The Gibby Family

Lesson Learned

2010-03-07T21:45:00.001-08:00

Garth is in China, the girls are in bed, and I'm avoiding the dirty dishes in my kitchen. I decided to check out some blogs and take a peek at my own since I had forgotten what it looked like. I discovered Hannah had played around with my blog and added the last two entries herself! What a little stinker. I guess that's what happens when you make your 10 year old daughter (who is now 11) an author on your blog! I've learned my lesson and just removed her. I am actually amazed at how computer savvy our kids are these days. I love you Hannah!

2009-12-03T08:04:00.000-08:00

If you want to see my blog and become a follower, tell me your email in a comment. That way I can invite you to my blog. (it is a private blog.) Also the name is Greenstergirl (duh). Also I go on it ALL the time so I will post probably a lot.

Please.......she needs someone to see it!!!!!

2009-12-01T19:16:00.000-08:00

My daughter Hannah got her own blog and has been posting on it a lot. Still no one will come look at it. You may not beable to see it so, if you can't, comment this post. Please!?!?!?!

I Did It . . .Portland Marathon 2009!

2009-10-11T14:42:00.001-07:00

A week and a half before the Portland Marathon I decided to run the race. Since June I've run two half-marathons and one 10K so I figured now was the best time to run a marathon. I'm not pregnant nor do I have a small baby (my baby just turned 2!) and my body physically is in better shape then it has been in a long time. My goal was to finish the race between 5 and 6 hours and I reached that with 5 hours 34 minutes. A marathon has always been a life long goal that I thought I'd never accomplish, but I DID IT and it feels wonderful. Running the marathon was an amazing experience that I would definitely do again . . . but I'd want to share the experience with people I love. . . like my parents and Garth. . .hint, hint. . .you have a year to get in shape and ready to run/walk!! Thanks for all your support Garth and my girls. I couldn't have done it without you! Here's a little slide show from the event:

My very own Blog

2009-06-09T18:51:00.000-07:00

Hi!!!!!!!!!!!This is Hannah again. Sorry I haven't talked much on here. But maybe you can see my very own blog, The greenstergirl.

It's about Time!

2009-01-19T00:07:00.000-08:00

I'm a little slow, but I am finally getting around to posting about Christmas. This year we spent Christmas at home in Oregon. So here's the low down: Before we open presents we have a tradition to give a present to Jesus. We each write down our gift on a piece of paper and keep it in a special tin all year. While the kidos patiently wait to open presents we eat homemade monkey bread (like they won't get enough sugar from Santa! How did this tradition start?). Finally, time for presents. It was fun to watch Alizah get so excited about her gifts! The best part about Christmas morning is watching my happy, smily children open presents. Then they crash from the ultimate sugar high and I want to go back to bed. . . . . but instead we hop in the car and head 2 hours down to Eugene to be with Garth's family. I have 2 highlights from Eugene.

Highlight #1: White elephant gift exchange. The gift exchange is a fun tradition in Garth's family started last year. Garth got the best gift when he was in China. CHICKEN FEET! Real chicken feet to munch on. They eat them for a little snack. Yuck!! Garth bought them at a rest stop/convenience store. They were the treasured item of the evening! My contribution to the gift exchange was some "Vive Italiano" lip gloss I made from scratch with my sister when she came in town. (We added a little bit of garlic - well, actually a lot of garlic!) We are not completely mean so we also added other gifts to the pot, but I think we'll be remembered for chicken feet and garlic lips! What a great combo.

Highlight #2: Playing hockey. It's another tradition to play hockey the day after Christmas. I had an absolute blast and used muscles that haven't been used in a very long time. I was sore from my dairier down to my feet, but would do it again in a heart beat. My girls even liked it! Thanks Paula and Brad for the good time.

Overall Christmas was a success and I am grateful I shared that special time with family because family is where it's at - the fabulous, the good, the bad, and the ugly, but I'll take it all because I love my family!

Happy Birthday JoJo!

2009-01-09T16:03:00.000-08:00

Alizah's first true friend is JoJo, a mini dachshund! Our friends share her with us and we have "adopted" JoJo and love her as part of our own family. (Mother's Note: It's quite nice because we can dog sit, visit her anytime we want, and love her like our own pet without having to take care of her full time! Highly recommend it!) Today is JoJo's 1st birthday so I thought we'd walk down JoJo memory lane!

Alizah's first of many JoJo kisses!

Chillin' with JoJo!

JoJo brings Alizah lots of smiles!

JoJo shares her favorite toys and new Christmas bed with Alizah.

What a great friend!

We love you JoJo! Happy Birthday!

The Lord's Timing

2009-01-04T20:20:00.001-08:00

In all 33 years of my life experience, I have witnessed over and over the Lord's timing and my timing being in completely different zones! I want what I want when I want it and the Lord doesn't see it that way. I usually look back on my experiences and realize that, of course, my Heavenly Father knew what was best for me and I am grateful for His plans for me. When it comes right down to it I really have no idea what is best for me. But I do know that my Heavenly Father and Savior know what is best so all I can do is . . . . . . Let Go and Let God! Life goes on and I am thankful that I have a Heavenly Father and Savior who love me and know what I need!

First Snow!

2009-01-01T18:12:00.000-08:00

Alizah absolutely loved the snow. Size 4t winter clothes(thanks to living in NY) is the smallest I had so we stuffed Alizah inside and let the girls play. I enjoyed watching Alizah's excitement at seeing snow for the first time.

Christmas Break?...I don't think so!

2008-12-30T12:36:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I posted. December is always a crazy month for me getting ready for Christmas and having company. My sister came in town for her birthday and we had a fabulous girl weekend making lip gloss, soap, lotion, going to movies, and more! My girls had an extra week of school off because of the tons of snow we received. This made life even crazier! I didn't have much time to sit down and type let alone check my email. The snow was fun, but I'm glad it's gone. I think it is hilarious that our 2nd Christmas in Oregon is a white Christmas and we didn't have one white Christmas for all three years we lived in NY! Crazy! Isn't that a little backwards. Anyways, my Christmas holiday has been a blast spending time with my kids and Garth's family, but I've had little time to myself. Alizah also had a really weird form of Hand, Foot, and Mouth where she had a fever for 5 days straight and then got these gross mouth sores all over the inside of her mouth. She went through a whole bottle of Children's Motrin and a small bottle of infant's Tylenol during one week. It was miserable, but we survived. I'll post snow pictures and Christmas pictures as soon as I download them off my camera. For now this is all I have time for. It is already 12:45 pm and I still haven't showered. . . .life continues!

Motivation

2008-11-26T21:54:00.000-08:00

I actually went running three times within the past week! Truly amazing! I am so out of shape and my body is telling me I'm too old to run. My muscles are surviving, but my knees and my feet are killing me. What happened to my young body that could handle excercise? It had three children and wants to keep the extra "love" around. I actually have new motivation to get rid of that "love". Garth went to China on a business trip recently and he bought me this gorgeous dress. Wouldn't you know- it didn't fit. :( I couldn't even button it all the way up. Depressing! It is now hanging up in my closet doorway so I can see it all the time. This is my new motivation to lose weight and get into shape. I am determined to wear that beautiful, expensive dress! Wish me luck.

Bekah's Halloween Costumes

2008-11-03T22:45:00.000-08:00

For the ward Trunk or Treat Bekah was a 5o's girl along with her sister and friends! Don't they look adorable?

Grandma Diana sent Bekah a Tinkerbell outfit for her birthday so, of course, last minute Bekah changed her costume Halloween night from 50's girl to Tinkerbell. Thanks for the costume Grandma!

Costume Trauma!

2008-11-03T22:17:00.001-08:00

Obviously, Alizah isn't diggin' the Elmo look!

"Get this thing off of me!"

"I'm done with this annoying hat!"

"Good Riddance!"

"What a mean mom! She still makes me wear it!"
(By the way, my costume is Wendy from Peter Pan to go along with Bekah.)

Halloween Celebrations

2008-11-03T22:06:00.000-08:00

Alizah was happy once she realized that her adorable costume meant lots of yummy candy!

50's Twins!

2008-11-03T16:38:00.000-08:00

This Halloween I decided to be a 50's girl. To my surprise, Shaylin was one too. My Mom took this picture, but I will show you some of my pictures soon. Shaylin and I are best friends, so it is even better if we are matching on Halloween!

Sharing the Blog

2008-10-30T15:51:00.000-07:00

Hi! My name is Hannah. My Mom won't let me have my own blog so we are sharing hers. One of my hobbies is photography and I have my own camera so I will put lots of pictures on here of my friends and my favorite things.

"And then. . .blah, blah, blah!"

2008-10-29T23:00:00.000-07:00

Alizah's loves cell phones. She carries the phone around holding it up to her ear and sits on the bottom stairs pretending to talk. Isn't she too young for that? I love this age. She is learning so much by observation. Does that mean I talk too much on the phone? Probably! :)

Pumpkins for FHE

2008-10-28T16:01:00.000-07:00

These rice crispy treat pumpkins are a tradition I carried on from my childhood. Thanks Mom! We made them last night and if you can believe it they are already gone! Yummy!

Rebekah's 7th Birthday Party

2008-10-28T10:40:00.000-07:00

Bekah received lots of birthday loot!

The girls made jewel necklaces.

Queen Titania's Crown Cake! The jewels were stolen of this cake by Jack Frost and the Green Goblins. The kids went on a treasure hunt to find them. Jack Frost and his goblins hid during the hunt and the girls used their magic jewel necklaces to send them away. This was the chant they yelled: Goblins green and Jack Frost blue, go away I don't like you! Then they threw magic fairy dust from the jewel on their necklaces to force Jack Frost and his goblins away. It was adorable to watch!

Queen Titania (that's me dressed up as the fairy Queen) reading the story about the Jewel Fairies.

in a trance

2008-10-26T21:54:00.000-07:00

It's been a very long time, but I've been inspired by many other bloggers. The past couple of nights I log on the computer when I should be going to bed and I'm put in a trance as I stare at the computer screen reading blogs! I guess it beats watching television. . .at least the lives of individuals with blogs are real and not in some fantasy world . . . well, most of them! :)

Exercise Miracle

2008-03-20T22:25:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning and got the girl's off to school in a timely manner. Actually, Hannah woke me up which she does most days. Isn't the parent supposed to wake up the child? Obviously I am not a morning person and Hannah has a much better concept of time than I do. Anyways, after saying goodbye to the girl's I exercised. It’s a miracle. I put on my Nike paraphernalia and off I went to meet another friend at 8:00. The treadmill and I bonded for 30 minutes and boy did it feel great. This friend is running a half marathon in June and she is tempting me to run with her. Running a marathon has always been a distant goal that I’ve only dreamed of accomplishing. A half marathon sounds a little more attainable for me, but I’m just thinking about it. Who knows it might be too late to sign up for it. I’ll let you know what I decide. I’m the type of person that needs motivation to exercise and with the help of my friend and the race, this might possibly happen.

Kids are in bed. . right?!

2008-03-20T21:49:00.000-07:00

It is 9:45 and the kids have been in bed since 8:00. . . Or so I thought! Hannah sneakily tiptoed downstairs and poked her head the office with a little giggle. I couldn't be upset with her sweet, innocent smile. She was reading a novel to Bekah on the top bunk, but Bekah fell asleep. Hannah, our little book worm, continued to read her own book and apparently lost track of time. She couldn’t get Bekah off the top bunk so she had no choice, but to ask for help which would incriminate the fact that it is 9:45 and she is still awake. I’m not upset, but rather happy that she loves to read. However, I might change my mind in the morning when I drag her out of bed and have to deal with a grumpy child!

2008-03-20T21:34:00.000-07:00

A New Toy

2008-03-18T21:20:00.000-07:00

This afternoon around 2:30 I received a package from Amazon. Garth and I bought a new electronic toy . . . hmm . . . did someone receive a tax refund?!! We pulled out the camcorder last week to record Alizah’s first moments with rice cereal and the 8mm tape wouldn’t come out. Garth tried everything and finally took the whole thing apart to no avail. How could we miss all these first’s coming up in Alizah’s little life. She is 6 months old and learning so fast. We don’t want to miss anything so we decided it was time to buy a new camcorder. This is actually our third camcorder and we have three children. See the trend? We must be hard on video cameras! This time we purchased a Canon HG10 which has a hard drive and no more tapes to get stuck. I'll let you know how we end up liking it. Talk to me when we have another child! If it hasn't broken yet then we are in good shape!

New Journal

2008-03-16T17:04:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd never see the day when I would create a blog! Who has the time? Not me!. . . . or so I thought. I'm trying something new. I finally have the habit of writing in my journal daily and I finished my journal, which by the way the first entry was in 1988. Yep! It took me 20 years to finish this journal and now I need somewhere else to write down my thoughts. So here I am. We'll give this a try and see if I actually keep it up.