Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Everyone! We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ours was complete with family, lots of food, some intense Mexican Train Domino playing, and being entertained by Gabi.

The feast is ready! Our Thanksgiving guests -- Tom, Dave, Joe, Tara, Mary, Gary, and Joyce is the picture taker (Gabi was napping)

Gabi enjoying her first Thanksgiving dinner -- she loved it, of course!

As previously mentioned, Gabi was our entertainment for the weekend. She loved having everyone around to clap for her and laugh at her. She loves her family!

Riding her fire truck


Helping Papa Dave unwrap his ornament during the annual Thanksgiving ornament exchange.

Wearing Uncle Tom's big boots

Giddy Up Horsey!

"Here Comes the Bumblebee..."

Gabi is walking more and more everyday. We have lots of fun with her! We're so thankful our family was able to join us -- thank you all for traveling so far and for the fun time.

Tune back later this week for a big announcement from Gabi!

Love, Joe, Tara, & Gabi

Watch Out...Here She Comes!

Gabi is officially a walker! We've been practicing for a few days and she thinks it is so fun to walk between Joe and I. It started as 1 or 2 steps between us and then collapsing in giggles and now, as you can see in the video, she is making it pretty far. She still crawls most of the time because it is a lot more efficient, but she is getting better fast! Let the chase begin!

Fall has decided to come to Golden, even though our weather has been very dry and warm for the most part. Joe has raked up close to 30 bags of leaves so far. Remember that silver maple tree I mentioned in a previous post, it isn't so well-liked in the fall! :) Gabi didn't know what to think when I put her in the pile of leaves and didn't want to touch them at first, but she warmed up quickly as you can see in the video.

"Yuck."

"Hmmm, whadat?" :-)

"Leaves are pretty fun afterall!"

Now if we could just get her to use a rake...maybe next fall!

We hope you all are looking forward to Thanksgiving. Both sets of parents and my brother, Tom, will be joining us in Golden. It will be a full house and sure to be lots of fun! May we give Thanks to God for all of the joys He has given us this year.

Love to you all,

Joe, Tara, & Gabi