"My Sisters keeper"

"The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend. "

I was invited to a movie on Friday with my sister-in-laws and Mother-in-law to see "My sisters keeper". So with the title in mind I thought I would extend the invitation to my girls, if they wanted to go and pay their own way, and they did. Needless to say, the movie I thought was awesome! It was deep, meaningful, and really made me realize what is really important - Family! Even though there are many days my girls are at each others throats and I want to run away, They are MY GIRLS, They are Sisters and I love them! I know that when they are older they will be the best of friends, like I am with my sister! I want to also say I have great Sister-in-laws and probably the Best Sisters in the whole world. I know everyone says when you grow up you finally realize what you have and what is important, well I am lucky to say that my Sisters are my best friends and I am grateful for them each and everyday and I would give my life for any one of them any day of the week! I miss them! Love you Guys!Beth (1 of my 3 sisters) Cher, (1 of my 6 sister-in laws)
"There is no better friend than a sister. And there is no better sister than you."
~Author Unknown

Our First Rodeo!

Living in Riverton, Utah for the past almost 15 years, we have never experienced the annual Riverton Town Days Rodeo, until TONIGHT! The night began with the skydivers bringing in the American Flag, It was Awesome!


Stone and Mom smiling for Dad getting this one for the books, knowing his wife of 39 years old has never been to an official Rodeo...The smell was delightful?


Alissa, Jocelyn (very sun burnt) and Zoey acting very interested in the events: So I have to say, they about cried when they saw the calf tying events, and were quite the entertainment for all the spectators around us, Can you believe a Gibbons' making a spectacle of themselves?

The funnest and funniest part of the evening was the CASH COW Contest. Stone and Hunter and probably 100 other 9-12 year olds chasing 4 small cows with money attached to them with duct tape - quite the spectacle and we all were laughing - Hunter was unable to catch the cow, however Stone made it out with 1 dollar, disgusting dollar I might add:
Dirty and hairy....EEEWWWWWW!


This is Chris and Hunter (with his new hairdo) waiting for the next events - BULL Riding.

Year End Piano Recital!

So we headed to the Piano Gallery in South Jordan for our annual year end piano Recital. Mind you, normally we have all 5 in piano, with the economy and the childrens crazy schedules we left Jocelyn and Alissa in lessons. We know this would be Alissa's final year with Janine (Our amazing Piano teacher) so we wanted her to finish with a bang. Jocelyn loves to play and it shows in her practicing and her determination to find new pieces and learn them on her own. For the time being the others have put their piano careers on hold, however you will find all of them practicing and keeping up on their musical talent.
So this year Jocelyn played the Hokie Pokie - to her dismay - it wasn't long enough for her and she felt it was too easy, but she showed her personality when announcing her song and playing giving the whole audience a bit of the Jocey personality, making silly faces while she played perfectly!
Alissa had the final piece of the evening and played a 10 page - 7 1/2 minute piece by Jon Schmidt. We were very impressed and proud of her final performance in Piano lessons. It has been 8 years, thousands of dollars and well worth every penny!

Stone in the heat of things!

Steeling!

Hitting Left! (Switch hitter)

Making the play to 1st - Bullet Arm

Getting the attempted steel out at 2nd!

So we are in the Heat of the City All Stars - Stone is on the Riverton 11 year olds and plays short-stop. This is just one photo of doing what he does best! He amazes us with his control of the ball and the situations that arise. He is also currently playing with the Riverton RATS super league team and pretty much floats all over the field where ever he is needed. He says that he loves playing with the RATS because he gets to play a lot of positions and show what he is able to do. We still have 2 more weeks of Baseball - including 2 tournaments and lots of sun time!

Jocelyn EFY/ Sandy

Jocelyn just finished EFY this last week in the Sandy, Utah area. She had a blast even though she had to miss most of our wards Youth Conference, she loved EFY and made some great new friends and lots of cute boys! (Jocelyn is in the middle front with arms out wide) 2 down and 1 more week of EFY to go.

Zoey's EFY Experience

Zoey and Makenna were at EFY/ BYU from June 8 - 13th. Talk about 2 girls having the time of their lives, They have already planned on going again next year, but they want to head to Cali for their next adventure! 2 Cousins with so much energy and boy crazy to boot!

Look Who had a Birthday Today! Yeah it's me, my first 39th Birthday of many to come, I am sure.

Well the kids were really cute a decorated my bedroom door, it is a tradition in our house. They also did Birthday Bed for me and all came in a sang to me and game me


presents, a cute purse they had picked out and 2 classic movies, we love movies in this house and treats. We had a fun time. Chris drove girls to EFY and upon his return home, He had my favorite thing in his hand a 44oz. Diet Coke to start off my day! Then it was off to the many happenings in the Gibbons household. Alissa went off to Babysit, Jocelyn was off at EFY, Chris headed out to the Yard, I began doing dishes and laundry and few of the others plopped on the couches to watch a movie.
So as the day went on, I was excited to go to lunch with my sister-in laws, and Mother in-law to the amazing "Food for Thought"and received the cutest locket-charm from my sister-in-law Lisa, zebra background with rhinestone peace symbol. I came home to some beautiful flowers from my sisters and an amazing rendition of Happy Birthday on the answering machine from my Cute Rowbotham nieces and nephew. Then Chris and I took the kids to a movie, "Star Trek", not my favorite, but the kids seemed to like it. Then it was off to an All-Star Baseball game for Stone. His game was out in Hunter/Cyprus and they got their butts kicked - Needless to say tomorrow is a new day and gratefully this is their first time playing together as a team, so they really know what they need to work on! So now I am at home and I am going to put myself to bed! Happy Birthday to ME!