Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom's birthday was yesterday, April 9th. Happy Birthday, Mom!


Isn't she beautiful?!?!

William Curtis Gibson

We had the pleasure of meeting my new cousin, William Curtis Gibson on Saturday. He will be called, Will. He was born on Saturday morning around 4am. He weighed 10lbs 3 oz. He is a very big baby!




Julie is my Dad's youngest sister. This is their second child. Will's older sister, Abby, will be 2 years old in June. I will put up some pictures of them together when I get some.

Easter

Andrew and I spent Easter weekend at home in Roanoke. We had a great time hanging out with my family. My dad, brother and Andrew played Settlers more times than I can remember. On Thursday, we helped mom and dad pick out a new car. Mom wanted a bigger car so the whole family could ride together when we all came home. So, she bought a mini van. It is a Kia Sedona. It is really nice with almost every option including a DVD player which we had fun with.

I was a little disappointed that she didn't buy this van though. Who wouldn't want a Bedazzled van? You may need to view it a little larger to really appreciate it. The designs are made out of those little jewels/stones that people put in the bottom of a beta fish bowl. It is truly spectacular!

We spent a little time on Saturday looking around the local shops in downtown Roanoke. We were checking out the local glass and pottery.

Here is the tallest building in Roanoke. It is Wachovia Bank.

After church on Sunday, we went to my grandparents' house and ate lunch. After lunch, my cousin Adam had a little Easter egg hunt in the back yard.

Richmond

On March 31st, we did a 10K race in Richmond with a bunch of friends from college. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from the race because I didn't really want to carry a camera around while I was trying to set world records. I think you can understand. But, I do have some pictures of our time hanging out during the rest of the weekend.

Jenny did a great job of finding a place for all of us to stay. She found this camp site. This is the main cabin where we hung out together with a fire, smores, Settlers of Catan and lots of food.

These are the cabins that we slept in. There were about 5 or 6 of these cabins. They each slept 4 people in bunk beds. They are nice and cute during the day. But, when it gets dark, it is a bit "Blair Witch Projecty". But, we all made it out alive.

Even Kathryn Sink roughed it for the weekend. (Although, I am not sure how rough it is to be held and loved every second by all the girls.)

There was a lake nearby with a pretty dam. So, Jenny took our picture for us. Thanks Jenny!

We had quite the adventure at Applebee's our last night there. It took over an hour for us to get our food. Even Kathryn was getting pretty hungry!

Right before we all left, we took a bunch of pictures with our camera. They are fun to look through. So, here is a link to a photo webpage so you can view them. Just click on the first picture and then keep clicking the next button. (It might just be amusing to those of us that were there.)

Just a little friendly Solitaire...

Back in December, we won a palm pilot in our Bible Study's gift exchange. We were quite shocked and excited about our organizing potential now. But really, all we use the palm pilot is for playing Solitaire. It was Andrew who started getting addicted. But, then I played and I got a higher score than him. So, he had to beat me. He finally beat me with a score of 5457! So, I had to beat him. I played one game and I obliterated his score with 6156. This is pretty much the beginning of our rivalry. It took him a month and a half, but he finally beat me. Unfortunately, I tied his score that night.

Here are our highest scores below if you would like to join the competition on your own handheld. (We might be a little obsessed, but we keep a copy of it on our refrigerator just so we know.)

5457 Andrew
6156 Naomi
6474 Andrew
6474 Naomi

More Fish Pictures

Well, we recently told you about the loss of our Yellow Watchman Goby, Fifty Percent. Well, we decided to try yet again. This time we got a bigger one. We went through several names like Moby (as in Moby Dick), Hoby (from Baywatch) and Coby (Bryant). But, nothing fit quite like Toby. So, this is Toby 2. As soon as we put him in the tank Spot (our Domino Damsel) started picking on him. He would ram him with his face and then shake his tale at Toby2. Toby 2 got pretty scared and jumped into the back of the tank several times. We thought he wasn't going to make it. So, Andrew bought a tank divider and put it in. It didn't really fit. So, there was a big space at the top and the bottom that Spot could get through. But, apparently he isn't that smart and he started leaving Toby2 alone. Toby also found a great place to hide. He is now friends with Pepe' our cleaner shrimp. They hang out in the same hole. Pepe' hangs upside down on the top and Toby 2 hangs out on the bottom. They make quite a team...

until our Emerald Crab, Emmitt, comes to town. We don't see him very often and when we do, it is usually just one of his claws that we see. But, this day, he took over Pepe' and Toby2's cave. He is pretty big. He has 2 big claws and then all those hairy legs that you see.

He is gone now and things are back to normal for Pepe' and Toby2. I guess Emmitt just came for a little house cleaning.

A Long Day in the Lunchroom

You may be wondering why I am so happy and Andrew is so sad in this picture.


Well, it is because "A Long Day in the Lunchroom" is finally gone! If you haven't seen this art piece or even heard of it, then you are missing out. This is Andrew's giant artwork that he made several years ago The board black board is from the dumpster and he painted it black. The white things are styrofoam cups that he designed for his piece. Now, as much as I want to be a supportive wife, I have disliked this "thing" from the beginning. First of all, it is gigantic. It is has been in our guest bedroom, taking up room, for about 2 years now. Second of all, it is a bit modern for my taste. And it doesn't really match our decor. Third, I had to move it everytime I wanted to vacuum because it was blocking the plug. Fourth, it isn't biodegradable. And that is very important to me :) JK Anyways, Andrew tried to sell it on Ebay, but needless to say, no one wanted to pay the $1000 he was asking for it.

But, if you really liked it, don't worry. It hasn't gone too far. Andrew convinced his mom to create an art gallery in their attic. And of course she needed "A Long Day in the Lunchroom" as the token piece. What a sweet mother.