I learned it all from Myth Busters

A couple of weeks ago we had a meeting with Bryson's teacher to see how he was doing at school. Each of his teachers wrote a couple of lines on a report for each student. The science teacher wrote how amazed she was at Bryson's knowledge of science and how he's always bringing in outside knowledge to enhance the lessons. Feeling proud we told his teacher that it might have something to do with having Engineers for parents or having one Grandfather that has a Masters in Engineering and the other Grandfather that has a PhD in Chemistry and was head of the Physics Department at the University at Albany. Not to mention that he's the youngest and he has to keep up with the scientific dinner conversations of all the older people around him.

When we got home and mentioned the science teacher's comment about his scientific knowledge to Bryson, he casually commented, "I learned it all from Myth Busters."

It's tough for a parent to get any credit for all the hard work you put into these kids.

Almost ready for Christmas...

Most of the shopping is done, most of the sewing is done, most of the shipping is done, most of the cooking is done, and none of the wrapping is done. No problem. I'll get it all done.

We had our annual Gibson Christmas Open House last night. There were relatives, neighbors, people from church, people from work, and a few random people we didn't know, but the Secret Service let them in so we figured they were ok. At one point I walked through the house and counted 53 people. In my not-huge house. 53! Fabulous! It was a great night with friends that we don't get to spend time with very often. Can't wait until next year.

Off to sew...

Just What the World Needs...More Gibsons!

Finally! Today we finalized the adoptions of Parker, McKay, and Bryson to David.



I was talking to a friend of mine and mentioned that we had a court date and she said, "I thought that happened a year ago." Well there are lots of hoops to jump through. It was much easier (and quicker) when I adopted Parker and McKay in Utah, even though it took extra time to get the approval of their tribe.

But now it's done. We've added 3 more Gibsons to the world in one afternoon. To celebrate we went to dinner with Grandma Gibson at a Chinese Buffet (boys' choice). What a relief to have it done. But now comes all the paperwork to get their name changed on everything. Ugh!