Gibbons Reunion 2010

Here are some scrapbook pages from the 2010 Gibbons reunion. It was a lot of fun. We all went to Arizona where the Gibbons clan originated. We got to see all the sites of where they grew up. I know I need to label all of them by name, but I will get to that on a later page.

I need another scrapbooker's opinion on the swimming page. Does having the water in the background make it so the pictures don't stand out enough? I lowered the opacity, but I'm still not sure about it.

Everything is not in order, sorry.

Fun April Pics

Just thought I would give a brief showing of our April events:

We got a new puppy named, Samantha.

We had fun at Chuck E Cheese's

Our flowers are blooming!

Puppy fun.

I went to the zoo with Elizabeth's class

More puppy fun

Boy, she looks a lot smaller when she is wet!

Cute girl

Look at the happy couple with their new little one!

Becca got a shiner when her eye connected with the chair.

July 2008 Gibbons Reunion

I just got done scrapbooking the last Gibbons' Reunion. I thought I would share the pages I did with you.

This page is just my July page. Each month I put the miscellaneous pictures in a page and title it by that month.

These two lake pages are full of pictures for two reasons. 1-I liked too many and didn't want to do too many pages, and, 2, I didn't get any lake pictures because I wasn't there. I had to get these pictures from Van via facebook and the quality wasn't as good, so I didn't want to blow the pictures up too much.

Pinewood Derby 2010

We have been preparing for this pinewood derby race for a long, long time and we are so glad that it was fun and that it is OVER!

Jacob made his car a rocket this year. He cut all but the bottom off of his car and then they put a dowel on top of it as the rocket. It turned out really cool. Jacob designed it pretty much all by himself. Scott just helped with the attaching it to the car base. I knew I should have taken a picture before the race, but I didn't and now the only good ones I have are with one of the tail fins missing, but oh well.

Elizabeth loved racing her new toy hamster up the track. It was really cute.

Scott made really cool trophies for first, second and third as well as "The Coolest Concept," "Most Out of This World," "Best Paint Job," and 1st, 2nd, 3rd slowest. The slowest ones were the coolest by far! (I helped a little with the painting, turtle heads and lettering.)

If you look close, you can see Jacob's rocket car in front!

Yeah! Jacob came in first!

This is the only picture I have of the "Snake Rocket," as Jacob call it, while it was still in one piece.

Jacob came in third (out of 4) in the Bear den and won the trophy for "Coolest Concept." He was so happy that he won a trophy. Scott wanted to make different trophies so that the boys would be rewarded for creative designs and not just the fastest designs. I think next year there are going to be a whole lot more "original" cars than this year.

The New Year

We have started out the new year great. I got an order for a nativity that I make. It turned out better than any other I have made.

My parents were able to visit for Christmas and left on New Year's Day. They were kind enough to take us out for breakfast in the morning. It took forever to get our food, but the food sure was good.

Elizabeth has been wanting me to cut her hair for a long time, so I did. It turned out really cute. I like her hair at shoulder length.

I just liked this picture.

I broke Rebecca's glasses while trying to adjust them right before Christmas.

We finally got them back today!

Dancing Kids

The kids really like the singing Christmas toys!

Playing with Hair Things!

Becca was really upset today after she woke up from her nap. Even after we fed her, she wouldn't stop crying. So, I thought of something that should help her wake up, the Hair Thing Box! It was great. We had so much fun taking things out (Becca,) putting things back (Mom,) and decorating each other's hair (me again. :)

One of the funnest parts was opening and closing the box!

Becca just thought that it was hilarious to watch her brother and sisters run through the leaves! She was in a cranky mood because she wasn't feeling well, so it was great to hear her laugh!

It's Fall Again!

I love the Fall! I love the pretty colors all love the place. I love the weather and I love watching my kids play in the leaves. Rebecca really liked watching, too! (As you saw in the previous video.)

I do have to admit, though, that it was much more fun playing in them this year in short sleeves than one year when we were playing in the leaves in the snow!
I just got my new camera to replace my old one that got broken and I haven't figured out all the settings yet. I'm hoping that it can take better motion pictures than this, but it is still ok. (Better than my old camera or my phone!)

Elizabeth thought that she was funny because she was raking the leaves out of the pile!

So much fun!