Snow Day!

After weeks with no snow, we finally got some! We were so excited that we took advantage of every minute! We built a snowman, a snow fort, made snow angels, went sledding, and had a snowball fight! Then, we came in and enjoyed some hot chocolate!

Happy New Year!! Welcome 2012!!

Wow!! What a year 2011 has been!! It is amazing to think of everything we have gone through in the past year! Lots of ups and downs—mostly ups! We’ve had so many blessings and tender mercies throughout the year! Thank you to all of our wonderful friends, family, acquaintances, and even perfect strangers who have blessed our lives!

For New Year’s Eve, we had my parents over for some games, food, movies, fireworks, and more! It was a really fun night! Thanks mom and dad for coming over!







This was my “balloon drop” that I made. It came undone at like 8:30ish, so we had a practice celebration! Matt LOVED it!








I love this picture...check out Matt drinking his "bubbly."

Just A Little Project

I found this cute puppet theater online. I really liked the idea that folds up and doesn't take much storage space. But, it cost $65!! Yikes!! So, with my mom's help we made a new puppet theater for less that $5! I even like ours better, and Matt LOVES it!

Happy Hanukkah!

Matching Pajamas

Every year I try to make matching pajamas for our family. This year I wasn’t quite as motivated. So, I just made everyone wear their old jammies, and then made a new "nightgown" for Linds.

Oh, and can you see our Christmas tree in the background?  I LOVE it!!  Ben and Kristy cut it down for us!  It smells oh so good!  Thanks Ben and Kristy!!

….and I promise Matt’s pants aren’t too short for him, it is just the way Darin is holding him in this picture.

Layton Lights

Let's Hear it for the GILRS!!

I love these girls.  I love Cafe Rio.  So bringing them together made for a wonderful afternoon! (and I also love the lone boy, Matt, on the far right).

Gunnerson Christmas Party

We had such a fun Christmas Party this year (as we do every year). We started off with the MOST DELICIOUS meal of the year! Oh, so yummy! We played some basketball, did our gift exchange, more basketball, dessert, the nativity, and lots of visiting!

Christmas Day

I could hardly sleep all night I was so excited! I woke up first, finished making our traditional Christmas Breakfast Casserole, and hopped in the shower. While I was in, Matt woke up, so I opened presents with wet hair. Matt LOVED finding empty cookie plate—so cute! We all had a great time opening and giving presents, and YES, Matt did get his “blue car and book!”

After opening presents we got dressed and went to my aunt’s house for breakfast, then to my parent’s ward for church, followed by eating left-overs from the night before at my parent’s. the rest of the day we relaxed, and had Darin’s parents over that night and received MORE gifts! (THANKS DAD AND MOM!!)

After that, we were getting ready for bed and we heard a loud knock on the door. But when I answered the door no one was there, just a gift from “Santa.” So, just in case “Santa” reads our blog—I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your EXTREMELY generous gift!!—and YES, it was our “Best Christmas EVER!!” Thank you!!





(My favorite picture from Christmas)

Christmas Eve

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas Eve. We spent the day preparing, cooking, and playing games. In the evening we went to my parent’s house for an AMAZING dinner—(ham and cheese sandwiches, broccoli salad, spinach salad, potato salad, potato chips, bbq chips, crab rounds, shrimp, black olives, green olives, cheese ball, cream cheese and hot jelly with crackers, veggie dip, deviled eggs, eggnog, chocolates, caramels, peppermint ice-cream with hot fudge, and more!) Then we watched Luke 2, opened presents, and played with the presents. The hit of the night was that the boy (adult boys) got remote control helicopters. It kept everyone entertained! Thanks mom and dad for all the great gifts, great food, and great company!

We came home, baked and set out our cookies for Santa, tore off the last link in our Christmas chain, read our last Christmas book, put on our matching pajamas, put the kids to bed, then Darin and I watched “It’s a Wonderful Life,” then we danced to “The Christmas Waltz”—I LOVE that song! It was a PERFECT Christmas Eve!

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