7 months... in a nut shell

Quite a lot has happened since Christmas, which was our last post. As you can guess, life at the Gibson house has been pretty busy so, I'll try to sum up the last seven months in a few words. After graduating in February from the Marine Corps' elite woodwind school, we packed up the family again and made the ever so exciting trip back across the country to California. I secured a coveted position as assistant lead oboe player at Disneyland and will be performing on behalf of the Marine Corps at the nightly Disney Parades. Come down and visit. On that note, we have surprisingly had a 200% increase in visitors since arriving back in California. Although we live a hundred miles from where we used to live, people seem to be able to find our new house a whole lot easier. The ocean must keep them from getting lost. Anyhow, Charlotte turned 2 and Kate turned 4 in the last few months. And they're both on their way to becoming teenage trouble. "I'm bored of you, Dad" is a frequent expression of Kate's. Charlotte's been in this phase where she's naked more often than not and really likes to sleep in the buff. Not sure where she picked that one up. Maybe it was the Roundy reunion the girls all went to. Thanks, Kristi. Amy ran a Ragnar race during that time and did a great job even as she was screaming at her shoes (vomiting) from the stomach bug that plagued the reunion. She's back to running the girls up and down these hills and carting them off to swim lessons this summer. Oscar the wonder dog turned 6 this year and we celebrated with old friends and a dog party. The girls had a lot of fun making his cake and party hats. All in all, we're doing good. Our little family is happy and well. We'll try to do a better job keeping up to date on this thing.