The Gabrielsen Seven

The Gabrielsen Seven

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Hostess with the Mostest

 Derek and Charlie (who I sometimes call Derek) making mini egg nest cookies.
 Alice showing them off.
 Cooking party in the kitchen.
 Grace's ticket to the Provo City Center temple dedication.
 Derek Flake family photo in front of the apricot tree.
 Love birds.
 Grace and baby Ruby.
 Mom and Cassio.
 Typical Dad.
 The Provo clan.
Dan.
 At the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum. Refurbished fire truck.
 In front of the capitol building.
 Inside the capitol building.
 Rotunda.
Three sleepy kids on our new love seat.
 Cheese!
 Danny, Addy, and Charlie having fun in the backyard.
 At the little pioneer cabin by the library.
 Lynne and Addy.
 Making sushi with Lynne.
Grandpa reading to all his grandkids. Something about a monster peacock tail.
 Charlie getting in costume for the fire station field trip.
 Female fire fighter.
 Ambulance tour.
 The kids were enthralled.
 New hats for all!
Me and my buddies.
 Putting stickers on dyed eggs after they dried.
 Bunny cake!
 Kind of...
 Cute baby bunny. It pays to have an uncle that owns a pet shop.
 Paul disassembling the wrecked couch.
 Dyeing eggs.




Happy Easter!

Sunday, March 20, 2016

My 34th birthday and Mom and Dad's visit

 This is when I was still 33.
 Charlie fell asleep in the car on one of our car rides.
 Learning to write M in exchange for chocolate chips!
 Mom fixing Alice's hair. She does a lot better job than I do.
 Dad gave Charlie a mohawk! They were best buds.
 Donuts at Dick's.
 My birthday breakfast: spinach and mushroom omelet!
 Lunch at Chick-fil-A. (We shared that food between the 5 of us.)
 Bowling after Grace got home from school!
 Paul had the slide position down.
 Alice was very cute setting it down, then pushing it as hard as she could, then watching it slowly, slowly roll down the lane and barely touch a pin at the end.


 Charlie used the ramp, and got a spare!
 The birthday girl got a strike!
 Grace beat us all.
 Final scoreboard.
 My awesome birthday cupcakes made of diet soda cake and sugar free cool whip. He dyed it yellow since it's my favorite color. It's in the shape of a 7 because of this weird song from "Here Come the 1-2-3's" where all the 7's say, "I want cake! Where's my cake!" Oh, and 3+4=7, since I'm 34.
 Walking around the Bountiful temple with Mom and Dad.





 John Kasich had a meeting across the street from Paul's work. Paul stopped by, but the line was super long, the room was already full, and John Kasich was running an hour late. Paul did get to see former Gov. Levitt though.
 The kids playing while cleaning the church.
 Cookies!
 Popcorn popping on our apricot tree!
 Cute and naked!
 Happy baby!
 Grace on St. Patrick's Day with her Battle of the Books lanyard.
Dad telling the kids family history stories over breakfast. Why is it always the gory ones?