Hardts Happenings

Another week!

2011-04-03T17:15:00.000-07:00

So I thought to myself today.... I am not going to let another week go by without blogging. So here we go. Well, we are waiting and waiting and waiting very patiently for Sherods mission call to arrive. He thought he would have it by Thursday or Friday and here it is Sunday and still no call. What we do know is that is was sent from Salt Lake to Michigan last Thursday.... so it is going to be any day now I guess. So where do you all think he might be going???? We will be taking a poll so text it to me, or something and let me know your guess :).... He is excited, however seems a bit cranky today as he snapped at me on the phone. It made me So sad.... Whit and the family are doing good. They came by today and watched the first session of general conference with us, that is always fun. Clate and Sawyer are AMAZING!! Kari is doing good, so she seems.... running is going well, finally got a little job and hopefully she will continue to adapt to Utah! Jayce has started his first year of JR High track, I don't know how interested in it he really is but we will see. He also wants to give golf a try, so that is something a little out of the box for the Hardt family. Denton and Hadlee are great and it is getting blazing hot here in AZ. UGHHHH... 8 weeks and counting until school is out! YEAH.... OH and Kari gets to come to AZ this weekend to race... I can't wait to see her. It has been 3 months since we have seen her and that is just not normal!!

So... here we go again

2011-02-13T17:39:00.000-08:00

So church was great today and it made me think and ponder about all the wonderful things in my life. I also was a cry baby today as I really wish Kari and Sherod were here. I am going to try my best to find a way to fly Sherod home for his birthday. I figure it will be the last birthday I get to spend with him for a few years..... He posted this video the other day on facebook. So Whitney being the great daughter she is sent it to me... needless to say it made me cry. It made me think of Sherod and how hard he has worked at what he does and how I know without a doubt he is going to be a great missionary just as he is a great son, brother, friend, student, athlete! Yes, I am going to miss him and I am going to be a mess for two years until he returns but I know it is what he has always wanted to do and what the Lord wants him to do, so I will support him and love him and be strong while he is away.... check out the video!! https://lds.org/youth/video/a-work-in-progress?lang=eng

So.....

2011-02-12T22:19:00.000-08:00

So, it has been longer than a week since I last blogged and I said I was going to do it weekly. Well, better late than never right. Well, Kari has started a blog at karihardt.blogspot.com if you want to check it out. It is so cute. Everytime I read her blog I CRY. Last night she called while she was up in Washington and said did you look at my blog? I said "no", so then I did while I was on the phone with her. She had blogged about Sherod... Which made me CRY! I said "Thanks Kari, now I am crying" she was like "Don't cry Mom".... I guess I cry because I really, really miss Kari and Sherod. It is way to weird to have them gone from home and not see them. I don't really know how to explain the emptiness that I feel when they are away. It's not like I don't talk to them everyday, because I do! But it is not the same. So that brings me to my next thougt....Well, last weekend Shaun had the opportunity to speak at a Baptism of this little old lady that he has become friends with( you know Shaun he loves to make friends!) Well after he finished his talk the spirit was really strong and then we had Brother Leseuer speak (he is a member of the 70's) anyway so it was sooooo spiritual and as we sat there I thought....I am so so so lucky, as I watched Whitney and her husband sitting there with baby Sawyer, and my thoughts went on to think of Kari and what a great girl she is and how proud I am of her and all she has done and what a great young lady she is and how much I miss her fun loving personality that would come home every Sunday after church to spend time with us , and then I thought about Sherod and how I can't even express in words how much I love him and admire him for who he is and the example he is to everyone he comes in contact with. I thought of Jayce and the amazing young man he is becoming, I see him growing up and making great choices and becoming the young man I always knew he would be. And then Denton and even though he is very dramatic, he has a super sweet spirit about him that just is radiant. And of course Hadlee and how she is always making us laugh with the sweet and innocent things that she says daily, like "Hey Whit, did you just see that person walk into Clates room? You see him, he is right there!" Which makes Whit think her house is haunted and makes me think she has a great imagination! So, I guess I was just so thankful for my family, for Shaun and how when he really wants to be Spiritual he can and how he works so hard to be the best he can be, how he loves to share the gospel and how he doesn't ever pick up after himself still after 25 years!! ha ha.... Bottom line I am Thankful! I am blessed to have such a GREAT family. I really don't know what I have done to deserve them. We might not have money, or fame.... but I have the best, family anyone could ever ask for and that is the best thing this world has to offer!

2011-02-01T20:55:00.000-08:00

So.... It has been almost a year since I last posted or even checked out a BLOG.... Life has been crazy this past year to say the least. Whit and Marcus moved out and bought a house and had another baby (They have Clate, and Sawyer).... Sherod Graduated for Queen Creek High and left to attend College in Michigan at Michigan State University and Most recently..... Kari graduated from ASU and moved to BYU to finish off her running eligibility (well and there is a cute boy who is a BYU student as well )... Hadlee turned 3 and is amazing..... Denton is an awesome 3rd grader and Jayce embarked on Jr. High.... I went back to work full time, and Shaun is still working at Queen Creek and coaching as much as he possibly can. I will post again soon. Whitney has challenged me to try and do it at least once a week.. So to her, here is POST #1... I love my family and am thankful for all they do and all they teach me, each and every day...

Rodeo

2009-04-26T12:53:00.000-07:00

This weekend we were in charge of doing a ward rodeo. We had agreat time and it seemed everyone else did as well. We ate BBQ beef sandwiches and chips...they were amazing! Shaun and the boys did a great job with the rodeo games. We had greased pigs, goat pinning, chicken scramble, mutton busting, steer riding, and raw hide races. We handed out a bunch of extra medals we had from track meets to the kids who won the different events, or just participated in the events...the kids loved them! I am putting up some videos of Jayce and Denton riding some steers. I missed the really good ride of Jayces...he rode the steer so long that it wore the poor thing out! This video is pretty funny his boot flies off and the ride just goes downhill from there!

Article on Sherod

2009-03-01T17:17:00.000-08:00

Track season officially starts this Friday here in Queen Creek. Sherod is looking really forward to it as are we. He looks ready to roll.... Check out that latest article on the web.... I love Margot, she does such a great job getting kids some recognition! http://az.milesplit.us/articles/22027 ....

Denton Student of the Week

2009-02-23T20:45:00.000-08:00

Denton was student of the week... Isn't he cute?

Whitney's Shower

2009-02-23T20:30:00.000-08:00

We celebrated on Saturday having a baby shower for Whitney... it was so fun. We can't wait for the arrival of little "Clate".... she is due to have him on April 4th, but is hoping he arrives on March 21st... that was her Grandpa Teach's birthday :)... I guess it is always good to hope they come a bit early, but we all know that baby's arrive when they are ready. She is looking good, feeling good, and wanting the baby out!!! AHAHAHAHA.. The picture of the Pinata' was Sherods idea, he made it suffed it with Candy and almost made Whitney cry when he gave it to her for her birthday!

The rest of the family is great! Shaun passed the AEPA exam for Biology so now he has one more qualification to add to his resume' . We were all glad about that as now he is DONE taking classes just to take classes and driving us all CRAZY. Kari is back up and running. Ater returning to ASU from Christmas break she once again found herself injured. It has been a long 5 weeks for her but she is on the mend and hoping to bounce back in time for outdoors. Sherod has his first Track meet next Friday, he is looking amazing and feeling great and will turn 18 next week. Jayce is playing basketball and Shaun is his coach... they are having a lot of fun and their team is playing for the championship this Saturday. Denton is just buzy doing whatever anyone of us ask him to do.. Everyday he seems to remind me more, and more of my brother John which brings a big smile to my face. Hadlee, Hadlee, Hadlee... is the joy of the family. She is starting to talk and finally got her first tooth last week at 14 months old! She is a little sassy pants and spending her days with Whitney while I work is such a blessing, Whit takes the time to play with her and teach her how to be SASSY!! Check out the pictures!

Dunns Sealing!

2009-01-10T21:52:00.000-08:00

A family is forever.... and that is what happened today at the Temple, Heather and Paul had their beautiful babies sealed to them. Aren't they precious? (Paul is holding McKenna, Heather is holding Matix and Mcade in front of Paul and Rathan is front of Heather!) How about that whole group picture! WOW... the question of the afternoon??? Where is GLoria??? If you didn't notice she missed the picture, she was busy doing geneology inside the Temple. What a fun day!! Oh, and Stetson (Kelly and Troys oldest) took out his endowments, he leaves for a misson to Brazil in 3 weeks. We are so proud of him... What a great example he is to all his little sisters, and brother , and cousins. Way to go Stet... We love you.

Hardt Kids

2009-01-10T19:55:00.000-08:00

So here they are the whole group of them, and Hadlee is actually looking at the camera and Denton and Jayce aren't making faces and of course Whitney hates having her picture taken when she is 7 months pregnant!!! Wow, simply amazing that is all I can say!!

Christmas 2008

2009-01-03T10:55:00.000-08:00

Christmas time was great. We were able to spend a lot of quality time together as a family and with friends. We celebrated the birth of our Savior and enjoyed the season. We traveled to Payson on Christmas day to have dinner with Uncle Billy and Grandma Helen. Dori and Thumper were there and it was great to see them. We ate too much and slept too little but what a fun time of year. As the New Year is upon us I hope you all have a great and fullfilling year. My moto for the New Year.... "Enjoy every moment, as you never know when it will be your last!"

Grandma Gloria came to visit!

2008-12-21T10:18:00.000-08:00

Gloria came down to see Whitney graduate and to do a little Christmas shopping! We had a nice visit and the kids enjoyed seeing their grandmother. Hopefully we will be able to take time out of our busy lifes this upcoming year and spend more time together.

Whitney DID IT!

2008-12-21T09:59:00.000-08:00

So, I have a college graduate! Yes, I know I am getting OLD! Whit completed graduation on Friday Dec 19th from ASU! She did so with honors as well. Way to go Whit! I even cried, which made Kari laugh. As you know I am not one to cry and it caught my family off guard. I am not sure what it was, maybe the fact that I am very proud of her and for all she has done and all she stands for, or maybe the mere fact that it hit me that I am getting old and my life is flying by. I know the other day that Helen (Whitneys gradma), told me that Whitney is a great girl who is very smart, she wasn't talking school smart she was talking life smart. Whitney was giving her grandmother (who is almost 90) advise on shaping up and staying in the Rehab center she was in. Grandma Helen really listened to her and appreciated all she had to say and then commented on what a wonderful girl Whit is... I must say so myself. I am proud of the young person she is, for the great daughter she is, for the way she always stands up for what she believes in and for the wonderful daugter, sister, and soon to be mother that is is. We love you Whitit!

RUNNER OF THE YEAR 2008 Part 2

2008-12-12T22:22:00.000-08:00

Here is the exact link if you care to take a look! http://varsity.evtrib.com/story/132291 .. He sure is cute huh?

RUNNER OF THE YEAR 2008

2008-12-12T22:10:00.000-08:00

Sherod was named the East Valley Tribune Cross Country Runner of the year! You can read about it http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ .... go to the sports section and look under VARSITY EXTRA! Pretty cool.. He of course thinks he looks like a dork. I personally think he is adorable!! He is a great boy!! We love you Sherod :)

Grandma Helen

2008-12-12T22:02:00.000-08:00

Shauns grandma was flown down to Mesa today and underwent some minor heart surgery. She had two blockages, one was 99% blocked and one was over 80% blocked. We spent the evening with her at the hospital. We wil be going back over there in the morning. She is one tuff lady.

Whitney is GRADUATING!!

2008-12-11T16:47:00.000-08:00

Whit will be graduation next week from ASU!! Oh man am I old... But I must say PROUD! She made it through ASU and is still normal... I will post pictures next week of the event. She is expecting her first baby in April.. she and Marc are very excited for the little guys arrival.

2008-12-10T18:51:00.001-08:00

Hadlee's birthday was AWESOME! We loved all being together and having Markee and Taryn my other two daughters around!

I am doing this MARKEE!!

2008-12-10T18:07:00.000-08:00

So, I have told Markee for days that I was going to blog.... well here it is... my goal, to do this daily, or almost daily... the problem... I might just get addicted. Well, last week was quite exciting... Sherod ran in California at Footlocker West. He came home a bit disapointed after finishing 14th out of 160 runners. He said he just got out too slow at the begining of the race (5min) for the first mile, and he was hoping to go through it at 4:50, but he wasn't expecting all the congestion and it cost him... oh well he learned a great racing lesson.... secondly, Kari was picked as the "MVP" for ASU's cross country team this year! Way to go Kari!... She is slowly reaching her college running goals and that is always fun to watch. Finally, Hadlee turned 1 year old on Saturday... what a fun day. She is such a blessing and joy to everyone around. She completly demolished her cake and we ended up giving her a bath with her clothes on! She sure will keep us young that is for sure.

So Lets Get This Started!

2008-10-22T20:32:00.000-07:00

So, I have heard over and over again about "BLOGS".... I am like yeah right, I am toooooo busy for that. Well, guess what??? I am going to give into peer pressure and give it a try. I am awful at keeping in touch with loved ones and old friends and this just might be the way to do it! As time seems to be passing me by faster and faster each year (that just might be because I am getting older and older) this just might be my way of getting back in touch with friends and family that I have neglected over the years. So ...... LETS GET THIS STARTED!!!