24th Of July

On the 23rd we went to the Bountiful Parade. I have a couple pictures that I took for others.
This one is of Svanna on the Sunshine Generation float, she is the one in the pink hat.










We were so excited to see her (Svanna) that I didn't notice that the group right behind had a young lady from our Sunday School class. Rachel is the one on the far side pulling the cart. They just got home a couple weeks ago from a Stake Trek. I was jealous that I couldn't go.










I also love watching the old cars, don't know why, they are just cool.









Then there was the guy playing the RICOLA horn. It was fun to see, though Mike says his brother plays better. Shrug.








OH! The Jazz float picture is for you Corrine/Tim. You were so excited to take a picture for Tim that I thought you might like to see it in action.










We were in such a good spot that the kids got a TON of taffy. They were so good about picking it up and just putting it in my bag, so now I have a new stash of candy!










Before the parade I took the kids to the festivities at Bountiful Park. Libby, Henry, Lisette, and Stephanie are in the red part of the ferris wheel. It was kind of scary but they had a lot of fun.









I love the close up of Henry, he was being kinda crazy. Though Monica took an awesome close up of Henry when we were in Heber, so if you are reading this I WANT THAT PICTURE! It might have been a little long for them but we had fun. I am loving this stage for the most part!

Henry's Surgery

Henry had his surgery yesterday. We ended up being at the hospital for 7 hour. Poor guy. The surgery rooms got behind because of some complications some baby had. I hope all is ok there! When he finally got in he apparently was very entertaining for the nurses and Dr. The Dr. said that it went just as he planned. His eyes will be red for a couple weeks and needs drops in his eyes 4 times a day for 2 week, I am not excited about that one. He already seems to be feeling much better. We just can't do much with him as he can't get ANYTHING in his eyes. So no swimming or anything that might end up with him poking his eyes. So pretty much stay home and in the house. He will still have to wear glasses. Mike is the one that has been taking him to the Dr. so I need to find out what other eye problems he has besides the lazy eye. If he needs another surgery we will know in about 6 weeks. Thanks for all the calls and emails and gifts that we have gotten. Also a special thank you to David and Regina who entertained Libby for us so we didn't have to worry about her. I don't know why but this was hard for me and you all helped so much! THANK YOU!

Slide Show

I hope you have noticed the slide show to your right. Cool things about it are:
-click on the picture you want and it will take you to a bigger picture of it
-from there you can read my captions
-you can also do a big slide show of all of them from there WITH the captions

Anything I am forgetting?

Gibson Family Reunion

This last weekend we went up to Heber City for a Gibson Family Reunion. We learned a lot about the many James' in the family and got to know each other better and had a lot of fun. I am putting all of the pictures in the slide show so I don't have to upload them twice. If you have questions let me know!

We did do a kids talent show! Wow! We have some very talented kids in our family. Matt composed a song using Garage Band. Awesome Dude! Megann sang a solo as did Libby. Davey and Lilli sang with their parents. Henry made his pig noise, I was just proud that he was willing to perform in front of everyone.

We also played Gib-ardy, (Jeopardy). There was a short one for the kids and then a full blown version for the adults! Awesome job Jon and Monica, or as he would say, "Good Job Bud." Jon was our game show host and Monica spent an hour and a half interviewing EVERYONE to get the answers. It was awesome. Tom and Liz kicked our butts though.

Dave and Tanya did a treasure hunt for the kids, it was great. Libby was still pretending to look for clues hours later. She would make them up and go pretend to find them. I am so proud of her. At the end Mike did a presentation about where the Gibson family comes from. Very interesting stuff.

Liz did a fun craft with the kids. They decorated visors. Libby was at the table the longest and her hat was the most elaborately decorated. She was planning ahead what she was going to use. She amazes me. They all had so much fun doing that. Henry made his but wouldn't wear it, he made Mike wear it.

Jon and Monica organized it all and did a fabulous job. Since the Gibson family is Irish it was decorated for St. Patty's day! They even made a shirt for everyone. Henry's was the best, it had a dinosaur on it. And they put on all the shirts "I *Shamrock* Jim" They are awesome.

There was a black Lab that showed up in the back yard. Matt had a lot of fun playing with him.

If I have forgotten something let me know I and I will post my thought on it!

INGREDIENT CHALLENGE

So, you all have to go check out the website Ingredient Challenge. It was created by Mike's brother Jon and his wife Monica. You can win prizes and get ideas and all sorts of fabulous stuff. Check it out and pass the word!

Libby's Graduation

At Libby's pre-school graduation they all got to pick one story that they had written during the year and read it for everyone. As they did through the year after they read the story they would take one comment and one question. The running comment that night was, "I like your pictures." They were all very cute. We are so proud of you Libby. She is reading like crazy and learning new things every day! Good job kiddo.

Crazy kids