Hall of Fame!!

My Hubby was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Otterbein College this past weekend. What an honor! I'm so proud of him! Although we were not able to attend, our families went to support Jeff. His father Jeff Sr. accepted his award and read his acceptance speech. Jeff hated that he wasn't able to be there, but didn't feel right leaving his teammates here on an undefeated record (needless to say we picked up our first loss that night, but that's beside the point:)) Jeff is the first and only athlete in Otterbein history to be a 2 sport All-American (football and basketball) Here is what Otterbein had to say about Jeff..


Jeff Gibbs' career has been about defying the odds. It was thought to be impossible that someone could become an All-American in both basketball and football, but Jeff became the first. As a 6-2 center for the basketball team, Jeff graduated as Otterbein's all-time leading rebounder (1,496) and ranked fifth on the all-time scoring list (1,924) while playing against men much taller then him. For a football tight end to graduate holding career records for most touchdowns (29) and most receiving yardage (2,476) would be inconceivable, but Jeff did just that while also ranking second in career receptions with 162. His most amazing feat, however, would come his senior year in 2002 as he was named Player of the Year in basketball while leading his team to Otterbein's first national championship in any team sport. These accomplishments have led Jeff to be named to the D3hoops All-Decade team, and to be able to play professionally in Germany.

Antwaun and Nick at the luncheon (Nick is sporting Jeff's current jersey:) )

Nick, Antwaun, Jamie, Mattie and Grandma

Jeff Sr. reading over Jeff's acceptance speech :)

Jeff Sr. with the other inductees being introduced before the football game.


Thanks Mom, Grandma, Mattie, Jeff Sr., Shawn, Nick, Jamie and Antwaun for being there in honor of Jeff.

Bowling

Trey has been so good in school, we wanted to treat him to a night at the bowling alley. Trey has come a long way since his first day of school. He started out not wanting Jeff or I to leave once we would drop him off at school, now we're lucky to get a kiss and a goodbye before dropping him off. As soon as we get to school in the morning he's off and playing with his classmates and not worried about whether or not Jeff or I are there. At least he is still excited to see us when we come to pick him up at the end of the day! :)

Trey and Faith outside the bowling alley

Daddy and Faith walking in to the bowling alley

Trying to figure out which ball to use

Trey was excited that Kalaia and her parents came with us.

Hanging out!

This is his serious face :)

Faith trying to pick up her own bowling ball :)

This was the highlight of his week!

I think the kids were a little worn out

Faith taking a break from her race car game

Trey is so intense

Faith loved that car game!

Trey is learning to read...

Trey has been learning to read for a couple weeks now. He does really good, he can recognize most words and if he doesn't know it he will spell it then try to sound it out. Here is a short clip of him reading his number book. He absolutely LOVES numbers!

Trey's First Field Trip!

Today was Trey's first field trip and of course I offered my chaperone expertise, ha! We went to the Fire Station in Geislingen, Germany. Taking field trips here are totally different. Back in the states you would just take a school bus to and from, no big deal. Here we walk to the bus station wait for the next bus, take the bus to the nearest train station, walk to the train station, wait for the train, then walk the rest of the way to our destination. Same thing on the way back. They're all about public transportation here. Boy, were these kids worn out by the end of our little excursion. Trey had a good time although he is scared of the firetrucks. He doesn't like the ladder lifts that are part of the fire truck because last year Jeff and Bryan went up in the lift and Trey was afraid they were never coming back. So he is scarred for life, ha!

Here are the kids having lunch inside the fire station

the kids outside the fire station

They let the kids sit on the fire truck, but Trey was not interested at all.

they were taking over the fire truck :)

Group picture

Summer Recap Part 2..

I thought I might want to finish recapping our summer before Christmas gets here! Here are a few other highlights of our summer..

Faith and her cousin Madison got their ears pierced...

Faith beforehand.

and my poor baby girl afterwards.
The crying only lasted about 20 seconds, she is a champ!

She already realizes that beauty is pain, ha! My brother and Madison.
Madison and her daddy!
Here are the pretty girls!!

A friend of ours from college and former teammate of Jeff's got married this summer..
Here are a few of the boys acting silly as always!

Man, my baby cleans up well :) A group of us with Coach Dick Reynolds and his wife Ellen.

We had to cut Faith's tail, ha! I have never seen anything like this. She had a strand of hair in the back and on top that would grow faster than the rest of her hair. But since she has curls you don't notice the longer strand on top, just this straight piece in the back. We won't mention any names but we know someone else very close to us that has the same thing, haha!

Nana bought Trey a new bicycle.

Trip to my parents cabin in the woods!

Faith's first ride on a 4 wheeler. She looks a little scared, she was holding on for dear life. My dad wanted to take her for a ride, look at him laughing, he is loving it. After the first ride she kept wanting to get back on, she loved it.

Faith is a little too dressed up to be playing on 4 wheelers and in the woods huh?! :)

Trey has Papa's binoculars in hand and ready to do some deer hunting!

Trey and Faith hanging out on the deck.

Faith loves to play in the rain

Mom and Faith

You can tell he's a city boy! We go out to the country and all he is worried about it fixing a video game controller, ha! He actually had a good time out there in the middle of nowhere, we got to ride 4 wheelers and my dad showed him around the land and all his paths.

My brother Chad and his wife Jessica welcomed a baby boy, Wyatt Alan!

Getting his little feet stamped!
Chad and his two sons!

Chad with all 4 of his kids! I think they're done, ha!

A highlight of Trey's summer was getting to hang out with his cousins. Here is Trey hugging on his cousin Austin.

Trey's 1st Day of School!

Trey started school today and I had to come to the realization that my "baby" isn't a baby anymore. All he talked about all summer long was going to school and how excited he was to meet his new friends and teachers.

Here he is on his first day..(he is still a little tired, ha)

On the way to school, he is so excited!

So far he is loving his classroom :)
Trey at the introduction assembly. The principal asked for all the new students to stand up and be acknowledged. So Trey stands up then walks up onto the stage and looked out at everyone and smiled, haha. I'm so mad I don't have a picture or video clip of that, it was too funny.

Throughout the assembly Trey kept looking back and waving to Jeff, Faith and I. I think he was just making sure we hadn't left him yet. :)

The teachers were so nice, they even let Faith play with Trey in the classroom.

Getting ready to leave after his first school day. He LOVED school, as soon as we walked into the classroom to pick him up, he shouted at Jeff and I "I LOVE MY SCHOOL". Note the little girl behind Trey, she is not enjoying her first day at school!

I think he enjoyed school!They were so excited to see each other! Throughout the day all Faith wanted to do was play in Trey's room, she missed him so much.

Opening his "First Day of School Presents"

Here he is as soon as we walk in the door. Clothes off game in hand!

They were inseparable the rest of the day. Trey has his sister and game, life is good!