Gunther Fam

Photo Card

2012-11-29T23:06:00.001-07:00

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Finally Pregnant

2012-01-11T20:56:00.005-07:00

We are finally Pregnant!!!

Our mom's cutting the cake

We are having a little girl!

First gift from my mom- Her first pair of Juicy Couture boots

Antarctica/South America Cruise

2011-05-07T15:53:00.022-06:00

Since I am stuck in bed recovering from my surgery I guess I better update my blog. Here are the pictures from our 20 day Antarctica & South American Cruise. We had a wonderful and once in a lifetime experience. We are so glad we were able to share this experience with my parents and some friends and really missed Grandma Donna and Grandpa Grant who had to cancel at the last minute. I tried to post the best pictures but there were so many to choose from.

Also thank you to my sweet hubby who hated to be away from work for 25 days so I could check an item off of my bucket list. 1 continent of the the 7 left: Africa here I come

Sugar Loaf Mountain

Rio

Jake & Brooke on Copacabana beach

Brazilian dancers

Cristo Redentor

Sidewalk at Copacabana Beach

Tram to Christ the Redeemer

This is for Heather & Skyler : )

View of Sugar Loaf

Copacabana Beach

This shrimp cocktail was in memory of Grandma Donna-
We missed you so much

Chillin on their balcony

Merry Christmas

Stanley, Falkland Islands:
Magellenic penguins

King Penguins

An old English town

Landmines from the Falklands war

Jake loved the Falkland Islands and wants to come back again someday

Antarctica:
This picture was taken at 11PM!!!
The sun really doesn't go down

Warming up in mom & dad's suite

Elephant Island

yes those are penguins playing

Arctowski Polish Station

Humpback whale

lots and lots of fog

Which is Brooke and which is her mom?

Scientist coming to get their friend from our ship.
Can you see the sea lion and penguins on the shore?

Chin strap penguin

Brrrr!

Whale tail and beautiful Antarctica

yes we went through this ice. scary! You could even hear it cracking

70% of the iceberg is below the surface

more penguins playing

sea lions on the ice we broke through

more sea lions on the ice we broke through

Jake and dad napping

Killer whale!!! I was so excited to spot this amazing animal

Penguins

Happy New Year!

Cape Horn- Very rough seas

Rounding the horn

Ushuaia:

Ushuaia is a small city

Beagle Channel

Brooke & mom

sea lions

Southern most city

Glacier on the Beagle Channel

Punta Arenas:
Beautifully colored houses

Hiking in Chile

Mom

Mom hiking

Puerto Madryn:

Shopping at a market

Yes, that dog is riding on top of the car.
and yes, this is normal

Uruguay:
Sailing away

Jake & Brooke

fabulous meat

Old gateway/wall

Buenos Aries:

Tango Dancers? um...probably not

Dinner at the Tango show

This flower was made for all women-
It actually blooms (opens) in the morning and closes at night

Oh yes, Brooke and her Hard Rock Cafe!

Cemetary for the rich and prestige
Evita's tomb/grave

Huge Tree

Train from the 1900's

The Pink House

My dad and me on the bridge

Our crew in La Boca

We had so much fun!!!
Wish you were there

Girls Vacation

2010-10-03T17:22:00.019-06:00

My best friend, Heather, and I decided to drive to Disney World while her hubby was busy with his Air Force duties. The drive was 8 hours but well worth it. We had a blast as you can see from he pics below.

Pensacola Beach
Starting our drive

Hot guy with his tatoo!!! not

Toy Story Mania

I love Aerosmith! and his roller Coaster

Heather and I were cast for this scene

Heather

We are going to get wet!!! Nope : (
This time we got wet. YEA

Heather loved these flowers (at McDonalds)

sweet glasses

It's a small world after allThe Castle

Heather thought she was funny with

this one saying I was the smaller one

Magic Kingdon

Disney World

2010-06-24T22:04:00.006-06:00

Mom, Dad, Jake and I stayed after our cruise to play at Disney World. We had so much fun.Mom has the force with her

I freakin love this ride

Toy Story Mania!!!

oh how cute!

Just a little splash, right?.....

Peter Pan- Are they interested or tired?

Dad was a star at the Monster's Laughing Floor

The Happy Couple

The fireworks from Thunder Mountain Railroad

Mom was very sad that Harry Potter land wasn't open quite yet. Hence the reason we were at Disney World and not Universal studios. It opened a week later.

Cruise 2010

2010-06-08T19:59:00.012-06:00

Yea for Courtney graduating!

We went on a cruise to celebrate Courtney.
We Cruised the Exotic Western Caribbean. We had so much fun.
Thanks Court

Bon Voyage

This water slide was on top of our cruise boat. I think Jake wiped out here

Bryant enjoying the sun

We love our Grandpa

Court and Paige holding a lobster tail

Cozumel

The puppy our room steward made

Isla Roatan, Honduras
Sisters- like old times

Kayla and me on a catamaran

Hopie and me sailing away

I like to refer to this as the Alice in Wonderland Chair

Belize

Me and my cute hubby

Shake it baby shake it
Costa Maya, Mexico
hangin at the beach

Look at our handsome blue shirted boys- this was not planned

Dinner Time

Look what we can make!

Genetics- They are great aren't they

Weekend in St George

2010-05-23T20:40:00.009-06:00

We finally made it down to St George again. I had to get a trim before our cruise. We invited our friend Michael from work. Jake and he checked out a new facility for work while I played. We spend the weekend shopping, hanging with good company, and enjoying good frozen custard. Yum!!!
It was so fun to see my old gang and spend some time with them. We sure love you. And thanks Sheffield family for being so awesome and such great friends to us!

Together like old times.... well almost : )

The green duo together again- I am his girlfriend too! lucky me

The boys were so excited to ride with Brooke in her sweet truck

Weekend at the Races

2010-02-28T20:03:00.008-07:00

Dad, Mom, Jake and I went to the Nascar Race. We had a great time! And one of our drivers won!!! Yea

Mom & me having a great time

Almost a Green flag

Jake and I - Fun in the sun!

Dad cheering on his racer

Jeff Gordon & Dale Jr in the pits

2010-01-20T20:33:00.003-07:00

I have the best husband and family ever! Thanks for putting up with my crazy personality and for all the fun times we share

Wrap Party

2009-11-23T22:30:00.004-07:00

Hilton Hotel invited my
Mom to a "Wrap Party".
We shop and they wrap
our presents. We had so
much fun. Thanks Mom!

Cali Honeymoon

2009-09-18T23:22:00.007-06:00

We finally took our official Honeymoon to California. Jake's aunt and uncle have a home on Huntington Beach and were so nice to let us stay there. We spent the first two days at the beach and relaxing around town. Then we spent the next 3 days at the "Happiest Place on Earth". We had a great time and enjoyed Disneyland together as honeymooners. The weather was perfect and the crowds were almost non existent. We then spent our last day on the beach. Unfortunately, Jake got fried, even though I lubed him up with 100 SPF. Yes I said 100 SPF. He has that red headed skin. I feel like a horrible wife bc he is so fried. I am just not used to thew whole sunscreen thing. I used oil while Jake had on sunscreen. This will definitely be an adjustment. It was very hard to come back home, the only thing that saved us is we actually didn't go home. We went straight from the airport to watch Kimball run a marathon. Way to go Kimball. We had a great time and can't wait to go back to the "Happiest Place on Earth".

k I don't know what I did but i can't figure out how to add caption to these pics so here it is: Notice the Splash Mountain pic that we are dry then soaking wet, Jake loved the Toy Story Mania Ride. You wear 3-D glasses and play a game during the ride. I'm sure Jake loved it bc he beat me every time, the bruise on my leg is from falling onto a stool from bed. Yes, again a cluts getting out of bed, Jake discovered one of his favorite places to eat, Boudins, we actually ate there 4 times Yum!!!!

Our Wedding 8/13/09

2009-09-08T20:45:00.017-06:00

Sorry this has taken me so long. Here are some wedding pics. Thanks to all who attended and made our wedding so amazing. It was for sure one big party and we love you all for helping and supporting us.

Yes true personality

Cutting the cake

Jake's Hot Air Balloon Grooms Cake
He was so surprised!

Grandparents

Brooke & Heather

Yes we lucked out with a rainbow

Watch out

Dancing

Our Truck

Gunther fam

Kissed by the twins!

Gordon Fam

Grandparents

Girls Night: Nickelback Concert

2009-08-27T18:13:00.007-06:00

My Aunt Corrine and I went to the Nickelback concert. We had so much fun. It was for sure one big party. We absolutely love them. We had reserved seats and then my amazing husband Jake somehow upgraded them for no cost to the pit. We were a little nervous we may not make it out alive. Even with 3 fights around us and beer being sprayed at us from the band, we still had a blast and didn't want to leave. Who's up for next year to join us? Bc we are definitely going again.

Chad Kroeger

Corrine & Brooke

Sweet pyros

Chad again

Tied the Knot

2009-08-18T22:16:00.004-06:00

It's a done deal!!!! Finally

We tied the knot on Thur Aug 13th
I am one lucky girl that's for sure

We are adjusting well, it is kinda weird to make the change from saying boyfriend to husband though. It is really weird when I call someone at work and it says "Brooke Gunther" on the phone. However, I love it.

Rodeo Fun

2009-06-26T23:36:00.003-06:00

We still had a blast even in the rain

Girls trip to Cali for the wedding

2009-06-02T17:31:00.005-06:00

We shopped our hearts out! It was so much fun. Jake is in for a real treat when he goes shopping with these masters.
Shop from dawn to dusk and no lunch.... man what a job

Driving to Vegas

Mom's poor blister

Our feet were very sore so it is good we were at the Four Season's Hotel so we could be pampered and enjoy our slippers that the maid left out for us.

The rental car didn't have one inch of space for one more thing. We were packed to the max!

Yes, our boys enjoyed us being gone. They worked on boy stuff and took advantage of no women around. They claim they were glad to have us back, but I bet it is because they kept logging into online banking : )

Our Engagement 4-17-09

2009-05-07T22:09:00.002-06:00

Jake picked the most beautiful ring ever!!! Way to go Babe

Yes, we are officially engaged. Jake completely surprised me. He told me we had to go to his family's cabin to turn on the water for the inspectors that come once a year. I kinda had some suspicions but then ruled them all out. I started to not feel very well when he came to get me so I put my pj's on. We got up the canyon and went in the cabin and I totally missed that the table was set. I asked for a tour, so we walked around and went out on the balcony. I was looking at some family pics and I guess he got down on one knee behind me and I turned to the side and walked out not knowing he was ready to pop the question. We then walked into the next room and he told me he had a question for me. I thought he was going to tease me and ask if I wanted to watch a movie or something since I always tease him, but no, he got down on his knee and asked me if I would marry him. I had planned out what I was going to say when he asked and I was so surprised that all I could say was yes of course I will. He then took me to the kitchen and we ate one of my favorite meals that he and his grandma had made, as well as my favorite dessert. It was so sweet. He truly is the greatest guy alive. I can't wait to spend eternity with him.

How We Met

2009-05-07T21:59:00.001-06:00

Jake and I met at work. We both work at the Operations center for the bank. Jake started flirting with me when I was reading Twilight in the break room. He claims I started flirting with him first but this is my story so I will tell it as I saw it. So anyways after that he found out I had just had a birthday and so he was fishing for info about me from my manager. The following Friday, I had a computer problem and I called Jake’s manager. Jake decided he would take the call- I guess he thought he might take a chance. We flirted while he fixed my computer. Then he sent me the strangest email ever. I couldn’t tell if he was asking me out or what. I finally decided to give him my number and take a chance. He texted me later that night and the rest is history. We hit it off immediately and have spent almost everyday together since.

About Us

2009-05-07T21:51:00.005-06:00

Our connection actually goes way back. Jake’s great grandpa Orville and my great grandpa Dick went to school together. In 2005, they were two of the three still alive of their graduating class. Also Jakes grandpa Gunther took my grandma Donna on a motorcycle ride once upon a time. So our families go way back.
Jake and I both love traveling. We have made a few trips to St. George as well as to Chicago to visit some of my family. We were there for 10 days and we had a great time. Everyone was nervous we would come home annoyed of each other but here we are still together and loving every minute of it.

Our Trip to Sunny St. George

2009-05-06T22:56:00.004-06:00

What a fun weekend! Travis got his MBA - Wish it was me