Our Blog

2011-07-01T06:42:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU98u3zNUqs&sns=em

New Prattman!

Frog Catching

2010-09-16T08:38:00.001-07:00

Summer Swimming

2010-07-10T16:24:00.001-07:00

Grant is totally swimming, with floaties. He's watching Pratt put his head under the water, kick his legs, and reach with his arms - and he's doing it too! (Pratt on the other hand, doesn't need floaties).

Prattman & Grantman Summer 2010

2010-05-26T14:28:00.000-07:00

Prattman and Grantman are preparing for a well-deserved respite from superhero duties. But they aren't just lounging around waiting. . .

Cincinnati Wedding Photography - Updated

2010-05-11T18:33:00.000-07:00

Jonathan Gibson Photography's website has been updated.
I really like his new pics.
:)
Have fun looking.

Jonathan Gibson Photography

2010-04-25T18:49:00.000-07:00

Jon is starting a wedding photography business, here in Cincinnati, OH.
He's also doing lifestyle photography.
Check it out.

Jonathan Gibson Photography

Same site:
Cincinnati Wedding Photographer

Help us Win $2009!!

2010-01-25T10:29:00.000-08:00

So Jon and I have been working on this little video for the past 2 days.
It's an ad for our Credit Union - if we get the most votes, then we win $2009.

You can vote once a day, per IP address.
So, click on the link and vote each day!!
(We could really use two thousand bucks right about now!)

www.wpcu.coop/pdvideocontest

January 26 – February 15

ps. Our video is the one about the superhero.
WPCU Superhero - Gibson Family

Prattman Christmas 2009

2009-11-27T11:11:00.001-08:00

Second installment of the superhero series. This time the fatman plots to foil this dynamic duo's plan to make it to the end of the block.

2009-05-18T18:15:00.001-07:00

Pratt and Grant are coming to Arizona baby!

2009-03-23T19:39:00.000-07:00

New images of our new Baby Grant - born Mar. 22, at 9:34am. 7.46 ounces. LINK

New Kitchen for Christmas!

2008-12-30T12:43:00.000-08:00

Click here for images: Shutterfly Images

We've finally finished our kitchen this Christmas! We have a couple of small things to finish, but its essentially completed. Thanks to the generous help of my Dad - Joseph Hilton, we have a beautiful kitchen. Here's a list of things we did:

Demolished wallpaper, drywall, and soffit.
We took out the cabinets, floors, and appliances.
Layed new oak floors, sanded, stained, and refinished.
Rewired the entire kitchen including outlets, lights, appliances, and phone line.
Installed a new gas line for the oven.
Installed new cabinets, can lights, and pendant lights.
Rebuilt walls, drywalled, and painted.
Just to name a few of the fun items that we are glad to have finished.

New Images of Pratt

2008-11-19T11:12:00.000-08:00

See new images of Pratt:
Shutterfly Images

Free Time

2008-08-26T20:03:00.000-07:00

While we've been working on the house, Pratt has been a little neglected.
He has:
Gotten into the paint
Helped daddy
Had a box fort
Played with the IKEA bag....and much more.

So, we've moved into a house! (that we own)

2008-08-26T19:45:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics of the packing, etc...

Ingredient Challenge

2008-06-27T10:38:00.000-07:00

Family and friends,

"What should I make for dinner?"

Faced with that daily looming question, I've created a brand new website that I'd like to share with you:

http://www.ingredientchallenge.com

This site has been inspired by so many things: my passion for food, that daily looming question, "What should I make for dinner?" and specific memories that I have of food. It's also been inspired by a good friend of mine, named Neil. During my 2 year stint as a teacher in NYC, I rode the train to work most every day with a coworker/teacher friend of mine, Neil. Neil belonged and still does, to a CSA (community supported agriculture) group. He told me that sometimes he would get a new vegetable/fruit that he didn't quite know what to do with. And that he enjoyed the challenge of cooking with something new.

I want to challenge people to step outside of their standard cuisine, and try something new. Every week there will be a new ingredient. Make a dish using the ingredient. Then take a picture, and post both the picture and the recipe. Just by contributing, you could win one of the weekly giveaways. Taste the Challenge!

best,

Monica Gibson

We're buying a house!

2008-06-17T12:03:00.000-07:00

We're set to close on the 8th of July.
(We fly to UT on the 9th of July - a little hectic)

It's 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, full unfinished basement, hardwood floors hiding under green carpet, sitting on 1/2 an acre.
The school district is stellar! (http://www.greatschools.net/schools.page?district=206&state=OH)

Caribbean Dreams

2008-05-13T11:09:00.000-07:00

I'm dying to go to the Caribbean - ahhhh

Pratt's Birthday Cake

2008-03-08T12:06:00.000-08:00

This day is such a special day.

Pratt's Snow Day

2008-03-08T08:52:00.001-08:00

Click here for more Pics

Pratt's first birthday cake

2008-03-08T06:51:00.001-08:00

Check out slideshow here

Pratt crawls

2008-02-26T19:18:00.001-08:00

2008-02-16T11:25:00.001-08:00

Pratt's valentine's gift from Grandma Gibson.

Change of Heart

2008-02-05T20:07:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Jon we have some funny videos of Pratt.
Jon is the one who makes them for my blog.
So, just in time for Valentine's Day - Jon, I've had a change of heart - it's now Our Blog.

December & January

2008-02-05T19:51:00.000-08:00

We've had a big couple of months.
We took a trip to Arizona/Mexico for Christmas.

We took a trip to Chicago - the WINDY city, with my sister & brother-in-law (Brittney & Dan).

Christmas Delivery

2008-02-04T20:18:00.000-08:00

We had fun making IceCream for friends this Christmas.
We made 3 kinds: Peppermint, Dulce de Leche & Rocky Road.
Jon did the design, of course.
The best was delivering all of the stuff. :)
Merry Christmas Amigos!

2008-01-31T10:06:00.000-08:00

Pratt gets a new swing and some sweet skills.

Pratt's haircut

2008-01-10T15:46:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas from the Gibsons

2007-12-21T06:11:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Guess what's happenin' on Friday?!

2007-12-17T18:42:00.000-08:00

Here's a little heads up for all the folk out West!

My little iPod

2007-11-18T19:51:00.000-08:00

Pratt was my little iPod Nano for Halloween.
His very first Halloween!

Reading Together

2007-11-18T18:28:00.000-08:00

Pratt and I love to read together!

Random Photos

2007-11-18T18:26:00.001-08:00

Here are a few random photos of Pratt - he's 8.5 mo.

Pratt & Daddy

2007-11-18T18:21:00.000-08:00

Jon and Pratt get a lot of play time....but it's never enough.

Yummy Apples!

2007-11-18T18:15:00.000-08:00

Every time Pratt plays with friends - he loves the ball! Well, we haven't purchased a ball for him yet, so in the mean time we use apples.

Bunny Teeth

2007-11-12T19:21:00.000-08:00

Where are Pratt's teeth?

We looked and looked......he has two!

Crawling or Swimming

2007-11-12T19:00:00.000-08:00

Which would you rather do? Crawl or Swim?
Pratt prefers to swim.

Pratt goes to School

2007-11-12T18:21:00.000-08:00

Here are some recent photos of Pratt.
He's playing with his new favorite toy, and sitting up all by himself.

Applesauce

2007-10-26T07:42:00.000-07:00

Jon's Summer School

2007-10-10T14:32:00.000-07:00

Jon and I are thrilled that he will be teaching a drawing class this summer.
For the Xavier University study abroad in -----
(See picture clues)

Monica Runs a 5K

2007-10-08T17:33:00.000-07:00

Friends,
I hate running. I love social events. This started out as more of a social event than a run. It ended as more of a run than a social event. (However, my friend Dianne and I stuck together.) I was exactly the 100th person to cross the line. As far as I'm concerned.....that's better than 1st. Pratt also attended the race. By the end, he was as tired as I was.

More Cakes

2007-10-08T17:15:00.000-07:00

For date night, Jon and I decorated cakes.
One of them is spice cake, pumpkin pie as the filling, and cream cheese frosting.
The other is choc. cake, with peanut butter frosting, topped with Reeses.
Delish.
:)

Cake #3

2007-09-28T09:59:00.001-07:00

Here is the final cake. I hope you have enjoyed the course.

Cake Decorating - Cake #2

2007-09-20T10:06:00.000-07:00

Here is Cake #2

Who doesn't love a little somethin' from the oven?

2007-09-20T09:36:00.000-07:00

Pratt has been a very good helper while I decorate my cakes.

Cake Decorating

2007-09-14T17:32:00.000-07:00

I'm taking a cake decorating class.....
This is cake #1 - I call it "Pumpkin Patch"
Cherio

Just a cute guy.

2007-09-13T19:10:00.000-07:00

We took these a month ago. We were just hangin' out - and we thought he was such a cute guy we had to take a few pics.

Pratt likes to read

2007-09-13T19:01:00.001-07:00

Pratt loves to read! He has decided that it's time to do some Christmas shopping.

Video and Images

2007-08-22T18:05:00.000-07:00

Here's another video of Pratt. Also here is a link to some more current images.

IMAGES:
pratt images

VIDEO:

House on Campus Ln.

2007-08-08T12:58:00.000-07:00

We're looking at a house. We LOVE the house, but not the layout on the land.

Go to this link to check out the house:
http://www.sibcycline.com/viewlisting.asp?mls=1077924&b=CIN&p=RESI&s=SFRD&m=1&sender=SearchResults

Go to this link to check out the layout on the land:
http://www.hamiltoncountyauditor.org/realestate/

Click on "Parcel ID" on the left hand column under - Search By

Then enter in this Parcel ID#
603001006200

On the left hand side click on "Map" to see the way that the house is situated on the land.
(The back kitchen window looks straight out onto the neighbors house/porch)

What do you think?

Videos

2007-08-07T14:12:00.000-07:00

Here's some videos you've possibly already seen of Pratt: (More to come . . .)

Summer Fun!

2007-08-06T20:23:00.001-07:00

I'd like to appologize to all of the thousands of folks out there who have been waiting for an update from Cincinnati. We've been on vacation - man I LOVE the summer!!
Anyway....more pictures will be on their way soon. The one I'm posting is to show ya'll that Pratt is starting to grab onto things now. :) What a champ!

Sunday Dessert

2007-06-17T14:51:00.000-07:00

Today the Price girls came over, and they made some delicious treats!
They're called "Chocolate Peanut Butter Bengals Cookies"
"Caution: not good for people with peanut better allergies." - Becca
"They were really chocolately" - Sydney
"They were more peanut buttery than chocolately" - Becca
"What!?" - Sydney

We had fun!!!

House Hunting

2007-06-15T13:26:00.000-07:00

Hello.
We are house hunting.
We just put an offer on a house.
Here are a few specs.
3 bedrooms - 1.5 baths - hardwood floors under the carpet - 2 car garage - 1500+ square footage upstairs - "unfinished" basement - .469 acres
When looking at the back patio I've marked a crack in the retaining wall. Dad, let me know what you think.....since you're the only one contributing to this blog.

Ciao

HYPERLINKS

2007-06-14T22:02:00.000-07:00

Hello out there,
Does anyone know how to set up hyperlinks using blogger? I obviously don't know how to do it, that's why you have URLs listed for my piece on NPR.
Feedback would be great.
Ciao

NPR

2007-06-14T14:12:00.000-07:00

We love NPR. (Jon and I)
You should love it too.
Here is the URL for a great piece on NPR. www.npr.org/templates/story/story

My all time favorite piece on NPR that everyone should listen to, in its entirety is: http://www.npr.org/templates/story

Seriously, the second one is a MUST!
Ciao

Blogs

2007-06-13T11:35:00.000-07:00

I'm new to Blogs....recently I've started reading a few blogs of people I know. Each blog has it's own format. I'm not sure which format I'm going to use..... one i've seen doesn't use any caps or much punctuation. i think that'd be a good format for me since i stink at all that stuff. however, i think that it's almost harder to write without caps, also what would that do to my horrible spelling/grammer/punctuation prob?

If you'd like to read a much better blog than mine go to my friend Jen's blog (www.jenslog.com). She writes about all sorts of cool things. She has a lot of great thoughts.

My question with blogs is......Pratt is crying....gotta' run.

Some pics of our trip to NYC & DC

2007-06-12T18:56:00.000-07:00

We took a week long trip to NYC, DC and Colonial Williamsburg. We had such a great time! It was fun to see old friends in NY, and hang out in the city. We had some fantastic food and enjoyed some great conversations.
All in all, it was great! Pratt is a superstar traveler - he loves being outside, and he loved his stroller.

Here are a few pics:
Pratt is sitting on a colonial saddle
Pratt is exhaused in the stroller.
Pratt is in NYC with me.
Pratt is at Lincoln Memorial with me.
Pratt has sunglasses on - mall DC.
Pratt is sitting in his stroller.

Homearama

2007-06-12T18:36:00.000-07:00

Tonight Jon and I (and Pratt) attended "Homearama"
It was underwhelming. TOO much of the same thing.....lots of golden frames on golden walls.
The exteriors of the homes were gorgeous, as you can see. I just didn't like the interior decorators.
Pratt took a picture next to a Jaguar.....two of mom's favorite things - a Jag, and Pratt.
My favorite thing was dreaming of laying down in this shower. I just love to rest in the shower....and I could totally do that here.

Overall, it would be fun to live in one of these houses if you never wanted to actually see the other people you live with.
Ciao

NOT Jon's Blog

2007-06-12T18:25:00.000-07:00

This blog is NOT Jon's blog!

Because of this you can expect:
1. Imperfect/poor photos.
2. Poor speling. (teaching beginning writers will really mess you up in this dept.)
3. Poor design.
4. Lack of all creativity.
5. No cool FLASH effects.
6. Any pressue to make this super great - you only have that pressure when you're a finicky artist.

In the mean time, Jon's telling me.....
"This is your first post, so make it good."

As it turns out - I might actually have some pressure after all.