Swim Party With Grandma!

A few weeks ago we had a swim party at my mom’s house!! It was so much fun! My mom made a water slide down the hill in the back yard, the kids played “ring around the rosies” in the kiddy pool, Kristy traced all the girls with chalk and they made themselves mermaids, the kids got to go “fishing” off the balcony for prizes, they got mermaid barbies, and we had a delicious lunch, and the kids got to eat Jell-O with fish in the water and on top! We had so much fun! Here are a few pictures from the day!

Trip to China!

We had such a great time with our trip to Hawaii that we decided to go to China last night. We put on our Chinese clothes, and Matthew dressed up as a sumo wrestler (which darin later informed me is a Japanese thing...but don't you love Matt's mini fu manchu?) What is more fun than eating chinese food on the floor of your lining room in a little fort? Here are some photos from the night.



Notice Matthew in the background...don't worry I'm not sitting on his head, but he did love the fort!!

Happy 4th and Gunnerson Reunion

We had a WONDERFUL 4th of July weekend!! It started early as we went up to our cabin Thursday afternoon. Darin and I watched “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and then visited with Nate and Janie when they came up. Their kids were so fun and cute. Friday we met up with Chris, Heather, Rick, Olivia, Geoff, Jadi, and all of their kids and the South Summit Rec Center. It was so fun! We had a good time swimming ( Matthew’s first time), playing racquetball, and climbing the rock wall. After swimming we ate a yummy dinner and headed back to the cabin and met mom and dad for marshmallows and smores. Saturday morning we went to the Oakley Parade, ate lunch, and went for a hike! It was so fun to see everyone again and be all together (except we missed Thom). Thanks Rick and Olivia for planning such a fun weekend! Here are a few pictures from our trip.

Matthew has started solids!

Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Fathers Day to all the wonderful father’s in our lives!! We have such wonderful examples of fathers that I am so thankful for! We are so thankful for my dad and Darin’s dad for their kindness, generosity, examples, and dedication to the gospel! They have both taught me so much and I really feel like I have the best dad, and dad-in-law!

I am especially thankful for Matthew’s father, Darin! He is such a wonderful man, and I couldn’t ask for a better father for my son! Matthew absolutely adores Darin and so do I!! Happy Father’s Day!!

Latest Update

Last week was a great week!! On Monday Matthew went to the doctors for his 4 month check up! He is a healthy happy little boy and we love having him in our family!! He was 25% for his weight, 50% for his head, and 75% for height! On a separate note, Matthew loves his baths! Here is a video of what Matthew does everytime he gets a bath. Don't feel like you have to watch the whole thing, he is pretty much just kicking the whole entire time!!

Wednesday Darin brought me home flowers for another “Cute Wife’s Day!” I love that holiday!! Here are the beautiful flowers from my wonderful husband! Thursday my brother Rick and his wife Heather had their baby Grace!! She is so adorable!! We are so glad that she is here. Now Matthew has 6 girl cousins on my side, and no boy cousins yet. Friday and Saturday we spent up at the cabin. Here are a few pics from the trip.

Take Me Out to The Ball Game

Last night we went to the Bee’s game with Darin’s parents!! We had a GREAT TIME!!! It was perfect weather and felt so nice to be out doors! Matthew seemed to love the game too! He really liked the lights. The only thing that would have been better is if the Bees would have won. We still had a great time!! Thanks mom and dad!! Here are a few pics from the night!

Drive Date

Darin, Matthew, and I went for a drive for a drive for our date yesterday. Here are a few pictures from our journey.

Videos of Matthew

I know that I am his mother, but I just think that Matthew is so stinkin cute!! Here are two more videos of him lately. One is Matthew laughing--sorry about the camera work. It is a little tough being the camera woman and playing with Matthew at the same time. The other video is Matthew trying to make the rasberry sound or the “voiced bilabial fricative” sound as genious Heather calls it!! :) Enjoy!

Rolling Matthew!

As I mentioned in a previous post, Matthew has been rolling over since he was 7 weeks old. I know that the doctors tell us to give babies "tummy time" but this is what happens as soon as he gets on his tummy!

Farmer Darin

Darin has been working on his garden lately, and he sure has done a great job! He is planting beets, corn, carrots, crookneck squash, lemon squash, spaghetti squash, tomatoes, daikons, Chinese cabbage, zucchini, mint, pepper mint, and Asian melons. I wish that I would have taken before an after pictures because he has done a great job! I love going up there to see his work, but also to visit with my grandparents, look at the hummingbirds, and have little picnics. Here are a few pictures from our recent journeys to the garden.