GUNDERSEN FAMILY BLOG: Please post what's happening in your world for the rest of the Gundersen Family to see. If you have questions on posting, please contact Josh or Mindy
After 3 full days of painting, it's finally done! I am super proud of it, so if you don't like it, don't tell me. The stripes are perfectly straight thanks to the new caulking method I used. We are all set for the baby now, although unfortunately he won't be using his room until he's 4 months old (when we get back from Virginia Beach for Caleb's summer job).
One of Ashlyn's birthday presents was a new bicycle. Everytime we would see a bike at the store, she would beg to ride it. So, last night, we wrapped up her new helmet and had her open it first. She knew right away that it was a helmet you wore when you rode a bike. We asked her if she had a bike...and she said no. We asked if she was sure and told her to go look out in the garage. I think the second picture describes her reaction the best.:)
This birthday was a Power Tumbling Care Bear Party. Really, the only thing Care Bear was a balloon and the cake.:) Mom sure has fun making these fun cakes and watching the kids enjoy it. (Oh yeah, and Mom and Dad seemed to like it, too.:))
Although we weren't very good about keeping track of our scores, we still had a lot of fun. Here is the proof...just look at those kids' smiles.:)Thank you Josh and Mindy. I made a frame and painted it to look like stone. It is haning in the den waiting for us to fill in a few hundred blanks.
Thank you all for a wonderful Christmas. It was really one of the best yet.
Love, Mom and Dad
By a matter of mere minutes, and the good fortune of helping someone jump their car, the Cotton-Headed Ninny Muggins took home the coveted trophy. Emma couldn't have been more proud. Although, I must say, I don't think that either the participants or the winners had any complaints about the awards. (wink, wink) Thanks, Mom and Dad, for a memorable and fun Christmas vacation! We love you!
Some other fun tasks to be completed were singing "My Favorite Things" in front of Target while being videotaped, shopping for an eight-different color ingredient salad to be eaten that night at dinner, riding the Wenatchee Trolley, and taking a picture of the downtown clock exactly on the hour. The night was snowy and the roads were a bit trecherous, but we had a great time.
The Amazing Race was one of this year's highlights. We were divided into two teams and sent out at 2:00 pm with a bag of stuff and orders to be back by 5:00 pm. Whichever team could complete the tasks in the shortest amount of time (and who had the most points) would win the coveted trophy. Some of the tasks included calling from a pay phone to answer trivia questions, taking pictures at different locations around Wenatchee, frisbee golf in the snow, and putting together a puzzle at the WRAC. Look to the next post for more....
We got a rare visit from Santa Clause on December 23rd. All the kids got to sit on Santa's lap and tell Santa what they wanted. Jade and Madison had a few issues with Santa, so they preferred to stay on their mom's lap. Ho! Ho! Ho!
The snow was good to us this year...although the poison oak took it's toll. We sledded down the hill in back of Grandma and Grandpa's house. We tried to clear the path of poison oak, but it somehow got Tyler, Broc, Scott, and Caleb. I think Buddy and Garrett had the most fun.:)
The Gundersen family snow sculpture returned this year with Wenatchee's abundance of snow. Tantor, the Elephant, was sculpted within a couple of hours by all those in the picture along with Grandpa, the picture taker.
