The Gunn Family

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

My Papa Turns 89 !!!

My Grandpa turned 89 on June 1st. Our family got together on Memorial Day to celebrate. It has been a week of milestones for my Grandpa. Not only did he celebrate his 89th birthday, but on the 25th of May my grandparents celebrated their 69th Wedding Anniversary. I am so proud to have them as such great role models in my life. My Grandparents have been such a big part of my life, I don't know what I would do without them. My Grandpa's only living sibling was able to come into town for his birthday. IT was so great to have her there with us. My Grandpa is already looking forward to his birthday next year. All he wants to do for his 90th birthday is to go to Disneyland!!! So far there will be 29 of our family members going to celebrate with him!!!

Choir Concert

This post is also out of order Oh Well !!!

Logan decided half way through the school year that he wanted to join the school choir. He loved it!!! They had practices every week for 45 mins. They learned a lot of songs and had a ton of fun. The night of the performance he was so excited to have his family come and watch him. I was so proud of him, the entire choir did such a great job. I can't get over how grown-up my little boy is becoming. I am such a proud, happy and very lucky mom to be so blessed.

Pinewood Derby

Ok so I forgot to do this post so it is out of place but at least I am adding it.

The end of April was the Pinewood Derby for cub scouts. Logan, Brandon, and Papa Lynne(my Dad) worked so hard on the car leading up to the race. It was so much fun to see them having fun together. They did such a great job and Logan really loved racing it. They said his car come in fourth place, but my Dad swears they made a mistake and he actually took third. However we all agree that all that matters is whether he had fun or not and we all did hands down. Besides there is always next year, plus we have the next 5 years to get a perfect car. Logan's car improved so much from his first one he did last year so we are headed in the right direction. I can't get over how creative some of the boys were with their cars. There were so many different shapes, colors, and sizes. It was so much fun, we look forward to doing it again next year.

Baseball

With all the rainand cold weather we have been having I have not been able to get too many pics of the boys at their games. I did get these two of logan at one of his many freezing cold games. He plays the outfield and is doing fairly well this year. He gets nervous when he gets up to bat, but we are hoping he can overcome it at some point. He does such an amazing job in practices. He is really enjoying his team this year and his coach is amazing. It has been a great experience for him. Logan's team is really into cheers and Logan is now trying to teach them to Ry.

Riley has done an amazing job this year. He is still struggling with the fact that he had to do coach pitch again, but next year will be his year. He has such a love for the game. There has been a few times I wish I would have had my camera. Ry really cracks us up because he takes his baseball so seriously. He absolutely HATES dirt on the bases and is comstantly cleaning them off whether he is the baseman or the runner. I am hoping to get a lot of pictures in this finally week of games the weather better hold out!!!!

Peony

Many people don't know, but my absolute favorite flower is a peony. My Grandma Mitchell use to have a ton of them planted in her yard. Six years ago she passed away and my Dad and his siblings put her house up for sale. Before it went on the market I went and dug up one of her peony bushes. At the time we lived in a duplex, but I planted it anyhow. We bought our house a year later and so the peony bush went with us. That little bush has been through quiet a lot. When we moved in and got it planted it went into shock and pretty much died. The next year it came back, but was very small. Last year it finally got it's first flower and I was so excited. I got to watch it slowly bloom into the beautiful flower. When it had fully bloomed we cut it and took it to the cemetary and put it on my Grandma's grave for memorial day. There was an emotion I can't explain when we put it there. This year I was sad that the flower bloomed two weeks earlier so I was not able to take it and put on her grave. It was such a beautiful flower though and I enjoyed it while it lasted.

Rainy Days and Rainbows

Lately it seems more like May showers instead of April showers. We have had so much rain lately. We have had to play a few baseball games in the rain and even had more cancelled due to rain. However rain has many good qualities. The smell of rain is absolutely intoxicating to me. Next it saves on my water bill. The rain brings out the cute little birds hunting for worms. Last but not least on rare occassions it brings a beautiful rainbow with it. I am an absolute rain lover. My dad tells me it's because I was born on a rainy day. There are times however that the rain becomes a little too much. I can't wait for the rain storms of August that usually bring thunder and lightning with it. For now I am wishing for warmer weather and soon !!!

Mother's Day

I had the greatest Mother's day this year. I woke up to my 2 cute boys who couldn't wait to give me their homemade cards and presents. They were such amazing cards that I couldn't help but cry after reading the amazing words Logan wrote in his card. After is was on to breakfast. My in-laws came for breakfast and Brandon did all the cooking and serving. It was a great breakfast !!! After we hung out and visited with my in laws for a bit. Later on we went as a family to the park and the 4 of us played our own game of baseball. It was so much fun even Tigger tried to join in. After 2 and a half hours at the park we went home and relaxed for a bit. That night my mom and my grandparents came for dinner, which my husband cooked again. We visited and had a great night. I couldn't have asked for a better mother's day.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

7 Kids !!!

Over the weekend I babysat my sister Tammy's 5 kids so her and her husband could celebrate their 13th Wedding Anniversary. Holy Cow can I just say 7 kids is a lot. We had so much fun with ALL 7 of the kids. I can honestly say it feels like you go non stop though when there is that many kids. They all got along pretty well for the most part. It was great that they were able to play outside both Saturday and Sunday. I loved having my cute absolutely adorable baby niece Hayden Mae. It was so fun to have a little baby in the house again. It was acutally nice to have girls in my house for a change. I had 4 girls and 3 boys running wild all weekend. Saturday night we ordered pizza and ended up watching a movie with popcorn. I made a great big bed on the floor for all the kids, minus the baby, to sleep. They all did great and slept all night without a peep. Sunday I made a big breakfast for everyone and tried to clean my house up somewhat. I actually got to do little girls hair for a change which was so much fun!!! Later I took all 7 kids to the park at the school to play. We had a great time even though the wind was blowing like crazy. I was actually sad to see them go home, but at the same time I am thankful I don't have 7 kids all the time. I am absolutely amazed at what a great mom my sister is to 5 kids. I really don't know how she finds the time for herself. I hope her and her husband had a great Anniversary weekend!!!