Happy Birthday Mom

A GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

I always liked this picture of you taken 27 years ago this week. 27 years, can you believe that? I hope you have a lovely day. Get Roy to treat you to some fish 'n chips!

I LOVE YOU!

Christopher

Here's the latest picture of Christopher aged 8 weeks old.

Happy Birthday Dad

I was thinking about you today. I hope you had a lovely birthday Dad. I love you and miss you.
Until we meet again...

What a Cutie Pie

Brent and I looked after Danielle last night while her mommy had to go to the ER. Here are some of today's adventures.

A laid back moment during breakfast.
Mmmmm, a contempative moment while eating breakfast. What IS this stuff Grandma's giving me?
Guess I better escape before she gets me to do anything else I don't wanna!
Well, bathtime wasn't so bad after all. Me and Grandma had a great time together. Splish, splash!
Editors note: No, there were NO pictures of me after bathtime!!!

Father's Day

It's Father's Day today, so I thought I would post the last photo I ever had taken of me and my dad. It was my wedding day, July 4 1981 and sadly, my dad died just a few months later, so this photo is very precious to me.
Even though it has been a long time since he died, I think of him often and still miss him heaps. My abiding memories of him are:
that he loved me
he wanted the best for me
he had a great work ethic
he was a spiritual man
he loved gardening
he was great around the house and with cars
he would take me in his arms and dance with me when I was little
he would buy me ALL the Donny Osmond albums I asked for at Christmas even though he told me it would only be a couple (YOU ROCK DAD!!!)
he started me loving Estee Lauder makeup
he didn't complain when I married and he was left all alone
he waited for me to be with him before he left this life behind

Dad, I hope you know this...I LOVE YOU!!!

A Happy Father's Day also to my husband Brent, son Daniel and son in law Greg on all the wonderful work you do and have done in raising your children.

Hi Shelley

Welcome to my little corner of the world! It's good to know there's another Gwynn out there. Love your site, have added you to my links.

Finding lost relatives

A few years ago, I put our family tree on Ancestry.com and since then have had a steady string of e-mails from people who may or may not be related to someone on it. It's been fun to read their letters then look at the tree to see where we connect up and whether we are in fact related. I have found many very distant relatives, the closest though was last year when I found Deb who is my 2nd cousin 1 time removed as her great grandma was my grandad's sister. She had grown up about 7 miles away from me but we never knew each other, but thanks to the wonders of the internet, we connected, even though both of us had emmigrated, her to Australia and me to the United States.

On my husband's side too, we have connected with some 3rd cousins of his and we all were intrigued by some of the mysteries in that particular family line. This week we have connected yet again to some 3rd cousins of my husband, but what makes this particular connection exciting, is that they are Gwynn's, just like us, and one of them lives right here in Gilbert!!! How weird is that?

So a big warm Gwynn welcome to Cheryl, Denise and Jim!!! Hope to be able to meet up with you all some day.

For My Mom

Mom, just scroll down to the bottom of the page to where the music player is and click on the STOP button. THEN, click on the play button of the video above and ENJOY. Sorry it wasn't Sheffield, but this is a pretty darn good reminder. Love you!

One month old!

Here's Christopher's latest stats!

Weight: 8lbs 3 oz

Length: 20.5 inches