Gibby Dad - Life in Tooele County Utah

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Elder Jordan Gibby - September 21, 2010

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Elder Gibby's "favorite" dogs

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That looks like a GOOD meal!

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Reminds me of living in Guatemala

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Elder Jordan Gibby - September 14, 2010

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Kind of looks like a BP station. I'm not sure what the gorilla is for, but it is big!

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Elder Gibby made this birthday cake for his brother, Jonathan.

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Could this be Rick Farnsworth secretly living in Brazil?

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This is why I miss having Elder Gibby around.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

The Wedding

Jared and Britney were married on August 14, 2010 in the Mesa, Arizona Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony. It was, however, much hotter outside the Temple than I am used to. It was about 112-115 F when we were taking pictures. We had our open house on August 28, 2010 after their honeymoon. It was windy (gale force), but calmed down during the openhouse. Sherrie did a fantastic job planning for the open house and decorating, in spite of the wind. I was truly amazed how nice everything turned out. I guess we will hear from the newlywed couple in about 6 months or so....

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Elder Jordan Gibby - August 31, 2010

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Papaya was one of my favorite fruits in Guatemala.

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Still having fun with the 7x7 Rubiks Cube.

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The new, modern form of missionary work.

Elder Gibby received the "dog whistle" that I ordered for him. I found it on ebay and had it shipped directly from China to Brazil. It is an electronic device that emits a high pitch frequency that is audible to dogs (they don't like it). "The dog whiste is kicking theses dogs backsides. I have already trained all the dogs in our entire neighborhood when they see our clothes they start to run away cause I always use it when they start barking. It works like a miracle!" Elder Gibby enjoys working at the District Leader and trainer for his companions. "I am helping out my comp to get a little more excited about working on the mish."

I am proud of the excellent missionary and hard worker that he is.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Elder Jordan Gibby - August 24, 2010

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Elder Gibby's big new of the week was that he received his 7x7 Rubik's cube. He must have a brain more powerful than a supercomputer because he has already solved it more than a half dozen times. He continues to love his mission and enjoys serving as the District Leader.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Elder Jordan Gibby - August 17, 2010

Elder Gibby continues to work hard. He received a new companion last transfer and was made the District Leader at the same time. That is a great accomplishment to be a DL after less than a year in the mission. He speaks the language very well now and has been good at training his companions (even his Senior Comps). I have to say that I am very proud of him.

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Jordan giving guitar lessons.

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These look like important people! Way to go Elder Gibby!!

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Another baptism!

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Nothing like fresh fruit

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Talented Nieces

My nieces competed in the local fair. Two of the girls decorated cakes and one raised hogs. As the pictures show they really have talent. The younger girls did a fantastic job decorating cakes. This was their first attempt and both won blue ribbons. Their older sister raised two (very large) hogs. They also won awards in their categories. Wow to go!

Monday, July 26, 2010

Island Park/Yellowstone Weekend

I had the 24th of July off for the State Holiday so we decided to take a quick trip up to Idaho and get out of the heat. I left all my flowers and gardens not sure what state they would be in on my return, but we just needed to get out of town for a few days. We went up to Island Park with Jared and his fiance, Britney, Sarah and Jonathan. It was a little difficult getting off. Just driving down our street, the hood on the suburban suddenly popped up and the safety latch didn't catch. Fortunately, we were able to pull over to the side of the road without incident and secure the hood. Prior to that I lost my wallet at Walmart buying groceries to take up with us. I called the service desk and it had been turned in. That is one of the reasons I like living in Utah, people really are honest and good about turning in things they find. We did finally make it up to Island Park at about midnight. We spent Friday touring through Yellowstone National Park. We got to see Old Faithful blow, several elk and one lonely bison. It really wasn't hot, but it was sure crowded. On Saturday all the kids floated the Henry's Fork River water trail in the canoes. It is quite the trick getting two canoes on top of the suburban. They had fun and saw four moose while floating the river. Sherrie and I took an opportunity to hit Subway and have lunch. Sunday morning we left to return to Tooele. We stopped in Sugar-Salem at the cemetary to see Taylor's grave. Everything looked nice and we took a group photo (it is still on my phone so I will have to post it later).

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Elder Jordan Gibby - Teaching Aides

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Elder Gibby put his artistic talent to work and created some teaching aides to help people understand the plan of salvation. He said that they work well.