The Guinn Report

2008-11-07T13:18:00.003-06:00

Maverick got his white belt! He started Kid Guard Karate at school today. They focus on teaching about Stranger Danger, self defese, self confidence, etc. It's also a great way to teach them discipline and listening skills as well. Today they had to break a board with their foot in order to get their white belt! As they learn different skills they will get different colors of tape to apply to their belts.

2008-11-05T21:39:00.000-06:00

Our Little Cowboy!

2008-11-05T21:31:00.002-06:00

Halloween 2008

Optimus Prime!

Batman!

The Loot!

2008-10-18T21:54:00.003-06:00

The Pumpkin Patch!

2008-10-10T21:51:00.002-06:00

Our New Pet! O.k., not really. Bryce and Mav just found it in our window well!

2008-09-20T21:48:00.002-06:00

Just a few pics of our weekend visitors!

Mav and Lilly at the zoo

3 musketeers

Gauger and Ms. Bonnie

2008-09-12T22:37:00.001-06:00

The Flood

2008-09-06T22:47:00.002-06:00

Our first Guinn Family Camping Trip!

2008-07-27T22:18:00.002-06:00

Swimming!

2008-07-02T22:05:00.000-06:00

Gauge's 3 month photo shoot!

2008-06-04T22:02:00.002-06:00

The Official "Maverick" Wine.

A friend of Mom and Dad's found us two bottle of the Maverick wine from South Africa. We opened one to try and kept one for a keepsake!

2008-05-08T15:26:00.002-06:00

Gauge is finally Home! We have a couple of visitors as well!

2008-05-03T15:09:00.000-06:00

May3rd. We brought Gauge home tonight around 8:30.

2:30 in the morning May 4th. We took Gauge back to the hospital. He was unconsolable. Screaming, sweating and had vomited.

We spent another five days in the hospital. We found out he was born with a urinary tract infection. He was on antiobiotics for about a month until we could get him in for a VCUG. This is where they inject die into his bladder and watch what happens, checking the fuctioning of his kidneys and his bladder. Luckily, he just has stage 1 Hydronephrosis and Stage 1 Kidney Reflux. This of course he inherited from his Mom! Anyway, he'll see a pediatric urologist until he is 5 and if we don't have any other problems, then they won't worry about it after that point!

We're so very lucky. Here's a pic of the Gauger in the hospital. We have a few more, but they all just look so sad, so I didn't want to post them. This was a pretty rough 5 days!

2008-05-02T09:09:00.004-06:00

Gauge Gregory Guinn

May 2, 2008

1:23pm, Wesley Birthing Center

7lbs. 13 ounces, 19.5" long

The meaning of his name:

Gauge - The "Gauge" wines are not for aristocrats. These wines are for drinking. These wines are for celebrating. These wines are made to entice all of your senses. The makers of Gauge have a strong nose for adventure and are considered to be all around rabble-rousers.

The matching initial of the first name and the middle name is a Guinn family tradition. All three matching initials have only happened one other time in our family's history...my Papa Greg.

Gregory is a Guinn family name.

Complete Slideshow Below

2008-04-08T21:37:00.001-06:00

Just a quick update. I know I have been posting much, but things have been a little busy. We had a great weekend. We had all of our old friends in town for a baby shower for Brian and Vanessa. Pictures and details to come. I had my 35 week baby appt today and things are definitely progressing. We're 2 cm and 50% effaced. The Dr. said her best guess is that we'll have a baby in about 2 weeks. Phew...we better get busy preparing!

2008-03-11T14:06:00.002-06:00

31 weeks pregnant (9 weeks to go)

I went in for my checkup today and everything was great! (other than the crazy number that came up on the scale) My blood pressure is good, the baby is measuring right on track and his little heartbeat was fast and strong. He seems to be kicking more and more these days, especially at night when I'm ready to sleep. Oh well, just good practice for the weeks to come. Today they gave me all of my admissions paperwork for the hospital. This just makes it seem more real and closer and closer every day.

Here's what babycenter says about week 31.
This week, your baby measures over 16 inches long. He weighs about 3.3 pounds (try carrying four navel oranges) and is heading into a growth spurt.He can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin. He's probably moving a lot, too, so you may have trouble sleeping because your baby's kicks and somersaults keep you up. Take comfort: All this moving is a sign that your baby is active and healthy.

2008-03-04T11:35:00.002-06:00

The countdown is on. (10 weeks left)

Well, I am officially 30 weeks pregnant meaning that I only have 10 weeks left to go.

Nine months is going way too fast, and we still have so many things left to prepare, but we'll get it all done. If not, the baby won't know if his room isn't done, and if he didn't have a name right away, right? :)

Here's what baby center tells me about week 30.
How your baby's growing:Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)

We'll do our best to keep you posted on how we're all progressing!

2008-02-14T22:58:00.003-06:00

Our family Valentine's Day present (our new addiction)

Guitar Hero!!!!

We love it so much that we had the boys over to play.

Never mind the chubby pregnant woman trying to play guitar.

Maverick is even learning his first rocker signs!

2008-02-14T20:43:00.001-06:00

New bike helmet and pads!

2008-02-10T20:34:00.002-06:00

Making Tortilla Soup for Gma and Gpa.

2008-02-10T20:30:00.002-06:00

Mav's Fort.

Mav has discovered that his new bed is great for making forts!

2008-02-06T20:25:00.000-06:00

Dad's Injury

Bryce sprained his ankle playing basketball with boys. Maverick noticed that dad was getting special treatment so he walked over and bonked his head on the wall so that he could have an ice pack too.

2007-12-29T20:21:00.001-06:00

Mav's new bike.

Yes, that's his new pajama shirt that he's wearing as a jacket. Don't ask.

2007-12-28T20:10:00.003-06:00

Maverick's Birthday party.

O.k., so these were for the adults, but the snow sure worked great as a cooler.

We even had a moonwalk in the garage!

2007-12-27T22:52:00.000-06:00

Making Mav's Birthday Cake.

Aunt Tammy was there for moral support while everyone else was in bed.

Here's the finished product!

2007-12-25T22:40:00.000-06:00

Christmas after Christmas after Christmas! It was so much fun!

Mav's new took bench!

Mav's New Bike

Mav on Christmas morning. He had to go outside. He just knew that Santa was on the roof.

We looked and looked, but we must have just missed Santa and his Reindeer.

Mav's new stationary bike (it plays educational video games)

Lilly's new baby doll and stroller

Princess Lilly.

Mav's new super cool airplanes.

2007-12-15T22:36:00.000-06:00

Sugar Cookies with Mamaw Rita

2007-12-15T22:32:00.000-06:00

A little mother/daughter Christmas outing to the Prairie Pines Dinner Theatre.

2007-12-14T23:35:00.000-06:00

Mav's Christmas Party at School

Maverick showing off just a bit.

All of the presents

All of the Sugar!

2007-12-14T23:28:00.000-06:00

The Snow is Here!

Enjoying a little hot cocoa after a long day of playing in the snow

2007-12-14T23:21:00.000-06:00

The Snow is coming and Bryce is so excited! He's had a snow plow for a year and hasn't been able to use it. He and Mav were working on getting it hooked up tonight.

2007-12-14T23:19:00.000-06:00

Christmas Ornaments make great earrings!

2007-12-14T23:17:00.000-06:00

Christmas Pics!

2007-12-14T23:05:00.000-06:00

Greg's 60th Birthday Party.

The weather didn't cooperate, but the whole crew still showed up!

The Double Crossed Hipsters (and Mav) played

Mav played video games

2007-12-14T22:59:00.000-06:00

Maverick's New Bed

Papa Greg and Dad built Maverick a new bed!

2007-12-12T12:29:00.000-06:00

Maverick is going to have a little......

Brother! Can you belive it? I'm going to have a house full of men! We're super excited and can't wait to meet the little guy.

Now begins the hunt for a name. Any suggestions, let me know.

2007-12-08T21:31:00.000-06:00

The first snow of the season...

Video below

2007-12-08T21:27:00.000-06:00

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

2007-12-08T21:20:00.000-06:00

Turkey Trot 2007

Ashley talked us into doing the Turkey Trot this year and I'm glad she did...we had a great time.
Mav, Phyllis, Jenny and I did the 2 mile walk while Ashley did the 10 mile run!

2007-12-08T21:10:00.000-06:00

A little time at the playground with Mamaw Phyllis

2007-12-08T21:04:00.000-06:00

Mav and Mamaw D

2007-11-27T22:17:00.000-06:00

Just a little playtime and McDonald's

2007-11-01T22:06:00.000-06:00

Maverick's big announcement!

Yep, there's another Guinn on the way, May 2008! We're super excited!
Here's our first pic of the new baby.

2007-10-31T21:32:00.000-06:00

Happy Halloween!
Those were the first words out of Maverick's mouth when he walked in the door from school. He was so excited to go Trick or Treating. In fact, we did everything we could to stall and we could only hold him off until 5:45! Yes, we were the only family in the neighborhood out Trick or Treating at 5:45! Oh well, he had ball. I have some great videos that I'll try to get posted in the next couple of days.

2007-10-19T21:29:00.000-06:00

We set Maverick loose is Halloween Express today and he had a ball. I really thought he would be scared of some of the merchandise in that store, but it didn't seem to phase him. We showed him every costume in the place and he picked Batman. I don't think he even knows who Batman is, but he instantly fell in love with the costume!

2007-10-14T21:21:00.000-06:00

Wine Cellar Update.
It's not quite finished, but we're getting close. It's starting to look pretty good.

2007-09-29T20:58:00.000-06:00

Just a little family time.

2007-09-22T21:22:00.000-06:00

3 Men and a Tractor!

2007-09-01T21:16:00.000-06:00

Mamaw and Papa Guinn are back from Cabo. They came back bearing gifts! Mav of course loved Bryce's gift, a set of shot glasses. They're the perfect size for his apple juice!

2007-08-26T22:00:00.000-06:00

Step Stool = Mav sized TV Tray

2007-08-25T21:40:00.000-06:00

Ashley's Birthday!

Today was Ashley's birthday party and it was so nice of her to invite us! There were about 20 of us at P.F. Chang's and we had a great time.

Mav colored his plate

He was quite good with the chopstix

Video below

He helped our waitress make the special sauce

He even got to wear Ashley's Birthday hat!

I think he's pretty smitten with Ashley. Watch out Uncle Kevan, he's got moves.

2007-08-23T21:26:00.000-06:00

Mav's impromtu birthday party.

Maverick was in the pantry messing around and next thing I know he comes out with birthday hats. So, we decided to have a little birthday. I mean really, the poor kid's birthday is 3 days after Christmas, so what does a mid-summer pretend birthday really hurt.

We made brownies

I know, raw eggs, salmonella, blah, blah, blah, it's just so much fun to lick the bowl.

The we washed the dishes while the brownies were baking.

Then, it was time for candles. We used every candle in our posession.

2007-08-22T21:23:00.000-06:00

Our trees are growing!

2007-08-21T21:22:00.000-06:00

That's a new one...

Today Maverick told me that he made stinky noise. (He tooted!)

2007-08-21T21:16:00.000-06:00

Food

Many of you know that Mav is a very picky eater. Well, we're pretty excited because in the last few days he has eaten a hamburger, a taco with salsa, he tried pork tenderloin (didn't like it, but at least he tried it) and he and I ate green beans from the can!

Just disregard my fabulous outfit.

2007-08-20T20:56:00.000-06:00

The Farm

Maverick spent this weekend with Cinda and Steve. He has been so excited to go to the farm. Cinda called on Wednesday and Mav got on the phone and said "Cinda, I come to your house?" Thank goodness that was why she was calling or else he would have been awfully disappointed. He asked us every day from Wednesday to Saturday if it was time to go to Cinda's house. Well, finally Saturday came and he couldn't get out of here fast enough. He packed up his new John Deere blankets and pillow (new from Grandma and Grandpa Lankton) and off her went waving and smiling from ear to ear.

They played at the park, drove a tractor, ran around a corn field, kicked dirt clods, etc, etc, etc all of those fun things that you do on the farm. I think he managed to keep them up quite late. Cinda told me that she and Mav were laying on the floor trying to settle down about 11:00 when Steve finally decided to go to bed. Steve said "Goodnight Cinda, I love you" and Mav said "Night Teve, Lub you". I think finally around midnight Mav and Cinda went to bed.

Justin came over to play with Mav in the morning and then they headed to church. I think Mav had a wonderful time and he's already been asking to go back.

As for Bryce and I, we had a great time as well. We went to Red Rock and had drinks at the bar and followed that up with a Fabulous dinner. It was a nice adult, romantic night out.

Thanks Steve and Cinda

2007-08-04T21:34:00.000-06:00

Brady's 2nd Birthday Party!

Brady's party was today and he had a giant water slide! It was so cool. It had working cannons, a big turtle to jump on, and a giant slide! The kids loved it.

2007-08-02T21:28:00.000-06:00

I picked the first of my Roma Tomatoes today!

Nadine and Jerry brought us a bunch of tomatoes. There's put mine to shame!

Mav and Dad spraying the bugs out of our front tree.

2007-07-28T21:19:00.000-06:00

Homer road trip, day 2.

Today we headed to Manhattan to see Chad, Chris, Cooper and Campbell. On the way we stopped through Ellsworth and visited Grandma Dorothy. We had a great visit. She's doing well and it's always nice to see her. Mav of course remembers exactly where she keeps her toys and heads right for them the minute we walk in the door.

We headed on to Manhattan for some good old friend time with Chad and Chris. Maverick and Cooper were so excited to see each other. They played and played. Campbell was feeling a little under the weather, but she's still such a sweet, sweet little girl.

Maverick was trying to be a nice young gentleman and open the door for Cooper and he accidentally slipped off the stair and bonked his head. It immediately had a great big goose egg.

But, it just took a few minutes and then he was back to normal and jumping around.

At the end of the night, it was looking pretty tough. We decided that the chicks at school are gonna dig it!

2007-07-27T21:06:00.000-06:00

Our first trip in the new homer and Mav's weekend with the girls!

Brian and Vanessa came to town and we decided to go on a little road trip. Friday we headed to Sterling to see Todd, Jill, Alley, Grace and Kate. Let me tell you...Mav had a ball with those three girls.

They played cars in the homer.

Fed Dave's cows.

Petted the horses.

Caught toads!

Actually, Mav was a little bit too much of a city boy to catch toads. He let Kate catch them for him and put them in his bucket. Then he dumped them into the big holding bucket.

We played games, jumped on the trampoline and had a great time! We can't wait to visit again!

2007-07-15T20:59:00.000-06:00

Washing cars with dad.

2007-07-10T20:54:00.000-06:00

Releasing the baby turtle.

Well, after a few weeks of housing a baby turtle that we found in our walk out, we decided it was time to set him free. We thought Mav would be really upset, but he looked at the turtle and said "Bye bye turtle" and then looked up at me and said " I go drive my gator mommy?" and that was it.

2007-07-04T20:40:00.000-06:00

The Slip N Slide

2007-07-02T22:31:00.000-06:00

Maverick - 2 1/2 years old

Our dearest Maverick-

Oh my how you’ve changed! You’re no longer a baby or a toddler, you’re officially a little boy and you are ALL boy. You are still so into cars, trucks and especially tractors. When you see a tractor you get so excited that you’re constantly asking “Did you see it” “Did you see it Mommy?” Did you see it Daddy?” “Did you see dat tractor in da gwass?” Your Aunty Cinda said it was like you saw the Holy Grail when “Teve” opened the door to the big barn where they keep the tractors.

You love to drive your Gator. You’re officially driving in high gear now and man are you fast. You take all of the kids in the neighborhood for rides and you’re really a good little driver. You like to do donuts in Lamont’s driveway and pull into our garage as fast as you can and then squeal to a stop. You’re just like your dad!

You’re quite the little golfer already and we can’t wait to get you out to play some real golf. You’re down playing golf on the new putting green every night. “I go goff mommy, o.k?”

Of course, you’re still fast like lightening. You’re one of the fastest, most coordinated kids I’ve ever seen.

You’ve become such a little communicator, speaking in complete sentences. You learn loads of new words each and every day. The other day you told us that your snack was “slimey”. Now where did you learn that word? One night we were playing and you looked up at the lamp and said “Those light bulbs are beautiful Mommy” It takes everything we’ve got not to bust into laughter, but you’re so serious and we know it so we take it seriously too. You’ve really started to enjoy reading books. We read the same books at least twice every night. I think you know them by heart, but you pretend that it’s new and exciting every time.

You have so many little friends and you know them ALL by name. We’re constantly amazed by your memory. When it comes to your adult friends you even remember what color of car they drive! You’ve become very good at sharing. We have so many kids in the neighborhood that like to hang out in our driveway and play with your toys and you’re a really good sport about it. We’re very proud of you.

You still love to be outside more than anything. We are definitely amazed by how fast you can get dirty. I think it might even be faster than you run!

Your teachers are so proud of you at school. You can sing several songs including your ABC’s, you can count to ten, you know your colors, etc, etc, etc. And in the last week you have started going potty on the big boy potty at school! You’re a pretty smart and grown up little man.

Most of all, you’re a sweet, sweet boy and we love you very much!

Love,
Mom and Dad

2007-07-01T22:03:00.000-06:00

Mav and Dad's new game.

video below

2007-07-01T21:41:00.000-06:00

Fifths Disease

It's hard to see in these pics, but our poor little man is covered in rash. From what I can tell by looking up his symptoms online, he has Fifths Disease. Just a normal virus that most kids get. At lease it doesn't seem to bother him much. His cheeks just look like we've been smacking him around!

2007-06-26T10:39:00.000-06:00

The first coat of stain and sealer is on. It's super wet and whoa does it smell.

Maverick's new pet. Yes, we found a baby turtle in our walk out. He is so little and his shell is still soft.

Bryce researching to see exactly what kind of turle he is and what we should feed him. Maverick is in love with the little guy

2007-06-25T23:03:00.000-06:00

Our first meal in the basement.

We ordered in a little Sushi tonight. Mav likes to be involved, so he insists on his chicken being served on a Sushi plate, his own dish of soy sauce and of course...chopstix.

2007-06-25T22:17:00.000-06:00

We have officially moved to the basement for 2 weeks.

2007-06-25T22:06:00.000-06:00

Preparing for new floors.

We're having our hardwood floors sanded and refinished. So, today we had to move completely out of the Kitchen. They're telling us 2 weeks. 1 week for the work and 1 week until we can move everything back in.

Before we moved everything out.

And After.

2007-06-23T22:00:00.000-06:00

Organizing

I spent several hours today organizing my pantry and desk area. It's so rewarding to see it all cleaned out. I should have taken before pictures because you have no idea how big of a change this made. Just ask my mom, my pantry was in a bit of mess!

2007-06-16T21:55:00.000-06:00

2007 Lankton Family Reunion

Today we all headed to Council Grove Lake for our annual family reunion campout. Here are a few pics of the boys driving the new homer.

2007-06-15T21:49:00.000-06:00

The Zoo
Today we took Lilly, Tammy and Ryan to the Zoo. We had a great time. It was pretty hot, so the animals weren't real active, but we still got to see quite a few up close and personal.

2007-06-08T21:43:00.000-06:00

Weekend in Kingman.

We went to the park on Friday night. Mav fit right in with all of the kids. He really has become a social little guy. Then we stayed the night with gma and gpa Lankton.

2007-06-03T12:10:00.000-06:00

Bryce'sDouble Eagle

Posted in the 5/24 Wichita Eagle

Double Eagle
Reflection Ridge
Bryce Guinn, No 17 (495 yards), pitching wedge.
Witnesses: Bob Harley, Bob Sullivan

Yes, that's right. Bryce made a Double Eagle (this is even more rare than a hole-in-one) on #17 at Reflection!

2007-06-01T22:37:00.000-06:00

The 2007 Bloody Mary Open

Twice a year I have always played in a golf tournament with my Mom, Cinda and Bonnie. Well, Bonnie went and moved to Seattle and Mom went and moved to Roatan and our team hasn't every been quite the same. This year Cinda decided to put together her own little tournament while mom was in town and she also had a big surprise... Bonnie was flying to town and my mom had no idea!

Team #1 Jeannie, Christy, Bev and Connie. They came complete with Island/Rain gear!

I didn't quite catch it all on video, but this is my mom seeing Bonnie for the first time.

Mom and Bonnie

Cinda, Mom and Bonnie

Team #2 Mary, Joyce, Don and John. They also came complete with Island attire.

Don and John

Don, Mom and John

Three yay hoos on the green

We only got 9 holes in before it started storming. So, we spent the rest of the afternoon playing cards and maybe we did a little drinking.

The whole Motley Crew!

2007-05-31T22:30:00.000-06:00

Friends from the Island.
Today Mom had two friends from the Island come and visit. Avril is from South Africa and has been living on the Island for about 15 years. Angela just moved back to Oklahoma from the Island. They let me join in on their lunch and we had a great time. I even found out that Avril might be able to get us the "Maverick" wine from South Africa. We've been trying to get a bottle ever since Maverick was born and have had no luck. We're so excited that she might finally be able to get us one.

Here are a few pics of the Three Musketeers.

2007-05-28T22:23:00.000-06:00

My Lillies are blooming!
Aren't they pretty! I sure hope they last until my niece Lilly gets here so that she can see them!

2007-05-27T22:15:00.000-06:00

Bella - Day 3

Today we played Scottsdale in the morning. It was a bit of a rough morning of golf for most of us. Except Greg, he's always so consitent!

We were planning to go boating this afternoon, but the weather wasn't cooperating. Instead we hung out and watched a movie and then headed to the little Par 3 course. We decided to do a little gambling on the last three holes (7, 8,9). Guess what? I won hole #7.

And, then I won again on hole #8!

2007-05-26T11:37:00.000-06:00

Bella Vista Day 2
The view from our deck

It turns out that the Shockers were doing pretty well in the regional and were still playing today. Phyllis, Greg and Kevan decided that they would go to the game and the rest of us headed to Scottsdale Golf Course.

We came back and had a few snacks and a nap while we waited for the baseball crew to get home. Then we all headed to a fabulous dinner at James at the Mill.

Mav with Mamaw and Papa Day 2
Mav had a big day at the farm today. I talked to him this morning and he had already driven a big tractor and driven the Semi Truck and got it stuck in the mud. He kept telling me over and over "tuck stuck in da mud mommy". They headed back to Wichita and then had an afternoon complete with Shrek 3, popcorn and milk duds. Later that evening they headed out for Chinese Food. I'll tell you...I think he's had a big day!

2007-05-25T11:28:00.000-06:00

Day 1 - Bella Vista

We planned to leave at 3:00 today to head to Bella Vista. In our normal fashion we ended up leaving about 3:45. Oh well, it still worked out fine. Donnie, Kevan, Bryce and myself headed down from Wichita, Brent was coming from KC and Phyllis and Greg were coming from the Shocker game in Springfield and we were all trying to meet for an 8:00 dinner reservation. Brent was scheduled to arrive at our vacation house about 2 hours before everyone else. But, it was his first time to Bella Vista and Lola (his GPS) was confused so it took him and extra hour of driving around the winding roads of Bella Vista to find the house. We arrived shortly after changed clothes and headed to River something for dinner (none of us can seem to remember the name, but it was fantastic!). I have to say that this was one of the best meals I have ever had. I had pistachio encrusted Halibut and it was fabulous. I tried a little something from every plate on the table and it was all superb. Several bottle of wine were consumed and we headed home for a little wine and deck time.

Day 1 - Mav with Mamaw and Papa

Mav, Papa and Mamaw headed out to Kingman tonight. Dad played in the men's scramble and Cinda, Mav and Mamaw headed to the park. From what I understand, they had a great time swinging, playing in the sand and going down the big slide. They even treated him to McDonald's and the 1st of many Shrek toys to come! They stayed the night with Cinda and Steve tonight and they have a big morning of Tractor Driving in the morning. Mav is in heaven on the farm.

2007-05-20T11:12:00.000-06:00

They're Here!
Mom and dad arrived about 10:30 last night. Maverick was so excited to see them that as soon as he spotted them he took off running up the ramp and jumped into their arms. First thing this morning he was already ready the comics with papa.

We all just kind of hung around the house and relaxed today. Steve and Cinda came over this afternoon to hang out and chat. As soon as Mav saw Cinda he said "Hi Cinda, where's Steve?"

He's all about Papa and Steve.

We planted my Hibiscus that the Guinn's got me for Mother's Day. It's looks beautiful and is starting to bloom.

2007-05-16T11:53:00.000-06:00

The New Homer!

2007-05-15T11:44:00.000-06:00

O.k., I found a few pics that I had always intended to put on the blog. These are from back in March, but I decided it doesn't really matter. Let's just title this post:

Fun with Papa and Mamaw Guinn

2007-05-13T21:31:00.000-06:00

Mother's Day at the Ball Park!

It was a beautiful day to to barbecue at the ball park and that's exactly what we did. The boys put together a great spread of beer, brats, dogs, burgers and even baked beans.

Here's Fletch cooking up a storm.

He made fantastic baked beans on the grill. Who knew you could make baked beans on a grill?

Fletch and his Mom.

Lukey and his mom.

The Guinn boys and their mom

And of course...Maverick and his Mom!

All of the boys and their moms. There seems to be a string of male offspring among this group!

Mav of course loved the Shocker game. I'm not sure he actually saw any of the game, #1 because he wears his hat so low, #2 because he was so busy throwing pine cones, playing cars and playing beer bottle/beer coozie baseball. Oh yeah, this one is going to win me the mom of the year award.

Playing cars with Uncle Kev.

Cooling off under the umbrella.

Playing the oh so cool game that Uncle Luke invented...Beer bottle/beer coozie baseball. (Don't worry, it's a plastic bottle)

2007-05-06T18:57:00.000-06:00

Rain Rain Go Away, Come Again Another Day!
We are so tired of the rain and stormy weather that we can hardly stand it. However, we shouldn't complain, we still have a roof over our heads and are very thankful for that since families in Greensburg have lost everything in an F5 tornado just two days ago.

We were all going a little stir crazy, so finally we just had to go out and play in the rain.

Mav and Dad found a slug on the driveay.

They released him back into my flower bed.

Maverick of course managed to find a few mud puddles.

The, he spent the rest of the day in his snow boots! Don't ask me why, I really don't know.

2007-05-04T18:46:00.000-06:00

Crawfish Boil

Tonight we headed to the neighbors for our first ever Crawfish boil. I really had no idea what to expect and didn't really think I would try and Crawfish. But guess what? They were great. A lot of work, but great.

We contributed by bring the sausage and mushrooms.

Maverick rinsed the crawfish.

The kids loved playing with them while they were still alive! This is Carter showing of his recent capture. Maverick screamed everytime he got close to one!

Mmmm...Mmmmm.. Good

2007-05-02T21:33:00.000-06:00

Is this the reason for all of the craziness?
The last couple of weeks Maverick has been a little grumpy and a little hard to deal with at times. He's either really high or really low, there doesn't seem to be any happy medium. Well, tonight I'm changing his diaper and for some reason I decide to look in his mouth. He's cutting 4 molars! I guess these would be his 2 year old molars.

2007-05-01T21:32:00.000-06:00

Happy May Day!!!

We made May Day baskets and I totally forgot to take pictures of them!

Anyway, Happy May Day!

2007-04-28T21:11:00.000-06:00

Flowers and Big Boy Beds.

Today we planted our outdoor flower pots.

And, Mav and Dad turned Mav's bed from a crib to a big boy bed! Mav has been refusing to sleep in his crib, he only wanted to sleep on the floor. This seems to have solved the problem for the time being.

2007-04-16T20:44:00.000-06:00

Mud Day!

We were at the playground for our usual evening playtime. Maverick, Carter and Easton are having a great time playing together. Next thing we know they've found a water/mud hole in the lot nearby. Well, you can only imagine what happened next. I picked out a few of my favorite pictures to post. If you'd like to see all of the pics from the mud day, click on the album below. I have video as well. Will try to get it posted soon. (If you do look at the album below...yes, that is a sand pile that they decide to roll down after they were soaked in mud and water).

P.S. Grandma Phyllis, we're really sorry about the shirt, but it didn't recover well. It's a good thing that he had his school pictures taken in that shirt earlier in the day!

Carter

Easton

Maverick

Full Album below

mud day

2007-04-13T20:26:00.000-06:00

The New Putting Green.

Our new putting green is finished! Mav and Bryce are in heaven!

The new carpet is done on the stairs. Now if someone would get off her hiney and finish painting the hallway!

2007-04-12T21:30:00.000-06:00

I'm finally getting the last of the Roatan pictures posted. The full album is below. Just a warning...there are a lot of pics.

Roatan 07 pics

2007-04-03T07:02:00.000-06:00

Scenery pics from Roatan.

Roatan Scenery Pics

2007-04-02T07:01:00.000-06:00

Here are a few videos from our trip to Roatan.

Roatan 07 movies

2007-03-24T22:31:00.000-06:00

Our Little Golfer

(Video Below)

2007-03-23T22:32:00.000-06:00

Peanut Butter

(Video Below)

2007-03-18T21:31:00.000-06:00

Dad's Birthday.

We celebrated Bryce's Birthday today. We had the boys over for dinner and made homemade ice cream!

2007-03-17T21:18:00.000-06:00

I did it Mommy.

Maverick pottied in the big boy potty for the first time today! He actually went 4 times today. He looked up at me when he was done and said "I did it mommy"

(However, here's a quick update, as of 4/17 he has yet to do it again! He seems way too busy to take time to potty on the toilet.)

Mav and Dad goofing around. (Video below)

2007-03-15T21:34:00.000-06:00

Shamrocks for School.

We decided that we'd make Cinnamon and Green Sugar Shamrocks for school tomorrow. I made the shamrocks and Maverick sprinkled them with green sugar. Mostly he just ate the green sugar.