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!

Random Oct Pictures

Picking Pecans in our front yard.

Oops, that one slipped!

Becca got a Halloween Card from her Grandma Ricki. She really liked it!

The little bugger really likes taking all of my clean clothes out of the baskets!

Elizabeth did this puzzle all by herself!

Becca, helping pick out the material for Carlie's blanket.

Jacob put Becca in the laundry basket. She didn't seem to mind. :)

Jacob got a "growing" alligator at the dollar store. That thing REALLY GREW!

Jacob loves to play chess with his dad. Becca just likes to be with Dad!

Becca's New Glasses

A couple of weeks ago, Rebecca had a check up with the eye doctor because of her prematurity. The doctor told me that she was far-sighted like Jacob. I asked if this was because of all the oxygen that she was on, but he told me that usually resulted in near-sightedness, so it is all genetic. It is a blessing that she was born early or I would have never know to take her to the eye doctor! He told me that since we caught this so early she might not have the crossed eyes like Jacob or have to have eye surgery like Jacob did. He did say that she will have to have glasses her whole life, though, but many people have lived with that and I'm sure she will adjust just fine. We finally got her glasses yesterday and at first, it wasn't much fun. She is teething right now so she isn't very happy to begin with, and then with the glasses, she couldn't rub her eyes or rub her face against me. Those are some of the things she always does when she is upset. Well, she would try and she would hit her glasses and it would hurt and she would get even more upset. I felt so badly for her. It only took her about and hour, though, to get used to them! There have only been two time when I found the glasses had slipped off her ears, and she did great about not touching them or pulling them off. She is keeping them on sooo good! I was a little unsure if the doctor was right about her needing glasses because I never saw any signs of it, but now that she has them and never takes them off, I know that she must like being able to see! Well, I think that gets everyone up to date. For those that have already heard this through facebook, you can just enjoy the pictures :)

These two pictures were taken right after she got her glasses and she was rather upset that she kept hitting the glasses and hurting herself.

This one was taken last night and she was already getting happy again!

This last picture was taken this morning and she doesn't act any differently than normal now. It is amazing how quickly babies can get used to things! (She is eating a cracker, if you couldn't tell.)

Well, we got it on video. It is from my phone, so the quality isn't great, but you can tell she is definitely walking! It won't be long until she is everywhere!

Rebecca Standing by Herself!

Rebecca is now standing all by herself! She really likes playing with the magnets on the fridge. That is the best time I can catch her standing. She has even taken a few steps as well. It won't be long until she is walking full time! (I don't know if I am excited or dreading that!)

She has been doing this for about a week, but it is hard to get a picture because when she sees the camera, she has to look at me and smile. That usually requires her to hold on to things. The smiles are nice, but I really wanted her to keep standing!