Sunday, September 14, 2008

Our little Ariel

Okay so Tatum is really into princesses right now and lately has been telling everyone her name is Ariel. At labor day she told one of my cousins little girls, who by the way thought it was the coolest thing that someones name was Ariel, and everyone else along the way. She of course makes friends where ever she goes and every once in a while I would hear someone calling out Ariel. Well the latest on this is on Friday we went with my dad, my brother's family and my sister to the MHS homecoming game. And I made her put pants and shoes on (which she never wears because dresses make her pretty like a princess) and she threw a fit. So in the rush to try and calm her down I told her that if she puts her shoes on I will tell anyone that asks that her name is Ariel and I wont even tell them that her real name is Tatum. That was obviously enough because she put her shoes right one and we were off. Well we get to the game and my sister-in-law sees one of the girls in her young women's who is a cheerleader, so she comes over to say hi to the girls and what was the first thing she asks Tatum. That's right Whats your name? Tatum instantly looks at me and points to me like well mom what are you going to tell her? I was trying so hard not to laugh when I told the girl Tatum's name was Ariel. You should have seen the look on Tatum's face she got the biggest grin on her face and strutted off. We were all dying laughing as we walked away. She cracks me up.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Labor Day 2008

This was our annual Gibbons family reunion. Every Labor Day my mom and her brothers take turns being in charge, this year was my mom's year and we went up to Sawtelle Mountain Resort in Island Park. We had a blast. It's always fun to get together with all of my family.

This is Tatum and Grandma G. My uncle brought up this scooter for Grandma G so she could come and go as she pleased. She loved giving all the great grand kids rides around the RV Park. We said she took grandpa's place, instead of horse rides (which is what we grew up with) it had a bit of a modern twist. All the kids would line up and wait their turns just like when we were little. I wish I would have gotten a picture of it, it was pretty cute.


We had a survivor theme and had a bunch of different activities and challenges. We had a physical, mental, and eating. This was the physical challenge. My little brother was the Rep. for our team. They drew different body parts out of a hat (PG of course) and you had to put a clothes pin on that body part. Its was pretty funny.



This was the balloon launch. There were about 10 teams on the other side waiting to catch the balloons and get soaked. We did manage to miss quite a few cars so I consider it a success.

And of course Tatum's favorite...swimming. This is her and her
second cousin Hayden. She had a blast and keeps asking if we can go camping again. Little does she know that when we do go camping
again it's going to be in the woods and not have all the cousins and activities. Its was a lot of fun thought.