Meet the Robinsons

I'm Back

2009-11-24T19:49:00.000-08:00

I know I know I have been gone for awhile. We have been busy busy busy. I am going to try to catch you up on our lives but it is going to take a couple post to do it. I decided I would mostly post pictures of the last couple of months with a brief summary of the activities. (Click on the pictures to view larger image.)

This was Kiana first year doing sports! She played on a soccer team with Provo parks and rec. She was so adorable and it was so fun to watch her play.

We attended the Wells family reunion this year and it was a blast! It was in Idaho. We camped for a couple nights. We were close to the sand dunes and a nice little lake to swim in.

Here are some pictures of us this summer hanging out with friends. We spent a lot of our summer hanging our with friends and family. We love them so much!

One of my best Friends Kadie had a birthday in June. This is us celebrating on the left. On the right is my Bunco group. I miss these girls so much we had a lot of fun once a month with our girls night out (aka Bunco night).

We made a trip to Atlanta Georgia this summer to visit Brandon's sister Dede. We had a great time (even though the airlines lost our bags). The pictures below are of us at 6 flags. The girls loved it!

This is the fourth of July at Dede's house. We spent some of the day at The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. The girls loved the fireworks we lit at Dede's house that evening. The sparklers were their favorite!

We also made a trip to Charlotte North Carolina to visit Brandon's other sister Sandy. We had a great time hanging by their pool and the girls loved getting to see their cousins. Notice that they are all girls. Their are 6 grandchildren on Brandon's side and they are all girls, with another girl on the way.

Okay this is a start. I am caught up through July, now I just have August through November :)

Life on the Ranch

2009-06-08T15:18:00.000-07:00

Okay I am finally getting around to posting about our life on the ranch. It has been fun living on the ranch again. It is so different. I love the peacefulness and it is the most beautiful place on earth. I also love being close to my family. It has been fun being with my sister Crystal. I love having somebody to hang out with all day everyday. The girls love the ranch and playing with their cousins. Mariah is so funny she loves Bob (my parents dog), and Keno one of the many horses my parents have. Kiana loves to see the animals and has warmed up a lot to Bob and Keno but doesn't want anything to do with the other animals unless she is safe in the house. Mariah would be outside with the animals all day everyday if we let her. Brandon is surviving, he is actually doing a lot better than I thought he would. He is staying busy so he doesn't have much time to be bored :), plus he works in town so he gets to go to the store everyday if he wants to. I am going to post a few pictures of the ranch and some fun things we have done.

Mariah on her first horse ride......she loved it:)

Kiana did a lot better on this ride than any of her other rides but she still wanted off really early

Me with my nephew KaeJay.....KaeJay and Mariah got upset when they had to get off

My cute daddy branding the poor calf

My cute cowboy husband

It took one on each leg to hold this calf down

My sister Nina and Nephew KaeJay watching the show

Me getting the shots ready for the bulls

The kids were playing in the front yard and Hewey (the horse) decided to come say hi.

Kiana got to go on a field trip with my old elementary school

I had to get a picture of her on her first bus trip.....she is so grown up.

Our crazy life

2009-05-29T10:35:00.000-07:00

Life has been crazy lately, a lot has happened sense I posted last. I had a Birthday, I am now 25!
My friends took me out to dinner.

Brandon surprised me by taking me to Chef's Table and then we got couple massages after.

Then my Parents surprised me with cake and balloons. It was a great birthday.

Brandon's parents came into town for his graduation. It was good to see them we had a lot of fun together.

This is us at the aquarium

Here we are showing Brandon's parents BYU's beautiful campus.

Family picture with the beautiful backdrop from the Hinkley building.

Me, Nana, and Kiana on Y mountain.

Brandon graduated with his Masters. I am so proud of him. He worked so hard for this. He truly is amazing!

Brandon walking off the stage with his diploma.

Our parents and us at Brandon's graduation party.

Our little happy Family!

After Brandon graduated we moved out to my parents ranch. It has been fun being with family and very peaceful living in the country. My next post will be about living on the ranch.

Easter Pictures

2009-04-13T18:00:00.001-07:00

Easter Sunday was a beautiful day! We are so thankful for our Savior Jesus Christ! We had a great day at church. The girls got home from church and found a surprise from the Easter bunny.

The girls went to a hunt on Friday. They had a lot of fun! They got to meet the Easter bunny!

Brandon is Graduating

2009-04-07T19:30:00.000-07:00

Good News!

2009-03-28T20:16:00.000-07:00

This post if for anybody who read my earlier post about my sicknesses. So I went back for my checkup cat scan to see how the mass on my left lung was doing. The good news was it's smaller, not gone, but smaller. So that means it's not cancer!! Tumors apparently don't just get smaller they stay the same or grow. Bad news is I still have pneumonia a month later and it has now spread to my right lung. But I still consider this great news! It doesn't really affect me much unless I am working out and I am on a basketball team right now but other than that not much to complain about.

Nina's Wedding

2009-03-25T13:23:00.000-07:00

Okay this post will be a little more fun to look at then my last couple of posts. My little sister Nina got married and she was a beautiful bride. Nina is the youngest sister and the last sister to get married. It was so great when she got endowed. All my sisters were there together in the Celestial room, it was so nice to all be there together. I love my little sister Nina and I am so proud of her. She chose a great guy to marry and I wish them the best!

A Cold, Strep Throat, and then Pneumonia

2009-03-11T12:18:00.000-07:00

So We got back from Florida and the next day I was sick, but it was bearable it was just a head cold, so I just kept going. I had basketball practice every night plus games I had to go to so there really wasn't time for me to be sick. We'll two days later I got so sick I couldn't move my body hurt so bad and my throat was killing me. I got up early that morning and went to the doctor because I had a game that day so I needed to hurry and get to the doctor because we were leaving at noon. Well I get to the doctor at 9:00 a.m. with my two kids I might add. I was feeling so sick I wanted to die well 2 1/2 hours later they told me I had strep. At that point I couldn't handle it anymore I just started balling in the doctors office, I felt like crap I had two kids running around going crazy and now I find out I can't go to my game (not that I would of been able to even if I wasn't contagious). So I went home and called Brandon, he came home and took care of me ( I love him so much). My sister Nina kept trying to help out and take care of me but I would not let her. She was getting married in a couple days and I did not want her to get sick. So anyways I got on the antibiotic and a couple days later I was doing better.

Even though I tried to keep Nina away from me she still ended up getting a cold the night before her wedding. Anyway I got better I thought, but then two weeks later I had the worst pain in my back and chest and I couldn't breath. It was so strange and it scared me because it came out of nowhere. I was fine one minute and then a half hour later I went from a small ache in my back to sharp unbearable pains. My dad told me it was pleurisy and told me to take ibuprofen. Well that helped me that night but the pain never went away. So I was researching pleurisy and I found out that pleurisy is caused by other illnesses. They had a list of things that caused pleurisy and a lot of them were pretty scary. So I went to the doctor, they did a CT scan to make sure it was not a blood clot in my lungs. The doctor called with the results. She said good news its not a blood clot, bad news there is something on you left lung. She told me it could either be pneumonia or a tumor. They decided to treat it as pneumonia because that makes a lot more sense then a tumor. So I took antibiotic again and started to feel a lot better. I feel like I am out of the water now but I still have to go back in a couple weeks to make sure the mass is gone, if not I guess its a tumor. I am 99.9% sure it's not a tumor. But my husband wants to make sure.

I know this post was long and boring so I apologize to those of you who had to sit through it. The next post will be all about Nina's wedding and have lots of pictures so stay tuned.

Hurry and read you could WIN!!!

2009-03-09T10:34:00.000-07:00

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me!
My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
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2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year.
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be srapbooky, or sewn or maybe even some creation I haven't even invented yet. I may draw or paint something (but I'm not artsy like that, so chances are slim). I may bake you something and mail it to you.

Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!

Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

Florida

2009-03-06T11:57:00.000-08:00

We took a trip to Florida in January to see Brandon's family. We were there for a week and it was so nice to have a break from life and visit with our family that we don't get to see very much. Brandon's mom recently had a stroke so we really wanted to go see her and help out while she was recovering. We love visiting with family and Nana and Papa really enjoy their grand babies.

I Failed!

2009-03-01T22:29:00.000-08:00

I failed, I had a goal to blog at least one time in the month of February and it didn't happen. 28 days and I couldn't find one day to just type a couple sentences just to say I was still alive. Now on March 1st I find the time. I know I didn't blog about the month of February. But it wasn't because I had nothing to blog about. It was the exact opposite. I didn't blog because it was a busy busy month. A lot of ups and downs. I will blog about them soon but here is a little preview of what's to come. Trip to Florida, I get a Cold, Then I get Strep throat, Nina's wedding, Brandon goes to Europe, Family Reunion, State Basketball, Nina's second reception, and last but not least I get pneumonia and pleurisy......stay tuned if you want all the details.

Christmas Break

2009-01-05T09:13:00.001-08:00

We had a great Christmas break. It was filled with a lot of family and relaxing ( two of my favorite things). We did so many fun things I should blog about each separately but I don't have the time so I am going to try and fit it all in one post.

The girls Sunday morning before Christmas

Uncle Nate was in town (my little brother) we all went ice skating.It was Kiana's first time on the ice. She loved it. She was so cute she pushed that orange cone all around the ice to keep from falling.

Nina, Nate, Brandon and I hit the slopes. It was a nice day. We had a lot of fun.

Action shot of me and Nina lol. ( I am the one in the pink hood Nina is right behind me, you will probably have to click on the picture to blow it up if you really want to see us.This was Mariah's favorite present Christmas morning. She spent most the day in her box haha.

Kiana got a Hannah Montana Guitar from Santa and her Grandma and Grandpa got her a Hannah Montana bean bag . She really enjoyed Christmas this year. It was really fun being a parent this year watching Kiana get all excited about the magic of Christmas. She wrote her Santa letter and mailed it, and guess what. She received a letter in the mail a couple days later from none other than Santa himself. She was very excited. She got to sit on his lap a couple times this year telling him what she wanted for Christmas. She was excited to set out cookies and milk. She even told us she heard Santa's bells on Christmas eve. I love watching her glow with excitement when she talks about it. We went sledding at Rock Canyon with My sister Crystal and her husband Matt. It was a lot of fun. The Kids loved it! I was having fun until I hit my butt so hard it knocked the wind out of me haha. I didn't know you could get the wind knocked out of you by hitting your butt lol, but I did it somehow. They had more fun just playing in the tube than actually riding it down the hill.

My cute little Nephew KaeJay.

Crystal, KaeJay, and Matt

Polar Express

2008-12-16T11:14:00.000-08:00

We went on the Polar Express, it was so cute. This family up in Lindon set up a miniature Polar Express at their home. When you first get there you go into their very nice garage and they have chairs set up and on the big screen they have the movie Polar Express playing. You wait in there until they come and call your name. Then you go get on the train and they take you around their neighborhood looking at fun Christmas decorations while listening to Polar Express music. Then you stop at the North Pole. You get out to go meet Santa, it was so cute. Santa gives all the kids a bell (because in the Polar Express the first gift of Christmas was a bell). Then Santa tells the kids about Jesus and tells them he was really the first gift of Christmas. So then we went on got back on the train and the second half of the train ride was my favorite. They had Christmas music playing about the Savior and all along the tracks were pictures of Jesus and his life. It was a great experience and we had a fun time being together as a family. The people who put this on are great people. The whole thing is free but if you want to leave donations they give all the money to people in need. What Great people to give of their time and money!

Watching Polar Express on the BIG screen

Mariah all Bundled up

Sitting on Santa's lap at the North Pole

Sitting in Santa's workshop

Brandon and the girls on the train

Me and Kiana on the train

Kiana's Recital

2008-12-16T10:55:00.000-08:00

Kiana has been taking ballet lessons for about 4 months now and she loves it. She had her first recital last week and she was adorable. Her ballet school did the Nativity and Kiana was a little lamb. She did so great and she had so much fun. I love her so much and enjoy watching her light up when she dances.

Kiana waiting backstage before the show

Kiana with her friend Kayla

Kiana showing off her moves after the show

Kiana posing with the backdrop

Oh Christmas Tree.......

2008-12-10T16:54:00.000-08:00

I love putting up the Christmas Tree! It took us a little while to get the tree up this season but we finally have it up. Here are some pictures of us decorating the tree and the end result.

He is so cute!

Mariah with her stocking

Kiana showing off the bows for the tree

Mariah laughed so hard when she saw herself in the Bulb

Kiana posing with the finished tree

I love our tree this year!

Digital Scrapbooking

2008-12-08T13:22:00.000-08:00

I have been seeing so many cute pages from all my friends, so I decided I wanted to give digital scrapbooking a try. I am not a crafty person by any means. Digital scrapbooking is fun, and easy, and not messy so I like it a lot.

Mariah

2008-12-03T10:22:00.000-08:00

Mariah turned one a couple weeks ago. We took her to get her picture taken. She was so cute and did very well, as you can see. I just want to post a couple things about Mariah at the age of One. Mariah weighs 16.1 pounds. She is walking/running very well. She loves her big sister so much. She like to sing its sooo cute, her favorite song is Tiny Turtle. She has the cutest little squeal when she is mad. She has 9 teeth. She is growing more hair ( about as much as Kiana had at 2 months). She has two stuffed animals that she loves ( puppy and fiddo). She has the cutest little dimples, smile, and laugh. Right now she likes to shake her head yes and say yeah to everything, so of course we have a lot of fun with that asking her questions (like do you love me, am I your favorite, ect.) She is a bundle of Joy and we love having her in our family. I love my little baby so much I can hardly stand it.

Picture Tag..

2008-11-14T12:57:00.000-08:00

I got tagged by my friend Randi a long time ago and then again by my friend Jenny so I figured I would do it. The idea is to go to your pictures and go in the fourth folder and pick the fourth picture and post it. Then, go to the six folder and get the sixth picture and post it. It is fun to go back into those folders and dig up those old pictures.

Both my pictures are kinda random. I have been working on a video for my parents so I have a lot of pictures from when we were growing up and from special occasions. It looks like these pictures should of come from Misty's folder haha.

Mom, Misty, Baby Ryder, and Dad (at Ryder's blessing)

Misty, Dad, and Jacob ( I love this picture)

I tag Megan, Mandy, Dez, Kenzee, Carol, and Devon

My Stance on Abortion....

2008-11-06T17:07:00.000-08:00

What is my stance on abortion? I have been thinking about this a lot lately and a couple of people have asked me about it, so I have decided I would blog about it. My stance is the same as that of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes in the sanctity of human life. Therefore, the Church opposes elective abortion for personal or social convenience, and counsels its members not to submit to, perform, encourage, pay for, or arrange for such abortions.
The Church allows for possible exceptions for its members when:
• Pregnancy results from rape or incest, or
• A competent physician determines that the life or health of the mother is in serious jeopardy, or
• A competent physician determines that the fetus has severe defects that will not allow the baby to survive beyond birth.
The Church teaches its members that even these rare exceptions do not justify abortion automatically. Abortion is a most serious matter and should be considered only after the persons involved have consulted with their local church leaders and feel through personal prayer that their decision is correct.

I would hope to never be faced with one of these circumstances but if I were, I would try to carry the baby full term. With that being said, I don't expect that of everybody, and I would not judge somebody who is faced with one of the challenges listed above. I believe that abortion is a very sad thing that causes sorrow and regret, but it is a decision for the person involved, their local church leader and the Lord.

A NEW FIRST FAMILY!!!!!

2008-11-06T13:09:00.001-08:00

I am proud of America and how far we have come. I can say I didn't want Barack as President but not because of his race or because of the type of guy he is. I do not agree with a lot of things he wants to do but I will support him as our President. On a happy note I am so happy that we have an African American President. I Love the first family and I am proud of them. I think they are great people and have great values. I believe Barack will do what he believes to be right. Our nation has come along way and I am glad my children will grow up knowing a African American President. And now I am going to write something I have never written or said before, GO OBAMA! He is our President like it or not for the next four years. So I will be his number one fan and hope he succeeds, because if he succeeds that means America succeeds.

Mariah's 1st Birthday

2008-11-05T20:46:00.001-08:00

Mariah turned ONE today! I can't believe how fast her first year of life went. I know it's hard to believe she is one because she looks so small. She is in the 1st percentile of her weight. Mariah had a pretty good turnout to her party, Joe, Jenny, Tanner, Jack and Jordyn Samek, Nate, Lindsey, and Adalie Hill, Kadie and Ryleigh Allred, Aunt Nina, And of course Me, Brandon and Kiana. We started the night out letting the kids play and eat, then we opened presents. Mariah got a lot of cute clothes and a cute book and computer. Then we all sang happy birthday and let her eat her first piece of cake. Oh man she loved that. The best part was the cleanup, we just had to throw away our garbage and leave it was so nice to have a big area were all the kids could play and eat and you didn't have to worry about your home being destroyed. Anyways the party turned out great. I am not sure Mariah knew it was all for her, but she did enjoy herself.

My cute little girls posing with Ronald

Mariah had alot of fun playing!

Mariah feeding Nina some of her cake

She loved the cake

Mariah opening her presents

All the Kids at the party

It was a challege to get them all to hold still

Kiana's Tutu....

2008-11-05T20:31:00.001-08:00

Kiana started ballet lessons this year and she can't get enough. Everyday she asks if she gets to go to ballet class. My cousin Lindsey knew that Kiana had just started taking ballet so she made her a cute tutu. Kiana loves it! So thanks Lindsey for the thought and for taking the time to make it for her. Below are some fun pics of Kiana after ballet class.

Cleaning the Pumpkin

2008-11-05T20:03:00.000-08:00

Kiana and Mariah did a great job cleaning our pumpkin this year. It was so cute to watch them go at it! Here is a clip of them cleaning the pumpkin. Sorry if you get dizzy I know I fliped the camera alot haha.

Happy Halloween!!

2008-11-01T19:43:00.001-07:00

We had a fun halloween, I love seeing everybody all dressed up. We started our halloween day trick or treating at Brandon's school, Nate's work, and other various places along the way. Halloween night we went to my cousin Lindsey's house for a Hallween Party. It was fun, everybody dressed up, there were lots of cute Halloween goodies and cute Halloween games.

A night to remember!!!!

2008-10-23T10:58:00.000-07:00

I have been so busy lately so I know this post is late. Okay so it all started with a F.R.I.E.N.D.S episode, the one with all the wedding dresses. Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe hung out all night in their apartment wearing wedding dresses. So me and my friends always talked about how we wanted to do that. Well my cousin Lindsey finally decided to make it happen. So she told me she wanted to have a wedding dress party, and of course I loved the idea. So then the planning started, it was fun planning a wedding again haha. So we made the guest list, and sent out the invitations. Then we had to figure out what we wanted to serve, we decided on doing chocolate and cheese fondue, yummy!
We wanted to make the night about our weddings so we decided to do a mock wedding night. So Lindsey made a beautiful wedding cake.
We all had partners and we cut the cake and fed it to our partner haha.
Then we set up a isle so the brides could walk down the isle again. There was a little catch, it wasn't the traditional wedding march. Each bride had to strut their stuff to I'm to Sexy!

After all the cake cutting and modeling and eating we mellowed the party down with the bouquet toss. Each bride had to toss the bouquet to another bride, the bride who caught the bouquet had to tell a funny or cute or romantic story about how they met their husband, their proposal, or something that happened at their wedding. It was fun to hear all the funny and cute stories. Oh yeah we also had some bridesmaids, (our friends who are not married yet wore their prom dresses and shared cute stories about the guys they are dating now or how they were asked to prom).

It was a hilarious night. It all started because a couple of us girls wanted to wear our wedding dresses again and we figured there were others like us. So for anybody who really wants to put there dress back on I recommend a wedding dress party!

Group Picture

BFF'S

All my sisters were there so it was
really special! I love my sisters!!

I've Been Tagged

2008-10-07T22:57:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged by my cousin Lindsey. Here are the rules to being tagged:

-List the rules of being tagged on your blog

-List 6 of your quirks

-Tag 6 other bloggers

-Make sure you link the person who tagged you
1. One thing that I do that I don't even understand is that I have to get ready before I go to bed. And I am not meaning that I have to get ready for bed. I mean that I like to make sure I look pretty before I go to sleep. This has nothing to do with Brandon or anyone else but myself. I can be the only one home, and I will make sure my hair and face look good before I go to get in bed just to mess it all up when I sleep. Call me crazy but it is something I have done for so long, and I am not sure why. Who knows maybe it helps me feel good about myself so that I can sleep better haha.

2. I love to drink out of the jug. It makes the milk taste so much better. I can not drink milk out of a glass, it taste to milky. But if it is in a jug I love it!

3. I have to stay up until I can't think of anything else to do. I love to sleep, but I hate going to bed. I will channel surf for hours-- no joke hours on end-- just trying to find something to watch that won't put me to sleep. If there is nothing on t.v. I hit the Internet. I hate waking up in the morning, and I love naps, so its kinda ironic that I have to be bored out of my mind to finally get myself to go to bed lol.

4. I don't like to talk on the phone but I love calling people. I make so many phone calls a day its crazy, but the second I get somebody on the phone I try to get off as fast as I can. I like to ask questions and then hang up. I think of more questions and then call back. It drives Brandon insane whenever we are traveling. I will call everybody and their dog and ask like two questions then say okay bye. After I get through talking to everybody I think of new questions and start over.

5. I have to sleep with a pillow between my legs. NO MATTER WHAT!

6. And of course last but not least. I am obsessed with everyone's hair. It does not matter what they are doing. They could be going to prom, getting married, going to the gym, or just sitting around the house. If their hair is out of place or looks weird I will fix it. Most of the time I don't say anything; I just walk over to my friends or my family and start fixing their hair. It does not matter if they want it done or not. It will drive me insane to look at it and not fix it. The weird thing about it is that I could have the worst hair ever and not care but at the same time be freaking out about somebody else's. I worry more about everyone else's appearance than I do about my own. (Unless I am going to bed lol!!) It would be nice if somebody had my back. We always joke that Lindsey is the tooth Nazi and I am the hair Nazi.

I tag Randi, April, and Kenzee.

(I know that's only three but everyone else has already been tagged.)

Kiana goes to Preschool

2008-09-29T22:14:00.000-07:00

Kiana had her first day of school today! She has been counting down the days. I have been counting with her, at least on the days she drove me crazy (most days). But something weird happened today when I dropped her off that I wasn't expecting. I was sad before I even got to the car. And I was the not the only one, Mariah was sad also. We both just kinda looked at each other like now what. Kiana is usually the one who runs the show. Mariah and I pretty much march to Kiana's drum. Well anyways on the way home I started to cry. I know some of you are probably thinking big deal, you always cry (haha). I've left Kiana many times before and for much longer than those 5 minutes today, but this was different. Kiana is growing up, she is not going to be with me all day everyday. It hit me hard! I am getting choked up just writing about it. It's so crazy how fast they grow up. She is my first, my baby. I love watching her grow and mature but and the same time it is hard when you realize your baby is growing up.

Mariah didn't like me much today, she thought I was boring. I am not use to being the one who entertains her, that's Kiana's job. Usually Kiana plays with Mariah and then when Mariah gets mad or bored I hold and cuddle her. So I tried that today. Yeah right! Mariah didn't want me to hold and cuddle her for two hours. I always thought Mariah was such an easy baby, she doesn't wine and fuss for me 24/7. Well a big part of that is because she has a WONDERFUL big sister who plays with her all day. I tried to play and make her laugh but its not that easy. It was fun for like 10 minutes then I was ready to put her down and get things done. I guess I didn't realize that Kiana is nonstop when it comes to Mariah. I have some pretty big shoes to fill.

Kiana playing with her friends at school

She was such a good sport posing for all the pictures I had to take

Family Pictures

2008-09-29T10:53:00.001-07:00

We had a fun day up provo canyon taking picture. It was such a lovely day I love all the amazing colors of fall.

Oh brother...the little one is now walking!

2008-09-27T20:02:00.000-07:00

It is always exciting watching baby's first steps. You spend so much time helping them up on things and carry them around that it provides a sigh of relief when they can start to walk solo and do a few things on their own...But wait, talk about your classic "blessing and a curse." The moment is finally here that Mariah is now walking! Let me tell you, she gets into everything! Everything! I can't keep up. But she is so adorable though; I could just eat her. Its funny though...a lot of people comment on how small she is and on how young she was when she started officially walking solo (at 9 months). Rightly so, because she is only in the first 1st percentile of her weight. Sometimes I still get a little spooked when I walk around a corner and stumble on this little hobbit walking in my front room. Its not normal I tell you...that small and walking. But I love it! Not only does Mariah look and act like Kiana but now she is following in her footsteps......literally haha (Kiana walked at 8 months).

Quiz Time....

2008-09-25T13:40:00.000-07:00

I found this quiz and I thought it was cute, so I decided to have Kiana answer it for both her parents. Sorry I know some answers don't make sense but that's Kiana for you. Enjoy

1.What is something dad always says to you? BEATINGS!
2.What makes dad happy? If you give him a kiss.
3.What makes dad sad? If you don't give him a kiss.
4.How does dad make you laugh? If he throws me on the couch.
5.What was daddy like as a child? I don't know.
6.How old is dad? 6
7.How tall is dad? really tall, taller than you.
8.What is dad’s favorite thing to do? Play a game.
9.What does dad do when you’re not around? He goes to school by himself because he plays basketball.
10.What is dad really good at? He is good at my little pony, he beats me at my little pony.
11.What is dad not good at? He is not good at the computer, because he always messes it up.
12.What’s dad job? When he needs to go to work.
13.What makes you proud of dad? If he wins like games because I am not going to be proud of him if he doesn't win the games.
14. What do you and dad do together? We wait for you to come home.
15.How are you and dad the same? Because we both match. Do you know why because we are both brown.
16. How are you and dad different? He is a boy and I am a girl.
17. How do you know dad loves you? He told me.

1.What is something mom always says to you? You don't know what to do, so I help you.
2.What makes mom happy? If you don't step in goo
3.What makes mom sad? If you step in gooey stuff.
4.How does mom make you laugh? If you tickle me.
5.What was mommy like as a child? I don't know
6.How old is mom? 7
7.How tall is mom? That tall, like this tall mom. ( holding her arms apart)
8.What is mom’s favorite thing to do? Kiss my dad.
9.What does mom do when you’re not around? You leave me and go to school.
10.What is mom really good at? Playing games.
11.What is mom not good at? Your not good at my little pony.
12.What’s mom’s job? You look for a zoo.
13.What makes you proud of mom? When you find the movie I want to watch.
14. What do you and mom do together? We run and jump on dad and kiss him.
15.How are you and mom the same? If we match together.
16. How are you and mom different? We are brown and white.
17. How do you know mom loves you? If you kiss me.

Kiana's 1st dance class

2008-09-24T13:34:00.000-07:00

My little baby is growing up. Kiana has wanted to do ballet for a long time but I kept putting it off. She turned four this year so I figured I should let her sign up for dance. She went to her first class yesterday and she was so so so cute. I didn't get to watch cause they don't like parents distracting the kids. She told me later that she learned how to walk on her toes and jump with her knees together. I can't wait until parents day so I can watch her dance!

Halloween Flashback

2008-09-23T13:06:00.000-07:00

I love Halloween. It is so much fun getting all dressed up and going and seeing all the cute costumes. And of course the candy is an added bonus! I love the decorations and the haunted houses and pretty much anything scary to do with Halloween. But my favorite is getting all dressed up. I am not sure what we are going to be this year but I have been thinking about it for months. I like doing family themes because I think we are cute when we all match but this year I am not sure if we can do that. One because Kiana has a mind of her own now and she wants to pick out her own costume, Two because I always have to work extra hard to get Brandon to dress up, and Three because we have cute costumes that Kiana has grown out of that will fit Mariah and I am not sure I can justify buying a new one for Mariah when I have perfectly good costumes already. So I guess we will see what happens this year. And now for a little Halloween

Flashback.....

I love the Mountains

2008-09-17T13:45:00.001-07:00

I am kinda bummed I haven't been able to enjoy the mountains very much this year. I love going camping, being outside, hanging out with friends and of course having the beautiful mountains in the background. We did get to enjoy the nice cool weather on Labor day!!! We went up Provo canyon with our friends Nate & Lindsey, Jenny & Joe and of course all the kids. We made tin foil dinners and smores. It was so nice to spend time with friends and enjoy the outdoors! I hope we spend a lot more time around campfires this fall before the cold winter comes.

Mariah is enjoying her first time around the fire!

Best Friends

5 Years.............

2008-09-07T12:31:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it? We have been married for five years! I really am amazed at how fast times flies when your having fun:) Brandon and I got married 5 years ago in the Bountiful Utah temple. That was one of the best decision I have made in my life. Marriage was a lot different than I was expecting. It took awhile to get use to my new roommate. Now I can't imagine my life without him. We are so good together. We have added to our family throughout the years. First with Kiana and now with Mariah we are growing and I couldn't be more happy. The last five years have been the greatest in my life and I know the next five will be just as great.

For our 5 year anniversary we took a trip to San Diego. It was so much fun! We left the girls with my parents and it was great. I loved spending time with my husband without having to share each other with our girls for one weekend. We were like peas and carrots lol! We stayed in Vegas the first night which was fun. Then we went on to San Diego the next day. We drove with our friends Nate and Lindsey. When we got to San Diego we stayed with our cousin Ashley and her husband Bryant. Later we met up with some more friends Jake and Camille. It was fun to spend time with friends. We were able to go to the San Diego temple, which was pretty amazing because I was endowed there exactly 5 years earlier. We also went to Sea World, the beach, and went out at nights with no bedtimes to worry about:) It was a great trip. By the end of the trip I was ready to get home to my girls. It was a wonderful Anniversary!!

The BIG Apple

2008-09-01T11:26:00.000-07:00

This summer was pretty crazy for us Robinsons. We lived in NYC and boy was it different. We did a lot of fun stuff. Statue of Liberty, Top of the Rock, Broadway, Central Park, Metropolitan museum, China Town, Bronx Zoo I could go on and on but I will stop. My favorite thing in the city was Central Park. We went to Central Park almost everyday..... it is an amazing place! It was crazy trying to get around in New York. The subway system is awesome but its not so great when you have two kids and a stroller trying to go up and down the stairs...Grocery shopping was another challenge, we pretty much went to the grocery store every other day. The weather wasn't so bad but man that humidity killed me. Kiana loved all the tall buildings and I have to admit I was pretty amazed myself. Shopping was fun especially in China town. All and all we had a pretty awesome time in The BIG Apple:)

Meet The Robinsons

2008-08-28T21:03:00.001-07:00

Hi we are the Robinsons. Brandon and I have been married for 5 years.....seems like only yesterday:) We have two beautiful daughters the oldest Kiana Nicole if 4 and the youngest Mariah Lynn is 9 months old. We live in Provo Utah. Brandon is getting his MBA at BYU and I stay at home with our daughters and do a little coaching on the side. Brandon and I met in April 2003 in a BYU summer ward and we got married on August 30th 2003. We have been in Provo the whole time except for this summer, we moved to the BIG APPLE and it was so much fun!!!! It is great to be back in Utah though...I missed my friends and family. We love to be together. Brandon loves the outdoors, he loves rock climbing, snowboarding/skiing, hiking, camping, and pretty much all sports:) I also love the outdoors just not as much as Brandon. I love skiing and camping. I really love sports also, especially basketball! Kiana is the funniest little girl I know. She wants to be a cheerleader and she is athletic. She is starting Pre-school this year and also taking dance. And then there is Mariah, she is so cute. She just started walking and its so fun. She is very sweet and loves to cuddle so that makes me happy. Mariah and Kiana love each other so much I love watching them interact they can't get enough of each other:) We are one big happy family! So now you have met the Robinsons:)