The Gibbons Clan Get Together

It was so much fun to spend time with the Gibbons side as well during our trip. While driving to CA we got a call from Scott's brother, Tom, telling us that he was being called as a bishop the next day. It so happened that we were going to be able to be there for that! It is so amazing how the Lord blesses us.

Magi's carmel popcorn is sooo good!
Scott had a lot of fun playing with the twins. Rebecca loved joining in!

Anna didn't seem to mind being ganged up on.

It was so cute to watch Sydnie and Rebecca play together.

She couldn't seem to figure Scott out. I guess he hadn't given her anything to eat yet. I fed her some watermellon and we were best buds right away!

The kids loved being twisted up in the swings.

It wasn't quite as fun for Tom.

That darn Sarah kept turning her head!

Becca and Uncle Aaron.

Sorry it's blurry, my camera had died at this point and I was using my phone.

Fishing

We went to Jess Ranch to go fishing. They really, really stock the ponds there. The kids didn't have any problem at all catching a fish. They wanted to keep catching them, but we had to pay for every fish.

It took me a while to get used to bating the hook. Boy those worms really squirm! :{

They all got "First Fish" certificates.

fun times with Grandma and Papa

"Welllll I had a little chicken..."

They got their nails done!

Scott and I Escape!

Scott and I escaped to San Diego for about two days. It was going to be two night and three days, but we came home early because we ran out of money! It was a good thing that we did, though, because there was a lot of work to do packing up before leaving for Texas the next day.

It was soooo nice to be able to go to the temple and not have a time limit. Usually we have to rush home to make sure the baby sitter is not out too late, but this time we could actually enjoy the Celestial room. The San Diego Temple has the most beautiful Celestial Room. I guess were were a little mooney eyed because we kept getting a lot of people asking if we were newly weds! :)

While we were away...
The kids helped my mom make apple sauce,

My niece, Courtney, had a lot of fun painting Sarah in the bathtub,

They fed the ducks,

And Courtney had her first experience feeding a baby.

Courtney was A LOT of help. I'm so glad she was there to help with the kids.

Going Home!

On our way home from California, our rear tire lost all of it's tread. It was a real blessing that the tire didn't blow out especially since we were passing a truck at the time. As soon as we heard the noise, we looked up and saw an exit for a rest stop. We pulled off, put on the spare and road on to Kingman. We had to take out all the stuff from the back in order to get to the spare, so we figured we might as well set up Becca's bed in the tire shop so we didn't have to hold her the whole time. She didn't hate it nearly as much as the picture lets on. :) We spent about an hour or so in the tire shop and then we were back on the road. Later that night, after Rebecca had finally went to sleep, Elizabeth said she had to go potty. We stopped and she actually didn't have to go, but she did succeed in waking Becca. Becca then proceeded to cry and cry until she threw up all over and we had to stop. All of her clothes were in the bag on top of the van, so she got covered with a towel, but we were able to get her to sleep! We didn't get to our hotel until about 2:30. We were all so tired. Luckily the next day wasn't too bad.

Hmmm... What should I have?

Sarah's New Haircut

I wanted to give Sarah a trim, so I had her sit in front of the TV to keep her occupied while I cut her hair. What I didn't realize was that she was looking up while I started cutting. Her hair turned out A LOT shorted than I had planned. It's all ok, though. She really likes it and it is cute. It is also a lot easier to brush! I liked it better longer, but it will grow.

Jacob got a free Six Flags Ticket for reading at school. So, He and Scott had an outing to Six Flags last Saturday. Wendy was able to get Scott a ticket for $26 so it didn't cost that much at all! They had a blast together. That was the first time Scott has gone to Six Flags in the over 4 years we have lived here.

They saw tons of characters, but this was the one Jacob wanted a picture of! He's got good taste. I love the coyote!
It took a few tries to get this pic, but it sure is a good one.

Notice Scott is NOT on the tea cups with Jacob. Another dad said that he could join him in his teacup because Scott does not do the spinning thing!

Jacob LOVED the bumper cars. It is too bad that they didn't have them for adults, too. Scott would have had fun playing with him!

Jacob favorite part, though was the pirate ship that rocked way up and way down. At first he was scared to go on it, but it was Scott's turn to pick the ride, so he went on it. They picked a seat in the middle so they didn't go up and down all that much and Jacob loved it. They had to go on again and this time they got a seat right on the edge so they could go way up and way down! Jacob put his hands in the air and screamed with Scott and they flew down. Too bad we don't have a picture of that one!

Visit to Austin

We had so much fun at Virginia's house this last week.

Rebecca loved "helping" with the dish washer.

The pool was so much fun! The boys could really make my kids fly!

Sarah didn't fly quite as well as Jacob did. (She's heavier)

Elizabeth said she was flying in the water.

The Natural Science Center was really fun. We dug for dino bones, looked at a lot of fossils and played in a stream.
The other two boys wouldn't play in the water with us, but Matthew did.

Sarah fell, of course, but she just said, "Oh gross." Rather mater-of-factly.

We had a lot of fun in the IKEA just a few minutes from her house.

Sarah loved trying on all the hats and...

...putting the hats on Rebecca. They didn't stay on for long.

My Latest Page

These pictures always bring a smile to my face, so I just had to share. Elizabeth REALLY got into this game :)

April and March 08

We got season passes for the Fort Worth Zoo so we could go during Spring Break. I was a bit sick, but it was still fun.

Delia was a big help. I'm so glad she came with us. (Even if she is picture taking impaired :)

I had fun experimenting with the cutouts on this one. I will most likely add some stickers when I get it developed.

Fort Worth Zoo June 2008

Here are a couple of the zoo pages that I did. I have several more pages, but these ones show enough. The zoo is always fun. I'm especially glad that we were able to go to the zoo during this week because it was the only week that I was feeling good during my pregnancy. Before that I was sick and after that I was on bed rest.

My friend, Leslie, said that I needed to put some of my scrapbook pages up. This one doesn't have anything really special, but I thought it turned out nice.

Becca is growing by leaps and bounds!

She is crawling most of time now. She just occasionally army crawls, and...

She also has learned out to climb up!

The thing she likes the most, though, is making messes!

Becca following the laser pointer

Becca can get anywhere she wants to now. She is having fun exploring our house. We now have a gate keeping her out of the kitchen and have to close all the doors in the hallway so she can't get into the rooms. It is so fun to watch her grow! Her favorite things are cords, of course. We have to keep them out of reach or she will be there in seconds.

Scott told Jacob that he wasn't allowed to play with Becca with the laser because it was showing her a toy that she couldn't get, but I thought it was the funniest thing and let him do it. She followed that light all over the living room. It was great. By the time I got the camera, she had slowed down quiet a bit, but I still thought it was funny.