Gavin started preschool this year an is loving it he can write his name and says each letter as he writes it and I can even tell what it says. I am going into volunteer and he does not want me to. So I guess we will see how that works out.

We have two new members of our family (kittens) Lucy and Fluffy. Which by the way were abandoned by their mothers and we have been bottles feeding 4x's a day for a while now. They are darling but what a pain. All I can say is they better be good mousers or else. Sienna is loving them and poor fluffy passes out on a weekly basis if I don't save him quick enough from her loves.

Just kickin back and checkin out whats on the tube man.

Still the WILD MAN of our family....

Check out Sisi's hair.....

So Cross Country Track was a short season for reasons Im not going into. Nothing to do with us however, anyway Mat ran in his first meet and was in 5th place until he PASSED OUT three times. I don't think he was ready do you, not that he had, hadany time to prepare, because of the circumstances. However he still came in 11th. About a week and a half later after runner the long way home from baseball practice every evening, he went to his 2nd cross country meet ever and placed 1st in the junior high boys. He beat all the other boys by over a minute. He is a natural.....

Guy and I are doing good BUSY but good he is working on his Masters Degree and is working full time. We see him occasionally, more often if we go to the BLACK HOLE ( the school ) since he goes there and who knows when or if he will return. I am busy with kids, home, work at the PO, cub scouts as (cub master) PTSO (PTA), volunteering at the school and watching kids and tutoring one of my scouts everyday after school. Life is great, but CRAZY. We just take it one day at a time.
Mat in his new suit. He thinks he is pretty hot stuff when he has it on.

Sienna found herself a pocket for Jonah's wallet lets hope the diaper isn't full if you know what I mean and for heavens sake lets hope it doesn't slip down too far.

Gavin 4 now has learned to ride his bike without training wheels and goes riding with the boys and their friends alot much to their dismay.

Mat and Colton built this bike from left over parts "Frankensein" it is their lake jumping bike.Mat is 12 and Colton is 15.

Sienna and Jefferson Hurst at Artic Circle. Jon and Jenny and the boys came for a visit we met them in Green River and had a great visit everyone has changed so much it was so much fun.

It's not hard to tell we poured cement this summer with th e help of some dear friends and neighbors we got 3 1/2 yards for next to nothing and they even helped pour it and everything. Sienna HATED and I mean HATED having her feet stuck in wet cement. She thought it was tourture.

So McKayla's summer has been quite an adventure. She spent the first part of her summer in a cast for a fractured foot for the second time and baby sat a 3 year old little girl named Charlie. Until they moved to Green River. Then in July after much begging and pleading she went on the Trek to Martins Cove and Rocky Ridge, and Rock Creek Hollow. It was in her words " the best and hardest experience she has ever had and would do it again in a heart beat. You should have seen how burnt she got and when she peeled oh my I wasn't allowed to post those pics, for fear of strangulation in my sleep.

This was Ally's birthday bash apparently they were either trying to keep the boys away or making themselves more beautiful. Your guess is as good as mine.

In August was girls camp in Robertson Wyoming and it was awesome they all had a great time. This is McKenzie she lives just up the road from us.

The three amigos Mcky, Ally, & Aubree

Jonah and I have had a fun and busy summer with cub scouts. Jonah has earned his Leave No Trace badge, coservation badge, Naturalist, Outdoorsman,Forrester, Aquanaut, Geologist, Craftsman, Athlete, Artist, Readyman and Sportsman pins. It has been alot of fun for the boy and myself but, also alot of work for me.

some of our cubs with the Flaming Gorge behind them.

Jonah built this folding stool and loved working with the tools. What boy wouldn't love to work with POWER TOOLS!!!

Geologist, hammers and climbing.... sounds like boy fun to me...

Summer of 2009!!!!

Sorry it has been awhile. But here it goes....

Sienna is almost a year old and is so cute! She is walking, actually quite fast, but if she wants to get somewhere really, really fast, she'll crawl. She is starting to talk, saying words like: mom, mat, what, yum, good, and words like that. She is always happy and very busy. She also waves hi/bye to anyone. Gavin is as usual a troublemaker. He is now four years old. He is like any other boy except he has hearing problems, but is getting better. Loves his little sister, wrestling, and wrestling his little sister. Jonah is now ten, he has earned his bear, and four silver arrows, he was awarded the class director award at the end of the school year. He is having fun this summer playing with his friends. Mat is as skinny as ever, he is 12, he did track for the first time and did really well, he was awarded the John Handcock award for best handwriting, Rookie of the Year award, and others. He has a job this summer cleaning yards. I (McKayla) am almost 14, broke my foot again, at the end of the school year I was awarded: Honor Roll, Outstanding Citizenship, and some others. I have a job this summer baby-sitting a little girl named Charlie. I'm really sad that I broke my foot again because I can't do all of the stuff that I was going to do, but oh well. My mom (Amy) had surgery on her nose to get it fixed from Gavin breaking it. She is working at the Post Office, she's Cub Scout Master, and 16-year-old Sunday School Class. She also has to take care of a husband, five kids, and a dog; she stays busy. My dad is finishing school, doing honey-do's and helping with everything. Well, that's what is going on in our family this summer, as you can tell we are really busy. Have fun this summer, but stay safe.

With Love,
The Gonder Family
Guy, Amy, McKayla, Mat, Jonah, Gavin, Sienna, and Oliver

I know Im slow but...

Can you tell Mat had fun letting Jonah HAVE IT during their airsoft war. They both had a BLAST! Can you tell Mat was exhausted from his first week of track.

Well while back peddling at basketball practice the first week of the season she twisted her knee and fell in a carpeted gym. The carpet tends to catch your shoes. She fractured it in the growth plate in her foot. So no basketball this year.





You'd never be able to tell that it is SPRING in Manila. We couldn't.

Sienna is now 10 months old and is almost walking. She is so much fun. One day Gavin was picking on her and she was sick of it, She grabbed his hand and bit it while growling at him it was hilarious. She had, had enough!!!




Sisi loves to help with the dishes..... Oh and is she ever alot of help....

She loved the Easter Eggs they were a hit for a few days.