Perry canyon.....

July 2012

 Meg and I hiking up the road. It was a cool day. It sprinkled the whole time we were hiking. We came home a little damp. I think I would not mind a little rain on the trek as long as it was not at night. I have hiked in blazing sun and rain. I like rain better. Rain cools you down.

 Just keep on treking keep on moving down the road.........

At the end of the Perry canyon there is a really cool old mine at the end of the trail head. Mark is again loving taffy.

Mark and the kids at the entrance to the Old mine. Below is me, Beckee, with the kids at the entrance to the mine. We have had a really fun time together as a family preping ourselves for the Pioneer Trek. We (meaning Mark, Collin, and I) leave for the Trek one week from today. We are excited to finally be going, having six month a prep work involved. I hope we are ready spiritually and physically. It is going to be a grueling monumentous task to walk 28 miles with NO SHADE in four days. The theme for our trek is "..Have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong..." ETHER 12:27 I know we are all going to have times on this trek when we sttruggle. Remebering this theme will help us to remember we can rely on our heavenly father. We have walked, and walked prayed, and trained for months we now need to have faith in the lord for then after all we have done he will then make our weekness strong.

Collin and Meg....Collin found this old TV on our way back thought it made a good picture memento of our fun times we have had training for Trek.

Hiking up the Mountain!

Near our home.

 This is one steep hike up hill all the way Short, but brutal!  We found some shade rested and ate dinner than hiked back down!

Sariah and Mark enjoying taffy on the way down!

June flew by!

June went by to quickly summer is 1/3 over with :(

here are our june highlights.

                           Manti pageant with Mark's Family!

 We have been asked to be a Ma and A Pa for our stake pioneer trek. We have been training and getting ready. Mark and I have been walking and walking here we are walking up to the girls home in Mantua Utah.

 Me, Beckee, Hiking again in prep for the Trek with the young Men for mutal night and our bishop, who will be a trail boss on the trek.

 Introducing Ma and Pa Gibby Trek training with the stake!

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Hiking again in Manti, Utah around the campground lake . Sariah and Cousin kelsey Walton.

Mark and I at the Salt Lake Temple for my cousin Ane Houser's wedding. It was nice to take a break from the hiking and training for the trek and spend a day with my mom's family. I love being around my family joyous day! Only 18 day left until the trek hope we are ready! The longest yet we have hiked is over 9 miles, but we weren't pulling a hand cart. Can we do 30 miles in less than 4 days!

Sariah the critter catcher!

Sariah nature girl and critter catcher!

Summer june 2012

 At our family reunion at a camp ground in Manti utah, Sariah caught a lizard a bull frog and little fishes. She caught her fishes with a stick  she attached a cup  to the end of it. Just look how much she just adores that little creature that just bit her cousin Desiree on the chin!

Sariah's cousins from left Desiree, Katie walton, Natalie, brother Parker, Joseph, and sister Meg all looking at Sariah's bull frog she is holding in her hand.

Sariah with (left) cousin Kelsey walton, Natalie, and Katie Watlon looking at the fish in the cup they just caught.

Happy Easter Easter 2012. I love taking the kids pictures at Easter time to see how much they have grown over the past year. Meg has the most noticable growth on her, but all of them are just going to have to be feed less so they will stop growing !

Mark and molly

The girls Sariah (ALMOST 10) and Meg 7

Collin Almost 17 the leader of the pack.

I love this pic it is Collin's personality shining through. Love the Hair.

My man Parker 13. A teenager at last.

Sariah my dear heart, emotional one!

Meg our spark that lights it all in the color she chooses of course.

First "real" snow fall of the season was in March this year. We had some snow this year but not much. Collin had fun learnig how to drive in the snow coming home from work the other night in a blizzard. It was good experiance for him. He made it home safe, and had fun he said sliding a little bit. My tulips are coming up and we had 6 inches of snow fall in todays. The kids Parker, neighbor Brady, Sariah, and Meg had fun buidling a snow man in the backyard. Check out that cool grass beard!

Parker has become quit the babysitter. He gets calls all the time from the neighbors to go babysit for them. He loves be able to save and have some money of his own to spend. Parker got glasses this week. We have to go pick them up on Monday.

Sariah and Meg have been accepted into a charter school in Perry. They will be starting Promontory next fall year. Sariah is excited. Her best girl friend will also be going as well. We hope Meg will be able to get more hands on experince and more help with her behavior problems. She is a lot like Collin we are sure she has ADD like him. It is sad to have your first grader visit the principles office!

Collin James Gibby 16

I just love this picture of Collin sitting on the fireplace doing his homework while trying to stay warm. Collin is a great kid with a strong testimony of the Gospel. He is a hard worker and always gives 110% in what ever he is doing. It is a privelge to be his mother.

Annual Snow Party 2011

Every fall year when it is the first snow fall of the year, we celebrate with a snow party. We make some sort of Snow man treat to eat. This year we made giant Snowman, sugar cookies. We frosted them and decorated them to look like frosty the Snow man. Then we watch a movie and we eat our snow treat with hot Cocoa. My kids love this tradition we started when Collin was just a little kid. They can't wait to have the first snow fall to celebrate! I love making memories with them. These are the kinds of things they will remember as adults. I still remember every year at Christmas time when I was young kid, going to grandpa Houser's to decorate a tree in remembrance of my Great Grandma Nanny. Nanny loved Christmas so much she would leave her tree out all year long . At Grandpa Houser's all the great grandchildren would decorate a small tree to remember Nanny. Then we would make Christmas trains out of candy. I also remember every New Years Eve we would have a glorious party with homemade donuts Grandpa Houser made. I hope someday I can celebrate the first snow fall with my grandchildren, while my kids reminisce of the day the had theirs.

Halloween Pictures 2011

Collin was Merlin the Magician, Parker was Harry Potter, Sariah was an Indian , Meg a Princess. The kids had fun trunk or treating and going to visit Great Grandpa Houser, and Grandpa-ma Gibby. Sariah and Parker had all their candy gone in a day and a half! Meg was sharing with her siblings 5 days later.

Merlin and Morgana, Collin got to come to the Adult Gibby Halloween party this year. His first date ever! He had tons of fun he text simile faces to all his friends. It took him a lot of courage to ask a girl out. He had to over come is girl shyness, but he agrees it was worth it.

Mark and I had lot of fun portraying characters from American History. I was Sojourner Truth, and Mark was Abraham Lincoln. There is an actual picture of them together in the Library of Congress.

Carving Sariah's home grown Pumpkins

Oct. 2011

Sariah Begged to plant pumpkins this year in our garden. We have never been successful with pumkins. They just never grew big enough to produce. Since we now garden in planter boxes I decided to let her plant pumkins. Wow we had 13 pumkins this year! Sariah was so proud of her self cause she planted them all by herself. We carved a few of them last night, and invited some of the neighbors kids with us as well.

Meg's scary pumkin. She drew it ands I carved it for her.

Sariah and her "masacared Bloody" Pumkin.

Collin just had his wisdom teeth pulled two hours before we carved pumkins. The numbness was just starting to wear off. He was starting to hurt. What a trooper. He called his pumkin brain surgery! Maybe cause he jsut had Minor surgery himself. He went to school today loaded up on ibus. He didn't want to miss and have tons of makeup work. We did it Monday so he would be off work and have the rest of fall break to recoup.

Parker and his big eyed pumkin. I love the nose!

Hope everyone has a safe and Fun Halloween.

My oldest, Collin, is growing up. He got his first Job today at Maddox Ranch House as a dishwasher. He starts this Sat. Sept. 3. I remember when he was a baby coming home from the hospital, he was smaller than a loaf of bread in his daddy's arms. My how time is going too quickly. I only have a few years left before he flies the coop. Somewhere along the line, Mark and I got old.

Good By to Mrs. Piggy

We bought this cute sleek silver Nissan truck, about five years ago. Sadly she was put to rest this week when someone pulled in front of her in Willard Utah. The other guys insurance company declared Mrs. Piggy totaled. I am sure she will become a donor for her various parts living on in someone truck.

The kids got to say good bye to her one more time. She will be missed. She was a great little truck. We are grateful to her for keeping Mark safe and sacrificing herself on mark's behalf.

Lagoon 2011 We had a blast! We stayed all day right up until closing time. We got wet from riding the Rattle Snake Rapids and the log flume. Helping keep us cool. It was nice for all of us to be able to go on all the rides together. Meg was a trooper and went on all the big kid rides her only request was the Merry go round. The boys and all of us went on that ride with and for her. We Created Great family memories. Eating our traditional Ice cream from pioneer village.

Meg found a friend in line waiting to ride the bat.

This was meg's favorite ride. The Wild Mouse.

Parker enjoying his Ice cream!

Riding on the train.

We got stuck on the Sky Ride for 5 minutes until it finally started to move.

Waiting in line to go on the Jet star. Meg was able to ride it the first time. The second time we tried it as our last ride before we headed home that evening. The attendant told meg she was too short. She did not get to ride it the second time. Meg was border line tall enough. It could have been dark and she just decided she was too short or she was ornery after a long day at work. Who knows. Meg was upset and didn't understand. Mark took her to ride the Odysea instead. It made a sour note to a fun day. It was the only ride in all of lagoon they told her no. Which tells me the lady may have been wrong!