The Annual Ward Christmas Party

Our ward had a Christmas breakfast this year. Mitchell was pretty leary of Santa, but he toughed it out so he could put in his order for Batman toys.

Trent suffered through the Primary Christmas songs. That is him in the back wearing a black T-shirt. As you can imagine, he doesn't much care for performing in front of others.

Winter Fun

Mitchell has been waiting very impatiently for snow to arrive. To quote he wanted to, "Make noballs, noman, no angels, and slide (sled)." He finally got his wish and Mike helped him to fulfill all his winter wishes. We finally had to drag him inside, kicking and screaming, to warm up

Aubrey is a star member of the choir. Here she is in her Christmas performance. She did a great job. And, Grammie Gibson tooks us out for ice cream after (Who could ask for more?)

Trent didn't perform this year. He was a supportive member of the audience.

Aubrey and Mitch decorate for us!

Aubrey and Mitchell decked out the house with Christmas decor this year. The Santa hats were a necessary decoration also. Thanks kids.

Lots of fun memories

Here are a few fun pictures with the extended family. Thanks Aunt Dorothy for your biking expertise with Aubrey. We didn't take as many pictures as we thought. We'll have to check the photo bucket for more.

Colorado is Awesome!

Finally, here are some picture of our family at the Gibson-Doxey reunion in Colorado. We all had a blast. I think my kids could live there.

Fourth of July in Willard, UT

We visited our friends, the Roses, in Willard for the 4th this year. We enjoyed all the small town fun. Here Wendy and I are watching the parade

Mitch liked the candy!

Mitch tried to win the foot race, but was more about the smiling

Trent tried some archery

Trent and Aubrey gave it a good shot

Trenton's Baseball 2008, The Dodgers

Here are a few pictures of Trent in action. It is his last year of machine pitch.
Next year we are hitting the big league. He did really well.

Family Pictures

In May, before she was married, Aunt Emily took some family pictures for us. A FEW of the pictures turned out OK.
My children were pretty wild and uncooperative. I just hope that we haven't filled her with fear about child raising.

Trent's Raingutter Race

Trenton just had his official Raingutter Regatta this week. He made a cool pirate boat that won the "Black Pearl" award. Here are a few pictures of Trent in captaining action and in the painting phase. We also included a picture of supportive Mitch. Trenton was awarded his Bear and a gold arrow. Go Trent!

Mitchell is ready for Summer

Mitchell has been in a speech class called Talking Time this year. On the last session day, they had a pirate party. Mitch was in heaven.

Mitch and Mom had a picnic at a new park by our house. It was one of the last days before Trent and Aubrey were out of school so we had to enjoy the moment!

Aubrey's Achievements

Aubrey has done really well in school this year. She was picked to speak to the school board abour her experiences in choir. It was a neat experience. She got a special award and shook all the school board member's hands. We were really proud of her.

Aubrey also did a great job in the choir concert. She had a special solo part and sang it perfect. Everyone was congratulating her and giving her high fives. It is nice that at least one of us can carry a tune.

Just when you thought we had forgotten....

I have been given much grief from various sources concerning my poor blogging habits. I did warn all of you about my laziness. Here are a couple of things we have done over the past few months.

Zion's

We went to St. George this past weekend with Bret and his family. We had a swell time. The kids really enjoyed Zion's and the hike to Emerald Falls.

Hogle Zoo

During spring break we went to the Hogle Zoo. Of course, it was freezing and rainy, but we had a good time. We made it on the last train ride of the day before it closed due to rain (Good thing because Mitch would have been really upset). Zack Shattuck went with us. They liked all of the animals, but the white alligator had to be the boys' favorite. They went to see the "Ghost of the Bayou" several times.

We are still alive

I have been a terrible blogger. I have good intentions, but can't seem to keep up on the blog. We have been well and we are keeping busy. We finally took the kids skiing again this year. Mike is finally able to ski (after his neuropathies from chemo). We went to Brighton and had a great time, and Trent is addicted. I think Aubs was a bit cold (it was a cold day). She thought it was ok, but isn't quite as thrilled about skiing as Trent. Mike was so proud to finally have his kids out skiing.

Here are some pictures, but it could be anybody's kids the way they are bundled up. We will have to post some spring skiing pics.