ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE????

Gabe started Football this year and not only has he loved it, I have loved watching him play. He started out a little timid and by the end of the season this boy was sacking the quarterback and tackling every guy that came to his side. He played Offensive and Defense and was many times in every play of the game. Gabe had the best coach. I just can not say enough good things about this guy. He told us at the first parent meeting that he will not yell at the boys and if he sees any parents yelling they will be asked to leave. He stuck to it. Every single game Gabe would mention how mean the other coaches were for yelling at the boys and how grateful he was that his coach was nice. His team did really really well. They lost one game the whole season and went to the playoffs. We won the first round and lost in the second round just missing the championship game. I cried, Gabe cried, the coach cried when they lost, but the coach with a tear in his eye said you boys are champions to me. Ohhh it was a good good season. Gabe earned a few times different awards throughout the year, one for most 100% effort and one for team work. Gabe loves this game and I am so excited to watch him learn and grow with it. It is such an amazing feeling to watch your child play!!! I couldn't miss one game and we took a couple of trips during the season and Gabe always wanted to come back and play his games, which I thought was great sportsmanship. So after all the many long drives back and forth to the sand dunes and back and forth from Midway... It was worth every single mile. Great job Gabe!!

Mom his #1 fan

Max was the team Mascot

A little Offense

Huddled up

Half time

Some defense

Gabe turns 9

OK so I feel terrible for forgetting my camera for the bday party! I did have my phone so I was able to capture a few pictures, but oh I hate it when I don't get a ton of pictures :(


Gabe wanted to take a couple of friends boating for his birthday. The boys had so much fun, tubing and playing in the water. It was something new to not have a big ole production for the birthday and I tell ya what it was fantastic!! I loved it.

Gabe is such a sweet boy. He loves to be home all the time and he rarely complains. He has to live with 2 sisters so he doesn't really get to! HA He loves going to scouts and has just started football which he is loving. Gabe has a love for animals, especially reptiles. He loves his turtle and gets so excited to find creepy crawly creatures out in the desert. I couldn't be happier with Gabe and how well handles life. He is such a help to me and I am so thankful for how much he has blessed my life.

Pinewood Derby

Gabe had his first Pinewood Derby. He had so much fun making his car and of course he colored it Green. He wouldn't have it any other way. The first race he almost won and then the next 2 races he won. We think the car needed to have a run first to get it going because afterwards when they got to play around he beat every car. Oh well he had really really fun and he can't wait until next year to do it again. Gabe really loves scouts and is so cute each week as he runs down to the church for scouts.

Gabe really loves his picture taken....

The cars all lined upped to be judged, his won for most areo dynamic

Setting up the car to race


Gabes is on the far right


Watching and hoping he wins. He actually won that race :)

Christmas Programs at school

It's that fun part of the season where the kids have been working hard at school learning new Christmas songs. The first grade puts on a Christmas programs that involve different Holidays celebrated during the season. They sang songs about Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and Christmas. Lauren also studied in her class about Ramadan and wrote a little report on it. She did a great job singing!!

Gabe and Emma put on a Christmas program in their music classes. Emma thought it was really fun to play her recorder and it reminded me of being in elementary playing the recorder... oh good times. She loved singing all the songs. Gabe on the other had was not happy about having to sing. He did the motions and sang very quietly. Both of them were really cute and did great.

Gabriel Baptism

Gabriel made the choice to be baptised since he turned 8 in September. There was some scheduling conflicts so he didn't get baptised until December. I don't think the timing could have been better. What a great time to remember our savior and to witness a sweet innocent boy receive such blessings. He was so excited for his new scriptures he got. They are green like he requested and he walked around all day with them. It was really sweet. Gabriel was baptised by his dad and confirmed by his Grandpa Terry. We are proud of Gabriel's decision to be baptised. Gabriel was very interested in finding out why you get baptized and wants to continue learning about the church. Gabriel was so happy to have all his family there that meant a lot to him.

Gabe Turns 8

So my sweet little boy turned 8 in September. I can remember his birth the best out of everyone since it was around such a traumatic time in the country. It was so weird how his birthday always brings back all those emotions of 9/11. But then it also reminds me of how lucky I am to have him as a son. Gabe has they sweetest spirit about him. He is layed back, full of adventure, smart, caring, thoughtful, giving and funny. This boy loves to tease his sisters and making people laugh.

He wanted a motorcycle for his bday and back in March I told him he had to save up money and pay towards the motorcycle. He started to mow my parents lawn for $5 a week. Even though it was rough on me... driving all the way there and back he loved loved loved doing it. He is a perfectionist and would mow the straightest lines. He did it all summer and saved up his money. Sooooooo I had to hold up to my end of the bargain.

He had his party this year at the Backyard Adventures. It was really fun for the kids to play around on the swing sets and slides. Gabe's best friend Aaron was there and that made Gabe's day!

Happy Birthday Gabe!!

Baseball season is on it's way

Gabriel was very excited to start baseball this year. He is rather good at hitting the ball... he hits it pretty far. Which is good, because we really need to work on our running skills. Oh this boy likes to goof off to the bases and only makes it to 2nd base everytime when if he actually paid attention and run he would make it home. He loves to talk to everyone when they come to his base and see how they are doing. He will ask them their name and how old they are. He then will tease them to death by hitting them on top of their helmets. We are clearly learning the rules and hopefully by this time next year we will have a home run under our belt...