Pictures from Fay....

Well, we survived Tropical Storm Fay! Thank goodness the rain is gone and we can start drying out around here! The kids missed 1 1/2 days of school in their first week. This week will be the first week when Hannah goes ALL DAY every day to Kindergarten!
I took a few pictures while we were cooped up in the house at the end of last week. Thought you might get a kick out of them!

Jacob and Hannah were dressed up like a bride and groom to get "married".


















Maggie loved the Olympics this year. It's hard to imagine that Jacob will be her age the next time the Summer Olympics roll around! On Saturday night, she really wanted to watch the diving. Well, they showed the marathon IN IT'S ENTIRETY before the diving came on. I think she stayed awake to see a few dives, but then fell asleep on the chair. The darling part of this story is that Jacob, upon seeing her fallen asleep, took the blanket and covered her up! If that didn't make my heart swell.... :-)

First Day of School

The girls started their first day of school today! Maggie is in 2nd and Hannah in Kindergarten. Here are some pictures from their morning. You'll see that Jacob enjoyed his trains after the girls were gone for the day!

Family Vacation in Orlando

The California Gabbs

The boys with their toys back in BH!

Jake is 3 now!

Jacob is 3 today! Our friends, the Luecks, donated their train table to our cause and he is lovin' it! He wanted to take part of the train table to bed with him tonight! We had fun at Chuck E Cheese's as you'll see from the pictures!

Last days of school

Maggie and her teacher, Miss K















Maggie and her classmates after final day of school!


Maggie and her friend Bridget McNabb

Hannah's graduation!

Hannah in her cap and gown, awaiting Preschool graduation

















Hannah with her teacher, Mrs. Johnston, getting her diploma



The cermonial "tossing of the mortarboards". (Notice Jake just standing there in the middle of it all!)



The graduate!

School plays, grandparents visit, miscellaneous

Well, it's been a while since I have posted anything. Sorry! Anyway, we have been busy. My parents visited in late Feb. You'll see the picture of my dad with Maggie and Hannah after their plays. Maggie's class did "King Bidgood's in the Bathtub" and Hannah's preschool class did "Three Nanny Goats Gruff". They did such a great job. Maggie was the Duke and Hannah played Fanny Nanny! :-)

Mark's mom came for a visit a week later and she was able to spend a lot of time with the kids (and Mark and I too!) I think she and Jacob did every single puzzle we have in the house!

Jacob loves puzzles and has gotten quite good at them. He can pretty much put together this 60 piece one by himself! He's also in training for the Easter Egg Hunt Olympics. For the past two days, that is all he has been doing: hiding eggs and then finding them again!