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Celebrating the Life of Sharon Joyce Searle Gardener

     My sweet Grandma Gardener passed away on March 16th, 2022. It's hard to explain all the feelings that come as I grieve the loss of my grandma. Her husband passed away 45 years ago so we're all so happy she's with him again. But the sting is still there and the tears still come. So many wonderful memories come as I think about her. The Easter egg hunts at her house with the cousins, camping trips, singing and dancing in the kitchen as she did the dishes, finding her in her chair with her scriptures, her house at Christmas, Thanksgiving and so much more.     One of the most special things my grandma did was write all 61 of her grandchildren a handwritten letter for their birthdays. And it wasn't a couple paragraphs, it was a personalized full two pages of her expressing her pride in our accomplishments, how much she loved us and her testimony of Jesus Christ. None of us ever doubted she had a strong testimony.  It's pretty incredible she was able to...

Hudson Turns Three

Allie had a teddy bear picnic at school. She took Monkey one day and Rose the next. She had fun playing with her bears and eating snacks with them. This was back during Lydia's class Valentines party.     This girl never stops reading! Her goal for the year is 450 points and she's making her way past it already. I'm so glad she loves reading good books. She says her favorite books right now are the Magic Treehouse series.  Maddy came with the girls and I to the Cinderella ballet at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. It was so fun to have her with us and was a great girls day out.  Max and Hudson like to dress up as superheros and "save the day". They run downstairs, get the bad guys then come back up to tell me they saved the day. It's pretty cute.     Our Hudson boy turned three! Not going to lie, the first couple years with this guy wasn't the easiest. But during the past few months he's really grown and turned into the sweetest, cuddliest boy. He'll rand...