Team Gardner

2 of 11

2011-04-10T10:29:00.000-07:00

Our run #2 of 11 was the Run 4 Kids to benifit The Learning Center for Families. It was a cold rainy/snowy day, but for a great cause

Ahh the sweet reward after! I am sure we consumed way more calories than burned at a 5k but it was worth it, great company and great memories to add to our journey to 11!

11 in 11

2011-04-08T16:51:00.001-07:00

This year I have a goal (well it wasn't my idea really but it sounded good :) My dear friend Mindy made a goal to run 11 races in 2011, 11 being her lucky number, I thought "OK Ill join!" Our first race was the "Biggest Loser 5k". I am a huge fan of the show and have to be honest was very star struck running along side of these amazing people, knowing the journey they have been on to get to this point amazes me, makes me so thankful for my health and reminds me not to take it for granted, to get out and use the body I have been given.

Spring Break Cruise

2011-04-08T16:38:00.001-07:00

During Spring Break this year we along with my parents went on a 4 day cruise to Catalina and Ensanada Mexico. What a great trip! Its always nice to have some family time away from the distractions of everyday life, we laughed and slept and laid by the pool and ate and ate and ate!! Then it was back to life with the school year rapidly coming to an end in just 6 short weeks we are busier than ever, both girls are on the track team and Kyndall is still in Club volleyball season. I am in big time denial that I have a child graduating and finding almost any distraction to keep me busy.

Good Bye 2010

2010-12-31T14:30:00.000-08:00

What a year, many trials and triumphs for many people, I hope to have learned from living and continue on into 2011 the same way!
As the New Year approaches I will not be promising to be a better blogger or to run more miles or have a cleaner house or to lose 20 pounds, however I will promise to just simlpy live and learn and grow with whatever the New Year brings me and my family.
I wish all of you a great New Years!!!

ksl.com - GAME BLOG: Hurricane Tigers 38, Delta Rabbits 7

2010-11-13T19:32:00.000-08:00

ksl.com - GAME BLOG: Hurricane Tigers 38, Delta Rabbits 7
Hurricane Tigers will be traveling back to Salt Lake City for the 3A State Finals game on Friday November 19th at 11 am. Come Cheer us on!!!

Oh how time fly's!

2010-11-01T15:20:00.000-07:00

I made a resolution almost 10 months ago to blog more. Well I didn't I have been to busy living, making memories, and watching my girls grow up into BEAUTIFUL women. I am over the guilt now :) and will try to be a better "Blogger".
Torrie became a Hurricane High School Cheerleader last May, it was one of the best days watching her try out. Watching her go through her Senior year this year has been so much fun, and a little heartbreaking at the same time. She continues to amaze me at the wonderful young women she is.

Kyndall is a Freshman and continues to grow taller and taller, she has passed Torrie by several inches. She just finished up her freshman volleyball season, and is such a hard worker in school.

Brad is in the thick of football season with a quarter final football game this Friday, he continues to ride and completed his 4th Century ride last May.

I have had a great year watching my family thrive, my work keeps me going and on my toes I am grateful for having a wonderful "work family" in these trying times it has been a great wake up call for all those small business's out there. I have had one of my most active running years completing 3 10k's, 1 half marathon, and a 188 mile Ragnar Relay, and miles and miles of training runs. I hope someday to add a full marathon to my list. I have enjoyed the many friends and friendships I have gained while running.

Hurricane Tigers

2009-12-06T14:33:00.000-08:00

What an amazing season our Hurricane Tigers had this year, ending at the State Final game with 2.9 seconds left and YES we were going to be State Champs for only the second time in the school’s History with 2.9 seconds left and one more play the Juan Diego Eagle’s had the ball on about their 20 yard line, they snapped the ball and of course threw up a Hail Mary pass (wouldn’t you?) all eyes to the end zone and this kid made the catch of his life and we were not to be State Champs. The stands were so eerily quite all of us just standing in amazement of what had just happened, you see it was truly a once in a life time catch, for our boys it was the end of their season and for some the end of their football careers. I hope those Coaches understand that they can not undo in the 2.9 seconds what they have done for those boys in 4 years! I am beyond blessed to have settled and am raising my kids in Hurricane Utah, what an amazing community, what amazing friends and mentor’s my children have. As we left to make the drive to Salt Lake City that day parents had put banners from Hurricane all the way to Salt Lake ( 4 hour drive!) in support of the team, I hope even in the loss they felt the love and support.
So we move on, the headline in the paper today is “Winter Storm Warning through Tuesday night” so the machines are ready and Brad is pulling out the snow gear. Next will come Kyndalls Club Volleyball season, and Torries Track season, looking forward to both of those! So more to come from the Gardner’s because it’s all about my girls, football, snowmobiling, and Family!
This first picture sums up the last game, the other ones are from the semi final game against Park City.

2009-12-06T14:26:00.000-08:00

I am not sure how long this ritual has been going on, we did nothing like this when I was in school, for the Sadies dance girls get tags and run around and tag the boy they want to go to the dance with. They received their tags on a Monday at school, the rules state you may not tag the boy on school grounds, so the hunt began, the boys being safe at football practice and school but once they left the grounds it all began and for Torrie ended at about 1 am that night tagging her friend Tim Long. Watching Cory Edwards be chased down our street by Brooke was one of the funniest things, of course he would want to go with Brooke but you still have to run, about an hour later and after coming down out of a tree Cory had been tagged. They had a great “day date” and Dutch oven dinner, then off to the dance.

Powder Puff

2009-10-17T13:17:00.001-07:00

Torrie and Brittany warming up for the big game.

Homecoming 2009

2009-10-17T13:05:00.000-07:00

Torrie and Jordan Prince
Torrie and Brooke

Fall is in the air, we just can't feel it yet :)

2009-08-26T14:51:00.000-07:00

School has started, first football game in the books for HHS, and Kyndall made her 8th grade volleyball team, now if it would just cool off! Torrie sent her missionary off on August 5th, and Kyndall had a fun summer with her friends here are some random pictures of Summer.

Summer 2009

2009-07-27T17:59:00.000-07:00

I have been a Blog "Slacker"! It has been a fast, hot, summer. Although we did not have any trips planned this year we have managed to keep busy with running, biking, volleyball, basketball, and working. We have had the privelage to get to know a young man that Torrie has been dating for a while, his name is Tyson and will be leaving on his mission on Aug 5th to Calgary Canada, we wish him the best of luck he will be a great missionary! I am excited for football season this year, and to welcome a little miracle any day now for our best friends Chris and Carie Homer. I am in the middle of opening an Arby's and that is always so time consumming but also very rewarding when its all done. Brad, Marcus, and Jeff will be doing the Park City Century on August 1rst this will be his 3rd! I am still amazed that Torrie will be a junior and Kyndall is going into the 8th grade, when did it happen?? I am so enjoying them and amazed each day at the beautiful, kind young women they are becoming. Here are some random pictures, just becuase :)

Kyndall May Gardner

2009-04-28T14:27:00.001-07:00

Kyndall had such a great year in basketball playing on the Hurricane Tigers 7th grade girls tri-state team, they only lost one game all season and won the Championship. They will be taking this same team to the Summer Games in June in Cedar City

Torrie Prom Night!

2009-04-20T13:14:00.000-07:00

Tyler her date

Torrie and Katura, her track coach.

More.....

2009-04-20T13:08:00.001-07:00

Derrick and Ashley Gardner

2009-04-08T13:38:00.000-07:00

It was so fun to have the whole family together even for a few hours last week to see Derrick and Ashley get married, after 17 years I am no longer the only daughter in law! I couldnt be more happy for them both Ashley is a doll, and Derrick well he is just a great guy, and I dont just say that becuase he is my brother in law, he has the biggest heart. They will be gone until December and return back to Utah with a new baby, we wish them the best.

Gardner Nieces and Nephews.

2009-04-08T13:27:00.001-07:00

Kyson and Talon
Kaleigh
Kyndall, Ashley, Torrie
Trason
Jaydenn and Kyndall

Cabin

2009-03-04T13:49:00.000-08:00

So I realized I never posted all of our pictures from New Years at the cabin in Heber, it was a great trip with lots of babies and family fun, and since nothing much else has happened and I am not good at keeping up my blog I will share some pics from that trip.
All the girls went on a "girl" ride well we did bring Derrick becuase we always need a man to get us un stuck! So it was up to the men to watch the babies, well we get back Brad's asleep on the couch with Trason (becuase he is the good sleeper) and poor Shereen is trying to keep the twins and Kaliegh happy they are all crying and the rest of the men are taking showers, so much for men babysitting. It was fun to watch Brad and his brothers ride, they are crazy on those machines but excellant riders I even got to go along with them but I just watched them climb the really big mountains, oh and watching Chase go after Brad and Matt on a hill and come straight down through the trees lol he was ok but it was so funny to watch.

Gardners at play!

2009-02-09T14:36:00.000-08:00

The Picture of Torrie is actually of her at the start of a track meet last year at SUU. Kyndall is the one in the red shirt diving after the ball, she is a good aggressive player. I am going to run the Spectrum 10k again this year, I have lost my running partner but that is ok she will be having her first baby and thats way more important, its been good for me to get out and run by myself too.

Bloger Slacker!

2009-02-09T14:05:00.000-08:00

Wow I am a blogger Slacker!
Things have been so busy at the Gardner house this month. We have had such a great time with our friends the Curtis's up at their beautiful cabin on Kolob this winter and since Brad keeps texting me the snow totals today from Kolob and there has been 21 new inches in the last 2 days sounds like we might be up on the mountain again this weekend. It has been fun to see Kyndall become a really good rider, and of course as always Torrie has her dad's blood in her.
I have even become a pretty good rider and was "allowed" to go on the boys ride last weekend 60 miles! I think they were trying to prove a point to me, we would go over a hill and the guys would turn around to see if I was coming I would fly up over and they would just shake their heads like "wow she went up that!"
Kyndall has been playing city league basketball and just made her 7th grade tri-state team.
Torrie is practicing with a team of about 4 girls and 4 boys to go up to Simplot to do an indoor winter track meet in Idaho in 2 weeks, Brad said he ran on that track many times so it will be neat to have her be able to have that opportunity, unfortunately he will be at a coaches clinic in Vegas so he wont get to see her.
I was up in Salt Lake this month for work and stayed with Aaron and Tyler and the boys they are growing up so fast. Ryan's Trason has had RSV poor little guy!
I have become a face book addict so if you on there ask to be my friend!
Here are some random pics of our happenings lately.

Gardner Fun!

2009-01-12T13:50:00.000-08:00

We had a great time in Heber at the Hutchings family cabin. 3 days of riding, eating, playing cards, watching movies, ice skating, and just being together!

IT'S A NEW YEAR!

2009-01-12T13:33:00.000-08:00

Wow what happened to December!? It was a wonderful holiday for us having family from California come up and spend Christmas at my sisters house in St. George. It was a nice treat to have a white Christmas here in Southern Utah. We then headed up to Heber over New Years for a Gardner family snowmobiling weekend.

TIGER'S YA DONE GOOD!!!

2008-11-24T10:12:00.000-08:00

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!

2008-11-20T08:07:00.001-08:00

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?

2008-11-17T09:32:00.000-08:00

2008-11-17T06:35:00.000-08:00

Coaches Go Black

2008-11-17T06:13:00.000-08:00

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!!!!!

2008-11-14T11:05:00.000-08:00

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!!

2008-11-10T14:19:00.000-08:00

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!!

2008-11-06T16:30:00.000-08:00

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!

2008-11-04T15:26:00.001-08:00

More Family Fun

2008-11-04T15:09:00.000-08:00

Kaleigh Girl! She is at such a fun age.

Family Time

2008-11-04T11:26:00.000-08:00

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

2008-10-03T13:29:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-09-26T11:22:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-23T13:36:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-09-17T15:35:00.003-07:00

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

2008-09-17T15:35:00.001-07:00

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!

2008-09-15T13:22:00.001-07:00

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!

2008-08-18T14:45:00.001-07:00

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

2008-08-18T14:41:00.000-07:00

Kyndall made friends with a squirrel!

A Day In Zion

2008-08-18T14:39:00.001-07:00

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

2008-07-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

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

2008-07-25T11:08:00.000-07:00

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

2008-07-25T10:52:00.000-07:00

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

Bryce Canyon Half Marathon

2008-07-22T09:23:00.000-07:00

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

2008-07-16T15:51:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-05-30T13:29:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-04-11T06:18:00.000-07:00

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!

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GO TORRIE

2008-03-31T12:06:00.000-07:00

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

2008-03-31T12:02:00.000-07:00

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

2008-03-27T12:37:00.000-07:00

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!!

2008-03-19T11:32:00.000-07:00

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!

I DID IT!!

2008-03-16T10:48:00.000-07:00

6.2 miles, one ugly race shirt, a few sore muscles from the down hill course out of Snow Canyon State Park, and I have my first 10k under my running shoes. What an amazing run this was, coming down out of Snow Canyon early morning the sight of hundreds of runners winding there way down the downhill trail out of the beautiful red rocks.
Now what? Well I told my sister a long time ago if I ever said the word "Marathon" to remind me that I swore to her I never wanted to do one of those, well I still dont! But I do think I might attempt a "Half" marathon, plans now to just keep running and improving and one day she may just make me eat my words!

Silly Girls!!

2008-03-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

Torrie and Kayla

Volley Ball

2008-03-16T10:17:00.000-07:00

Kyndall hung up her green belt for a while to try something new Volley Ball! She started on her schools team last fall and is now playing on a club team and loving it, it has been so fun to watch how much she has improved and how Tall she is getting. She wears the same size shoe I do and is 11, so watch out for her on the court in the years to come.

Shannon

2008-02-18T10:14:00.000-08:00

I must admit there are not to many pictures of me as I am always the one taking them. I have been running for a few years now and this year after some injuries been able to increase that I finished my 5k almost 9 minutes faster than the first time I ran one and I hope to be running my first 10k in March, I am not fast but that is ok at least I can say I am out there running! Oh and I like the snow too!

Kyndall

2008-02-18T10:09:00.000-08:00

Kyndall is a green belt in Karate, is on a club volleyball team and loves the snow too!

Torrie

2008-02-18T10:07:00.001-08:00

Torrie is a natural on the snowmobile which makes her Dad proud and loves the camara and her friends!

Brads 2 loves (other than his girls!)

2008-02-16T17:06:00.001-08:00

Brad has been coaching at Hurricane High School for almost 12 years now, it has definitly had its ups and downs this past year, I have really grown to appreciate coaches and the time and energy that they put into these kids I just wish at times the parents would appreciate it as well. The adversity has made us stronger and made Brad realize why he is coaching, for the kids!
He is always excited at the first sight of snow every year since he bought his snowmobile, it has been really fun and something the whole family really enjoys.