This site allows you to view and see what is happening in our little part of the world. I will share stories of the kids and even a few personal thoughts of mine as I, like most people that have ever raised a kid, struggle with them and figure out what it means to be a parent.
At some point in one's life they get to choose their own hairstyle. My parents let me grow my hair longer when I was eight or nine years old. Much to my discomfort years later, the growing trend continued until I embarrassed myself around fourteen or fifteen years of age with an unsightly mop on my head that had not been seen since Cro-magnon man was hiding in caves. Be that as it may, I sported that hairstyle with much pride. It is only in hindsight that I cringe when I look at those pictures and have since vowed to destroy any and all evidence that my hair ever looked like that.
Now, its Jason's turn to make some personal decisions about his owm hairstyle. Captured here is his first haircut marking the beginning of his own journey of, hopefully, better hair decision making than his old man. His preference is for long bangs. We hate to see him hide his beautiful face but to some degree its his choice ... as long as he looks neat and his mom doesn't object too much.
By the way, he hates his bangs after the haircut. In my opinion, he looks very nice. And just in case you're wondering, I WILL NOT post a picture of my teenage hairstyle here.
It's been a long and fun weekend for us here in Gibson-land. It started Thursday evening and will go through tomorrow since the boys are out of school on Monday for a teacher work day. Here is a synopsis of what has been going on over here. The video below is only one part of this busy weekend and I hope you enjoy it.
The party started with a visit to Fort Imagination on Wednesday evening. After playing hide-and-seek at the fort, the boys and I went to Sonic and grabbed a long, tall, cool drink. The boys got cokes (that's Texas coke, which is the generic term for a carbonated soft drink and has no relationship to the Coca Cola product) while I opted for the slush - cherry slush.
Thursday afternoon, the boys and I went to ACU and rode bikes along the jogging/riding track. It was very windy so we only made it one and a half times around or around 3 miles. After we rode bikes, we headed for a treat at one of our favorite destinations, Cajun Cones. My favorite is Fuzzy Navel. It was fun but very messy.
I was off work on Friday so I spent part of the day working on the house and part of the day shopping for new light fixtures. There was a quick game of soccer in the back yard Friday evening. The boys and I watched a Hootie and the Blowfish concert we recorded on the DVR. I discovered I was not a child of the 1990's music scene. I didn't recognize a single song they played except that one really famous one, whose name I don't know. Jason had many questions about what its like to be in a band. I answered the ones I thought I could. The others I just left to his imagination.
Saturday afternoon and evening was spent at Abilene State Park, hiking, playing and just getting away from it all. We had a great time. After a few hours of hiking, we stopped to have drinks and cookies and the boys and their mother played Freeze Tag and Mother May I? I am the wise one that stays behind the camera and doesn't have to do all the running. After we left the park, we went to Coronado's Camp and had a hamburger. They have really good burgers there. If you get a chance to stop in for a burger, I think you'll be glad you did.
Sunday was Easter, as you know. We didn't go to church anywhere but went to my parent's house for lunch and to Karen's Parent's house for dinner. Two big meals in one day! Way too much food.
Tomorrow, Monday, we will spend the morning around the house while Karen works for Mr. Young near Coronado's Camp. The boys and I will join her at his ranch after lunch.
So, there is our weekend. I hope you enjoy the video.
Karen, Jason and I took a trip to Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth this week for a checkup. The video you see here is something I put together to commemorate the trip. The result of the trip was very good. The doctor, Angel Hernandez, said that things looked very good with Jason. We are going to continue the current regimen and will have an MRI done in August.
As it goes every year, Jon-Jon received the award for being the top student on his class the last six weeks. The selection is based on his grades and his overall performance in his class. So, once again he has proven himself worthy of the award. He is a great kid.
We have a new member of the family: a black dog that is a mix of Spitz and Corgi, as far as anyone can tell. Her name is Diamond. That's what the boys named her. She is around five months old. Her and Junior get along really well. Even though Junior is older, she stands her ground with him very well.
Once each year, the school the boys attend has a special day they call "PJ Day" where the students wear their PJs to school, read books and basically have a good time. Today is PJ Day. Here's the boys in their best attire.
I attended Jonathan's class Christmas party today. There was Bingo with M&Ms, burritos and games. Oh, and there were cookies. Each child frosted and sprinkled their own cookies before digging in. Needless to say, Jon enjoyed his.
Here are the latest pictures of the remodel. Three people asked me in the last day or so about the progress and why I haven't posted any pictures in a while. Honestly, I've been so busy working I haven't felt the time to stop and do another entry on this page.
But, I'm here at the house waiting on the countertop people to arrive so I thought I would take a few minutes and post two more pictures.
The kitchen is moving along but not finished. I'm down to the details and you know how slowly that goes. Its hard to live in the middle of the construction but it was even harder to wash dishes in the bathroom for three weeks.
We hope to have the countertops in soon. I will get some more pictures when that happens.
