Elder Gabriel's Homecoming

Here is the moment we have all been waiting for...Cameron is home! It was such a fun experience to witness the reunion between missionary and family after 2 years. Klint commented on how the feeling we all had around Cameron was such a strong witness that he served a very honorable mission. We are so glad he is home and very proud that he has served the Lord and impacted so many people in Brazil with his testimony of Jesus Christ. Welcome home, Cam! We love you!

Halloween at the Sharp's!

This year my idea for a costume just came into my head like a lightning bolt of inspiration! I was FLO, the Progressive girl. The progressive commercials might be annoying to you all at this point, but I hardly ever watch T.V. so I haven't seen too many of them. I dressed up 3 times this year!! Got good mileage out of the costume. This was definitely a fun year for Halloween. I loved all the pics of kids! They look so adorable.

Elder Gabriel was dressed as a "Real Missionary" this year! This is an allusion to the great conference talk by Matthew O. Richardson. He is doing so well and I hope you are all getting his emails. His coming home date is December 28th!! Time is flying by!
Love you all! xoxoXO Annaliese

Halloween 2011

Halloween this year was a little crazy with Carley being sort of sick still, but we made it through! The girls dressed as a butterfly and ladybug (all with stuff we already had, which is awesome!) and I joined in the fun by donning my summer hat and makeshift bug-catching net. The only trick-or-treating we did was up at Kylen's office; they do it every year. Fun for all the staff to show off their kids and grandkids and fun for me to get more than enough candy for little kids in 1 indoor place. So nice and easy! And good thing I only bought super cheap candy that doesn't tempt me to eat it all because we only had like 4 groups of trick-or-treaters at our place. I kind of feel like a "Halloween Humbug", but I'm sure as the kids get bigger we'll get more into it.

October Moments Without Sickness...

October totally flew by, mainly because half of it has been full of doctor visits and being on the phone chatting with the kids' nurse. I have to say, though, that I really like the kids' doctor and his staff. It's just 1 guy, so it's never crazy busy, and they get very special attention from everyone. The receptionist and I are on 1st name terms now, so whenever I call and say who I am, she asks how Carley is doing and chats with me. So grateful to have such a supportive pediatric staff for my kids. Carley's skin is still very sensitive and she even had another ear infection last week, so I've been pretty preoccupied.

Anyhoo, we did get to have a few fun outings this month despite all the sickness. We went to St. George to see Kylen's brother Kody as he just got back from his 1st Marine tour of duty to Afghanistan. (I'm an idiot and didn't take any pics of him...sorry). We had fun bowling and hanging out with him and our sis-in-law Amber and her kids. It was nice and warm and just wonderful down there!








Carley's less-than-enthused face to be on a long car ride

The next week I took the kids for our annual Gardner Village trip to see the witches. It was freezing cold and Kathryn was anti-pictures while standing next to a big tall witch, so this was all I could get.


Hours after this, I took her into the dr and he discovered a 2nd ear infection...nice, right?

So there you go...a few moments of fun in our crazy October :)

Gardner Village - Fall 2011

Snowy Range Jack's 3rd Brookie

Snowy Range Fishing Video

Who needs dancing lessons?

We do.
By the way, the gesture made by Stephanie in the second photo down is a "come dance with us" gesture, not to be confused with the other gesture she commonly makes to Utah drivers when she visits. (in case anyone is offended, I'm totally joking)

The wedding of the year

Kambria and Preston's After party

This was Sunday evening after Saturday's wedding festivities. I call it our After Party. Take a good look at these pictures. If I didn't know any better, I'd think the punch was spiked!

Just in case you haven't seen this one yet...

"OK...WHO'S NEXT?"


Good times!

Mark Your Calendars!

Our one and only Elder Gabriel will be holding his homecoming on New Year's Day 2012. His ward's sacrament meeting begins at 10:50am, so arrive a bit early and we can sit together on the soft seats :) We'll get more location details as the day approaches, but as for now, mark your calendars!

The Cousin County Fair outing

Kambria was the brains of this amazing operation. An email invite was sent out to all the Gabriel cousins, in Utah :(, and miraculously everyone had room in their schedule to come! It ended up being fun and memorable. I wanted to post about how the night went because due to the carnival ride "star trooper" I was not talkative for the rest of the night. I wanted you all to know that despite loosing my cookies (french fries) I had a great time!

Kambria brought her camera, as promised and the kiddies were cute as ever! Kathryn was smiling the entire time! Sammi found a goat that was "attracted" to her since it chased her out of the petting zoo. Sophie realized she had wasted her tickets by going on a ride with Gabe and Kathryn, when after 30 seconds she looked bored as can be. Preston, course he's not one of the kids... got his funnel cake and fried snickers. And I think I'll forever remember Bart's great laugh as he looked at my face while we spun around in the human centrifuge.

Hopefully everyone got their fill of the County fair. But next year Isaac get's to ride on the "star trooper" with Sophie. ;)

p.s. post some pictures here if you can! Love you all!

Public or Private?

Does anyone prefer that we make this family blog private? or should we keep it public? I was just thinking that since Jen, Angie and I all have private blogs, it would only keep things consistent if we made this one private so any posted pictures of our kids and families were kept safer. What do you think?

Update your Family History Files!

It was wonderful to be able to go through the temple for Kambria's endowment with so many family members present. We missed a few of you that could not make it. At the same time, we were blessed to feel the presence of family that has gone before us as we completed their temple work. Thank you SO MUCH to those of you that stood in as proxy for these individuals.
Because new family search doesn't allow us to see our info accurately, here are the ordinances that were performed so you can keep your own records up to date. I listed the dates of birth next to the names since we have many ancestors with the same or similar names. Be sure you update the correct people. All ordinances were done in the Bountiful temple on 6 May 2011.

Baptisms/Initiatories/Confirmations were completed for the following people:
Joseph David - DOB 1914
George David - DOB 1915
Samir Daoud (David)- DOB 1932
John Joseph David - DOB 1892
Joseph Daoud - DOB 1858
Yusef Daoud - DOB 1914
Frederick Shia - DOB 1921 (his name is listed incorrectly in the PAF file and needs to be changed. It is listed backwards as Shia Frederick, but should be edited to be Frederick Shia)


Endowments were completed for:
Joseph David - DOB 1914
George David - DOB 1915
Samir Daoud (David)- DOB 1932
John Joseph David - DOB 1892
Joseph Daoud - DOB 1858

Jen sings "The way we were.."

Thank you

Just a quick update on our situation...Bart accepted a job offer a few weeks ago and started work as an account executive at Saxton Horn, an advertising company owned by Larry H. Miller. They focus on advertising for mostly Larry H. Miller companies. Bart is over 8 different car dealerships in Utah. He is enjoying a new industry and especially enjoying work outside of the house a lot more (I did a good job of putting him to work while he was around):)
Since it is somewhat of a new industry for him, he is adjusting to being the guy asking the questions, instead of being the guy who has all the answers. It was made pretty clear to him when he was hired, that he was hired more for his leadership and management skills and that he has a good chance of advancement to a more lucrative position in the next year. He has a strong history of proving his worth quickly so I have all the confidence in the world that he will get the job he needs to make what we need to make.
In the meantime, I will be going back to work a lot more for the next 6 months or so to help with things. I am lucky to have Adrienne, my father-in-law, and my good friend to help me watch the kids while I work. It has turned out to be a blessing on both ends.
Both Bart and I want to thank everyone of you for your prayers, fasting and active support. We are sooo blessed to be part of a family who looks out for each other and goes to great lengths to help one another. We look forward to the day that we can offer the same type of support in return. We love you!