Garner World

We're moving to Notre Dame!

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Well, I've got some explaining to do! First of all, I do apoligize for not posting to this blog in so long! Ihave been terrible about keeping in touch and for that, I am sorry. I do not plan to post from September til now. I'm just going to start with what is happening in our lives now.....

Kevin was accepted into Notre Dame's MBA program!!!! This is a huge dream come true for him and a major accomplishment! We have been seeking the Lord's perfect plan for this part of our lives.. and we believe this is it! And, every single detail has fallen nicely into place. We are more excited than words can explain. Kevin will be a full time grad student and I will be a full time mom. We'll be moving to a state and town we've never known... and living as poor college students. :) And, we'll be loving every minute of it.

I must say that every Notre Dame representitive has been amazingingly welcoming to us. We spent a weekend up there to get to know some folks and see the campus, ect. It was a great weekend and we have met a lot of awesome people so far! I know we will meet a lot more people in the Notre Dame community in the coming year... and we're looking forward to it! I know life long friends will be made.

This is going to be an amazing year... and we have prepared our hearts. We know it's not going to be easy... but, we are ready for the adventure! We look forward to a year full of new experiences, new friends, and most importantly (for us) new beginnings. We are ready to take on this year, no matter what it brings. As I said, our hearts are prepared for this whole process.. the good, the bad, and anything in between. We truely believe we are headed to where the Lord has us.. and that makes it all even better!!!!!!

So, here are a few pictures of the welcome weekend we had in ND. I'll start here and continue to journal our year living in Notre Dame, Indiana!

ND!!!!!! Here we come!

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The football stadium. Spring practice is going on!

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The main entrance. The golden dome is the administration building.

Alivia's first trip to the ocean!

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we just arrived to the condo on the beach and as you can
see it was raining. Alivia enjoyed looking out the window
at the rain, all the lights, the pool and of course the ocean!

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heading to the water

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a little scared of the water

playing in the sand

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a little taste of sand

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nana and Livi

swimming in the pool

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riding a few rides

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This was taken before my face became the color of my shirt.

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out at Broadway on the beach! Doing some shopping

getting all dressed up to go out on the town!

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doing her hair like Nana

shopping!

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So, come to find out Alivia is an amazing shopper already! She hit every rack and picked out her favorites yelling "cute,cute" at everything. I couldn't get her out of the store and in a way I didn't want to get in the way of her natural ability to shop. She'll need that gift when we're in those crazy teenager years.

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look at her go!

spaghetti for dinner is always fun!!

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Good thing it was bath night!

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wearing her cute little bunny slippers

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daddy and daughter

bed head

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complete and total bed head! too cute

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Alivia got the clean gene from her Gpa, she
loves to vacume and clean up any mess she can
find! But, don't let her fool ya, she still enjoys
making messes too.

Hmm, I wonder what superman likes to snack on?

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having fun wearing daddy's super man shirt

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for some reason Alivia was in the mood to wear
a hat... something I can rarely get her to do.

push ups and kisses

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giving Gpa a sweet smile

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We had a cookout with the family because some family was in town from Spain. Rock and Melissa, we had so much fun with you guys! Can't wait to see you again. Miss you lots!

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from the pool to the sand box!

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Alivia is doing push ups, just like her daddy
showed her.

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Gpa showing Alivia the right way to drink milk! Ah, just like he showed me!

playing around with Gpa

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chocolate milk, mmmmm good!

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looks like fun, huh?

she found a new toy

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too cute for words

walking in Mommy's shoes.

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chillin'

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This one is for you Grandma and Gpa! We love you guys so much

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she LOVES her goldfish

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babysitting the Reid's kids.

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Here Alivia is kissing Journey on the head. Much

sweeter! They are going to have tons of fun growing up together.

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poor Journey! Don't worry, I was right there
to rescue him.

she now reaches for her own snacks!

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just lounging around!

she listens well

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Alivia loves doing everything like Chelsea and when Chelsea got her blanket, so did Alivia. I thought it was so cute I wanted to take a picture. I asked her to look up and... she looked up!!

4th of July 2009

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daddy's little sparkler

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just chillin' watching the fire works

Alivia's new thing...

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Alivia LOVES the outdoors and always, always asks to go outside... since we don't have an outside in our condo, we let her go out to our balcony, mostly she just sits here on the step and asks either me or daddy to sit with her...

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good memories

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learning to eat all by herself

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Talking to Grandfather on the phone!

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SUPER GIRL

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cute girl in cute jammies

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picture book-her favorite picture is the tractor

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reding in her chair

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just playing around!

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this is awesome.. Livi loves this picture of us on our wedding day and she'll hold it and point and say mommy, daddy.. and sometimes she'll even kiss us... makes you try even more to fight for a good marriage every day! Thank God for these precious reminders of how important family is!

Alivia's new chair!

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We had to get her a rocking chair just like her daddy's.. she loves it!

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I just love this one...

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daddy and daughter relaxing in their chairs... aahhh

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how much more relaxed can a girl get?

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reading in the recliner

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