Fun Pics!!

Flying Hudson!


He is sooo happy!!

This is their favorite game:)

A sweet moment!! Right after this she picked him up

by the neck and he screamed for help:)

Fight On!!

It has been so long since I have blogged I do not know where to start! USC football is in full swing so here are some pics from the two games we have been to so far! We love going to games and we love watching the Trojans win:)

USC vs. Ohio state! Big game!!





Auntie Summer watched the kids all day so that Gabe and I could spend the day in Santa Monica before the game!! We love Auntie Summer!! Thanks Sum!


The Grays joined us at the game!! They are such wonderful friends and we had a great time!!





Hudson fell asleep like this on the way over to the game!

Fun family day! Gabe swam in the alumni relays and got to see some old friends from his college swimming days and then we headed over and watched the game!

We miss you, Kanna!

Doing her homework for her English class.

We had a picnic at our friend's house in the mountains.

Family Pic!

Just the girls.

Kanna and her friend Ayako playing with Reese!
Kanna went back to Toyama, Japan on Thursday. We had so much fun getting to know her and learning about another country. She was a sweet girl and we would love to visit her someday in Japan!! Thank you for coming to our home Kanna. We hope you had a wonderful time! WE love you and miss you!

Kanna!

We are honored to have an exchange student in our home. Her name in Kanna and she is from Japan. We are having so much fun trying to communicate with her!

A Wedding!!

Reese had the pleasure of being a flower girl in Courtney and Kevin's wedding a few weeks ago. She absolutely loved it! She loves Courtney and Kevin and she had been looking forward to this for many months. She did a wonderful job!!


Courtney was such a beautiful bride!!! This was a wonderful wedding and we are so excited that we got to play a small part in such a special day! I am making an online album of all the pictures and will post the link when I am done.



This is Reese dancing the night away!! she loved the dancing part:)


Daddy's girl!!

A few Pictures from Omaha!!

Leaving Bakersfield! Gabe has these funny socks on that help his circulation while flying:)
The amazing pool in Omaha! It was so awesome to see 13,000+ people gather to watch swimming! It was so fun..
Gabe trying on his supersuit:) and getting pumped up the night before his race. He is listening to "Mighty to Save" by Laura Story. A favorite song of ours while we were there!
A "weak" moment:) I ate that Ben & Jerrys ice cream all by myself. Gabe just laughed and said "Wow, you are on vacation:)"
A fun day for me was when I got to spend the whole morning by myself in SuperTarget:) What more could a girl want?


Gabe getting ready to swim in the 100 freestyle final! He swam in the fastest heat ever to swim this race. And he swam his fastests times ever and missed making the team by .04 seconds:) Praise the Lord! It was an amazing ride:) and we pray that we glorified Him every step of the way:)

Our wonderful friends Kristin, John, Nick and Tony who came to watch and support Gabe! We had so much fun with them. Before every race we would meet with them and pray. It was so encouraging to have them there! And of course so fun to be with such fun friends:)
Lunch at our favorite restaurant, Upstream Brewery and Bakery! The food was amazing..I think we ate there 5 times:)
This is a fun ice cream place we found that made homemade ice cream. different flavors everyday! It was really yummy:)
Gabe and I visited the Omaha Zoo on our last day there. This is the Desert Dome. The largest indoor desert in the world. Pretty cool:)
This is Gabe on our last night in Omaha with his weight coach Rick and his good friend Jason Lezak! These two have been great friends to Gabe and have offered great advice during his training.

I just you would like to share a few of our experiences in Omaha. We are so thankful for our week there and all that the Lord did!

An Amazing Week!

God is so good, ALL the time. We have had such an amazing time at the Olympic Trials. Gabe swam his fastest times ever! The venue and the crowds were incredible. And the times of fellowship we had with friends was so encouraging! And all of you who were watching, cheering and praying with us made it such an overwhelming experience. Thank you all so much. I think the thing that is standing out to me so much this week are the opportunities God gave Gabe to be a light to others. Gabe really tried to take hold of every opportunity to share Christ with others. This is the mark that the Lord has allowed him to leave on the swimming world. I am so thankful to be his wife!! This has been an amazing week and we are so grateful! Today we are going to relax, enjoy Omaha (which has actually become one of my favorite places:) and go watch the Trials tonight together:) We can't wait to see all of you when we get home! Love you all!