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July’s Fifth Adventure: Colorado Week
After we finally got out of the car, we kicked off a week in Colorado. We were able to spend time with family and friends, take a hike, eat loads of Sonic, take the dogs for a walk, see Batman, cook,...
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July’s Sixth Adventure: Lake Powell
Every year, the Gunnink clan packs up their cars (and Seadoo) and heads to Lake Powell for a vacation. Three families come together and spend a week on a houseboat hanging out, boating, tubing,...
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Eating Around the World- Turkey
When we returned from our crazy month of July, we had to quickly pack up our apartment and move. Since we only had about a day to make the transition, I was too busy throwing random things that we...
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Recent Gunnink Happenings
Here’s a glance at what we’ve been up to lately- We decided to have a sleepover in our living room. Don’t judge. The famous Gunnink cookie recipe even made an appearance: Enjoying a sunset by the port...
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Wild Blackberry Picking
Labor Day weekend gave us a chance to get out of the apartment and enjoy the final taste of summer. Literally. We discovered the joy of wild blackberries, and there is no going back. The day of the...
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Crab! Salmon! The Gunninks Do Seafood
Prior to moving out here, we didn’t really eat seafood. Given the option, we would much rather have a good burger than a good piece of salmon. As soon as we relocated, we decided we need to try to live...
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Lunds Gulch
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the Pacific Northwest is having an awesome fall. We went 80 days with only .03 of an inch of rain. Can you believe it? Neither could we. A few weeks ago, we had the...
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Anniversary Getaway- Part 1
In celebration of our upcoming one year anniversary, Chris planned a surprise trip for the two of us this past weekend. The only thing he told me was that I need to take Friday off work (playing...
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Anniversary Getaway- Part 2
The next morning, we woke up to a beautiful view from our hotel room and kicked off the morning with some great breakfast (and coffee). We then made a quick stop to see the Chalan Falls, but it wasn’t...
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A Year In Lessons
Warning: this is a very long, text heavy, post. If you make it all the way to the end, you get a gold star (figuratively) and bragging rights (literally). Well, we survived loved our first year of...
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Camping and Deep Fried Ice Cream
So it’s been a while. Life has been pretty crazy in the Gunnink household, so I will be playing blog post catch-up for a while. Here’s the first throwback post. To officially celebrate our one year...
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Eating Around the World- South Africa
So we’ve really been lacking in our monthly ethnic meal adventures. It’s been more sporadic than we would like, but life gets busy. You know how it is. Anyway, for the month of November, we decided to...
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Thanksgiving 2012
This was going to be our first Thanksgiving alone, and we were a bit nervous about tackling the big meal. So, when Chris’s mom Judy offered to come out and celebrate with us, we were excited for more...
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Thanksgiving Celebration Cont.
In the days that followed our big Thanksgiving meal we went out an explored a bit. I love having people visit us because it gives us an excuse to do all the touristy things we don’t normally get to do....
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
After the Thanksgiving festivities were over, I got on a plane and headed to Michigan for a week. Well, technically it was a long layover on my way to Virginia for a friend’s wedding. Regardless, I...
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Christmas Cruise
For Christmas, Chris and I headed down to the sunny south for some R&R with the Gunnink side of the family. We were so very excited to soak up some warmth and sun for almost a week, and we were not...
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Eating Around the World- Nepal
Since we went on the cruise, and ate actual, authentic, Mexican and Belizean food, we considered that our ‘country cooking’ experience for the month. So, for the month of January, Chris and I tackled...
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Our First Oyster Slurp
So it’s been a while. I keep meaning to get back into the blogging world, but other things keep getting in the way. So here’s a throwback post for you: We had received a gift card to an oyster house in...
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Snowy Day Adventures
One of the hardest things about living here (for us cold weather people) is the lack of snow during the winter. Since we’ve been missing the snow and cold pretty regularly, we have headed to the...
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A Catch-Up Post
This blog has slipped through the cracks in the past couple months, so I thought I would do a general post about some the recent Gunnink happenings/sights. Throwback Date: Mac n’ cheese, hot dogs,...
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