Friday, October 12, 2007

Lisa and her car



It has been a long time coming. Lisa has been driving a little "older" car for several years. She is now, proud to announce the purchase of her "dream car", a lovely Midnight Blue, 2006 Jeep Liberty. (with all the bells and whistles. Including leather upholstery)
Congratulations, Lisa. You are very deserving. Many happy hours of commuting.

Maybe this could be called, "Liberty Blue".

Check out that grill.

And rear mounted spare.

Looking good!

Maybe a little apprehensive (first car payments in years).

Annie is loving the new ride.

Malea's Adoption



On October 5th we went to Vancouver, Washington for the adoption of our Great Neice, Malea to John and Shelly Linfesty and her brother Matthew. It was a wonderful day for all. We all went to dinner together at the Olive Garden afterward and had a great time.

Matthew with Micheal Gunter and Great Aunt Margo.

Baby Malea who is being adopted.

Malea and Cousin Kimberlin Dussenberry, Shauna's daughter.

Daddy John holding Malea, Mama Shelly and brother Matt.

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Family standing before the judge.


At the end of the court hearing, the judge allowed Matthew to rap the gavel on the desk, closing the case and finalizing the adoption. Next step is blessing her and being sealed in the temple next month.

Congratulations to the Linfesty Family

Mama's Baking Day

The other day I mentioned to Mama that the guys at the car lot had said how they sure would love to have some of her Cinnamon Rolls. So she decided that that was a good day to bake some. Scott Short and his brother Jack would pay 25 dollors a dozen for them and James Baxter one of the salesmen just raves over them. Mama loving to serve others so she went to work and I do mean work, as most of you know. Here are some pictures to show you what she did.

After 10#s of Flour, 6 packages of yeast, some other ingredients and a lot of time and energy here is the first of two batches she made that day.


Now she adds the cinnamon and sugar on the soft buttered dough .

Have to make sure that the sugar is spread evenly as much as possible.


She then rolls and cuts the dough.


Each roll being placed in its own pan they sit and rise and then are baked and frosted.

Then they were delivered 55 rolls to South Commercial Auto, where there were some very pleased recipient's. They all had much praise for the rolls.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Visit from the Sweet Ones

Wow, did we have fun last weekend. The Devericks Family came down because Eric's sister Tonya had her little girl. What a sweet thing she is. We had great fun with the kids. Sully, Amara and I played baseball for a while, we had lunch, and they jumped on the tramp and had a ball. When they wanted to jump on the tramp. we said they could and out the door they went and before we could clean the darn thing, well you will see the results. Finn was a real trooper too, and jumped on the tramp and had a fresh picked tamato from my tomato plants. Thanks for the great time kids. The next day we were invited to Dennis and Betty Mason's for a bar-b-que and had another wonderful day with wonderful people.




Finn, Amara and Sully getting cleaned up after Tramp experience.

Look at those big blue eyes.

Sully and Amara love the bubbles in the tub.

Sully and Finn playing the piano together Ha Ha. Caught them in a good moment.

Amara, Sully and Finn on the tramp. Note the knees of Amara's pants.
Oh grandma this is yummy, thanks.
Sully falling backwards on tramp.
Again, look at that beautiful smile.

Be careful Finn, its a long way to the ground.
Amara trying to wash the tramp. She is a hard worker and a great helper.
Finn trying his wings.
Amara doing a trick, Wow she is something, this one.

Yearly Hedge Trimming


One of the beautiful things about this place was the beautiful hedges that ran down both sides of
the house and around the back yard. The only down side to them is that they need to be trimmed each year. It is a big job and takes about 20 to 25 hours of hard work. We have always worked on them as a family and it has been great fun, especially when the girls were home to help. Now it seems that we are blessed with a wonderful home teacher, Jeff Tietjen, who helps us and we are very thankful for him and all those who help. Here are some pictures we took on the day we started the project. We have a couple more days of work to get them all done, but we will get them done soon.

Jeff Tietjen, with muffs, Tyler Thackeray and Me


Tyler and Me picking up limbs.

Having a bit of lunch, Jeff, Tyler and Me

Once again Mama looking out for me.

Ben Thackeray on swing, Jeff and Tyler and my tummy.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Labor Day activities

Dad, Mom, Lisa and Annie spent the day together having a really good time.
However, we did miss all of you.
First, after getting ready for the day, we watched the Mariners redeem themselves by breaking a nine game losing streak and beat N.Y. Yankees. Ichiro hit a homer on his 200th hit. That was cool. Hernandez pitched 7 innings with Green and Sherrill for the eighth and Putts closing. We "really love Mariners baseball, especially when they win.
We decided to be a little traditional today and go to the Oregon State fair.
Arrived there around two o clock and left at eight-thirty.
The weather was amazing.
We first went to the animal barn, anticipating their beginning to pack it all in for 2007. Love the goats, Llamas, Sow and Piglets, milking cows and some horses.
Went into the horse show and watched the "sled" pulling by the draft horses.
Had our usual "Brick" of curly fries and cold bottle of water.
Had fun reminising through the "rod" show. Boy if we still had the 40 Ford, the 55 Ford, 46 chev and 53 Chevy Pickup.
Oh, well.
Walked through the Jackman-Long building enjoying Woodworking, Quilts, Cakes, Place Settings etc.,etc.
Headed to the the demonstration building where there was the usual array of Waterless Cookware, Jewelry, Touch of Mink, Sewing Machines, floor mops, Steam Irons, Therapeutic Magnets, t-shirts, Croc-like shoes, temporary Tattoos, you get the drift!
Of coarse, walked the mid-way through the Picture booths, more Jewelery, and Where the games and rides collide with an amazing array of scantily clothed people. Many of which were covered with Tattoos.
I'm quite impressed however with the
majority of the Hispanic population. They and their children are clean and dressed very nicely. I also notice that they speak kindly to one another and aren't shouting at their children. I like that. Seems to me that alot of our caucasion families just put on their dirtiest and grubbiest outfits to hang at the fair. That is sad to me.
Went through the Garden area and it was really beautiful this year, with so many hanging flower baskets and beautiful Gardens. Strolled through the Artisan Village and loved the logs carved with a chain saw. Cute Bears, and Moose as well as beautiful Eagle carvings. Also watched a glass Blower.
Then we scouted out Kettle Corn for Annie, Funnell Cake for Lisa and Mom and Dad as well as Cotton Candy for Lisa.
Caught a couple of acts that we really enjoyed. A vocalist that sang country and an equadorian musical group, playing Flutes of various kinds as well as string instruments that looked like minature Guitars and a Violin. Saw a bit of a Guitarist just before exiting.
Stopped in Salem and had Kentucky Fried Chicken (I know, I know, Chrissta) but we love it.
The weather was so beautiful all day and the evening breeze so refreshing, it was hard to come in.
And Yay! One more year at the fair that daddy didn't have to use the scooters. He was a trooper!
Don't we have so much to be grateful for? We had the freedom to do exactly what we wanted to do, and the means by which to do it. We sure didn't have a fortune to spend, but enough.
There are so many things in this world that we may take for granted. Smiles are awesome, kind words are easy to give, babies and children are beautiful, in all colors and sizes and people are generally good and nice.
We love you all and are grateful for true principles, that help us to be more Christ-Like, so that we can truly be an Eternal Family.
We hope you all had fun Labor day activities.
Love Mom

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Days after Walt's Funeral



Family pictures after Walt's Funeral.



The passing of Walter M Anderson was a real loss for the family. He had been our Mom's companion for about 11 years and had treated her the way we feel she deserved to be treated, lovingly and kind and he will be missed. We had all of the Gunter children here and it was great to be together. His funeral was very well attended as he was a very respected member of his ward and loved by many.

The days after Walt's funeral were some wonderful times to remember. We were all together at differant times but had great memory making times.



L to R- Margo Dwight, Bob, Carrie, Mark and Barry
L to R- Bob, Barry, Kevin
L to R Sidney, Bob, Carrie, Mark, Barry and Amber
L to R Karen, Margo and Dwight

L to R Bob, Kevin, Amber, Sid and Dwight.

We all visited and had many great times together. Uncle Sid thought that it would be fun for the young folks to shoot skeet one day and here a few pictures of that event.
Margo and Sid


Jeni and Uncle Sid Shooting Skeet

Sid, Jeni and Kevin


Jeni and Kevin


Oh yes and there had to be a fire in the fire pit.


Billy, Kolt and Kevin

Quite a fire huh?

L to R Kolt, Billy, Jeni, Hope and Heather

Big fire again



And we ate: Wow did we eat.


Kimber, Lisa, Carol, Calli, Grandma Anderson and Uncle Bob

Bob, Dwight, Sherron,and Grandma Anderson

Allison, Rolley, Doug Jr., Elaine, and Kolene

Doug and Sid


Amber, Lisa, Kolene, Sid and BobMore of the family:


Maleah drinking from Drink Container

Grandma Anderson and Bob

Carol(Carrie's Mom) Carrie, Calli and Lis

Scott and Brian

Annie

Kolt learning to make gravey from Uncle Sid; It was very good.
Bob and Kolene
Elaine
Mark and Margo
Jeni, Margo and Carrie's Back


Calli and Billy
Doug Jr and Angie
Uncle Rolley
Uncle Doug

Uncle Mark and Aunt Carrie


A special thanks to Uncle Sid and Aunt Karen for hosting us for the whole week, we love you guys.