Hardt Family Blog

Cake Cake Cake

2009-04-19T16:47:00.000-07:00

Emily has started a Strawberry Shortcake thing. So the cake had to be Strawberry Shortcake. The boys were just pining away for all the frosting!

Emily's 3rd Birthday

2009-04-19T16:45:00.000-07:00

Its my party, and here are my bestest friends (she luvs to say this...)

Some pictures from Easter

2009-04-19T16:39:00.001-07:00

KY in September

2007-11-19T10:25:00.000-07:00

Here the kids are all set to jump in the car and go home from Grammy's house. We are so lucky to have the family support during this difficult time after Dad's accident. Thank you to everyone who came to the memorial. I am heading up again this morning. This time via airplane. I am looking forward to spending some down time with Ben, Charlie and Mom. If you are reading this, treasure your time with your family this Thanksgiving. Check out our web albums for our latest pictures including our trip to the pumpkin patch and trick-or-treating

2007-06-13T14:05:00.001-07:00

AWE! C’MON DADDY! I WAS HAVING FUN IN CARRIE AND AYDEN’S BIRTHDAY CAKE!

2007-06-13T13:45:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day at Grandma and Grandpa's.
Grandma took the boys two weeks later to see Shrek.

2007-06-13T13:42:00.000-07:00

Feed me cake! Sugar BUZZ!

2007-06-13T13:38:00.001-07:00

Emily playing in the dirt.

Honeywell Open House

2007-04-27T11:24:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday Honeywell had an open house for all employees and families. Mel and the kids had never seen the inside of my work before or any of the campus so it was cool to be able to show them. I'm not sure what they thought of my office or the lab areas that they did see, but I was happy to show them around. They probably think I'm a bigger geek now than ever!

Emily in Bumble Bee car

2007-03-21T09:49:00.000-07:00

Emily has figured out how to go in and out of the doggie door and the first thing she runs to is her Bumble Bee car.

Emily vs Popsicle

2007-03-14T20:39:00.000-07:00

It is popsicle nite and Emily couldn't be happier. Orange is her favorite. We just found out that the puppies will be 'fixed' next friday and out at the adoption sites that weekend. Its exciting to reclaim the kids playroom even though we know it will be hard for the kids to let them go. Mel just finished painting the play room. One room down and the rest of the house to go!

Halloween

2007-01-30T12:25:00.000-07:00

Cutie bug was a pink Minnie Mouse for her 1st Halloween.

Sleepy babe

2007-01-30T12:16:00.000-07:00

I would love to be able to fall asleep wherever whenever!

Danny and Coco

2007-01-30T12:12:00.000-07:00

Christmas Morning

2007-01-30T11:52:00.000-07:00

Emily was more of a spectator for her 1st Christmas. She opened a few small gifts from her stocking while her brother's "assisted" with the opening of her larger gifts!

Chris and Grandpa

2007-01-30T10:53:00.000-07:00

During Christmas grandpa and I setup an oval HO Train under the tree. Chris was so mesmerized by it that he fell asleep in that very same position with his head on the tile. It prompted the purchase of our own Christmas train. Although it wasn't HO, it was bigger and noisier. Both of which our boys thought were quite agreeable traits for our train to have.

puppies, puppies, everywhere

2007-01-30T10:43:00.001-07:00

This is our first post in awhile. Christmas has passed us by and we didn't think our lives were crazy enough. So when Maureen called and said that Pima County Animal Control didn't have any room at the inn for this beautiful Black lab and her 9 pups we had to find a way to help out.

We just finished 're-bunking' the kids beds into one room the weekend before the call. The idea was to use the other room as a play room. However, with this new undertaking, it has turned into the puppy room!

Pictured right is Raven and her pups, Rayanne, Randy, Ralphie, Rafiki, Ramona, Rachel, Racquel, Rayna, Raisin, during one of many feeding times. The whole family is chipping in with the puppies. We have to weight them everyday and bottle feed a couple when they don't seem to be gaining enough weight. Maureen works with FAIR, Foundation for Animals In Risk. The Foundation for Animals in Risk is a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue organization. More info on FAIR can be found on their website (link above). FAIR is providing all the food, check-ups, spay/neutering, and adoption services for the pups and momma. So far so good. Our other dog Cocoa has been more accommodating than we expected. And we hope that Raven and Cocoa will continue to get along.

Pizza Baby!

2007-01-30T10:43:00.000-07:00

Chris in Kindergarten

2006-12-15T17:44:00.000-07:00

Chris in Kindergarten in Ms. Tang's class. He loves the Cars movie, so we went with that theme.

Danny's Soccer Picture Fall 2006

2006-12-15T17:37:00.000-07:00

Danny's Soccer team was the Tigers. He liked to play for very short stints. And then come back to the sidelines for snacks and drinks! All the little 3-4 year olds were cute to watch in a big pile. Every once in awhile the ball would squirt out and someone would score a goal. Otherwise everyone played 'pack' position. 10 four year olds in a pack with the ball in the middle!

Chris' Soccer Picture Fall 2006

2006-12-15T17:32:00.000-07:00

Chris was a WildCat this fall in Southwest Youth Sports Soccer in his age group.

Tree Trimming Complete!

2006-12-02T22:29:00.000-07:00

Saturday was the Day
After we got home from soccer this morning, we spent the rest of the day setting up the tree. It has been up since Monday, but decorating this 9 footer took quite a bit of time. The boys had a blast and have put their blessing on it. I'm sure Mel will be tweaking and turning but I think its great!
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Melanie's Birthday

2006-11-29T20:26:00.000-07:00

Melanie's Birthday

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Danny's 4th Birthday Parties

2006-11-29T20:15:00.000-07:00

Danny's 4th BDay

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Chris' 6th Birthday

2006-11-29T20:03:00.000-07:00

Chris' 6th Birthday

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Our new 9' Christmas Tree

2006-11-29T17:55:00.000-07:00

The New Tree is Up!

So with the baby and the new puppy we thought it best to get a 'simulated' tree this year. So we went out and got the biggest tree that would fit in our family room. I am exaggerating when I say fit too! This is also the first day that we used the fireplace. It is dropping into the 20s tonight out here in the desert and we saw snowcaps on the Catalinas this morning. Snow may make it farther down the mountain tonight too. It's begginning to feel a bit like Christmas...

Buckelew Petting Zoo

2006-11-26T23:13:00.000-07:00

Chris Holds a Chicken

I'm not sure how to descirbe the expression but he is just a wee bit excited to be one of the lucky ones to actually hold a chicken at the petting zoo. A picture is worth a 1000 words (maybe 10000 this time).

The Girls at the Petting Zoo

2006-11-26T23:08:00.000-07:00

Melanie and Emily at the Petting Zoo
This was also part of the Buckelew Pumpkin patch. The boys are off feeding the animals outside of view with Papa and Grammy.

Danny and his Pumpkin

2006-11-26T23:02:00.000-07:00

Danny's Big Pumpkin
My Mom and Dad were visiteing from Kentucky the week before Halloween and so we took a trip out to a big Pumpkin patch. Everyone picked out their own pumpkin and this is the one Danny selected.

My Accent (or absence of one ;-O)

2006-11-26T21:05:00.000-07:00

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
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Philadelphia
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The South
The Inland North
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2006-07-10T20:30:00.000-07:00

Emily's Baptism Reception Cake

2006-07-10T20:16:00.000-07:00

Here is the first day in Tucson. Everyone is jetlagged from the trip out and just watching the movie of the month (Madagascar).

2006-07-10T20:15:00.000-07:00

Someone thinks that its Halloween already!

2006-07-10T20:12:00.000-07:00

Here is Emily, chillin at Gramma Hickey's. We were staying here while our a/c wasn't working.

My first post

2006-07-10T20:10:00.000-07:00

Here is my first post. Come in and see the recent updates to pictures and daily life!