Easter weekend

Easter weekend

all 3

Daniel has found his hands.. and he loves them. They go in the mouth as often as he can find it.

my boys painting with some awesome roller paints we found at the store

Here's Daniel in the Bath :) censored of course..

Stop Baby Stop Baby.....

I thought it might be fun to show off my middle born son. He's a rocker too. Just a little bit of Good Weather Forecast to listen to this sunny day :)

Worth It

well I thought I'd better put something very worthwhile on here for the first post in some time. Here is Daniel with a shout out to his Uncle Jordan in Iraq. We support him and his family during this time of deployment. Daniel is rocking the military colors and wants the whole world to know how proud he is of his uncle Jordan.

We are praying for you Uncle Jordan!
Love from all your nephews....

Love this Review

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2011/02/21/every-story-whispers-his-name/

We love this Children's bible and use it in our own home. Please consider getting it for your family too!

Surrealism in Wien

I'm in our local grocery store the other day perusing the frozen food isle and what do I hear over the speaker system, "Jackson" performed by Johnny Cash and June Carter. Now don't get me wrong, I understand globalization and how the internet brings all kinds of crazy cultural interaction, but being in an Austrian grocery store and hearing a song about your hometown (I don't care what people say, it's Jackson, MS not Jackson, TN) which happens to be in the deep South is the definition of surreal.

Latest Sermon

When I post these, I'm not trying to be a narcissist or anything. I just think there might be one or two of you who may be interested in hearing some of the teaching I'm able to do here in Vienna.

http://viennachapel.org/Repentance/9/276

winter wear

it's snowing here again!
just thought i'd post some cute boys in their winter wear..

this is what we wear when we go sledding!

continuation of previous post

It was a privilege to have my parents here visiting for this special occasion. Their Christ like lives and prayers have made me who I am today. I was reminded that generations will reap what we sow. As I looked around at my boys, I saw that the hand of God was in this from long ago. Blessings upon blessing is definitely the caption here. Raise your sons and daughters for Him and see your grandchildren raised in the admonition of the Lord. He is faithful to bring this to pass!

Baby Dedication

On January 9th, we had the blessing of dedicating our sons Daniel Lawrence and Ian Thomas to the Lord before the church body here at the Chapel.
What a privilege it is to offer back to God what He has given you as a gift. Children are from the Lord! We are only stewards of His creation and Thomas and I pray that we will honor our God as we raise them to know Him by reading His word to them. Our deepest desire is that they know Christ as their Saviour and then walk in that newness of life. Salvation by faith in Christ alone is only the first step in being made new. We have to use that same faith to walk with Him daily in order to grow and change. We want this for our sons!

Our pastor, James Devenish, was so kind to lead us in this dedication before the believers here.

Christmas catch up

A blessed Christmas with many gifts

Daddy helping with the toys

The boys gifts to each other... I think Thad wanted the gift he gave Ian. Isn't that always how it is?

Daddy's little Elf (t-shirt)
He is milk drunk here... at least that's what we call it ;)

Christmas: The day grown men get a chance to play with toys and it's not weird.

See what I mean. Christmas is were adults get to act like kids by playing with the toys they spent their hard earned money on for their children. Being the good father that I am, I decided my boys needed NERF guns. And by my boys, I of course mean me. If the last 72 hours have taught me anything, it's that everyone needs a NERF gun in their life. There is nothing more satisfying than shooting your kids and or spouse and releasing some frustration. Be sure to note that they will shoot you back, so be prepared.



The awesome thing about the guns we bought is that they have velcro on the darts thereby preventing your kid from cheating when you're playing dart tag. Memo to my kids and all the other little munchkins your age: We (people in our late 20's early 30's) make the toys now and we know what cheating little turds we were when we were kids. So, don't think for a second we would create games that would allow you to cheat us...we're winners...always have been, always will be. Believe that.

I believe the phrase the kids are using these days is "pwned." Take that boy.

I got Thad some cool looking toys made by LEGO called Hero Factory. Essentially, these are the LEGO version of Transformers, but for about 1/3 of the cost. You can also take them all apart and mix and match the pieces. I thought this was cool until the little guy created this...whatever "it" is.

Now I'm no child psychologist (although I did get a B in that class in community college), but I don't think you need to be to think there might be something wrong with the 5 year old that created this thing. Scratch that, this thing is awesome and I'm actually a bit ticked off I didn't build it myself. I love my kid because he builds stuff like this. It shows imagination. I mean, the kid is related to me so what chance did he really have of avoiding having some major issues?

Anyway, here's his explanation of how this thing "kills the good guys." Pray for us.

A Christmas Pageant...sort of

Tonight we had our church's Christmas Eve service. Part of the evening included a small play put on by the 3-5 year olds. They did a great job and it was neat to see Thad and Ian part of the show.

One of the things I love about my kids is that they are freaking weird just like their dad. When given the option of what animal he wanted to be in the program, Ian subsequently selected cheetah. Epic.

Hey, you don't know if there was a cheetah at the manger. Were you there? I didn't think so. Some may think the boy odd...I would call him eccentric.

Thad was a wise man. This was an easy task for him to perform given that he is from the Gardner family.

Merry Christmas all. We hope your Christmas Eve and

Christmas are as joyful and exciting as ours!

A Christmas Eve Surprise

Early presents from Nanny and Poppy.
Let the weekly photography updates begin.

(BTW, notice how festive we are by
decking out our kids in full Halloween garb)

More pictures

The Arrival home from the hospital.

Thad and Ian sang at church on Sunday. About 2/3 of the way through the performance Ian decided to just sit down. Life is tough for a 3 year old.

Daniel Lawrence Gardner

snow, snow, snow

Ian trying to crawl up the mound

Thad conquering the mound

a snow angel