The Gabrielsen Seven

The Gabrielsen Seven

Monday, November 11, 2019

Charlie's 7th birthday and Bethany's cousin retreat

 Danny at lunch on Friday.
 Paul made the kids ravioli when I left on Thurs.
Charlie heard Grandma Terisa was sick and wrote her a note.
 Bathing beauty.
View from the living room.
 I love our family room fireplace area.
 And the living room too!
 And I LOVE these two guys!!
 What's not to love?
 Dancing weirdos.
 Static balloons on the ceiling for Charlie's birthday.
 7 years old.
 Inflatable boxing gloves.
 Chicken alfredo for dinner at his request.
 Cake made of no bakes.
 New anglerfish lego set.
 Overalls boy!

 Alice got her bachelors degree by doing extra credit.

 Heading to the cousins retreat with Valerie.
 Amelia, Valerie, Elaine, Allyson, Lucy, me at the pizza place the first night.
 Yum!

 Lego Brigham Young Academy at the BYU bookstore.
 Lunch at Aunt Jana's.
 Hanging out at the Gateway.

 Tucano's.
 Out the car window.



 Last Sunday, dinner with Dillons and Duckworths.
 Dillon bench pressing Charlie.
 New watch from Grandma Lu.
 Birthday presents.
 Our big 7 year old!
 Paul took treats to his class.
 Veteran's Day wall at school: Great Grandpas Gabe and Emery.
 Lego dream bedroom.
 Dancing with Toby.
 Sleeping bag party.
 Pizza and movie night.
 Slugs.
 Dancing with Toby.

 Climbing at Cheese Park.
 Nature boy.
 Writing with charcoal.
 Qwirkle date with Daddy.
 Tardigrade stuffed animal from Grandparents Gabe.
 Wigs for the girls.
 Arby's for dinner.
 So focused on lego building.
 Cute drawing Danny did during sacrament meeting of me when I was pregnant with Toby.
 Pic for Paul.
 Standing practice.
Pic for me!

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Halloween 2019

 Fall in Pennsylvania.

 Cool 1920's diner we ate at. I love those chandeliers.
 Cool big booths.
 View outside the restaurant facing Penn State campus.
 The outside of The Corner Room.
 Thick cloud cover below our plane.
 Rose came to visit. I fixed her hair!



 Rose is cute, but I'm partial to this guy.
 Cousin lunch.
 My five favorites!
 Cutie pie!!
 Face paint for Halloween.
 Danny at Charlie's class Halloween parade.
 Cute astronaut at the library Halloween parade.
 We love this yard near the kids' school.
 Charlie draws so cute! He and Danny have been obsessed with these little toys we got them.
 Brothers playing Uno with homemade cards.
 Catstronaut for trick-or-treating.
 Ninja wearing two layers.
 Hot dog Paul braved the cold with them.
 Grace carved this pumpkin all by herself while everyone else was doing other stuff. She did a leaf for fall.
 Charlie wanted to help change Toby's diaper.
 Weirdy Dan.
 Our new pumpkin cleaning tool.
 It works just okay.


 Building bookshelves today. We have two completely full bookcases, and vow that if we acquire more books, we have to get rid of old ones so we don't need more shelves.
 He was interested in the building project.
 Cute pic from Dad Gabe last week.
 Charlie stayed home sick one day while we were gone.
 Fall in PA.
 We chanced upon an embroidery exhibit at the public library in State College.
 Dinner at the Corner Room. We shared appetizers and desserts.
 Old Main - the cool administration building.
 Leaving our historic hotel at 6 am.

 Snow in our backyard while we were gone.
 Halloween haul.
 Brisket from Smokin' Bones. We only got a pound of that, but it was fresh and delicious!
 My pumpkin carving.
Artsy Old Main.