Great Grandma Manell & Our Trip to St. George

We started off our 4th of July Weekend by heading down to St. George to see Gabbie's Great Grandma Manell. She is such an amazing lady and still going strong at 98 years old!

We had a great time visiting with Grandma, going to dinner and even getting some swimming in. Gabbie had a wonderful time and we did too! We love spending time with Grandma Manell and realize how lucky we are that Gabbie gets the change to know her.

The four generations spanning 97 years.

I love the interaction between Great Grandma and Gabbie here. In fact, most of the pictures with both of them, Great Grandma is more focused on Gabbie than anything else.

We even got to see Vicky's sister, Kay. We don't get to see his extended family much, so we were excited to be able to see Kay!

Gabbie educating Great Grandma on the Yo Gabba Gabba guys!

Gabbie and her Daddy! What a special relationship these two have. She absolutely adores him and I think the adoration is quite mutual!

Gabbie is also quite fond of her Nana and Papa Charles. They are so good to her and brought her some very special treasures from their trip to France, including this Minnie Mouse shirt and the cute white outfit she is wearing in the pics above.

At dinner, showing everyone where her nose is!

I am so glad and grateful that Gabbie has such a great relationship with her grandparents and her only great grandparent. These are special memories for sure!

Elko County Fair

So, after living here 5 years (Kiley 15+), we finally hit the Elko Fair today. Gabbie absolutely loved seeing all the animals, eating corndogs, drinking lemonade and ice cream for a treat! A fun time was had by all!

Gabbie wasn't too sure about being this close to the cow... As you can see, Kiley found her fear somewhat amusing!

We Call them Puggy Tails in our House!

And we think Gabbie looks super cute in her Puggy Tails!

Here is some fun video of her from yesterday as well. Warning: it is a little long, but I created it with the long distance Grandma's in mind.

Here is some additional random video from the summer so far...

4th of July 2010

We had a pretty mellow 4th of July this year. We hung out with my parents and had my niece and nephew, Brooke and Andrew, show up. We didn't have anything planned, but it turned out to be a very fun evening.

I had bought sparklers for Gabbie, and she could have cared less.

She much preferred opening and closing Grandma Dianne's door.

She absolutely loved playing with Parker and Makenna. They had a great time on the swings.

Overall, it was a great day!

Daddy may be more fun...

But mommy definitely has a better sense of fashion...