Scarlett home from Florida

Scarlett came home to cold snowy Ohio this week and got to spend some time playing with the kids. She is growing up so fast! Sam and I enjoyed watching the kids play.

2008 January - when Scarlett came home.

2009 January - when Scarlett came home.

News....

We are excited to announce an opportunity that we will be taking in May. Along with anxiously waiting of our first little child due in 4 weeks we now will be counting down for another big event. In May we are looking forward to a job relocation in Buhl, Germany. We plan on leaving around May 15th and returning to the states sometime in October/November. This is a temporary move and job opportunity that Sam will be doing for Luk/Schaeffler group. We are very excited and nervous all at the same time and will appreciate your prayers as we plan and live in Germany.

God bless!
Sam & Joy

What are we HAVING???

My family has this tradition where everyone guesses what we are having?
Everyone puts in a quarter and the one that is the closest wins the jack-pot! (of about $8.50 ... big jackpot! I know! )
So last week they got started on the details.
Here is what they came up with so far:

Date of Birth~ Boy/Girl ~ Name of Baby ~ Weight ~ Time of Birth
The babies due date is 2-28-09 (no it is not leap year)
We do not know what we are having... the little baby would not hold still for the ultrasound!

SAM - 2-22-09 ~ Boy ~ 7.14 lbs
JOY - 2-28-09 ~ Girl ~ 7 lbs ~ 4:00 am
Art - 3-7-09 ~ Girl ~ Samuel John
Bonnie - 3-6-09 ~ Girl ~ 7.11 lbs
Milan - 2-23-09 ~ Girl ~ L'Kiala (Serbian for Rachel)
Amy - 2-25-09 ~ Boy ~ Jaxon ~ 7.2 lbs ~ 7pm
Doug - 2-20-09 ~ Boy ~ Carter Samuel
Joanna - 3-1-09 ~ Boy ~ Coen ~ 8.1 lbs ~ 3:00am
Jill - 3-6-09 ~ Girl ~ Zacaraha ~ 7lb~ 10:05 pm
Curt - no comment at this time
Grandpa H -2-28-09 ~ Boy ~ Luk
Grandma H - 2-14-09 ~ Girl
Aunt Beth - 3-4-09 ~ Girl ~ Holly ~ 8.8 lbs
Molly - 2-24-09 ~ Girl ~ Chrissa
Megan -2-23-09 ~ Girl ~ Sophia
Adam - 2-21-09 ~ Girl
Maddie -2-27-09 ~ Girl
Tori - Girl
Aunt Jan - 2-24-09 ~ Girl ~
Uncle Jim - 2-22-09 ~ Boy ~ Heinrich Samuel Gardner
Dan - 02-14-09 ~ Boy ~ Joeseph Fehnt Gardner
Matt - 02-17-09 ~ Boy ~ Kubota Bob Gardner
Joanna - 02-27-09 ~ Boy ~ Manuel Sam Gardner
Greg - 02-28-09 ~ Boy ~ Organic Gardner

So now it is your turn to guess! The winner on my blog will get a special prize from the Gardner's ... since it would be a little hard to collect quarters!

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GOOD LUCK!

Cooper & Ryder's Birthday Party!

Cooper turned 2 and Ryder turned 1!

We had a birthday party for them at the Baltic's last week.

Ryder and his big sister Tori

Tori, Ryder, Maddie, Cooper and Megan!

The theme was Red, White and Blue for the inauguration

party that we also added to the birthday party!

Scarlett

When we were in Florida this past November I took

little Miss Scarlett's - 2 year pictures.

She was not to sure about the roller slide...

and what I was making her do.

SKILL

Top to Bottom: JP, Kyle & Jesse

I think that is what they call a stunt like this.... Skill???

The Kids

Molly, Tori, Maddy, Megan & Tagen

When Sam and I lived in Wooster we took the kids to the park every time they came over

... since it was in our back yard.

Question of the day???

SO ... now that I have high speed Internet.. which is very addicting. My husband has one concern... now that I can go to any site.. I will be on the computer ALL DAY! With dial-up I didn't do much... because everything took so long! So now that I have high speed I am all over the place.

So the QUESTION of the day!!!

How much time do you spend on the Internet a day??

minutes... an hour... a couple of hours... all day...???

This will help me to set a goal... so that I do not become an Internet junkie...

(even though that would be fun!!)

Picture of the Day!... Since I do not like to journal.. I am going to post a picture of the day.

This is Tagen. He is my brother Doug's oldest boy.

This picture was taken at our rehearsal dinner 2 1/2 years ago.

High Speed Internet!!!!

YAH!!!! I finally got high speed internet! I don't even know what to do with my self... it is so FAST! I better go make my husband a good supper and spoil him... since he let me spend our Christmas money on HIGH SPEED! :o)

Now hopefully I can stop by all of your blogs and sites more often :o)

Sled Riding... Snow.. Snow... Snow!

On Saturday we picked up The Ingold Kid’s (Tori, Tagen and Reese) and went to the Baltic’s (Adam, Maddie, Eli and Copper) to go sled riding down there barn bank. The snow was fresh and didn’t want to pack down. But we still had a great time playing in the snow.

Me, Maddie, Tagen, Tori & Reese
Eli, Me, Reese (Lasted 15 min), Tori, Maddie, Tagen, Adam, Copper(Lasted 1 min) & Sam
The rest of us played in the snow for about 2 hours ;o)

New Years Day

We went to church in the morning and then went to Grandpa and Grandma Hartzlers for lunch. We have to go fill up on sauerkraut & pork for the year!! Since some of the kids had the flu on Christmas day we had to do our play on New Years Day. The kids loved acting and making costumes. The story was called the Great Manger Mystery. The animals come in the barn from a hard day of work to find a baby laying in there manger. Through the play they try to figure out… what it is and where it came from. The kids did a really good job!

Adam & Tagen (Chickens), Megan (Ox), Tori (Sheep), Molly (Donkey), Maddie (Camel),

and Copper who played (Baby Jesus)

It's one of those DAYS!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year!!! .. (I know it is already a week into the new year)

We had a Silver Hat Party with some friends!

We went out to eat and then played games until the new year!

We had an AWESOME time together!... Silver Hats and ALL!

Discover Gift Card????

I need your help!! Sam and I received a Discover Gift card in the mail for a baby gift and it didn't have a name with it. We called the company and it is a valid gift card. (no strings attached) We would love to be able to thank whoever sent it to us... Can you HELP?

Splash Harbor

Last Sunday night my sister Amy and her family went to Splash Harbor in Mansfield.

They had to get two rooms because of the kids and asked if we would join them in the other room. We had a great time and the kids loved it!

Me trying to make the kids sit for one picture....

It is funny how hard it is to sit still in water. To many distractions!

Eli and (as he says) "my daddy"

Casey & Rachel, Caleb and Luke also joined us on Sunday night.

Copper was not to sure about the pool for about the first 4 hours. Then we couldn't get him out of the water!