Lizzy-isms

This girl is absolutely delightful...most of the time anyway. I just love the things she says, and the words she uses. So here are a few of my current favs!

"Mom, are you going to school or not? I don't care...I'm a genius!"

"Cupfolder" = cupholder

"Ring around the rosies, hopsa copsa rosie, ash-lez, ash-lez, we all fall down!"

"Jew-li-er" = jewelry

Reading time with Tim

To say that Tim is thrilled to spend what used to be 20 minutes, but has now been upped to 30 minutes, reading out loud every day after school, would be stretching the truth a bit. Ok, it's an outright lie! So when he accidently skips a day and ends up with double the reading to do before he can go play, it can be a bit of a struggle. Lucky for us we have a full library of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Garfield comics to make the reading a little more fun. Today Garfield was the choice. Tim even exclaimed, "I could read Garfield for TWO hours!" Did he? Nope. But it was interesting to watch my young man as he made himself comfy during his hour of booktime.

It's never too early to practice walking in heels!

Anytime I leave my shoes around the house it is certain to lead to this...

I love her girly pose here!

My favorite...

Tulips!

'Cuz why?

(That is Lizzy's favorite phrase, meaning 'do you know why?')

Because tulips were in full bloom on the day I got married. It was beautiful. Roses had always been my favorite flower, but tulips, you stole my heart!

My first photo

I am not a photographer. Let's just get that straight. But I have been more interested lately in figuring out how to make the photos I take look...well...good. My camera is old and terrible, so I have borrowed my son's camera and played around with it to see what I can do. I was very happy with how this one came out. I still have no idea what I'm doing, so I think this was maybe a fluke. But the more I practice, the better I can get, right?

Happy Birthday dear Jeffrey!

This is how the day began...boys with their toys!

Then we loaded our backpacks with water and snacks and headed out for a nice family hike!


"I can't walk anymore!"

Lucky for Lizzy, Daddy's shoulders were available!

My handsome boys with a beautiful backdrop...we couldn't have asked for a better day!

The way back down...

Then back home for cake and presents.

I love having an excuse to celebrate, any excuse!

But I must say that the day this man was born was a lucky day for me!!!

Happy birthday my dear Jeffrey!

The Life and Times of Gabe Piper

written by Gabe, January 2011

There is a famous saying, "No man is an island," is made of my family, the places I've visited, my special interests and things I will never forget. All these things help show who and what I am!

My family has done many things in life. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister a Mom and a Dad. My dad has 2 websites, a Thomas train one and a cufflink one. I am related to Philo T. Farnsworth the man who created T.V. My brother Brennen builds awesome Legos sets. Our family loves the sf. Giants and 49rs.

I've visited many places in my life. I've been to Disneyland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Gilroy gardens, Portland, Chinatown, AT&T Park, Sacramento, Bear Lake, Phoenix and Santana Row. I want to go to Canada, New York and Mexico.

My special interests make life more exciting. I love "Weird al" Yankovic, the A-team, legos and football. I like video games like all boys. Traveling is fun for me.

These are several things in life I will never forget like the time my dad dropped me out of school to see a Giants game or when I had a sleepover with my best friend.

"The Life and times of Gabe" have been great so far! I know that my family will do great things to come. The special interests I have continue, to make my life awesome. Most of all, I will never forget some the thing that have made my life better. Yes, this has been "the Life and times of Gabe"