Sunday, December 19, 2010

Gabe - A big help



We have had some forceful winds recently which tore the tarp off our wood pile. Tennis and Gabe spent a few hours this afternoon out in the cold repairing it. The fir isn't seasoned yet so we are trying to keep it covered for at least a few more months. It's something Tennis couldn't have done by himself today so I appreciate Gabe's help.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

High School Graduation




Gabe's friends from high school who went away to college are now trickling in from their various schools back to our town. We're glad he is connecting with these guys knowing that they might be friends for life.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

What a good uncle







Today Maddy and Trinny came over for a few hours. Gabe built castles with the girls out of wooden blocks and they had fun knocking them down. These pics show Gabe sliding Trinny back and forth through his legs. She had never done that before and had so much fun! She loves her uncle Gabe.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Our Barking Dog


Last night we had just fallen asleep when Jack, our yappy Terry-Poo, started barking and wouldn't stop. We finally realized that we had locked Gabe out and he was softly knocking on the front door. Gabe is sharing his car with me and we have only one key, so it was hanging in the kitchen, along with his house key - grrrrr. He must have thought it was a little bit funny that Jack kept barking but knew he needed to wake his dad up to let him in. Jack is such a crazy dog. Even though he knew it was Gabe he just isn't able to stop himself from barking when someone is knocking! Must be his superior breeding.

Gabe apologized for waking us up. I'm not sure he realizes how annoying that dog's barking is to us when we are sleeping! Actually maybe he does. When I leave for work in the morning Jack sits at the top of the stairs where he can see all the activity on the street in front of our house. He barks at all the dogs and dog-walkers, so maybe in some sick way this is PAY BACK for countless similar scenarios he has endured with this crazy dog when we're not home!

Gotta love 'em, both of them. Their fair points out-weigh their faults, not so convinced about Jack's though.