Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Happy Veteran's Day!
Thanks to all the vets in our family and in the US!
We were a couple days late, but my Moms and Pops took me to the POW/MIA War Memorial Park by the Narrows Bridge. It is my parent's tradition to get donuts and coffee and visit my Great-Grandma Ethel (Thor) Nelson's plaque on Veteran's Day.
It was a lovely Pacific NW fall day, and I look forward to visiting every year!
Happy Veteran's Day!
My Grandparents Rock!
Wow, I am so blessed to have four awesome Grandparents! And they live so close!
My Grammie and Granddad made sure our Denver trips are smooth and easy! They take care of all the logistics like hooking us up with a sweet suite at Staybridge Suites and making sure we had a four-wheel drive rental car for all our snow driving!
Thank you!
And while we were in the mountain time zone - Wow! Grandpa and Grandma outdid themselves (which is hard to do)! Not only did they take us and pick us up from the airport, but they spent the whole time we were away helping my parents out! Grandpa put a new fuel filter in my Explorer (not an easy task) and unclogged our dishwasher! Grandma cleaned our oven (it's like new!) and took multiple bags of leaves from our little patio! They also made sure we had soap, soup, and milk for when we returned!
Thank you!
And not only all that, but my Grammie and Grandma spend time with me every week that let's my Moms do some tutoring, go to the dentist, make dinners, and do some cleaning!
My Grandparent's Rock!
I Love You!
Thanks for all you do!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Wow! What a trip! What a last day! We Did It All!
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| The Second-Daughter's Club (Very Exclusive)! |
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| The Secret Society of Middle Children's Club! |
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| The Not-So-Secret Society of Not Oldest & Not Youngest Children! |
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| Susan Marie & Me! |
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| Fumie's Close up! |
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| A Couple Bundled Babes at Pablo's! |
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| My Pablo's Peeps |
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| Daddio, Aunt Linda & Me - Still In My Jammies |
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| Grandma's Sis! |
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| Dan, Murphy, and Me! |
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| A Painting of my Great-Grandma Ethel's Farm in Spanaway, WA |
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| Yes, I Did Make it Out of My Jammies! |
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| Ahhhh... Home... And Back in My Jammies... |
The Official Meeting of the Three Pointers is Called to Order in Estes Park!
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| Me and My Easy Chair at Staybridge Suites |
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| En Route To Great-Grandpa's Cabin |
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| An Attack by a Gaggle of Gibbs! |
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| Moms & Me at The Cabin! |
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| A Suspicious Looking Estes Park Creature! |
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| Snowball Fight!!! |
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| 9 out of 17 Estes Park Peeps |
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| Awww, Cousins! |
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| The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - Smells Like an Ambush... |
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| Iron Chef Burrows Preparing His Flame |
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| Hoo! Hoo! (Get it? Twin Owls) |
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| The Gondola and the Cross on the Hill |
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| Panoramic of Lake Estes and Town |
The Three Pointers (minus Tamaru, Matthew, Lisa & Sarah) and the Four Pointers (minus Hunter, Taylor, Lucas and his siblings) journeyed to Great-Grandpa's Cabin in Estes Park for our own celebration and Cousin Conference. We enjoyed playing in the snow, walking through town, eating BBQ by Chef Jonathan, playing Nerts, using the pulley to the loft, and spending time together. It was a beautiful, warm day with lots of snow on the ground. We are all looking forward to coming back to enjoy and work on the cabin!
Great-Grandpa's Memorial
From Amazing Grace on bagpipes by Lena Gibbs to Erika Hiromitsu's beautiful piano piece, Great-Grandpa's Memorial Service was a tribute to the Gibbs legacy, and the life of a wonderful family patriarch whose life touched all those around him.
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| The Memorial Ceremony |
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| My Moms and Great-Grandpa's Eulogy |
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| My Pops and Takeo |
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| Uncle David, Tamaru, Emma, Jonathan, Uncle Wesley, Fumie & Anna |
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| Naomi and Uncle Wesley |
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| Aww, Sibs... Anna & Matthew |
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| Hunter and Cousin Lachlan |
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| Double Trouble! |
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| Fumie, My Pops, and Me! |
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| The Fourteeners aka The Original Three Pointers (Sorry for the blurry face, Matthew)! |
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| Grammie and her Siblings aka The Original Two Pointers! |
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| The Burrows Bunch (Minus Lisa and kids)! |
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| My Immediates with Grammie & Granddad |
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| The Johns, Johns-Bowling, and Kingsbury Crews (Minus Sarah, Lucas, Liam, Katie & Maggie)! |
Great-Grandpa John Wesley Gibbs
My Great-Grandpa Gibbs was an avid skier and hiker (with 36 fourteeners under his belt) with a great heart, who left a wonderful legacy that included four children and their spouses, fourteen grandchildren & four spouses, and six great-grandkids (and one more on the way)!
Almost the whole family (we missed the rest of Uncle Wes' family!) gathered in Denver and Estes Park to remember and celebrate my Great-Grandpa on a very snowy day that he would have loved. There were many great stories told, memories re-lived and passed on, snowball fights, laughter, and tears.
I was so lucky to have gotten to visit Great-Grandpa a few weeks ago. He will be missed, but always remembered. His legacy will live on through me and all of our families.
Follow link below for online tribute:
Thanks, Aunt Susan Marie, for letting us use some of your wonderful pictures below.
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| Navy Rep |
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| Full Military Honors |
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| JW Gibbs Burial Service |
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| Great-Grandpa's Flag Presented to Uncle Johnny |
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| I missed part of the burial because I was too cold :( |
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| 717 Humboldt - Built by my Great-Great-Grandpa and where my Great-Grandpa was born and passed away |
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