Gabriella, Jaydn, Olivia, Madalyn

2011-11-22T14:06:00.000-08:00

This is a rare occasion for us. Gabriella is usually screaming and throwing a fit at the store. Seriously 90 percent of the time. Heaven sent today. She just went right to sleep.

-- Sent from my Palm Pixi

October Update

2011-11-03T11:05:00.000-07:00

The Halloween candy for each of my kiddos. Holy cow it seems like a ton!

It is tradition the past couple of years to go to Grandmas house after trick or treating. Grandma makes her yummy cocoa and we eat donuts. Thanks grammy for the yummy cocoa. Gabriella was showing uncle Michael her treats.

The girls wanted to be their princess butterflies again. Jaydn was Mr.Incredible for school and a vampire for trick or treating. He actually figured out his outfit.

He loved being a vampire. A little dark for me, but he is a good little guy so it was ok.

Our cute little butterflies done getting treats.

Gabriella did not want to wear her wings the entire night. She did great for how late it got by the time we were done.

We took homemade sugar cookie to Madalyn and Olivia's class. Madalyns cookie looks sooo yummy. So thankful for my mother-in-law. I took a recipe that I had made and refridgerated on Sunday to moms house. This was my first time making surgar cookies. As we rolled it out it seem to start melting. Cookie dough should not melt. So we cut and baked them anyway. When the timer went off Mom started to laugh. (something I love about Kevin's family, they always luagh even when times get frustrating) After seeing the flat buttery cookies I tried to figure out why they were not cooking well. I even used my pampered chef stones to bake them on. So I soon realized that I did not put enough flour in them. I doubled everything else except the flour. Grrrr. Uncle Michael got his trick or treat wish and had then entire cookie dough all to himself to eat. Mom made me new dough and the cookies were seriously perfect. I am grateful she spent her sunday night helping me. If I were home alone doing this I would have been stressed and crying. I am grateful for her help and positive outlook because I could actually laugh about the situation.

Olivias cookie. The class loved decorating the cookies and loved eating them as well. They were grub. I also love that her recipe did not require you to put the dough in the refridgerator at all.

The costume parade at school was also lots of fun. Olivia held Gabriella's hand so she could be in it too.

This is the only picture I got of Jaydn, because my battery went dead. I need a new camera bad!

Madalyn holding Ella's hand for the costume parade. We went in and out of each classroom. It was crazy. We did get to see all of the schools costumes though.

Gabriella walking to school for Halloween. We love to live a couple of blocks away from the school. Summer months are a little hot but for the most part it is very convenient.

Sleeping kid pictures are priceless. Little Ella fast asleep.

Jaydn does not like to wear shirts to bead these days.

Olivia on her pink bed and Madalyn on her green bed. This is how we found Madalyn the other night. Looks uncomfortable to leave your sunglasses on while sleeping, but it worked for her.

Jaydn's birthday Dinner. Hawaiian Haystacks.

Jaydn requested a picture of himself on his cake. He stood beside me and told me how to draw it. He also put the sprinkles on it. Good job bud!

Jaydn's 7th birthday. His own tackle box filled with fishing gear. The funny part of this is that we hid this in our closet and he found it before his birthday. He was hoping it was for him. This is one of the treasures we found while thrifting. It was nicer then the tackle boxes we looked at in Cabellas and it was filled with a ton of gear. He loved it. I love also that he told us that he found it. He waited until he opened it to tell us though. Smart guy!

He loves the SF Giants too, so he finally got a hat.

All the boys at school in 2nd grade are into pokeman cards. So funnny that they are making a come back. I am intersted in knowing if other kids his age are into them outside of Oroville?

Happy 7th birthday Jaydn. We love him so much. He is a great oldest child who wants to do his best at everything he does. We appriciate his humor and his love he shares with us! We love you bud.

The girls went to the Books Family Farm in Durham this year for the pumpkin patch. It was ok. I have to admit that Bishops Pumpkin Patch is amazing. Unfortunately we did not make it there this year. This is Gabriella, Madalyn, Grace, and Olivia.

The pumpkin patch did have animals that were pretty cool though.

September update

2011-11-03T10:35:00.000-07:00

Madalyn loves to ride her bike through our backyard into Rob and Raes back yard and back. I do not know what we will do when the time comes that one of us move out of the house.

Olivia and Owen hanging out on the Barths swing.

Gabriella playing in the neighbors yard. What will we do when we/they move. We love that the kids can go back and forth as they please.

Jaydn's ninja powers. He likes to be the leader of there little group. He is the oldest and we all know how that goes when you kids.

Lilly having fun with Owen again.

Celebrated my 31st birthday with some friends at Celestinos. These boys are hilarious. I think Rob was trying to give Paul a little tickle. My camera caught the blur of it. Thanks friends for hanging out on that night.

The girls that came. We had a good evening of pizza and bowling. The girls all did real well at bowling. It was by far my worst bowling night ever but it was a ton of fun.

Kevin and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary in Reno, Nevada. It was tons of fun. We celebrated with some friends Jimmy and Amy who were celebrating their 20 year aniversary. They took us thrift store shopping. We scored some awesome deals. Thanks JAMES and AMES for showing us the sweet places to go! I am so grateful for my cute hubby who makes life so entertaining.

My September photo shoot of the baby bump. This is 28 weeks prego. I get big quick.

Catch up of August

2011-11-03T09:36:00.000-07:00

I love to watch Jaydn play soccer. He is just like his Dad! Sweet soccer player. He has scored severl goals this year and is the youngest on the team. Kevin coaches his team called the Mustangs. Luck for us we have only had one game overlap.

Olivia is pretty aggressive when we cheer her on from the side lines. Soccer season is coming to an end. Next year all three of our soccer age children will be on the same team. It will be awesome.

Madalyn is an awesome defender. She really thinks about where she needs to be to stop that ball and turn it to her goal. I love this age of soccer because they are so cute. Kids score goals for the opposing team, occasional tears from being sad they got hurt, always a swarm of players all in one spot, and super excited when a goal is scored. I love it!

Gabriella is not playing soccer but always having fun. Extra cake batter left over makes for a messy little girl.

Jaydn on opening day back at the beginning of August. Go Mustangs!

Soccer season began. Olivia and Madalyn are on the Toucans. Lucky for us the coaches are our friends Rob and Raeanne Barth. Their first game they both scored goals. It was pretty sweet.

There are three girls on the U-6 team and really they are the best players. It has been a hot soccer season.

Jaydn loves to have friends over. So back in August when the temperature was triple digits everyday we turned on the water so that the kids could get cooled off. Well they found mud. I was a little shocked but had to laugh. Who doesn't like to mud slide with their friends. This is Jaydns friend Jack.

Surprisingly the girls were ok with getting a little Muddy too!

2011-08-30T10:33:00.000-07:00

First Day of School!!!! Jaydn started 2nd grade and Olivia and Madalyn started kindergarten.

Olivia, Gabriella, Madalyn, and Jaydn all ready to walk to Standford Avenue to start our first day of school.

Here are there cool poses. Maddy was so excited to start school this year. Maddy kept telling me if she were scared then she could just hang out with Olivia and her friends she already knew.

Here is Olivia's cool pose. She too was super excited to start school this year. No signs of being nervous to stay yet...

Jaydn's goofy pose. When he gets excited he starts to act silly.

He is in a class with two teachers who split the week. We pray that it goes well.

I did have to shed a tear or two thinking of how fast time has gone by. It was not too long ago that we were praying that they would be healthy happy babies and obviously our prayers were answered. Now off to school.

They have been in school for 9 days now and I really do miss them a lot. They are pretty exhausted by the time they get home so some days we have 3 grumpy kiddos after school. They will adjust soon though.

Mrs. Will's Kindergarten class. I am a little frustrated with the state budget crisis that we are in. It has truly affected our schools decision process. Budget cuts cause our kids to have mandatory full day kindergarten along with 30 kids per classroom, an aide for only 3 hours of the day. It is so sad. Really that is too many little 5 year olds with one teacher. We are fortunate to have 30 kids, a local school in our district had 40 to a class, now that is insane.

The first day was a little scary for Maddy and Lilly. They did start to cry when I left, luckily I had them play with a friend from preschool (Grace) and that took their minds off of the scary part of your mom leaving you with a bunch of strangers. They have loved school since then.

Happy Birthday Kev

2011-08-29T12:35:00.001-07:00

We celebrated Kevin's birthday yesterday as a family. Just us 6, which is not a normal birthday for Kevin. Usually we get to be with his parents and siblings on his birthday, but unfortunately they were out of town. He was super grateful that his siblings all called on his birthday though. I thought it was funny that the majority of his siblings that did call mentioned him not getting a birthday cake from his mom. (lol) Good thing he has a wife to make him a cake! We really enjoyed our Sunday.

Kevin is an amazing Daddy. We all know that he takes a huge part in being a Dad in our family. We all appreciate him.

Gabriella was being a pill so Kev put her in a time out as I was cooking dinner. We went to check on her and she had fallen asleep like this.

So the good Dad that Kevin is... he tucked her in for well needed nap.

Here are all the kids helping Kevin open his presents. They love to open presents. It got to the point where we had to stop them because they were not even letting Kevin have any part in the opening of his presents. I could just visualize the next birthday party my kids were invited to..... opening all the birthday kids presents.

Each of the kids picked out a little something for Dad's birthday. Gabriella gave her present along with a hug.

Maddy's present and hug.

Lilly's present and hug.

And Jaydn's present and hug. As Jaydn gets ready for church on Sunday's he always asks Kevin what they should wear. I love it, it is so cute to see a mini Kev.

My mom came to visit...

2011-07-22T11:17:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday of last week my mom flew into Sacramento to come visit with my family. The plan was to drive to Utah this past Monday and enjoy our Utah family for 3 weeks, have a little girls weekend, catch up with my siblings, then have a week with Kevin's entire family. Saturday rolled around and we had a very disappointing phone call that Aunt Patty (mom's sister) passed away. Although it was something we new would eventually be coming, we did not realize she would go this quickly. She had been battling cancer that eventually took over her entire body. We are grateful for the peace she has now. My mother was very disappointed that she was not there. My mother had been helping take care of her for the last few months. Had my mother known that Aunt Patty was so close to passing on, she would have stayed with her until she died. Really I feel for my mother losing her mother and sister all in a year. She is an amazingly strong person. She has lost so many loved ones so close to her but has held her head up high and strengthened others around her. It was nice to have her for the few days that I did. Unfortunately she needed to get back to Pennsylvania to be with Aunt Patty's family, so on Saturday she headed back to Pennsylvania. I contemplated driving out to Utah with the kids alone, but then realized what a disaster it may have been had I (still suffering with morning sickness at 19 weeks grrrrr) tried to battle barfing kids and staying awake ( because we all know that I can drive max 3 hours without falling asleep). This week I miss my siblings a lot. Thank heavens I have my own kiddos to keep me preoccupied.

Here are some pictures of us at Riverbend Park. Mom and I had a good time watching Kevin and the kids being adventurous.

My mama and I hanging out at the park. Can't see the belly too much but it is big and there. I am about 19 weeks prego and still sick, yes barfing at times. I have never gone this far being sick so I'm counting on any day this sickness going away. Kevin has finally felt him move. Just this past Wednesday. Oh and yes it is a he. We are sooooo excited. Probably Kevin most because if it was a girl I was determined to call her Ryan Elizabeth Robertson. I have been asking for this name for about 5 1/2 years now. Kevin objects because his brother Ryan;)

Kevin said this rock would skip 6 times. Maybe better luck next time. I think 5 times was the most he got.

Brave little girl holding on to the crayfish with big claws.

Olivia is so stinking brave. She did not even flinch.

Madalyn knows she doesn't like to get hurt, so she holds the crayfish long enough for the picture. What a brave little girly.

After seeing Olivia could do it, Jaydn knew this would be cake walk.

When we first got to the park they were just wading in the water, by the end they were going to water as deep as their chests. I love that they have each other to lean off of!

They kept running in and out in and out totally having tons of fun giggling and singing.

Kevin and Jaydn spent about 15 minutes trying to catch this fish with their bare hands. Sooo funny to watch them. And guess what ...

This is the fish they caught with their bare hands. Kevin is super quick and really amazes me sometimes. Good job Jaydn and Kevin!

I must say that we had a good time having Amma here. I am grateful for my mom and miss her dearly. Fortunately we will be able to go back to Utah to visit our family and hopefully she will be there so we can hang out a little more. See you soon Utah Family! Yippeee!!!!!

2011-07-14T16:30:00.000-07:00

Having fun with Amma. Yeah for peanut butter cookies.

-- Sent from my Palm Pixi

While Jaydn was fishing in the river...

2011-06-15T12:52:00.000-07:00

While Jaydn was fishing in the river the girls became a bit board. I decided to try to capture the moment of them goofing off.

I love moments like this. Not told to pose but voluntary. Olivia (left) and Madalyn (right).

They were trying to pick eachother up and I requested they look my direction.

So this is somewhat a pose picture. Olivia (left) and Madalyn (right).

They often get so giggly with eachother. It can be so funny and at times a bit annoying.
Olivia (left) and Madalyn (right).

Olivia (left) and Madalyn (right). They are pretty close little girlies.

Woops Madalyn dropped Olivia. Twin girls are awesome to have. I pray they stay close and do not get too difficult in their teenage years.

Official Pictures from the fishing day.

2011-06-15T12:45:00.000-07:00

Jaydn

Madalyn

Gabriella

Olivia

Fishing at the park.

2011-06-14T17:18:00.000-07:00

The Kiwanis club has a pancake breakfast before the fishing begins. It is nice because that means I do not have to make breakfast.

Jaydn absolutely loves to fish. His face lit up when he got a bite and then he lost the fish. The next bite he caught this little one. He was super excited until he realized that his fish was the smallest. He is a bit competitive. Just like his parents :)

Olivia caught the biggest fish. She was thrilled. She loves to fish just like her siblings. Too bad we don't have this kind of luck everytime we fish.

Madalyn got a pretty decent size fish and was brave about holding it this year. Last year if it got floppy it really freaked her out and she would drop it. This year she just giggled. Good job Madalyn.

Gabriella loved the experience of fishing. The fish was pretty floppy and she would put it on the ground to try to get away from it but then with her other hand she was still holding on to the rope so when she tried to get away from it, it would follow her because she would not let go of the rope. It was so funny.

Everyone caught a fish. Olivia's was the biggest. Jaydn wanted to trade her. Jaydn loves to fish and his is the smallest so he was a bit disapointed about that.

Preschool Graduation

2011-06-05T15:07:00.000-07:00

I can not believe my little girlies have finished preschool and are ready to start Kindergarten. I will admit the first year of their life was one of the longest I will ever remember. After that first year time flew by so quickly. I feel so blessed that they re both healthy happy little girls. There was a time when we wondered if they would be ok. Heavenly Father has blessed us with some amazing twins. They are typically mild in temper and are really good listeners. This past year in preschool they really started to shine as individuals.

Olivia's teacher said this about her....
"Olivia is a great singer and full of fun! She is exicited to be at school and learn. She can usually be found doing her favorite things at school... coloring painting, or cutting art projects. She works carefully and does her best. Outside, Olivia enjoys the swings, riding bikes, and scooters, and playing with friends. Her favorite color is blue. When she grows up, Olivia wants to be a mom." Lilly really has been trying very hard to learn how to write her letters and learn to read. She knows how to write everyone in our families name. She has expressed a huge interest in learning how to read working on reading so that is what we are working on right now. She is my carefree little girl. She is willing to try whatever and succeed at it. We are so grateful that she is part of our family.

Madalyn's teacher said this about her...

Madalyn's happiness bubbles over to those around her. She is ready for fun at school! She also likes to challenge herself. She sees something that she wants to try or do and she keeps practicing until she can do it! Maddy's favorite things to do are keytime activities and riding bikes & scooters. Her favorite colors are yellow and orange. When she gorws up, Maddy wants to be a mom and play with her kids."
Madalyn does not want to be left behind so she will do what it takes to keep up or create an new agenda. She loves to have friends and lead them along the way. She truly wants to do what is best and what will keep her out of trouble. I love that she wanted to cut her hair and that she loves it being short. We are so grateful that she is part of our family.

Waiting for graduation to start.

Daddy keeping Ella entertained while Mommy takes some pictures.

WE LOVE MRS.JAGODA. We were so blessed to have Mrs. Jagoda as their first teacher. She was the perfect fit for Olivia and Madalyn for several reasons. Here are just of few of them...

1. She is an identical twin so all year long she did her best to tell the twins apart and succeeded at it. The first person outside of our family to be able to tell them apart. She new them apart before we cut Madalyn's hair. We love that she actually tried.

2. Her calm patient manner was what my little tender hearted girlies needed.

3. She is grandma's best friend and there is definately a plus to that.

4. Her values in and out of the classroom, and on, and on, and on.

Thank you Mrs. Jagoda!!!!!!

This is Mr.Duggins. She is the teachers aid. She did all the busy work. Thanks for keeping the class so organized and for all the fun projects.

Madalyn and Olivia waiting so patiently as all the names were called.

My two little graduates.

Ella wants to be just like them. If she could have graduated with the class she would have.

Olivia

Madalyn -- gotta love those forced smiles.

Olivia Elijah Hudson, and Madalyn. One of the many friends from school.

Olivia, Alexis Rivera, and Madalyn.

Olivia, Grace Hancock, and Madalyn. Grace is often mistaken as one of my kiddos. She is are good friend and our carpool budy. We love her!

What is up with the weather?

2011-05-15T14:32:00.000-07:00

So we all awoke from our nap to crashing thunder and lightning. It was pretty cool. As you can see we do not have thunderstorms here very often. So when we do it is something cool to watch.

It started hailing and was pretty loud. FYI it was about 85-90 degrees here last week. Today the girls are all in sweaters for church.

Our flower bed took a little bit of a beating.

Hopefully the garden survived the hail storm. Yikes we may have to replant.

My cute little girlies are different now!

2011-05-05T10:00:00.001-07:00

I took Olivia out on a date and asked her if she wanted to get her hair cut? She laughed at me and said, "No Mama." It was the cutest thing ever. What a joke that was to her. Just a few weeks later Madalyn asked if she could get her hair cut. Guess I asked the wrong twin. Madalyn liked the hair cut of a little girl named Alana in her preschool class. We put it off for about a month hoping she would forget. She has brought it up several times. So yesterday I ventured into cutting hair. I usually cut Jaydn and Kevin's hair but no long hair yet. It was harder then it may seem.

You can see why it was hard for me to cut her hair. Look how long a beautiful it is. This is the before shot.

Then I used these bad boys.

We cut a nine inch braid off of her hair. She absolutely loves it. Walking to take Jaydn to school this morning, she was shaking her hair from side to side. She is so cute.

Don't look too close. She has thicker hair then I realized.

Olivia is determined to keep her hair long. She loves her hair. Now you will be able to tell the difference between the twins from the front and back. Madalyn has short hair and Olivia has long hair. That was one of the first comments Olivia made, "Now people can tell us apart Mama."

Potty training moment.

2011-05-01T16:53:00.000-07:00

So on Tuesday afternoon I realized that I was having the missionaries over for dinner at 6 pm. By this time the kids were napping and it was near 1:00. I realized that I needed to go to the store to get some food for a nice dinner. Typically when I'm not caught up with my grocery shopping I would have just put something together real quick from the pantry. However I felt the missionaries deserved better. So I picked Jaydn up from school by 2:30 and ventured out to the grocery store with all 4 of my kiddos. Ella went potty right before we left so I figured I had about one hour until she needed to go again. Plenty of time to get the shopping I needed done for dinner and get back home. So we went to the bread store then went to Food Maxx. Of course you see a ton of people who you know when you are in a hurry and they all feel like it is catch up time at the store. I would think that just seeing a mom with 4 kids crawling in and out of the cart would be enough of a clue to keep it short with a hi. Young moms have a limited time frame with our kids at the store before the store is torn apart and your ready to sell your kids to those who think they are so cute. Anyway, so I found some killer deals on a couple of items. One being lunch meat. With the coupon that was attached you ended up paying only 44 cents for the lunch meat. Again when you are feeding 4 little kiddos you jump on sales like this. So I bought about 22 packages. Then another sale on fruit snacks, with the coupon you only paid 64 cents for a box of fruit snacks, so another sale I jumped on and bought 12 boxes. So the kids were being pretty good the entire time and then it was check out time. I am usually pretty organized when it comes to loading sales and coupons on the conveyor belt so the cashier can have an easy experience. Well as half the groceries are loaded Ella starts to scream, " Potty Mama Potty. This was right after the Lady told me that I would have to have three separate transactions for the fruit snacks. I was able to get one transaction in as Ella screams, "Potty Mama Potty". So I look at the lady and ask if I can run her to the bathroom because she is new at going potty. Poor lady had half of my groceries on the conveyor belt and half in the basket. Then she had to take off 22 coupons from this meat and scan them all in. So she tells me to go to the bathroom and come back to pay after which she calls for a second cashiers help. We made it to the bathroom. All the kids went potty and when we came back there was a cashier finishing our groceries, one on her side with the 22 coupons, and another one who had bagged all of my groceries. I was so grateful for the service I received and a little embarrassed that it took 3 cashiers to check me out. But the experience was definitely memorable for me and the long line of patient customers behind me. Thank you Food Maxx!

Happy Easter 2011

2011-04-26T10:24:00.000-07:00

We spent Easter with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Mallory, Uncle Josh, Uncle Brady, Aunt Shannon, Aunt Kelsey, Uncle Michael, Payton, and Scarlett. We had tons of fun looking for baskets, eggs, going to Sarah Henry's Easter Egg hunt, dyeing eggs, playing games, and more. We really enjoyed attending sacrament meeting with the family. It was a ton of fun to be with our extended family this past weekend. We love being so close to family it is a huge blessing.

All the kiddos ready to go find the Easter Eggs that Aunt Mal filled for us. Thank you Aunt Mallory for always doing the Easter Egg hunt.

Ella found some Eggs. She stopped and ate the candy before finding the rest of her eggs. Yes she is wearing big girl panties. She is potty trained. Yipee for us. In the last two days she has gone poo poo on the toilet. Which is a huge accomplishment. We are not completely accident free yet, but we will get there. One accident yesterday and that was Mommy's fault for not helping her get her undies off in time.

Jaydn ready to find more Eggs.

Olivia looking for eggs in Grandma Robertson's backyard.

Madalyn looking for Easter eggs in Grandma Robertson's beautiful back yard.

Our several attempts to take a picture of Payton and Scarlett with our kiddos in their Sunday best.

Ella is being difficult however this was the last picture taken. Probably the best attempt. Scarlett was bribed with candy by this point.

Too many pictures by this point Ella is done. Believe it or not this was the second to last picture to be taken.

Scarlett and Ella need something to distract them.... Oh wait Mal and Liz are trying to entertain them behind the camera. Jaydn you are a silly boy but please just smile. Payton, Payton, up here and smile please. Good job Olivia and Madalyn but can you hold on to the babies a little longer. Really this picture is telling a better story then the perfect one does.

Thank you Uncle Kevin for giving Scarlett an Easter candy, but Ella you need to look at the camera and stop trying to hold "baby Scarlett" who is almost bigger than you in size.

Crazy face picture.

On one of our date nights Madalyn and I saw some beautiful dresses. There were several to choose from at Costco and Madalyn picked this dress, not surprising since her favorite color is yellow. She said it looked like a princess dress. I find it so cute that my little girls love and want to be princesses. Costco has decent prices on their children clothes by the way. When we got home we showed Olivia the new dresses that Madalyn had picked out. Olivia said, " Oh those are cute." I was thrilled that she replied that way and not angry that she was not able to pick the dresses out. I think she was just thrilled to get a new dress. I am grateful that my girlie's get along well for the most part. I have been blessed with some easy going twins. I also love that they still hold strong to their individual personalities.

One of my very favorite parts of Easter is the beautiful dresses that little girls wear. Every Easter as a little girl we would put on our favorite dress to wear to church. Some Easters we had enough money to buy new dresses and that was always a treat. To look our very best on one of the most sacred times in our saviors life seems most appropriate. New dress or Old dress we always wanted to look our very best on Easter.
Olivia, Gabriella, and Madalyn dressed for Easter Sunday.

Six Flags

2011-04-23T13:55:00.000-07:00

Waiting for the bus to take us back to the parking lot.

Gabriella was trying to kiss the Tiger. When Olivia turned her back to the Tiger it leaped at her. I screamed and the park employee said, "Wow I'm surprised that the Tiger pounced at your daughter, they do like to prey on the weakest animal." It was a little freaky and a little crazy that it waited until Olivia turned her back.

Waiting to see the dolphin show.

This is Merlin. He was part of the Shouka show. She did not come to the widow very often but finally did and stayed there responding to our movements. It was really cool. At on point he put his nose up to the window where Ella's lips where. Ella was trying to kiss him. It was so cool. Kev took this picture shortly after that happened. It was really neat to see the dolphin responding to us. The second day we were there he was blowing bubbles in the water and then poping them with his nose.

Here we are hanging out with Shouka. She did not respond like the dolphin did though. Ella absolutely loved Shouka and Merlin. She kept asking to go back and see Shouka.

Madalyn on the Mary-go-round. Pretty fun for the kids but not so much for Kev and I.

Olivia on the Gorilla. For whatever reason this was the one animal that all the kids wanted to ride on the mary-go-round. It was a race to see who could get to the gorilla first. Olivia won this time.

Jaydn, Ella, and Mama riding. This was a great ride for Ella but Kev and I got so sick on them that we could only take her a couple of times.

On Friday we took some friends with us and I did not even get my camera out so I'm hoping that I can grab some of their pictures. It was fun to go back a second day and get excited all over again showing friends our favorite parts about the park. Thanks for coming Fairbanks.

Six Flags

2011-04-23T12:03:00.000-07:00

The kids had this entire week off for spring break so we wanted to do something fun with them. Kevin suggested six flags. So on Thursday and Friday we went to Vallejo, California and rode a ton of fun rides, saw Shouka the killer whale, watched the Dolphin Show, and saw a ton of safari animals. It was a ton of fun and the kids did really well considering they did not nap and were up for over 12 hours. Ella was a gem. We were surprised she was not more grumpy.

Madalyn and Olivia loved the rides.

Jaydn loved the rides as well. Can you tell he likes the color red. It use to be his favorite color. Now it is his second favorite color. Purple is his favorite, it has nothing to do with the fact that it is Uncle Brady's favorite color too :)

Ella enjoyed the train. It was a little less frightening then the other rides.

Lilly and Daddy riding the roller coaster. If you look close you can see Jaydn and Madalyn in the second to last cart as well. Our kids were pretty brave.

Jaydn and Lilly having tons of fun.

Day Two

2011-04-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

Jaydn running to home plate after his teammate hit an infield ball.

Jaydn is ready to run to third base. I love how serious this sport is to the players. Yet they look so adorable in their uniforms that are way too big for them. It kind of reminds me of Sand Lot in a way.

Jaydn hit the ball. He has pretty nice form. Thank you Aunt Tracie for this sweet picture.

Each player gets to play a different position every game. This game Jaydn was the catcher. It was so cute to see him in all that gear. I am glad he got this position done before the dead heat of the summer comes.

My blogging madness begins. I am going to try to keep up until I am caught up from the last several months. Today we will talk about baseball.

Jaydn's first year of baseball. Half of the kids on his team are in their third year of playing. Apparently before this league you can play two years of t-ball. He is doing pretty good for starting his first year in Farm league where you are pitched to by a machine. He has hit the ball every time he is up. It takes me back to my soft ball years. I remember being so afraid of the ball in my first years of softball. As time went by I got much better. I was definitely never the best on the team, but I could keep up. So to say the least I think Jaydn gets his natural talent for sports from his Dad. I will admit my siblings are very athletic as well somehow the natural talent skipped my direction. That has not stopped me though, in fact I am on an indoor soccer league with Women over 30. It is soooo fun and I am soooo glad I joined. I have never played soccer before so with the little athletic ability I do have I have learned how to play the sport and I am loving it. I have yet to score a goal but hope to before this season is over. Anyway here are some pictures of my cute little lefty playing baseball for the Devil Rays.

2011-04-17T21:24:00.000-07:00

Every time I think about blogging I get a bit overwhelmed at how behind I am. So I will start with what is happening now. Last weekend Aunt Tracie came into town. So we went up to Table Mountain and hiked down one of the small trickling falls. The kids were each able to find a salamander with the help of Uncle Michael, Aunt Tracie, and Kevin.

We had a fun little picnic and enjoyed the outdoors. We found salamanders, lizards, and a frog. Jaydn got to the point where he was easily able to catch a salamander.

Aunt Tracie and Madalyn holding a salamander. We had to dip the salamanders in the water a couple of times to keep them alive. The kids kept them as their pets on the short hike.

Aunt Tracie and Olivia holding another Salamander. I must say the salamanders here in Cali are of a different breed then in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania the salamanders are very tiny.

Kevin is pro at catching lizards with a weed. He ties a slip knot with a weed and slips it over the lizards head and catches it every time.

Ella was letting the salamander crawl all over her. She kept saying, "It kickles mama" (it tickles) it was so stinking cute.

We love when family comes to visit. We are so blessed to have so many family members.

After Reno for a day we went to Pioneer, CA

2011-01-31T20:41:00.000-08:00

Aunt Christy and Uncle Rob have a cabin in Pioneer California. So after spending some Q.T. with Bary and Amanda, we drove to Pioneer. No barfing again. Yippee for us. We got to play with cousins and go to the snow. It was a pretty fun relaxing weekend.
Ella's all bundled up. She loved to sled ride with Dad and mom down the hill. It was very cute when we took her down the hill she would giggle. There is something so rewarding about getting a giggle out of you little kiddos.

Jaydn was a pro sledder. He was even trying to hit the jump. Made it a couple of times. Once with the help of Dad giving him a huge push.

Madalyn was loving the sled rides with Braden (cousin). Braden is so helpful with our kids.

Cute little poser with boogies coming out of her nose.

Lunch time. We found the top of a picnic table. It was kind of cool. We sat on it and put our feet on the benches. The ground was covered with snow up to the benches. Pretty fun.

Jaydn, Olivia, and Dad went to the steep sledding area across the street to have some more thrilling fun.

Olivia is our brave little girl who loves to challenge most anything.

cont of SCI convention

2011-01-31T20:29:00.000-08:00

This one gave me the chills a little disgusting and disturbing. Jaydn thought it was pretty cool though.

Angry Kitty. I was very impressed with the skills of some of the Taxidermist work. They were definitely amazing. I learned that there is an art to being a Taxidermist.

Olivia (above) and Madalyn (Below) really liked the kitty. It was very beautiful and looked friendly.

Went .to SCI convention in Reno

2011-01-31T19:24:00.000-08:00

We went to visit Reno, NV for a day, mainly to see my brother Bear and sister-in-law Amanda. He was working at the SCI (Safari Club International) show. It is one of the biggest conventions for hunters in the US. He was selling hunting tours to Alaska. He has always been an avid hunter. Family and hunting are pretty much his life. So we took off Friday morning to Reno. In the words of Maddy, "We had a good trip no one barfed." That is soo true. We have a box of plastic baggies in our car for barfers. Every trip since Jaydn was a baby we have had a barfer. The drive to Reno was fairly pleasant. We had the opportunity to get into the show and see all of the amazing animals and the beautiful work that the taxidermist did.

Gabriella did not trust this animal enough to look at the camera. It was kind of cute.

It was like going to the zoo, just no fences and you could pet the animals. Take note of what the kids are wearing. Most of the women there were wearing some kind of real animal furs. I guess I dressed them appropriately. Every couple of steps people were oooing and ahhhing our kiddos. One grandmother asked if she could take a picture of the kids because she wanted to send it to her grand kids and let them know she was thinking of them. Kev and I thought that was pretty funny.

So the CRAZY part was when these three middle aged men came up to us and said, "We have been looking all over for you... we heard about the cute little girls wearing pink and black, we were wondering if your girls would be in a picture for an magazine article with Jim Shockey?" I looked at Kev and he was ok with it, so I said sure. Then I was not sure who this Jim Shockey was. I handed the camera to Kev and he did not hear me ask him to take a picture while I helped the girls pose in the picture. So of coarse no picture for us. Bummer! Well they had the girls hold a kids bow that was pink and black apparently they were giving it away. So I guess Jim Shockey is a celebrity in the Hunting world. He has 3 show on the Outdoor Channel. I was talking to his daughter Eva Shockey as her friend was holding Ella and playing with her. Eva told us that her dad Had 3 shows going. She was a super sweet girl. Kind of a fun situation. So long story short, their outfits may get them in a magazine.

It was really cool to see this elephant. I was a little sad watching how they kill them. I am not sure I am cut out for hunting. Maybe if I was sure to use the animal for food. The funny thing is, my brothers and Dad are or were all hunters. They all use the meat though. Maybe after they kill the Elephants they feed the village they took it from.

This little cub was super cute.

This is one of the animals my brother helps his clients hunt for in Alaska. The kids look so little next to it.

Tis the season

2010-12-03T13:32:00.001-08:00

Jaydn

Olivia

Madalyn

Gabriella

We love Christmas. It is truly hard not to get caught up in the shopping, sending cards, school parties, progressive dinners, friend parties, work parties, busy busy business of Christmas. This year we are trying to enjoy every moment and focus on the reason we are celebrating. We are grateful for the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ We are grateful to have the freedom to celebrate his birth. It is a wonderful time to reflect on why we are truly here and why we do what we do.

Gordon B. Hinckley says it well.

"Our hearts change. Our attitudes change. Our way of thinking changes. There is a little more forgiveness in us. A little more of kindness. A little more of love. A little more of patience. A little more of understanding at the Christmas season of the year. What a glorious thing it is that at least once in twelve months we can become a little better than we have been during the remainder of the year."

Kevin and Liz Robertson Family EST 2001 (9 years ago yesterday)

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We are very good at remembering how many years ago 9-11 occurred. It was the same week we were married. A very sad week for our nation but a very awesome weekend for Kev and I. We are so grateful to share happy healthy lives together.

Jam

2010-08-31T19:58:00.000-07:00

I am starting to feel like a pioneer woman. Really I wanted some strawberry freezer jam because I absolutely love that stuff. I told a couple friends about making jam a couple years ago and it turned into a weekly canning session for the last three weeks. We canned strawberry freezer jam, peach freezer jam, gape cooked jam, and pickles.
We are official caners baby! Kevin's mom provided the fresh peaches off of her tree which were so good. Angelee provided the cucumbers from and friends garden and pure grape juice made by a friend, and we bought the fresh strawberries from farmers market here in Oroville. It was actually pretty cool to figure out together how to make the stuff. At one point we all thought of what our mothers used to do and were able to figure out how to seal the jars. And yes the pickles did finally seal today, was a little worried about that one.
Thanks Rae and Angelee for motivating me into canning.

Happy Birthday to you.

2010-08-28T23:14:00.000-07:00

Kevin turned 33 today. We celebrated by just chillin at home today. We had plan to go on the lake with our family but beings that it was too cold today we did not go. So we just hung out. It was about 75 degrees today. Crazy being two days ago it was 109. What is up with this weather? It was raining this morning as well. Wish the weather could have cooperated for Kev's birthday. Poor Kevin has strep thoat and on antibiotics. He was super sick yesterday and feeling better today.

Kevin loves the manog nectar. So we got him two from Costco. They were suppose to be for breakfeast but did not get them out in time.

Gabriella found a new hobby, opening presents.

Then for the evening we went to Celestino's Pizza (yum), had cake and ice cream, then went to play couples tennis. It was a fun evening. We appreciate our friends who were able to spend the evening with us for Kev's birthday.

Our Annual Trip to the Butte County Fair

2010-08-28T22:57:00.001-07:00

It was the hottest day of the week. Only 109, yikes it was hot. So we took the kids to the fair at 7:30pm which is totally crazy because we usually put them to bed at 7:30 pm but it is tradition for us and too hot to go earlier then that.

Jaydn being an awesome big brother to Ella.

Love this little helper.

Gabriella loved petting the animals. It was so stinking cute.

Olivia was such a cute cow girl riding the pony was lots of fun for her.

Jaydn could do this with no problem. I was waiting for him to tell the pony to giddy up and go faster.

Madalyn's pony wanted to catch up to the rest. She loved riding on it. Pony rides for all the kids except Ella. I tried to put Ella on and she shook her head no and started to cry. So cute.

Olivia, Madalyn, and Jaydn rode the dragon and loved it. It was fun to see them so nervous but then have a ton of fun.

Such a fun filled evening with the kids. We like the Butte County Fair because it is really kid friendly.

Jaydn's first day of 1st grade.

2010-08-23T12:53:00.000-07:00

First grade with Mrs. Zebley. Jaydn was so ready to start school. We got to the class and there were about three classmates crying. So sad! I am so grateful Jaydn loves to go to school. I do feel a little bad that he is going from playing, singing, and having fun in Kindergarten to school where they need to start focusing on text book material. He is not bothered by it at all yet. It is crazy to see your kids grow. I thought having Ella all alone would be wonderful and it is nice but I really do miss my other kids. They are all having fun, but it is such a big change for me.

This kid loves to pose. Kevin was able to walk Jaydn to school today with me. It was nice. He had a break after his meeting. Kevin started his first day of teaching Seminary. He teaches the seniors. He has been preparing for the last 3 weeks. He will be such a great teacher. He deserves this calling from what I hear. Apparently he was not the best seminary student. Hopefully his students will appreciate him a little more then he appreciated his teacher.

This is one excited kid!

American Idol

2010-08-23T12:10:00.000-07:00

This guy was pretty awesome live. It is crazy that a year ago all the singers were just ordinary people. Wow how their lives have changed.

I had to laugh at his facial expressions though.

As you can see I went to the top ten American Idol Concert live at Arco Arena in Sacramento. First concert ever. I must admit that I did not watch it this season as much as I have in the past. Kevin loves to watch the try outs mainly for a good laugh. I did not even remember all of their names. But once I saw them I remembered who I liked and did not like. Hey I'm not very good with names anyway. I can tell you what they look like but names can't remember them.

Do you like how we are trying to make sure our heads were not cut off in the picture.

While in the bathroom we see a flash and wondered what Raeanne was doing taking pictures in the bathroom. Here it is. Love the face Rae!

Here are the top ten. So I have to say that my favorite performance was from Siobhan. It was crazy weird but most entertaining. My favorite voice was DiDi. She has such a fun voice. And I really just like Casey all around. He played 5 different guitars in the three songs that he played. He plays the guitar very well. But I wanted to hear him sing more then play. Still like the guy though.
I know my votes are against everything you have watched on AI. Maybe because live is different and maybe because I did not watch it enough.

I had a good laugh at Angelee looking through her 3-yr-old son Joshie's binoculars.

Thanks girls for the fun.

The Girls Started Preschool. Wow Their first day of school.

2010-08-18T14:28:00.000-07:00

What an adventure trying to get everyone ready for the day before 7:45 am. It was an exciting morning in our house. Everyone was so excited for Olivia and Madalyn to experience going to Preschool.

Jaydn loves to be silly for the camera.

Here is Madalyn finishing her break feast and very excited to go to her first day of school.

Olivia can not contain her giggles she is very gitty. Jaydn tells them all the time that preschool is so fun.

This is Ella smiling for the camera. One of my very favorite faces of the many she does.

Olivia, Jaydn, and Madalyn

Here is Madalyn hugging Olivia. Man they are so big and cute.

Little did we know that we were really an hour early. So Dad at least got to take them to school and play for a little while before he went to his meetings that morning.(Left to Right Madalyn, Kevin, Olivia).

Madalyn (Left) and Olivia (Right) sitting in their cubbies. How fun!

Olivia is heating up her hands to play with this board. It is similar to a mood ring it changes color according to the heat of your hands. Madalyn's hands were already warm. They love the class room and all the different activities there are to do.

Line up to go outside. (Maddy)

Ready to play outside and waiting patiently in line. (Olivia)

Second day and they are ready to get to school. Here they are showing off their new school clothes. They got to pick out their outfits. I helped them with some options though.

1980's rock

2010-08-18T13:30:00.000-07:00

So Rae, Mikila and I had a party for Angelee's 30th birthday. We through a 80's party. It was fun. We asked all the guests to dress as if they were in the 1980's. We had tons of fun having yummy food, cupcakes, looking at old high school pictures of the Oroville gang, playing twister, eating more, and celebrating Angelee's birthday. The after party was held at the roller skating rink. It was tons of fun.

Nick and Angelee. Cute Outfit. We took her to forever 21 where we made her buy this outfit for the night. Thanks for being such a good sport.

Here is Pamela Anderson a.k.a. Mikila.

Here are Sam and Lindsey. Loved their outfits. Got to love thrift store shopping for dressing up. Yes she found leg warmers at the thrift store. I love the leg warmers.

Dustin and Christina. Love the hair Tiny bopper.

Wow check out those leggings. Seriously she is sporting this while she is prego. Only Rae can look that good and still be prego. Who knew that Rob had such mad skills on skates. I hear that my sister-in-law was and maybe still is pretty much just as good or better.

Great minds think alike. Christina and Angelee.

That is one hot guy. We (well I) loved dressing up. Kev is such a good sport when it comes to my crazy ideas.

Here are all the ladies at the roller rink. Thanks Erica and Than for coming. Erica is ready to pop so she opted not to skate. But they came to watch us crazies.

We shopped for Angelee's outfit in forever 21 at the mall and then went to sears to change. This is the picture of after we changed. Why Sears? Because it was the store that had a bathroom closest to an exit. We were off to Angelee's house to surprise her with all the guests dressed in 80's as well.

Angelee, Rae, and Mikila walking out of Sears. It was a really fun evening. Happy Birthday Angelee!

A week of Fun with Three of the Egger Boys

2010-08-18T12:44:00.000-07:00

Jaydn coming down the slide at the Carter's pool head first. Crazy Kiddo.

For one week I had 7 kiddos living in my house. With 4 boys and 3 girls all under age 11 things were a bit more hectic, a bit more tiring, and a bit more fun. So just about everyday we decided to leave the house and go swimming. Let me just tell you that it took about 1 hour for me to get into the pool by the time I sun screened all of them, zipped up life jackets, and helped them go potty. It was well worth it though. I give props to my mom and my mother-in-law for having 12 and staying sane. I must admit I thought it was going to be harder then it was.

Carter and Olivia hanging out it the hot tub where it was nice and cool.

Bryce was master of the slide. He could climb up those rocks by the slide like it was cake walk.

Ok so Camden said Aunt Liz take a picture of this, so I got the camera ready and took a picture. I did not realize he was going to hang on the rim. He has some mad ups. The scary part was that the entire hoop almost splashed into the pool with him thankfully it did not.

Here is Cam Diggers again jumping from the rocks. So fun.

Here are the cuties pies that hung out all week long. They got along very well. I must say that I really had a great time with the kids. I really had the opportunity to get to know my nephews better. It is hard when they live 4 hours away. I thought it would be fun to do again next summer.

Dancin' Queen

2010-07-30T14:18:00.000-07:00

What is that Beyonce Knowles and Lady Gaga. Wait are those telephones in their hair. Sorry Aunt Katie and Aunt Suzy but I had to. Thank you for opening our Talent show in such a hilarious way. You performed Telephone perfectly. You also had an impact on my litte Lilly.

My sister Karen was an awesome Sundancer in highschool. I must say they were definately one of the top Dancing team in our County. She let me take home some of her dancing gear including sequenced leg and arm warmers as seen above worn by Suzy and Katie. I turned the music on and Lilly was getting the "Lady GaGa" dress up on so she could dance. Thanks to Aunt Suzy and Aunt Katie that is what they call the sequenced warmers.

Gabriella

2010-07-30T13:44:00.000-07:00

Everyone of our children have such a unique personality it is crazy, yet they are the same in so many ways. I am going to miss my twiners and Jaydn when they go to school this year. It will be very different to be home with one child. That hasn't happened in 4 years. I am really excited to have some fun adventures with Belly (as Kevin calls her). Kevin was practicing soccer with our kiddos and Ella wanted to join in. She was struggling to put the shin guards on and so I put the on her. Then she went hunting for the cleats and I helped her put them on two. She is not one to need help much. We call her our little survivor. Pretty independent too. Random thought but I love that when she naps she has to put the blanket over her head. She shuts the world out so she can get her rest. I feel like she is getting big tooo quickly.

So we like to try to give our kiddos some one on one time and we call the time a date. So when Kev or I need to run and errand then we choose one child according to their turn and take them with us. We try to make it special and allow the child to be involved. It gives us an opportunity to have time with just that individual child hopefully allowing them to realize they each have an important role in our family. Also that we value each of them in different ways. Coming from big families Kevin and I have felt how important the "Date" made us feel as children. Kevin's Parents did this in a sort of way and we loved the idea.

So here is Ella coming back from her first date with Dad.

Kevin bought her a bag of Orange slices and she came back with a mouth full also guarding them with her dear life. She did not want anyone to take them away from her. It was hilarious.

Here is Kevin trying to teach her how to share just one with each of her siblings. She was clearly not fond of the idea but eventually understood that she would still have some left so it was ok to share. Man I love this girl.

The drive home from Utah

2010-07-19T17:20:00.000-07:00

Olivia and Jaydn enjoying the jumbo suckers Grandma gave them. They were pretty good travelers.

Jaydn and Maddy posing for the camera. I love when the are turkeys..... sometimes.

This is Ella after she barfed all over herself. Grandma gave her a lollipop and she loved wiping it all over her body. She was massaging her feet with sticky sucker. Yumm...

Grandma and Grandpa are really the best. Grandma took all the kids to the bathroom while I bathed Ella in the bathroom sink and Grandpa cleaned up the barf. I do not know too many grandpa's willing to go that far. We are very blessed and lucky to have such great grandparents who are so willing to help.

2010-07-19T16:53:00.000-07:00

Here are Grandma and Grandpa Johnson. We all gathered on the last evening and had a "Remember When" we all told stories of Grandma and Grandpa Johnson as we remembered them. It was a very neat way to end the reunion. It was so fun to be part of.

Here is Mom and Her family with their spouses. Tom and Annette, Grandma Johnson and Grandpa Johnson, Uncle Larry behind and Aunt Carol in front. Then Aunt Diane and Uncle Wayne.

Here are all the grandkids with Grandma and Grandpa. We are missing Payton, Scarlet, and one of Aunt Carol's grandchildren. Such a fun group.

Here is Gabriella kissing Cali. They are one month apart a play so well together.

Brinlee, Nevaeh, Cali, and Gabriella are fun cute cousins. Brinlee is 6 months older then the other three

2010-07-19T16:20:00.000-07:00

Christy was the official media personel for the weekend.

We love water so we found some. I was not so fond of the tiny leaches, they freaked me out.

Some of the 3 and 4 year old cousins. Love this picture. Not sure whats up with my face but oh well.
in the very back: Packer, Liz, and Benji

in the front: Olivia, Ryder, Carter, Paisley, and Madalyn we are on our way to the crick.

Olivia Left and Madalyn Right. Love this picture of them. They are getting to become little girls and no baby left in them :(

Grandma playing games with cousins.

Our trip to Utah

2010-07-19T16:01:00.001-07:00

We went to Utah for a Johnson Family reunion. Kevin was unable to make it with us but his Mom and Dad were kind enough to help me drive out there with the kiddos. The drive out there was awesome. No barfing and very happy kids. We spent one night at Aunt Jana and Uncle Ben's house then up to Fruitland, Utah we went. Sasha (Kevin's cousin) was so kind to allow us to stay at her Mother and Father in laws cabin. The cabin was very beautiful. Jaydn played all day long. The kids loved meeting new counsins and playing with Old cousins as well.

Lilly loved the play area.

Here is Paisley pushing Madalyn on the swing. So cute. Paisley is Sasha's cute little girl who is the same age as Lilly and Maddy.

All the "big kids" made it to "Big Rock". We took a hike to this rock it was a quick fun hike. Jaydn wanted to hang out with the "Big Kids" all weekend long.

(Jaydn, Bryce, Benji, Halee, Jack, and Braden)

Pennsylvania

2010-07-12T15:52:00.000-07:00

So yes I have put a ton of PA on my blog. For the last two weeks I have posted all about PA. And I still have a bit more to post on PA. Here is why.

My blog is my personal journal also. I want my children to remember what they can about this trip because Pennsylvania means a lot to me. I love that we can share these experiences with others through blogging. Pennsylvania is a place that I love very dearly. Here are some answers to questions that friends have. We had the opportunity to take our kids for the first time as a family to PA. We were out there for 3 weeks. My family came together for a reunion, with the exception of a brother whose wife was having her baby. Our entire family has not been together for 5 years and counting. Only my Mom and my sister Suzy actually live in PA. We have a ton of Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and friends that live there also. My Mother is also considering moving. It will be sad not to a place to go home to where I was born and raised and have so many wonderful memories. Thanks for the questions and comments, I appreciate people sharing this now fond memory I have of the Pennsylvania Trip.

Camp Fire

2010-07-11T18:08:00.001-07:00

Singing and hanging out at the campfire. Jaydn, Liz, Jodi, and Suzy. This is after our lightening bug catching contest. We had 3 minutes and the most caught was 60. Yep Leeah, Brookie, and I caught that many. Free blizzards from Dairy Queen for us.

Chubby Bunny Jaydn

Jaydn, Olivia, Kevin, and Madalyn cooking smores. Yummy.

Uncle Kip was the champ Aunt Sadie Laugher. Who would have ever thought he could laugh so good.

Uncle Bary and Aunt Amanda with Lil Bary.

Lake Erie

2010-07-11T17:54:00.000-07:00

Madalyn, Gabriella, and Jaydn on a beach of Lake Erie. Not too cold fun water play.

Left to right

Jill, Liz, Erin, Suzy, Bary, Katie, Karen, MaryBeth, Jodi, Amanda. All my sisters, my nephew, two sister-in-laws, and my niece. And my baby niece Jessie. Lots of Legs.

Jaydn was squirting everyone with the gun. Then Lil Bary got a hold of the gun and was so annoying with it. I wanted to break the gun by the end of the day!

Madalyn in the pink life jacket and Olivia in the blue jacket. Lots of fun at the beach.

Gabriella was lovin on all the sand.

Grandma Farkas's Farm

2010-07-11T16:52:00.000-07:00

I love how Ella is the only one looking for the picture. We were trying to call the cows.

Kevin has more skills with the Camera then I do. Cute Bellie Button is what he calls her.

The grass is getting her.

My cute little niece Jessie. She is a ham and played nicely with Ella. Miss her a bit and her mommy too. Love you Kar!

The grass is as tall as Jessie. She was sooo cute playing in it!

Grandma Farkas's farm

2010-07-11T16:34:00.000-07:00

If you know me well, you know that I do not have camera skills. But I thought Grandma Farkas's farm had lots of fun places to take pictures. Like I said, I do not have the camera or skills to be a photographer. But here they are. Olivia, Gabriella, and Madalyn. Wow Ella is getting so big.

Jaydn just loves to strike a pose.

What boy doesn't love a tractor. Thank you Uncle Ed for letting us invade your barns.

Madalyn and Olivia a little unsure of sitting on the tractor.

What cute girls.

Can't go to PA without visiting the Amish

2010-07-11T16:14:00.000-07:00

So while in PA we cleaned out 50 years of raising kids in my mothers house. So we rented a dumpster. It is typical for the Amish to ride in their buggies down our road. So I walked outside to this nice man dumpster diving in our trash. He did ask a brother first. I have heard that it is against their religion to have pictures taken of them. SO I asked and he said they are not suppose to pose but if I wanted a picture to take it from a distance. They took lots of Jars and anything metal.

This is typical to see in New Wilmington about 10 minutes from my home town. I think Amish children are so adorable. In the summertime they do not wear shoes. This picture was taken at a market that my mom buys baking ingredients at. Their names are the Bylars. They are a very nice Amish family who have a shop right by their home. We bought home made grape nuts from them. Olivia loves them. We brought them home and every morning Lilly asks for the Amish cereal.

The trip to PA

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The trip to PA was very pleasant.
Here is a picture of finally making it to the
Pittsburgh Airport. Jaydn loved the statue of
Franco Harris. Jaydn loves the Steelers.

The plaque says,
"Franco Harris "Immaculate Receptionist" is remembered as one of the most dramatic plays in Pittsburgh Steelers and NFL history. Franco made the legendary catch in the Steelers' playoff game against the Oakland Raiders in 1972. This pivotal play set in motion forces that would lead to four Super Bowl wins in the 1970's alone: 1974, 1975, 1978, and 1979. "

On the way out to PA Jaydn, Ella and I left 5 days earlier to go be with Grandma Farkas. Kevin, Olivia, and Madalyn came out later. So I just was able to be with my oldest and youngest for this flight. We had a red eye flight so Jaydn slept the entire time.

I put Ella on the floor of the plane. She was so good on the way out there. The way back was another story.

Jaydn loved how fast the plane went during the take off. He said, " Wow mama, I can't even ride my scooter this fast." I love how fast he thinks he is. You gotta love the confidence children have.

This is Ella waiting to get on the plane. She has been cutting her bottom molars for the last month so she has bad diaper rash. Even with the diaper rash she was sooooo good on the way out.

Good Ol Pauline

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Grandma tries to nail him on the lips everytime and kev always turns the cheek. It is so hilarious
to watch him dodge her face. In my family all my relatives like to kiss on the lips and Kev is not so
fond of that. Can't blame him much. But my grandma loooooooovvveees Kevin. He can always get her to cuss at him. He teases her and she loves it. She was giving kisses to all the kids and waived Kevin over for a big juicy one. What a good sport.

We love her and are so glad we had a chance to see her!

Grandma Farkas

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Gabriella and I went to see Grandma when we got to PA. She woke up for a bit so we could say hi to her. Gabriella liked Grandma.

I had the opportunity to stay overnight with Grandma at the hospital. We wanted my mom to have a break from spending the night at the hospital. So some of us took turns. I told grandma we were having a sleep over and she loved the idea. It was pretty neat to have some one on one time with my grandma. I now realize what it takes to take care of an elderly person. My mom is a saint for doing it on her own. I was so grateful that I made it to PA to see my grandma again. It was like taking care of an infant. Woke up every 3 hours to go to the bathroom. Tossed and turned. But we were very happy that she started getting up. This was a good sign. She is home now and doing better. The doctor said it is down hill from here. They are not sure her body can handle another episode like that one.

This is my Uncle Dick. My Dad's brother. He looks most like my father. I love to see him. He reminds me of my Dad. It was nice to see him at Alyssa's graduation party. It just so happened to be Father's day as well.

We got to show the kids were my Dad's grave was. They were all so cute and had lots of questions. The poor flowers my sister bought and put in the refrigerator froze, so by the time we put the at the grave on Fathers Day they were already wilted. Thanks for trying Kar and MB. I sure do miss my Dad. It was fun to be back in PA were we shared so many memories of him. What a blessing it is to be an eternal family. I am so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and what our Savior has done for us so that we can be together forever.

The tombstone is being worked on so this is it for now, until it is completed. It is crazy that it has already been 14 years.

I want to go to the crick today...

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In Pennsylvania we have a crick in our backyard. So we had to go find some crayfish, salamanders, go to the waterfall, and make it to the tunnel with the pond at the end. The kids were a little unsure at first but loved it after they got into it.

Madalyn was really loving the fact that she could swim in the water at some points of the crick. The highest parts came up to their chests. It was sooo fun getting muddy and wet.

Gabriella thought she was big enough to walk in the crick on her own. She wants to be a big kid too. As you can see we could not let her.

It's getting a little deep. It was to muddy to see the bottom, so you never new what you were getting into and the girls loved it. Thank you Lexy for helping out so much. Love your hair:).

Ella is struggling to get away.

The path to the crick. Only a few of us went down because everyone else already traveled home. Kev and I got a little poison ivy, but not too bad. The path down was pretty muddy and fun.

cont of the crick

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We caught some crayfish. Aunt Suzy caught a bigger one and asked cousin Lucy if she wanted to hold it. Lucy said, "Does it bite?" Aunt Suzy said, "No, look it's not biting me." Then she put the crayfish into Lucy's hand and the first thing it did was took it's little claws and pinched her with both claws. It was so sad but very humorous because Aunt Suzy seems to always get herself in situations similar to this. Love you Suz! So Jaydn seeing all this refused to hold a crayfish. It was fun to look for them and catch them though.

Jaydn got really good at catching salamanders. This is a fairly good size Salamander in PA. Here in California, I do not think they are this small.

Jaydn is giving his salamander some water.

We also have a little waterfall. As a teen, this is where we would camp for a night. It was fun because we were not far from home but had some freedom.

Kip, Katie, and I at the Waterfall. I love my Chaco's, they were perfect for the crick, I wish I would have had these sandals when I was younger, they rock. Suzy, MB, and Katie hopefully you noticed them. Should have taken a picture and submitted for the whitest feet in the coolest crick. I believe Katie rocked hers as well.

continue of the crick

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Maddy was the brave one who was trying to dam the crick in the tunnel. At the end of this tunnel is a pond. We reached our destination but unfortunately each of our children had to practice swimming on their own not by any one's choice. Lilly continued running in the tunnel and did not realize their was a drop off and luckily Uncle Kip was right their to see her body go under and he scooped her out. A little scary. Then as we were walking to the grass on the side of the tunnel it dropped off again and Jaydn slipped under. Once again Uncle Kip came to the rescue. Maddy could not be left out of this, so as she came to the drop off she fell into the water but swam and kept herself afloat until Aunt Katie scooped her out. The walk back home consisted of each of them balling and being held.

This is all of us happy before we ran through the tunnel of water.

Half way through KT takes a picture of us and we hear Olivia screaming. Hmm we better catch up. Thankfully Uncle Kip was with the other kiddos.

This was our trek back to the house, by now all the kids are better. But Lilly and Maddy still wanted shoulder rides.

Yep we had to walk home on the exit of the freeway because it was getting too dark to trek back through the crick to get home. There is my hometown sign. I love the crick.

Ella likes to get into everything (More PA fun fun fun)

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This is her apologizing for getting in to Grandma Farkas's powder. Hmmm why do older ladies have powder. I am pretty sure it is to put in places that may need some better scent. So when I saw that Ella got into my grandma's powder, I was a little grosed out.

What a mess!

Aunt Erin caught her. She knew she was in trouble, yet she smiles for the camera. I love this kid. Thank you Aunt Erin for helping us clean this mess up.

Newel K. Whitney Store (more fun in Ohio)

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This is probably my favorite room. It was above the store. This is the school of Prophets room. This is where the Prophet was inspired and shared the word of wisdom. As a teenager, my mother was called to serve in the Young Women's Stake Presidency. The stake president thought it would be neat if he set her apart in the school of Prophets. Our entire family was able to go to the School of Prophets and be there with the Stake Presidency and feel the spirit as my mother was set apart to be in the YW Presidency. It was a really neat experience.

This is also upstairs from the store. This is where dignitaries would be served dinner or have meetings with the Prophet Joseph Smith.

This is the store. And what you would find back in the 1800's

It was really neat to walk where the Prophet Joseph Smith walked. The Whitney family who owned this store truly dedicated themselves to the Lord. When it was time for the saints to leave and travel west, the Whitney family gave up their store to travel with the saints. Many sacrifices were made for us to have this gospel in our lives. I am so grateful to the early saints. They served in ways, that today many would feel put out. It was a

great reminder of how important it is to serve others, even when we feel put out.

I love Pennsylvania

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This is the John Johnson farm where Emma and Joseph Smith lived for about a year. This is where the mob came and took Joseph from his home. It was neat to see this again with my family.

Some of the Bowser family. This is probably about half of the Bowser side.

This is the craft room. I love to do crafts. I was impressed that even Emma Smith had a craft room.

This is where we began our tour. It is the room where the horses and carriages would be kept.

One of my favorite things about having grown up in PA is that we were in the Kirtland, Ohio Stake. Living a mile from the border our boundaries fell in the Ohio Stake. We were very blessed to have many opportunities to participate in functions held at the John Johnson Farm and the Kirtland temple, as well as the Kirtland area which was restored to it's original state in Joseph Smith's time. I had a great time sharing my memories with Kevin and the kids.

Each Catch

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Madalyn's catch

Ella's catch with the help of Grandma.

Lilly's catch.

And Jaydn's catch.

Gabriella's first fishing experience.

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Thank you Grandma for helping. Looks like the pictures are in reverse. I love Grandma and Ella's faces. They are so cute.

This is when she was actually holding the pole. Ella had the pole in the water too. The helper kid was trying to just keep the line in the water. It was so fun to watch.

She is doing a good job holding the pole to get bait on.

We love the fishing Derby by Kiwanis Club

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For the last two years the Kiwanis Club has stocked the lake with fish. They also stock a tub with fish for children 5 years and younger. All four of my Kiddos caught a fish within 5 minutes. Jaydn loves to fish in ponds and lakes, I'm not sure the girls will like real fishing after this though. It was fun to watch their reactions to catching the fish. They were pretty floppy.

Lilly was concentrating pretty hard.

What Maddy you already caught yours and mom did not even have time to take a picture.

Jaydn looooooves to fish.

Graduating Kindergarten

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After Thursday Jaydn will no longer be a Kindergartener. My cute little boy is growing up so quickly.
He did a very good job in school this year. It is crazy sending your child into the world and hoping he stands
strong without you. I am so happy with all he has learned this year. A couple friends and family members wondered if he was
having a kindergarten graduation. I asked his teacher and was relieved to hear they were not having one. Really a kindergarten graduation? Hmmmm

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We went to Jack London square and ate at the best restaurant called el Pescatore sp? The restaurant has the best carpaccio and seafood. Been craving it ever since we went three weeks ago.

-- Sent from my Palm Pixi

Fun Pictures

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Ella starting her fit. Kevin was yelling with her. She is a funny girl.

Yum that purple flower tastes pretty sweet Dada.

More Family Pictures

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Look at those muscles!

Double trouble.

Family Pictures Back in April

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Gabriella, Madalyn, Olivia, and Jaydn

My two cute boys.

Love this Picture. No one is looking and we are all in the picture.
Hmm where should we go to take family Pictures.

Maddy and Lilly love taking care of the kittens

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Grandma and Grandpa found these kitties abandoned in their garage. Aunt Shannon has taken them under her wing and now when we come to visit, Maddy and Lilly give the kitties lots of attention. They rarely get put down.

Gabriella Fun!

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Ella is so fun with the camera.
I love when toddlers get to the stage where they cheese it up for the camera.

She is big stuff on the seats of the swing.

Giving loves to Laci. She really enjoys her neighbor friend.

She likes to ride the swing like the big kids do. She is always
trying to do everything like her older siblings. Here she is swinging with
Owen. I can not believe how big she has gotten in such a short amount of time.
She is already about 17 months old.

Feather Fiesta Days

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We love to go to the Parade every year for Feather Fiesta Days
Kevin's family sits in the same area every year. The kids love it!

I love that Brady's shirt matches the girls outfits.
We are all just waiting for the parade to start.

Ella was in heaven eating candy for the entire parade.

Madalyn and Olivia so excited to get candy!

A's vs. Giants

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Christina, Dustin, Kev, and I had an awesome little get away down in Oakland.
We were hoping the Giants would win, but sadly they lost.
Thank you Christy for the sweet tickets. Baseball is actually more fun to watch
then I realized. It was pretty cold though.

Kev and I at the Hotel. I love the funny faces
he has to make for the camera.

On Saturday morning before the trip back home we went to the
Oakland temple. It was a great experience. I love being there
were Kev and I were sealed together forever. Once again Kev and
his camera action.

Flowers

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Everyday we walk Jaydn to school and pick him up from
school. The girls never fail to pick me flowers. I finally decided
that even dandelions could be put in a vase of water. Especially
if they are from the ones you love the most. I cherish these moments
because they won't last forever.

Way Too Long since my Last Blog

2010-05-26T11:57:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been way too long since my last blog.
As you can see this is not my top priority even though I find
it a great resource for journaling my family life.
I am going to try and catch up. I'll start off with my little cuties Madalyn and Olivia.

I went to check on them at nap time. They were closing their eyes and as I
went to take the picture Madalyn smiled. She was obviously not sleeping. It was so cute.

Because I started to laugh at Madalyn then both girls started to get the giggles.

Oh man now I got them started. It was sooo funny. Especially because we were
all tired and you know how it is to have the giggles when your tired.

Love those twins!

Switching kids!

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I love that whenever we are with the cousins they always want to ride in a different car. Here e have Olivia, Carter, and Payton

-- Sent from my Palm Pixi

Looks like Maddy is a little scrapper!

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Or just a little clumsy. All three of these in one morning!

-- Sent from my Palm Pixi

Here are the pictures woops messed up on that one.

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-- Sent from my Palm Pixi

Here we are driving to Aunt Christy's for our Super Star neice's roll play in Annie

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Maddy being so good.

Lilly ready to be there.

Jaydn trying to take another nap.

Ella Smiling for the camera.

-- Sent from my Palm Pixi

Neck Strings by black bag!

2010-03-09T10:09:00.000-08:00

So I told a few friends that I would email them the website that I buy Jaydn and Kevin's matching ties at. My brother-in-law, Joel, sells the ties and I know they are good quality. Easter is coming up and I love to get my entire family a new outfit to match. So I figured I would let you all know where you can get your boys some awesome ties, that may match the girlies.

The website is http://www.neck-strings.com/ . Kevin and Jaydn are wearing one of the many ties we have in the above picture. Not the best picture of the ties but if you want to see more just go to his website. I know you will be happy with the product.

Happy 4th Birthday Olivia and Madalyn

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Thank you Costco for making the cake!
I did have a plan to make a castle cake, but really
it was so much easier to buy it at costco! And the
girls loved it! Can't figure out how to rotate it, sorry!

Olivia and Madalyn celebrated their 4th Birthday on Saturday Feb 27th. We had a princess party. All girls wore pricess dresses and all boys wore superhero costumes. We had lots of fun!

Everyone decorating their crowns.

Princess Madalyn dressed up as Cinderella! We had fun

dolling her up with makeup and glitter!

Princess Olivia dressed as snow white. We loved dolling her up

with makeup and glitter too. We even did her nails!

More fun at the Party

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Princess Ella!

Alex Henry Olivia, Eleanore Romaguera, and Madalyn

Olivia and Madalyn eating pizza.

They requested a few things for their birthday party and

Pizza was near the top for them!

Pinata

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Maddy and Lilly waiting to hit the pinata.

Dylan Henry, Gabriella, and Laci Barth all hangin out! So cute!

Maddy had the first turn on the Princess

pinata.

Next was Lilly!

Thank you Joseph for finally breaking it! This pinata was

awesome. It was huge stayed together when necessary yet

was breakable!

Fun Party

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Having Cake!

Pretty fun party!

Happy 4th Birthday Rrincess Lilly and Princess Maddy!

We love you!

Love my Girlies!

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Ella was into everything at the Doctors office today! She is a ham that's for

sure. We love her.

Today we had McDonalds for lunch because Lilly and Maddy

did a pretty good job getting 5 shots each. Man I feel so uneasy about

them getting that many at once. It always scares me a bit! They loved

the treat of McDonalds though!

Shout out to Phil

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Happy Groundhog's Day

Punxsutawney Phil "saw" his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter.
German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.

In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania is a Party town today. Locals schools are closed and families are enjoying the festivities of Groundhog's day.

Back in my prime teenage years we celebrated this day by skipping school and driving to "The Hog's town" to watch him see his shadow. Lots of fun memories with Karen, Jodi, Amy, and Bary.

I'll be wearing my Groundhogs Day t-shirt today to celebrate a holiday only held in Punxautawney, PA.

Happy Birthday Ella cont.

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She did not quite understand lick. She tried to eat the candle.

She was so ready to eat cake and ice cream.

Bath time. She did not want to stop eating cake and ice cream.

Happy 1st Birthday Garbriella!

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Ella wanted to grab the flame. So I had to hold her while we sang to her.

She did not like me holding her. Kind of stubborn.

Every gift she received she had to show all of us individually what she got.

She had to show us the tissue paper that she took out of the gift first, then the next piece of tissue paper, then each piece of the gift. And she always showed grandma and Aunt Kelsey. It was adorable and took a long time.

At the Dentist

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We are fortunate to have Grandma working at the Dentist office.
Our kids get treated special. Thank you Grandma and
Dr. Stutzneggers office! We appriciate you!

Visiting the Dentist We love Dr.Stutznegger's office

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Lilly is holding Mr. Thirsty and Maddy is watching. The Hygienist was
so nice to allow Lilly and Maddy to help clean Jaydn's teeth.

Lilly and Maddy were very interested in what Jaydn

was having done. (Just a cleaning). Ella wanted to watch too.

Can hardlly see her cute little head poking up there!

The Hygienist is introducing Mr.Thirsty to the girls.

The girls are waiting so well to have thier teeth checked.

Jaydn gets to pick out a new toothbrush. His favorite part.

Jaydn celebrated his 5th Birthday on October 19th

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I did not get to post on his birthday a few months ago so here is to make up for it! Our big 5 year old at Halloween!

Hilarious Picture when we were growing his hair out

for Aunt Katie's wedding. Katie's request.

Aunt Katie told him to pop the collar and what a stud.

Jaydn is almost 5 here!

Our little cutie pie who had just turned 3.

Jaydn loves his Daddy. He just turned 4.

More Jaydn turning 5

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He is 3 and loves Halloween.

He second birthday. Love the new back pack.

At age 1. Wow that looks like Ellas now!

Jaydn's first Christmas.

Our newborn baby boy.

We love our Boys

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Kev and Jaydn are so much alike it is crazy. Jaydn even talks smack just like his Daddy these days! Kevin thinks it is hilarious. We are so greatful for his cute personality!

Pictures for the christmas card!

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Yes the perfect picture of all of our kids is with Grandma and Grandpa,
they love Papa and Grammy.

Christmas Letter of 2009

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Here is the Christmas Letter we sent out this year. Some of you may be receiving this already but we do not have all of your addresses so we thought we would share our letter via our blog. Enjoy!

Top Ten Reason’s Why Christmas of 2009 will be amazing for the Robertson Family this Year

10. Family Christmas Eve party: Our growing children will learn a little more about the birth of our Savior as they role play the first Christmas.

9. Christmas Music: Listened to daily, we are reminded of the spirit of Christmas.
We enjoy watching our children get excited (and dance) over familiar songs.

8. Family: As seen on the Greeting Card, 4 happy and healthy children who found so many other fun things to look at instead of the camera, and parents, who couldn't help but laugh while watching them during our try at that perfect holiday picture.

7. The Christmas Tree: Kevin searches for hours with the kids to find the perfect tree and then we all laugh while he tries to strap it to the van. This year it may take all day to find the tree since Kevin is no longer stressed with studying for his architectural exams (only 1 left). We are so proud of him. He is doing well at his job and we feel blessed in this economy to be doing well.

6. Progressive Dinner Party: Good friends and good food for an evening is always fun. Liz loves the social aspect of this evening. She is amazing, somehow she juggles the children, duties at home and church, goes jogging regularly, and still finds time for her crafts. She loves her life, even on the days that seem long.

5. Holiday treats: Hot Chocolate, chocolate pie, chocolate anything…what’s not to like.

4. Gifts: Jaydn who is now 5, is learning that It is better to give on this special holiday than to receive (or maybe he’s figured out that if you give you might get something back, lol), he is too smart. He is learning a lot in Kindergarten this year. He can read, count to 100, and is keeping on top of the social skills. He also played soccer this year and loved it.

3. Decorations: Put a little higher this year by two cute little girlies who are about to turn 4 years old, decorations are a great reminder of Christmas. Olivia and Madalyn are great helpers around the house. They are learning how to write their names, count to 20, draw beautiful pictures, and be good friends to each other. They are so fun!

2. Caroling: All the kids love to sing, however we now have a new caroler who sings loud, off key and at random times. Born Jan. 7, 2009, Gabriella turns 1 soon. Watch out Christmas tree cause she will get ya! Walking now and getting Sassy is her thing.

1. Our Savior Jesus Christ: We will be reminded of our love for our Savior and his special birth as we celebrate this Christmas Season. We are so grateful for our Savior, we know he lives and loves us. We wish all of you health, happiness, and the Spirit of our Savior this season and in the New Year to come.

Merry Christmas,
The Robertson Family 2009

Fun at Josh and Mal's House

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Michael, Kev, Josh, and Dad

Madalyn, Kelsey, and Olivia. The twins wanted their hair like Aunt Kelsey.

Cute Flowers Girls. Grandma did a great job on their hair. You can't tell
there is a braid on the side of each of their hair. All you need to know is
that it was cute.

Liz, Mom, Mal, and Kelsey. Christy and Shannon were there too
but we did not get a picture until after she left. As Shan would say
in her Bon Qui Qui voice "RUDE".

Soccer

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The Soccer Season was so much fun. We miss it already.

The Twins

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Having fun at the Park

Maddy

Lilly

Lilly showing Maddy how to be brave and stretch out your arms.

The girlies having fun trying to pose for me!

Maddy and Lilly

We love our twinners. They are becoming such cute friends!

Posting Posting Posting

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As you can see I am updating my blog from the last two months. Sorry for the outdated pictures but we wanted to share all the fun we have been having these past two months. We are like everyone else in that we are busy busy busy. We are trying so much to enjoy life! We are so excited for the holiday season. We can not help but think of all our blessings and how important the Savior is to us. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

My Little Ella

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The many cute faces of 10 month old. We love her soooo much. She is so fun! She has 5 teeth and one trying to pop out. She can take 3 steps now. She likes to play with her brother and sisters. She is trying to be silly too. She says DaDa, Mama, and Hi. Wow she is getting big too quick!

When we were done trick or treating.

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Jaydn loves to hand out candy at Grandma Robertson's house.

Ella was a good sport about trick or treating. She fell asleep at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

The kids got lots and lots of candy. The good stuff!

Here are the pumpkins we carved this year.

They look cool in the dark.

Trick or treating

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Jaydn was the Fire fighter this year.

Ella the pink butterfly.

Madalyn as Cinderella. She absolutely loved dressing up and going out in her costume.

Olivia as Snow White. She wanted black hair but we convinced her that her blonde hair looked like a princess.

We love In and Out.

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Lilly is the only one looking because Maddy and Jaydn are playing with their stickersfrom In and Out.

Kevin loves his chocolate shakes!

And our favorite are the french fries!

Pumpkin Patch

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Ella loved the Hay ride. I think she was the only person appriciating Hay on her little body.

The petting farm was awesome. Maddy was pretty nervous at first but then she loved it. Lilly was super brave and could not get enough of the goats.

Ella wanted to grab the ears but we had to be careful because some of them got a little aggressive.

This one is trying to eat Kevins shirt. It was so funny!

I found these cute piglets nursing. It was so adorable. There were about 7 or 8 of them!

Bishop's Pumpkin Farm

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My little Ella loved the big pumpkins!

If you look close you can see Joel Ford and Ella are on the bus too!

These crazy monkey's were tring to escape Jail!

Jaydn liked the old tractors there.

We had lots of fun at the pumpkin farm. If any of you live in the area. It is located in Wheatland California and it is pretty cool. We had the chance to do lots of fun little activities. Most of which did not cost anything.

Our kids are growing too fast for us!

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Ella is standing and has taken her first step already!

Here are Ella's bottom two teeth. SHe has one top one now and the other one is cutting.

She is still suppose to be my little newborn baby:(

Here is our family at the Portland Temple. Poor Ella hates family portraits!

Maddy did not see the need to smile either. Thats ok though!

Happy Halloween

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Trunk or Treating at the church

Snow White (Olivia) was rocking out on her way home from trunk or treating!

Ella was a butterfly and her costume was a bit hot. Kev baked a home made peach pie that should have won the pie baking contest but I think they were trying to be nice to the people who made pies that needed a boost of confidence J/K. They new Kev did not need that boost! (lol)

Here is the family all dressed up in costume!

Jaydn is a scarry tiger!

Here are my two beautiful princesses! Snow White (Lilly) and Cinderella (Maddy)