Google Maps Star

How many people that you know can say they are a Google Maps star? Go to our address on Google Maps, travel a few feet down Lytle Way and Voila!

Jason and Jetsy the Cat

Found Jetsy the Cat in bed with Jason this morning. She likes to sneak in and find a place to sleep.

Swim Party

We had a belated birthday party for Jason and Jon's birthdays. They invited friends over for pizza, swimming, movie watching and seeing who could stay up the latest. All the boys had a good time. Karen and I are tired this morning. All the Gibson boys fell asleep by 1:30. I made the other kids go to bet around 2:00. Here is a short video of the swimming they did earlier that evening.



Well, at least we're done with birthday parties for awhile. The next one up is my mom's, which will be low-key and during the day. Then comes mine, which will involve as little activity as possible and lots of sleep.

Jonathan - 3rd Grade Spelling Bee and Awards Ceremony

The 3rd Grade Spelling Bee and Awards Ceremony at Taylor Elementary held on May 28, 2009 at the school. Jon-Jon was a member of the Spelling Bee team and got several awards for academic excellence.

A Video By Josh

Josh and I spent the afternoon running around Abilene's city cemetery. I'm shooting for a video that has been commissioned by a local Abilene group. Josh brought along his own video camera, shot a video, did the edit and put it on YouTube. Here is that video.

A New Video - Mourning Dove

Mourning Doves are monogamous birds that share in the nesting process. Typically, one of the doves will sit on the nest from the morning through the afternoon. The other dove will sit on the next from the evening through the night.

We discovered this nest up in one of our trees. It took a picnic table and a ladder to get high enough to get some of the shots but it was worth it.

This story has an unfortunate ending, however. We have a cat that has a taste for all things bird. We think she got one of the doves and both eggs. The good news is that doves nest three or four times a year and often come back to the same place. Next time, I will put up some chicken-wire to keep the cat away.

Mourning Dove from David Gibson on Vimeo.

A New Video - Vintage Baseball at Buffalo Gap Historic Village

Over the last two years, I've had the privilege of getting to know a bunch of guys that love history and love baseball. There's only one problem: they spell it as "base ball" with two separate words. This spelling comes from how the game was spelled and played during the 1860's and 1870's. Join me for this brief introduction to Vintage Base Ball as told by guys with names like Joel "Flaps" Brant, Bob "Bonecrusher" Wettemann, "Fossil" Joe Christensen and Warren "Spider" Simpson.

Jason on the Intramural Track Team

We went to Cooper HS the other day to watch Jason run track. Jason ran in the 440-relay (pictured), the 50-yard and 100-yard dashes. It was a special day for Jason because his Uncle Derek was in town from Houston and got to watch Jason run.

Jason ended up with two 5th place ribbons and a big bottle of Gatorade.

The Kichen Flooring Project Continues

Here are a few pictures after all the flooring has been installed. WHATAJOB! I still have some molding to do but I'm going to take a couple of days off to rest and then finish the molding and end-caps.

Kitchen Flooring Install - Day 1

I took a day off work to ... uh ... work. We finally decided to install new flooring in the kitchen and utility areas of the house. You can only live on concrete that is covered in stains and old ceramic tile lines for so long. I spent about 12 hours today getting the last of the prep work done, putting down the moisture barrier to keep the laminate flooring from warping, and installing the first sections of flooring. I'm pooped and not looking forward to tomorrow but I should finish the flooring for sure

Here are some pics.

This is a shot just before I started laying stuff.

This is shot with the plastic installed.

This is the flooring in the utility room.

This is the first full row of flooring in the kitchen. Looks like I need to go back and catch up on a little painting I didn't do when I installed the cabinets.