Babies, 101

With all this talk of babies--Joyce has two and Melanie-one I thought I would post some pictures of past beauties to see if you can identify them.

I Hope They Call Me on a Mission

You heard it right - Katie wants to go on a mission. Her first interview is tonight and doctor appointments are set. She is SO excited and knows that is what she is suppose to be doing right now. Stay tuned...

Boise and Birthday Bash

Monday, Vance and I drove to Boise to celebrate Mom's (Grandma's) 77th birthday. It was a gala affair. She requested Vance's infamous BBQ Salmon and garlic mashed potatoes. Joe, Laurie and boys came to celebrate. Stephen hopped up and did the dishes without being asked, I wanted to take a picture and show David how it works :-) Gabe tackled trying to fix some technical problem with Granpa's cable box. We topped it off with an vanilla and chocolate (yes you heard right - chocolate) ice cream cake from TCBY. It was yummy! The picture of mom isn't the great and the photographer is suspect.

Here is a picture of Grandpa settling in on a COLD, low energy day. It's his favorite place to sit and listen to books, watch TV and spend time with Grandma.

Winter Scenes

A December snowstorm that dumped 4 inches in a couple of hours.

Ben making snow angels

How much snow we have now and have had for 3 weeks.

Somewhere is this snowbank is my cell phone.

As the thermometer dips into the single digits for the high in Idaho Falls, I have to remind myself how beautiful winter wonderlands can be. This winter has been the snowiest and coldest. We've had a foot of snow since December 24 and I don't think it's going to melt soon. Because I'm not a winter-sport person, I have a tendency to complain about the drab winter days, but then I remind myself of the holidays, the fireplace, and time spent indoors with my family playing games, eating popcorn, watching movies, and how good hot chocolate tastes and feels after being outside for awhile.

Todd and his family know how to enjoy the snow!

A winter from the past.

Sam's Homecoming

Okay, sorry I am posting these 3 months late...BUT at least I am not posting these 1 year late.

I am FINALLY Married

For those of you who thought I was never going to get married (myself included) here is proof it ACTUALLY happened!!! I am waiting patiently for the rest of the pictures, but here is a quick sneak preview!!!

LOVE YA

JENN O.

We have our own blog

Just to let you know I have set up our own blog for our little family. http://cmakgabrielsen.blogspot.com/. Come and check it out:)

Handsome Carson is Here!

Here are a couple of pictures of Carson Crockett, born December 24, 2007 at 1:03 AM. Quick glance he definitely is a Crockett, but he does have Mel's nose, upper lip, and big eyes. He's quite the handsome guy if you ask me:-)

My First Post

While I am feeding Kate, Ashley likes to do all sorts of things, one being giving us all a "hat" to wear

My butterfly and cute little pea in a pod.
Here are some pictures that we have taken recently. We finally had our own little family pictures on Saturday. We should have them back sometime this week so I am excited to see how they turned out. We are having a great time here in Arizona. Chad is working hard and I am working hard at spending all the money:)

Ashley loves her new little sister. They have a lot of fun together. Katelyn is smiling and recognizing us, such a fun age. She is so sweet. I love to beable to stay home with them. We hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas:)

I am new to blogging so parden me for the mistakes in advance. It can't be that difficult can it?

Steven & Gabe in Nativity Presentation.

Steven was an angel who played the guitar in the neighborhood pageant on Saturday night the 8th. Joe, Ron and Todd went over and pronounced it well down in every aspect. Gabe was one of the Wise Men.

Cavanaughs have a New Family Member

Denae shows off their new dog, Yoshi. He is active fellow who looks and acts very healthy.

Laine's Baptism

Laine was baptized on November 24 by her father, Todd and confirmed by her oldest brother Reed. Here are some of the pictures from this fun occasion.

More Airport Scenes

I need Diane to help me with this blog but I am doing my best.

Sam Returns from Brazil

Sam returned Salt Lake on Thanksgiving Day. DAvid and Loriann went down to get him and they have some great pictures on his camera but I haven't got them yet.

Jenn's Shower

This weekend in Provo, Jenn had two wedding showers. The first on Friday night (November 30th)was an Oldham Shower. Richard's dad is the middle of 7 boys, plus a sister. All the Oldham brothers started, have grown and run a printing business called Liberty Press. Each boy has stayed in the area and had lots of kids. Richard is one of 62 cousins that are within 10 years of his age on either side. Each time someone gets engaged, the family sponsers a shower with uncles, aunts, and cousins getting together to celebrate and give the engaged couple wedding gifts. The family first had a potluck dinner with beautifully decorated tables which Richard's mother put together. She is an extremely talented artist. (I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of the tables, I thought about it later). Since Richard and Jenn are getting married during Christmas time, all gifts were placed under a tree. The whole family gathered round, had Jenn and Richard tell their engagement story and then they opened gifts.

Saturday, Melanie and Katie sponsered a shower for all of Jenn's school friends, plus some of my favorite guests were Denae and Saren. They drove down to Provo in a snow storm to support Jenn which I thought was pretty neat

Jenn holding one of Grandma Gabrielsen's famous pieced quilts. It sure is a pretty one.

Checking out BYU Idaho

Laurie drove Steven, GAbe and a friend, Amanda Floto up to Rexburg to look over the campus and assess the housing situation. Reed was happy to see them and show them around. STeven thinks that he could enjoy going to school there.

GAbe Goes to State Swimming Meet.

GAbe recently participated in the Idaho State Swimming Competition. He enjoys distance swimming. He is looking forward to going to BYU Utah next year. His abilities in the water will be fun to use as the family goes on a Mexican cruise thisChristmas Holiday. All the fellows are certified to scuba dive.

Thanksgivings of the Past.

The disks of pictures are in Utah so I'll show you some of Thanksgivings in past years.

Reed Plays Historic Organs

Reed is taking an organ class at BYU Idaho. The class give a chance for those who play the piano to play the organ.