The Gibby's

Swim Lessons

2009-06-04T12:28:00.000-07:00

Co just finished his last swim lesson of the season so I thought I would post a couple pics.

Everett & Coen

Coen & Bry Scooping

Floating

Kicking

Singing "The Kids in the Pool"

"Meeting Amazing Grace"

2009-05-25T18:01:00.000-07:00

My mom recommended this book to me. It is so good! It gave this analogy that I loved so much that I want to share.

Suddenly they were standing in the middle of . . . . . .
"A chicken coop!" Lindsey said in disbelief. "What are we doing in a chicken coop?"
"We're going to learn a lesson from nature. See that hen over there? She's sitting on an egg, and has been patiently fulfilling that duty off and on for twenty-one days."
The hen waddled away and they watched the egg. It began to crack slightly, all on it's own.
" A baby chick is inside and wants to come out," Lindsey said.
"Brillant. Keep watching"
Soon they saw a tiny beak make its way out by pecking at the shell from inside. For a long time they watched that baby chick peck away at the shell. The mother hen made no move to help. It squirmed and wriggled and pecked for most of the day. Obviously, it was a real struggle for the baby chick.
"If nature's so smart, why wasn't the hen designed to help the chick get out? A few good pecks from the mother and the job would be done , "Lindsey said.
"True, but what would happen to the baby chick?"
"It would probably really appreciate it, so it could get on with its life."
"Wrong. It would be too weak to survive. You see, it gains its strength from the struggle."

The Race and Mother's Day

2009-05-15T16:56:00.000-07:00

The Salon does Race for the Cure every year for Monica but this year I did it for my Grandma Richards as well . It is always so much fun but also very humbling.

This year we had the Gibby's over for Mother's Day

We played a very intense game of Croquet. Bryant was poison before some of us were even through the second loop.

Sue & I

Bryants first victim as poison. How rude to get out your mom on Mother''s Day!

It was a little hard to play cause Coen would just pick up your ball and walk off.

Coen got mad cause we took the ball back so he went inside to get his own.

Later that night we went to my Mom's and Coen got ambushed by Jeff and Bryant (can you believe it, his own father).

Overall it was a fun day! We did miss Steven and Ruth though!!

Viva Las Vegas

2009-05-04T12:28:00.000-07:00

My friend Crystal and I decided it would be fun to take the kids down to Vegas

the kids slept most of the drive down there

we stopped to eat some mexican food on the strip and Coen was basically drinking the salsa

we couldn't even get him to stop eating it for a quick picture

The Bellagio Water Show

Coen randomley started dancing in the middle of the sidewalk. I wish I would have had an empty guitar case so we could have started collecting money.

Coen and his buddy Ali

We stayed at the Mandalay Bay and they have a built in beach and wave pool. Coen was a little reluctant about the waves.

the hotel also has a Shark Reef Aquarium. Coen loved that!

Update

2009-04-22T15:51:00.000-07:00

As you can see we have been kinda lazy latley

Easter

Coen got new bath toys in his Easter Basket.

We went to visit my Aunt in Palm Springs, CA

Everywhere we went Coen put himself incharge of pushing the stoller. (Kinda defeats the purpose of having a stroller!)

Coen contanstantly wanted to be outside

we had to keep a close eye cause he kept throwing his balls in the pool and then would try to go get them out.

She has a grapefruit tree right her backyard. They were so yummy!

I loves Co's face in this picture. He was pretending to be surprised.

The gang!

Thanks so much Kathy and Mike for letting us come visit you. We had a blast!

St. George

2009-03-18T14:52:00.000-07:00

We decided to take a trip and go see Star. It was so relaxing, we just lounged around.

Going to the park was the most excersise we got!

Cute Taya! She is getting so big!

Our night out on the town. Coen was just one of the girls.

This was on the way home. The infamouse stop in Beaver. Coen had found a new love on this trip (Stephanie).

We Will Miss You!

2009-02-21T12:19:00.000-08:00

I am so sad :( ! My brother and sister in-law are moving to Arizona. They are one of my favorite couples to hang out with cause they always make me laugh and I can totally be myself around them. We love you guys so much and are going to miss you terribly!

Shoe Fetish

2009-01-23T15:56:00.000-08:00

Today I was in the bathroom getting ready, when I realized it was really quiet, which can only mean one thing . What is Coen doing?

Oh don't worry he was only trying on my shoes!!

Once I realized that he was safe I went and grabbed my camera. He was so into what he was doing he didn't even realize I was moving around the room. So to get his attention I asked him "Coen what are you doing?" This was the stunned look he gave me.

Then of course he started laughing like he realized how funny it is that he would try on girl shoes.

I think this means he has been spending to much time with the girlies!

Happy 2009!!

2009-01-01T09:08:00.000-08:00

Good Luck on all your New Year's resoltion. I know I'm gonna need a little Luck!

Christmas Time

2008-12-29T09:33:00.000-08:00

Sweater Parties and Ginger Bread Houses

Christmas Eve

Grandma Lori got the grandkids Radio Flyer's. They spent almost the whole night just sitting in the wagon eating and playing with there toys.

London sang us "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer"

We had alot of fun. It is always great to be around family during the holidays!

Christmas Day

Temple Square

2008-12-10T08:08:00.000-08:00

We had not got together with the Winegars in months so last night we decided to go to Temple Square.

We had to bundled up the kids. It was soo cold!

Coen looks so uncomfortable maybe I bundled him up to much.

Here's a cute picture of Sam and Brielle even though she isn't looking at the camera. That stinker!

We had to take periodic breaks inside to warm up and let the kids play.

We tried to get a decent photo, this is the best we could get. My camera was dying and it was so crowded so we couldn't get Coen to look at the camera.

Thanks Winegars. We had alot of fun! Lets not let so much time pass before we go out again.

Star Struck!

2008-12-01T08:57:00.000-08:00

Bry wanted to know if this was blog worthy. I guess it will do! :)

When David Archuletta took second place on American Idol he won a Ford Escape Hybrid and apparently the one he liked happened to be at Bry's work. So Bry got to meet him and his mom and do their financing. Bry said he seemed really nervous and so he told David " Your the Star, shouldn't I be the one that is nervous?" and David just laughed. (I can totally picture it!) I guess his mom was super cool. They used to live in Honduras and so Bry and Davids mom spoke some espanol. Not to rack on David or anything but if I won a car I would have picked it up A.S.A.P not a year later, but to each his own. Bry was pretty excited though it's not every day you get meet someone famous.

Thanksgiving Day

2008-12-01T08:35:00.000-08:00

Our little family

Bry was in charge of carving the turkey, SCARY!

Coen with Aunt Sue

He was so excited when she got there.

Coen and Grandpa Price

(Coen wanted to hold the camera. I don't know if that would have been a good idea.)

Thankful at Thanksgiving

2008-11-23T12:19:00.001-08:00

I was blog stalking and saw that a lot of people wrote what they were thankful for and really wanted to share my thoughts:

I am so thankful for Bryant, he is such a hard worker and he makes me laugh constantly. He also would do anything for me and never forgets to compliment me. What more could I ask for in a husband. I know I am not always the greatest wife I tend to be moody often and not always appreciative but he puts up with it and for that I love you Bryant. I am also thankful for Coen. I know it sounds cheesy but he really gives me purpose here in life. He always makes me smile cause he is always smiling, he is such a people pleaser. Words cannot describe the love I have for him and the length I will go to keep him happy. There is nothing like being a mother.

I am so thankful for my Family. My Mom is an amazing lady. She is always so giving and never wanting anything in return. She is also the most amazing Grandma to all her grandkids, sometimes we think she is one of them always getting on the floor to play their games and with their toys. I am grateful for my Dad who is a rock in the gospel and a loving father. My favorite thing is his spontaneous phone calls just to say "I love you". I love you too dad! Also my two brothers, I am so proud of them. Jason is always the crutch of the family, if anyone needs help or just wants to talk he's your guy. He also has such a cute family. His daughter London is so smart and funny and Camden is a little tank with a very cute little laugh. Jason's wife Sara is such a good sport with putting up with all of us. She is a great sister-in-law and an amazing mother she is also very quick witted which is good for Jason because it keeps him on his toes. My family would not be complete with out Jeff. He has always been our entertainment from singing Oklahoma when he was three to his smart alec responses now. He has such a big heart and just wants everyone to be happy.

I am also thankful to have the most amazing in-laws. Louise is such an amazing women and Bryant admires her more then anyone in the world (well except Tiger Woods). She is so cute with Coen. I love how she can't get enough of him. My father in-law John is always so sweet to me. Bryant also has great siblings who I feel I fit right in with. I am so grateful for Steven and Ruth. They are so fun to be with and can always make me smile. Then there is Sue, Bronson and Damen. Sue would do anything for me and is always a great listener. Marcus and Jimmy, I am grateful for you guys too and wish we spent more time together. Last but not least Boss and Kris. Even though Kris isn't here to read this I hope she knows how grateful I am for her and the impact she had on the Gibby family.

I would also like to tell my Friends how grateful I am for them. I have been pretty lucky to have friends that I have had since I was young who are practically family. They are always so great about listening to me vent and giving great advise. They are also amazing examples to me whether it be spiritual or that they are great wives or just that they are so patient. I hope they know how much they mean to me cause I don't always tell my friends I love them but I do.

I Love you all!!

So Funny!

2008-11-16T13:36:00.000-08:00

Bryant and I were watching 101 Best SNL Moments and I forgot how much I love this skit. Hopefully you'll think it is as funny as I do.

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/99027/Mike-Myers-Phil-the-Hyper-Kid.html

We Are Mixed Up!

2008-11-15T14:02:00.000-08:00

Coen has started this new thing where he tries to go out the doggy door. Maybe he thinks he's a dog! I don't know.

The problem is he gets stuck cause he doesn't really want to go outside and once he gets his feet out he can't get back in the house.

Then there is my dog Sandy who thinks she's human. She always sits up like this on the couch with her arm on the arm rest and watches TV.

Maybe it's something I'm doing wrong!

I'm a Slacker

2008-11-15T13:25:00.000-08:00

I know Halloween was two weeks ago, but Co and I got all dressed up so I had to post it even if it's late.

Coen got Croup on Halloween so we had to stay in :( but we had fun passing out candy to

trick-er-treaters.

We were the Golfing Gibby's (Cheesy!)

We were dressed in full golf attire even down to our shoes.

Bryant finally got home from work and we had BLTs and watched The Little Mermaid. It was a very chill night.

Halloween Costume Pics

2008-10-30T20:35:00.000-07:00

The Fall Party

2008-10-27T09:50:00.000-07:00

It was time to get the girls together again!

(my eyes are totally closed in this picture, but everyone else looked cute so I took one for the team.)

Ashlee, Lindsay and Kimi hangin out with baby Broden

Cute Megs and Steph. Megs was in charge of taking the pictures, but we finally got her in one.

Future Love Birds!

Thanks everyone for coming. Sorry we didn't have any good pictures of the boys, they were too busy with their ping pong tornament and the World Series (just being boys!). I hope we can do it again soon. It was alot of fun!

I've Been Tagged!

2008-10-23T08:51:00.000-07:00

8 Things I Like a Whole Lot:
My family ( Bryant, Coen and my dog Sandy)
Shopping with no budget
Laughing with Bryant or at Bryant
Reading a good book on a rainy day
A Clean House (who doesn't?)
Traveling to places I've never been before
Making Coen Laugh
Going out with Friends

8 Things I Say Often:
But Bry...
Coen no
Bryant no
You don't know me
I hate my hair
I want... I want... I want.. ( I'm working on this one)
Sandy no
Whatever, no big deal

8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
Have a cabin
Travel
Have more kids, and then grandkids
Read all the books on my list
Be a successful wife and mother
Beat Bry at Nerds (Bry says that's not realistic)
Actually learn to rely on the Lord
Look back at life with no regrets

8 Things I've Learned From My Past:
Tell people you love them often
There are some things you can't change
You can't solve other peoples problems
I can't eat what I use to
Time heals all wounds
New clothes make you feel confident
The power of prayer
Most nouns are not perfect

8 Places I Would Like To Visit:
Mauii, Hawaii
The beaches of Puerto Rico
Lake Tahoe
Bora Bora
Greece
Anywhere and Everywhere in Europe
Kentucky, for the Kentucky Derby ( and for the hat)
New York, New York (Again Please!)

8 Things I Want or Need:
Money (who doesn't) (both)
A bigger garage (need)
A bigger closet (want)
To say "I love you" to Bry more (need)
A new kitchen table (want)
To loose weight (need)
Coen to start walking (both)
To finish this blog entry (both)

8 People I Tag:
Ashlee Winegar
Star Taylor
Kimi Fry
Lindsay Johnson
Joni Huff
Sara Richards
Sue Vantussenbrook (you really have to do it!)
Anyone who doesn't leave a comment J/K

Coen's 1st Birthday

2008-10-04T18:31:00.000-07:00

It was a hard hat event. We had a construction themed Birthday party. Coen had a dump truck cake and everything.

The Gibby Gang

Coen got some great gifts. Thanks everyone!

London was big help with opening the gifts

The talking pig was a hit!

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN!!

New York, New York

2008-10-04T16:44:00.000-07:00

Megan, Holly, and I went to New York Beginning of September. It was a blast! We were only there for three days but we fit in everything we could. We saw three broadway shows The Little Mermaid, Spring Awakening (this play was my favorite, but a little candalouse), and Wicked. Other than that we ate, slept and shopped. I have never shopped so much in my life. Sorry I don't have a picture of all three of us, we lacked in picture taking.