The Gabrielsen Seven

The Gabrielsen Seven

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Homecoming week and a bunch of good news

Paul got filthy at the yardwork service project!

Grace got filthy at the traditional senior whitewashing of the V on the mountain!
Alice got her new HOPE Squad shirt.

Danny was upset about something? Shocked?
"May I have this dance?"
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza - they slap the table REALLY loud!
Sister love.
Fun Filipino Snack Crate from Joel and Melanie - thanks!!
Mantis decapitating a grasshopper.

Making up quizzes to keep Toby busy during the Pres. Nelson birthday broadcast.
More trampoline fun.
Reading on the floor.

We had fun playing the matching game, and he almost kept all the rules!
Smoky day.
Breakfast on the patio on a cool morning. Fall is coming!
Lagoon Trail forest date.
He had cello before school and HOPE Squad after.
Another pumpkin harvested.
Taking some pics before Grace left for homecoming. 






The corsage Grace's friend made for her to give to her date. Grace bought these fake flowers this morning.
Here's the rest of them:)
All dressed up for their silent film. Alice provided the mustaches.

Cutting branches from our downed cherry tree.
Toby loves to play in the garden.
Squiggly hair:)
Just Dance.
All legs and no arms!!
Ward service project. The widower they served was very appreciative, and I got a few compliments on how hard they worked.


Toby's cute worksheet. "I wish for a love."
Cute siblings.
Danny's flag football game got cancelled at the last second for the bad air from the Southern California fires.
Temple baptisms.
Playing at the school playground today.
New beanbag that we filled with all our stuffed animals.
Grace and friends whitewashing the V.
Grace and her friend Tyler on twinning day.
Just Dance. 
Grace and friends at the homecoming football game.
Grace and her homecoming date Jared.
Grace got some great pics of a mantis in a fighting stance.

Grace and friends at Senior Sunrise. Fun homecoming week for her!

Friday, September 6, 2024

Life in September

Grace and Charlie in a silly mood.
Mom/Dad Gabe gave us this cool BYU flag. We hang it out front on game days!
Matching pajamas.
Someone finally posted some pics from girls camp. Grace helping with the cooking.
Alice being smiley (third).
Paul and I saw a muskrat on our heronry pond walk. It was so cute, and we could hear it chewing a reed!
Starlings.
My walking buddy.
Early mornings are the best.

Our first pumpkin harvest.
Our cantaloupe.
Green chiles from our garden.

Weird kid.
Toby wrote down all his classmates' birthday months from memory. (I guess it's probably just the months they'll be celebrating them at school.)
Alice at game night for YW. (Third on bottom.)
I finally got Toby to read me some scripture stories!
Grace all ready for club rush!
Charlie got his cello today.
Toby requested I buy dumplings from the store, so we made an Asian dinner around them.
We got our dying cherry tree cut down!
It's much cheaper if they don't have to get rid of all the stuff they chopped down.
Another round of cider.
Alice's cute hair.
She took some pics of flowers in our garden.


Girls camp. Grace is third.
We have lots of mantises in our back yard.

Pumpkin flower.
They went to the temple and had to find a random baptizer - brave!
Playing a million rounds of Quiddler for our date.
Monopoly Deal.
Charlie went to a birthday party at a trampoline park.
Cider.
Monopoly Deal.

Birthday party.
Danny at the BYU game with Grandpa last weekend.


Loving that cider.
Grandma got to be part of the picnic dinner part.