Update for the Gabrielsens

February was like January. It went by and I didn't even realize I was into the next month until I had to write a check. Funny what happens when you are home all the time....days just tick away and months go by like seconds. We have been keeping ourselves busy with Chad's basketball. Rec games on Monday nights and ward games on Wednesday nights. He is still working very hard and is hoping that the weather will stay in the 80's for a while so he can get some good games of golf in. I have been sticking to my work out for the past 8 weeks. I have lost 16 pds up to date. I am very proud of myself....I thought it would never come off. I have 14 more pds to go for my goal weight by May 1st. Pray for me...I'm going to need it. Ashley is still as adorable and funny as ever. We have made a lot of new friends for her to play with in the ward and she loves going to there houses, having them over for tea parties and play dates at the park. Kate loves to be doing anything we are. She is just so adorable and gets cuter by the minute! She is starting to roll on her own, play with her piggies and loves to talk to whoever wants to listen. She is sleeping through the night and is a great baby. We are just plugging along. Getting ready for things to start heating up! We are going to try and plan a trip to Utah the first of May. We will keep you posted on the dates:)

We are "blogging"!

This is going to be so cool and so much easier then publishing a monthly newsletter. I am way excited about this. (Thanks mom for the push in the right direction:) Tomorrow is the last day of February 2008. Before I turn the page and look ahead to the next month, I will take a moment to review our past month with you. Riley and Nick are still plugging along with their activities. Nick is doing well in piano, guitar and will begin baseball the end of March. Riley is progressing nicely with piano, violin, and she will begin tennis again the end of March (she really wants to do baseball though). Brian is starting to travel again in an effort to motivate and support his sales team in his territory. I am having a grand ol'time with my quilt group that meets every Thursday (we call it Holy Thursday now. This means that NOTHING takes prescidence over quilting this day). I love being with this group of ladies each week. I spent a week end up in SLC with my girlfriends for our bi-annual retreat. It doesn't get much better then spending time with friends being able to shop, attend the spa, eating out and getting to go to a temple session together. I was fortunate to be able to spend some time with Suzanne and the girls while I was in town. Being an aunt is one of the things that I enjoy being able to be here on this earth. My nieces and nephews are all so unique and special. I am blessed! That is all for now. Until next month.

Hello Family

Well let's give this a try shall we!!! I'm new to this whole thing, so bare with me. Jut testing this out!

And away we go!

Angie thought it would be a good idea to do a Blog for our family in place of the actual family newsletter sent out. I have invited all of you as authors. If you have any questions on how it works, please feel free to e-mail me and I can walk you through what ever questions you might have. Also...Angie has set up her blog so she can help too if I am not available. I am excited for this...I have my blog and I love it so let's make the best of this time to share what is going on in our families, whether it be daily, weekly, monthly or when you have time. No pressure. We can share experiences, ideas, recipes or just the usual things you would have included in the newsletter. What ever you feel....write about it. We are all here to love and support each other. In the end...our family is what matters most. Can't wait to get this going:)