party. It was a lot of fun. It was held a Saturday morning. It might sound strange, but I prefer the morning parties. We had breakfast cassoroles, muffins, oranges, and many other things to eat. It was all very delicous. Throughout the party Santa was there. He came around and talked to everyone. These were some of the pics Carol took."Santa, I have been a very good girl this year!"

This was my reaction when santa told me I had been very close to the NAUGHTY list.

I asked Santa for a carribbean cruse. He told me that he and Mrs. Clause would have to come to. I believe Mary asked for a watch.

BIRTHDAY

I Cassy Gardner dedicate this post to my cousin Ann. May you see that I am alive and well.
Happy Birthday to me and Anna! My b-day was great, hope yours was as marvelous as well!



As you can see I got quite a few things. From Amy Richardson I got frosting, Kylie Coats gave me a necklace and earrings, Karen Christensen gave me a hair thing, Family gave me 2 shirts, a vest, the game Curses and a watch, Carol gave me earphones, a necklace, lotion, and coming to thanksgiving, and Dad and John gave me $250.

JK, they only gave me $50. The $200 is for my class ring. It was a great b-day. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and thanks for everything you do!

Thanksgiving

Well another year of Thanksgiving has come and gone. Sad how fast things fly. So we did our usual of going to Aunt Ann's house. There were several differences. First was the amount of people. We had a very small crowd. There were between 21-25 of us. Very small compared to 40-50 people. Last was getting Carol to come. With a pull of an arm and a twist of  a leg, I finally got her to come. Anyway here are a few pics of the day.                                  Meg making Mary beautiful for the day.
 Were did all the tables go? If you look close Grandma is in the pic. I believe she is smiling.
                         This year I sat at the old table. Talk about weird!
 This is the cupcake found on the younger kids' plates. Aren't they cute?
         This was the center piece for the year.
 Our annual trip to the Pump House. I love this pic of Meg and Lium!
 Intently watching "the claw". We had to watch it do it's stuff.



David John told Uncle Lee that he needed to put a wake board in the water, open it up on Friday nights and let all the teenagers come and wake board. Then he could make some money.


Thanksgiving was fun this year. I'm glad we have the opportunity to go and see family. I hope everyone had a marvelous Thanksgiving as well. Thanks to Carol for coming and for Ann and Avan for hosting.

First Snowfall

The first day it snowed was sometime in October. Meg and I had to go role up hoses. So her cat Socks decided to go out side and play in the snow. Soon he got tired of that and went to find refuge. Bashful on the other hand decided to stay inside and cuddle up with a blanket.

All-State Choir

All-State Choir was "ah-maz-ing". But I guess singing in a 700 member choir in the Tabernacle in SLC is amazing. The people from Altamont that went were Robby Wood, Rachel Gordon, R.J. Cook, and me. We left on Thursday for Riverton HIgh School. We spent Thursday night and all day Friday practicing there. On Saturday we practiced in the Tabernacle. In total we spent 15 hours practicing. But is was all worth it in the end. If any one gets the chance to go sing or listen I highly suggest it!

Sad thing is I like last years better. Why would be the songs. There was more variety and upbeat songs. The other sad thing is this was my last year to go. :(

Letter Boxing

During Easter, on April 11, this year we did a thing called Letter-Boxing. It was introduced to us by my cousin Kate. What I call it is stamp hunting. You can go through out the U.S. and find these boxes with stamps in them. In these boxes there is a stamp and a stamp book. You also have your own stamp and stamp book. Once you find the box, you stamp your stamp in their stamp book, and you stamp the other stamp in your book. Have I confused you yet? I was very confused myself when Kate and Mandy tried to explain this to me. If you want to learn more about it and where the stamps and clues are go to the web site www.letterboxing.org.

Mary and I riding in the car to Thompson Canyon

Meg was our fearless driver

This is my Grandma. She came but stayed in the car.

On the hunt for the 1st box

Looking at a clue........?

Not really our big clue told to look up something about the Indians.

Ethan who had just found the box. 

Our 1st stamp had been found.

This is our crew getting ready to stamp

This is what we stamped in the book. 

The Monkey Pirate represents the Thayn/Clark crew.

The few on the right our the Gardner Girls' stamps.

Meg's is the M, Mandy's is the Flower on the bottom, Mary's is the flower on the top, and mine is the Sun. We designed these ourselves.

This is Duncan and Ethan. This is an old car left at Sego Canyon. This was were we found our 2nd box.

This is an old store house. Apparently Sego use to be a thriving town.

This was a boarding house for all the miners. It was huge.

This is Liam in the Ice House. It was next to the Store House.

We had finally found the box

This pic is of some of us just exploring the area.

From June 6-15 I went to Idaho with Carol. We stayed with her cousin Ann. Ann is the Relief Society president. She took us to an enrichment. Lo an Behold, What Where They Doing? LETTER-BOXING, on a much smaller scale. We Went to a ladies house and hunted for the boxes in her yard. It was a gigantic yard and house. 

More Stamping

More Stamping. The lady holding the lid is Ann Hessing, Carol's cousin.