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Why Can't Wii Be Friends?

Preview: We bought ourselves a Nintendo Wii for Christmas, but because Sarah's brother and sister have been in town for Thanksgiving, we opened it early ...

Date published: Fri. 28 Nov. 2008 05:53:48 PM
Date last modified: Sat. 29 Nov. 2008 11:11:04 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Standing for Something

Preview: At ten months, Nathan has been learning to stand on his own. At first, he didn't trust himself on his feet.  As soon as he ...

Date published: Wed. 26 Nov. 2008 08:14:23 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Pandora Rox!

Preview: A while back I wrote about the web service I was using to listen to music at work, MediaMaster.  (It's also much better now ...

Date published: Fri. 14 Nov. 2008 06:58:03 AM
Date last modified: Fri. 14 Nov. 2008 07:00:09 AM

Number of Comments: 1

Early-morning musings of a 9-month-old

Preview: Based on real events of the morning of Nov. 1, 2008 What's this? I'm awake all of a sudden.  Judging by how dark it still ...

Date published: Sat. 1 Nov. 2008 02:41:49 PM

Number of Comments: 1

PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ!

Preview: My family's always had an affinity for the film Young Frankenstein -- we'd always get a laugh by saying "What knockers!  Oh, thank you!" ...

Date published: Mon. 27 Oct. 2008 12:32:27 PM
Date last modified: Sat. 8 Nov. 2008 11:23:12 AM

Number of Comments: 1

A Change Would Do Me Good

Preview: After more than 5 years working graveyards and weekends in news, I decided that I was ready for a more family-friendly schedule.  I started ...

Date published: Sat. 20 Sep. 2008 09:47:46 AM
Date last modified: Thu. 25 Sep. 2008 02:57:31 PM

Number of Comments: 3

Baby update

Preview: You've all been asking yourselves, "Where's our 7 and a half month old update on Nathan Gibby?"  Right here, that's where. Nathan has become a ...

Date published: Fri. 5 Sep. 2008 07:07:53 AM
Date last modified: Fri. 5 Sep. 2008 07:22:47 AM

Number of Comments: 1

Breaking the Habit *

Preview: Since Audrey was a very young baby, she has sucked her thumb.  It was great for us when she was tiny, because it meant ...

Date published: Wed. 27 Aug. 2008 08:06:11 AM

Number of Comments: 1

City Girl

Preview: We had a great time camping with the Gibbys at Box Elder Campground near Mantua this week.  Audrey had a ton of fun running ...

Date published: Sun. 17 Aug. 2008 08:47:09 PM

Number of Comments: 0

We're related!

Preview: I added a new feature to my picture pages last night -- a listing of related photos.  Now when you click on the photo ...

Date published: Thu. 14 Aug. 2008 08:18:45 AM
Date last modified: Sat. 8 Nov. 2008 11:29:37 AM

Number of Comments: 0

More shilling

Preview: Sarah has another new web site!  This one is called HappyHeadbands.com -- and as you may have guessed, she sells headbands.  They're really cool, ...

Date published: Wed. 6 Aug. 2008 05:24:27 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Sarah's Buzzing! (or, Pimping Buzz About Baby)

Preview: Sarah has launched a web-based business called Buzz About Baby, selling crafty things that she has created -- nursing covers (a.k.a. Hooter Hiders or ...

Date published: Wed. 16 Jul. 2008 07:30:51 PM
Date last modified: Fri. 1 Aug. 2008 10:10:11 PM

Number of Comments: 1

California Dreaming

Preview: This week, our vacation is driving to Sarah's sister Lynn's house in California to pick up her three kids for the summer. They'll ...

Date published: Thu. 12 Jun. 2008 11:06:00 AM

Number of Comments: 0

Fun facts about the apostles - video

Preview: Barb Smith at work showed me this video and I had to pass it on: a fun song to help you learn a little ...

Date published: Fri. 23 May. 2008 08:41:02 PM

Number of Comments: 0

I married a handy girl! (or, The story of the swing set)

Preview: Sarah has always been very resourceful, which has been a great complement to my inherent cheapness during our marriage. Last fall, as she ...

Date published: Tue. 20 May. 2008 09:47:28 PM
Date last modified: Tue. 20 May. 2008 09:51:13 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Spewing Audrey Out

Preview: Audrey has never been a big fan of hot meals. Since she was a baby, we've had to put her food in the ...

Date published: Tue. 20 May. 2008 09:14:18 PM
Date last modified: Tue. 20 May. 2008 09:54:34 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Goodbye Greasemonkey

Preview: I've taken down the Greasemonkey userscript section of this web site. I found that not even I was using it -- uploading the ...

Date published: Thu. 1 May. 2008 06:11:18 PM

Number of Comments: 0

For all the Robby Reporters out there

Preview: I've launched a new web-based business today -- http://www.robbyreporter.com. It's for all the rookie reporters hoping to break into the journalism business -- ...

Date published: Wed. 6 Feb. 2008 10:49:44 AM

Number of Comments: 0

And baby makes four

Preview: This morning Sarah woke up at 2:15 with pretty strong contractions. She got me up soon after, and we called for Becca (her ...

Date published: Mon. 21 Jan. 2008 11:40:23 AM

Number of Comments: 3

You Gotta Love It, Baby

Preview: I got the chance to laugh at Sarah the other day while we were tossing around names for Baby Brother. (A few weeks ...

Date published: Sat. 12 Jan. 2008 09:33:03 AM
Date last modified: Sat. 12 Jan. 2008 09:33:30 AM

Number of Comments: 0

Fan mail

Preview: Yesterday I got an email in Spanish through the contact form on my web site. It came from someone calling himself "rICHARD", listing ...

Date published: Sat. 5 Jan. 2008 11:48:28 AM
Date last modified: Sat. 5 Jan. 2008 11:53:35 AM

Number of Comments: 0

Not quite visions of Sugarplums

Preview: Sarah and I spent Christmas Eve night at my parents' house. Audrey was in the little toddler bed next to our bed. ...

Date published: Tue. 1 Jan. 2008 06:58:49 PM
Date last modified: Tue. 1 Jan. 2008 07:05:35 PM

Number of Comments: 0

What I did this year (Utah news 2007)

Preview: Today on ABC 4 News, we're running a fantastic year-ender piece that our editor Kirk Colton put together. I gave him a few suggestions ...

Date published: Mon. 31 Dec. 2007 04:05:30 PM
Date last modified: Mon. 21 Apr. 2008 04:07:46 PM

Number of Comments: 1

"Presents on the tree"?

Preview: Today in the car with Sarah, Audrey heard the song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" on the radio. I wasn't there and didn't ...

Date published: Thu. 13 Dec. 2007 07:40:56 PM
Date last modified: Fri. 14 Dec. 2007 07:24:00 AM

Number of Comments: 0

Decking the Halls

Preview: We got all of our Christmas lights set up this week. Sarah's game plan has been to add one strand of lights to ...

Date published: Sun. 9 Dec. 2007 07:10:15 PM

Number of Comments: 1

My take on Fall TV 2007

Preview: We're still enjoying some of our favorites from the last couple of years (The Office entering season 4 with PB&J hooking up, Earl in ...

Date published: Wed. 3 Oct. 2007 09:00:24 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Baby announcement! (Oh boy!)

Preview: We've got a big announcement for everyone! We're happy to tell you that we're expecting a little boy -- at our ultrasound today ...

Date published: Wed. 5 Sep. 2007 04:55:29 PM
Date last modified: Wed. 5 Sep. 2007 09:18:57 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Freaking over flies

Preview: For the last few weeks, Audrey has been afraid of bugs in general, flies in particular. Every time she'd see one, she'd get ...

Date published: Wed. 8 Aug. 2007 10:06:55 PM

Number of Comments: 0

A new venture - West Valley Web

Preview: I've decided to start a freelance web design company to help small businesses in the Salt Lake Valley (specifically the West Valley City area) ...

Date published: Thu. 19 Jul. 2007 09:53:39 PM
Date last modified: Fri. 20 Jul. 2007 04:10:29 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Birdhouse in Your Vent

Preview: Our clothes dryer started taking a really long time to get things dry a couple of weeks ago, so today I finally decided to ...

Date published: Wed. 4 Jul. 2007 03:51:26 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Enter the Matrix (or The Matrix Revolutions)

Preview: Sarah finally convinced me to let her get a new car. We spent a couple of nights browsing used car lots, but she'd ...

Date published: Tue. 3 Jul. 2007 10:35:23 AM
Date last modified: Tue. 3 Jul. 2007 11:21:54 AM

Number of Comments: 0

Cool web service: MediaMaster (a.k.a. music music everywhere)

Preview: I've been using a cool service online called MediaMaster -- it lets you upload your music collection to their site and listen to it ...

Date published: Mon. 11 Jun. 2007 04:28:50 PM
Date last modified: Mon. 11 Jun. 2007 04:30:44 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Free Vegas Vacation

Preview: Pictures from our Vegas Vacation Sarah and I got a free 2-night stay in Las Vegas for test-driving a car and we used it this ...

Date published: Wed. 18 Apr. 2007 11:48:12 AM

Number of Comments: 1

2006 Christmas Letter from the Gibbys

Preview: Merry Christmas from the Curtis and Sarah Gibby family. Here's a little update on our lives. Curtis is still working at ABC 4 News ...

Date published: Fri. 22 Dec. 2006 05:40:56 PM
Date last modified: Sat. 27 Jan. 2007 05:06:36 AM

Number of Comments: 0

City Sidewalks, Busy Sidewalks

Preview: Last night we went up to Salt Lake to see the Christmas lights at Temple Square. It took us forever to get there ...

Date published: Sat. 16 Dec. 2006 08:57:06 PM
Date last modified: Fri. 22 Dec. 2006 05:52:11 PM

Number of Comments: 0

The 'Big One' hits the Salt Lake Valley

Preview: So there I was at home, reading a book while Audrey slept and Sarah was at work, when it hit. The big one ...

Date published: Fri. 17 Nov. 2006 10:34:33 AM
Date last modified: Fri. 17 Nov. 2006 11:49:08 AM

Number of Comments: 0

What a fabulous cruise!

Preview: We had a great 4-night cruise on Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas with our friends Brad and Debbie Welch. It was the ...

Date published: Sun. 29 Oct. 2006 10:44:58 PM
Date last modified: Thu. 2 Nov. 2006 04:55:30 PM

Number of Comments: 3

Make your voice heard!

Preview: I've added a new feature to the web site: comments. You can now make your voice heard on any of my pictures, blog ...

Date published: Fri. 28 Jul. 2006 01:46:19 PM
Date last modified: Fri. 28 Jul. 2006 01:47:21 PM

Number of Comments: 1

St. George Vacation Recap

Preview: We just got back from a great vacation in St. George. We stayed in the ORE condos near the Southgate golf course in ...

Date published: Mon. 24 Jul. 2006 04:27:07 PM
Date last modified: Tue. 10 Apr. 2007 09:26:34 PM

Number of Comments: 1

Advice For PR People From A News Person

Preview: I have some advice for PR people from a news person's perspective. Put simply, here are five tips to make it as easy ...

Date published: Fri. 23 Jun. 2006 10:53:12 AM

Number of Comments: 0

LDS Music - Seminary Soundtracks on MP3

Preview: For years, the LDS church has published the soundtracks to its seminary videos on CD. But a few months ago, they decided to ...

Date published: Fri. 2 Jun. 2006 10:56:21 AM
Date last modified: Sat. 3 Jun. 2006 08:35:58 PM

Number of Comments: 2

Site Update (CSS Goodness)

Preview: I've updated the site to make everything CSS-compliant and pretty. Under the old design, Sarah had told me not to tell people about ...

Date published: Wed. 26 Apr. 2006 07:37:43 AM

Number of Comments: 0

Celebrity Faces (or, I'm Anorexic???)

Preview: We ran a pretty cool story from the Cyberguy today at work. He featured a web site called MyHeritage that lets you upload a ...

Date published: Wed. 26 Apr. 2006 07:35:31 AM

Number of Comments: 0

Sarah's Going To Have A Fit!

Preview: Sarah had been looking on the Internet for "four door hatchback" and "five door car"... and didn't really like what she was finding. ...

Date published: Sun. 12 Feb. 2006 07:59:08 PM

Number of Comments: 0

RedBox DVD Rentals (and Codes!)

Preview: Sarah and I have recently discovered the RedBox DVD rental service from McDonalds. We like it because it's cheap and convenient. It's ...

Date published: Fri. 13 Jan. 2006 08:03:43 AM
Date last modified: Fri. 13 Jan. 2006 08:04:55 AM

Number of Comments: 0

2005 Christmas Letter (from the Gibbys)

Preview: Happy Holidays! We have truly had a great year in 2005, full of simple joys and lasting memories. Our greatest joy is for the safe and ...

Date published: Thu. 29 Dec. 2005 12:00:00 AM
Date last modified: Wed. 31 Dec. 1969 04:00:00 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Audrey Update

Preview: Long time no blog. I've gotten out of the habit recently; I guess it's more fun to add pictures to this site than ...

Date published: Sun. 27 Nov. 2005 04:09:27 PM
Date last modified: Sun. 27 Nov. 2005 11:42:59 PM

Number of Comments: 0

A First for Audrey

Preview: This week, Sarah and I went to the temple for the first time since Audrey was born. That meant that Audrey had to ...

Date published: Sun. 21 Aug. 2005 04:50:45 PM
Date last modified: Sun. 27 Nov. 2005 04:11:31 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Baby Blessing Day

Preview: Here are a couple of pictures from yesterday, when we blessed Audrey. Everything went really well at the blessing. Both of Sarah and ...

Date published: Mon. 8 Aug. 2005 07:46:42 AM
Date last modified: Mon. 8 Aug. 2005 11:35:25 PM

Number of Comments: 0

I'm a dad!

Preview: Judy (Sarah's mom) summarized everything really well in her email to the family, so I've slightly edited it so it comes from my voice and not ...

Date published: Mon. 18 Jul. 2005 04:16:40 AM
Date last modified: Mon. 18 Jul. 2005 04:18:05 AM

Number of Comments: 0

Camping Adventure!

Preview: I took three days of vacation this week, and Sarah and I went camping. She called it our last vacation alone together. ...

Date published: Fri. 10 Jun. 2005 07:51:04 AM
Date last modified: Wed. 3 Sep. 2008 10:06:43 AM

Number of Comments: 0

I'm an Apache warrior!

Preview: I've finally gotten everything on my web site working more or less right. The address redirection took a bit of tweaking in the Apache ...

Date published: Fri. 22 Apr. 2005 10:46:15 AM
Date last modified: Tue. 31 May. 2005 11:54:31 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Another Hour, Another Entry

Preview: Here it is one hour later, and I'm making another ...

Date published: Mon. 18 Apr. 2005 01:23:33 PM
Date last modified: Sat. 7 May. 2005 12:02:26 PM

Number of Comments: 0

Callin' in Sick

Preview: I felt really sick yesterday, so I called George and asked him to cover for me. But now I feel better, so I'm playing ...

Date published: Mon. 18 Apr. 2005 12:55:55 PM
Date last modified: Mon. 18 Apr. 2005 02:04:05 PM

Number of Comments: 0