Jason Receives Academic Award

Jason was selected by his teachers as one of the Academic Achievers for the 6th Grade a Craig Elementary. He was one of three boys and three girls chosen from the 6th grade. This is a picture of Jason with the principal of the school.

Jon downtown Abilene at Minter Park.

I had to take a video downtown to the Abilene Reporter News. Interestingly, the video is a story about auditions here in Abilene for ABC's Super Nanny television show. After I dropped off the video, Jon wanted to go see the waterfall at Minter Park. Here, he is walking along the brick wall in front of the waterfall.

Boo at the Zoo Video

I shot this video during the Boo at the Zoo Festival. Each year, the zoo at Abilene, Texas holds a festival and invite the city to come out, see the animals and trick or treat for Halloween.


Boo at the Zoo from David Gibson on Vimeo.

Student of the Six Weeks 2008

Joshua and Jonathan both received the "Student of the Six Weeks" for the classes at school. A ceremony is held in honor of the students that receive this award. Here is a short video of the ceremony.

Old Whalen Kids

Everyone was in town a few months back so we thought it would be a good time to get everyone together for a picture before we all have to use a walker.

New ARN Video

Just wanted to share my latest work with the Abilene Reporter News. It pretty much speaks for itself as to the content. I'm also working on a video interview for another website. I'll send out that link once its completed.

Here is the link for the ARN video:

http://www.reporternews.com/videos/detail/talent-showcase/

A New Video Camera, Sound and Lighting System ... and some boys

I recently purchased a new video camera, the Canon XH-A1, microphone and lighting system to work on a project that I've had in my mind for several years now. I needed to test out the equipment and couldn't imagine a better subject matter than the boys.

Oh, ya, my other boys go to school too!

OK, so the first kid always gets a lion's share of the press and attention. I should know. I was third in line and always got the hand-me-downs and no lovin'. Alright, that's not true. I was the only boy and spoiled rotten and got everything I wanted.

Anyhow, back to the reason for this post. Jason got a video but I had to get a picture of Joshua and Jonathan at their desks. In my defense of doing more for Jason than the other two, if I had taken my video camera into Joshua's and Jonathan's classes, they would have been mortified. So, I'm sticking with the quick photo on my iPhone approach.

In case you're wondering, I didn't ASK Jason if I could bring my video camera to the middle school walk-through. And, I did notice I was the only parent with a video camera.

They are adorable sitting their desks. The boy sitting next to Joshua is his best pal these days, Colton Bontke.

Jason Goes to Middle School

As the old saying goes, "Its amazing how quickly time flies." Jason starts Middle School today. We visited the campus on Saturday and got a glimpse of what his life in Middle School will be like.

Bowling with the Boys ... and a friend

Joshua had one of his friends over to spend the night. To start the visit off right, we went to Whitewood Bowling lanes and tried our hand at becoming the next, great bowling sensation. Needless to say, the members of the PBA have little to fear from us.

Here's the vid ( as Jason likes to call them )