Back to school

Ready or not, the kids went back to school last Wednesday. We have been getting ready for the last 2 weeks with 8:30 bedtimes and 6:30 wake-ups so on Wednesday morning, it still didn't seem real.

Bizzy and Sasha-Lou

The whole crew ready to go!

Andrea-my beautiful 3rd grader

Bizzy-I can't believe she is in 2nd grade:(

Alex didn't need me to walk in him for his first day of 7th grade so this is the picture I got

The kids LOVE their new teachers and we are looking forward to an AMAZING year filled with learning new things and making new friends!

County Fair

Yesterday we went to the county fair. I don't really like crowds of people and hot sun but since they set-up a block away from my house and the kids are old enough that I can't trick them, we went this year. I let the kids invite friends so here are the girls with their oldest and best friend Talya. Alex had a friend come too but he got there a little bit later.

The kids got bracelets so they tried all of the rides......

and the slides. Their favorite was the Gravitron. I think they must have set some type of record for most rides in one day!

It was hot so I had them take a break and walk around and check out the booths with me and get some water. They were excited when they got to meet Andy the Armadillo. Yep, that's right, Andy the Armadillo was at our county fair:)!

After a long day, Alex needed to refuel so he found one of his favorites......Chinese food:)

We had a lot of fun yesterday and I love that as my kids get older, I am still cool enough to hang out with.

Camping in the canyon

Recently, we did an over-night camping trip. We love camping and haven't done enough of it this summer.

Bizzy loves being outside and doesn't mind getting dirty. There are two things that I can count on when I camp with Bizzy.....1) She carries a journal to write or draw pictures about her experiences and 2) She looses her shoes. She had been walking around bare-foot and before we went to bed, I made her clean her feet.

I am not sure why my Alex thought he needed his sun glasses. I think his words were, "because I look good!"

The next morning we took a short hike and I let Andrea take pictures. This is how she saw the hike.

home, home on the range.....

This is the first summer since living in Utah that I have not taken classes all summer and would just be working so I was looking forward to a fun-filled summer with the kids. I had so many plans for camping trips and fun little vacations but I found myself busier than ever. We didn't get to do as many fun things as I wanted and the kids start school next week so we are doing as many fun things in the next ten days as we can! This is the first time the kids have been miniature golfing.

They had a lot of fun and were pretty good.

As a matter of fact, they were so good, we thought we would hit the driving range.

Andrea was a natural!

Trip to Price

We had our Robertson family Reunion in Huntington, UT this year. We actually stayed in Price which has a great dinosaur museum. Bizzy had a great time putting on a puppet show for me.

The kids enjoyed looking at all the exhibits.

Of course Alex never misses an opportunity to be a clown:)

The next day we headed out to the reunion....well, what was supposed to be the reunion and nobody else showed up. We hung out all day and the kids found ways to entertain themselves. They played several hands of fruit snack paper,rock scissors

They also spent time in the water. Bizzy said she felt like she was swimming in-front of a painting:) It was really pretty out there. Although there was a lot of miscommunication and not a lot of family at the reunion, the kids really enjoyed their little weekend get-away to Price.

Great to be 8!

Andrea turned 8 last week and this past Saturday, she was able to baptized and is now a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She has been anxiously awaiting this day and I am so proud of her for making the decision! Two of my sisters, their kids and my mom were able to make the trip out here to support her and it meant the world to Andrea.

Andrea got to do a special musical number and she asked her sister Bizzy, her Cousin Ashley, her Aunt Jan and her friend Shelley to sing with her. They did a really great job

This is one of the only pictures I was able to get of my sisters. Jaime just wouldn't look at the camera. Every time I thought I was sneaking up on her, she would hurry and drop her head.

After the baptism, we went to the park to celebrate. Here is a picture of my mom.

Alex modeling the food we ate......it was a great day and I am glad that Andrea had so many people there to love her and support her in her big day!

Happy birthday Andrea!!

Yesterday was a very special day at our house.....Andrea turned 8! We have been so excited for this day to come. Bizzy and Alex carefully shopped for her gifts and THEY couldn't wait for her to open them! As soon as her eyes were open, Andrea wanted to open the present from Bizzy. She (like most other girls her age) is obsessed with the Twilight series. She is all about Jacob so Bizzy got her a Jacob bracelet.

Then our good friends Gary and LaRecia came by to take her out for a special birthday breakfast.

After breakfast, we continued to celebrate with Aunt Debbie and Andrea opened more gifts.

After Aunt Deb's, we headed out to get a special birthday ice cream.

Then we headed to the movies to see Beazus and Ramona. Alex was a great sport and joined us for the movie:)

Then we joined back up with our friends for some fun on the trampoline, a yummy Stromboli dinner,

Opened more presents,

And had some cake!

After the cake, we headed over to the park to watch the fireworks and then came home and went to bed. Andrea said it was her best birthday ever!

Cache Valley Cup 2010

Alex competed this weekend in the Cache Valley Cup. His team competed against teams from all over the state. He loves soccer and it was so fun to watch him play. When he played rec soccer, the season ran from May to June and we were lucky if we saw sun for the games. This weekend he played in 100 degree weather so it was a little different for him.

He has worked really hard the last couple months to develop his ball handling skills and it was neat to see those skills on the field.

He has a great coach who doesn't believe in "joystick" coaching from the sidelines. He lets the boys make their own decisions on the field and Alex did GREAT under pressure!

I really enjoy watching Alex develop as an athlete and a person. Many of the lessons he learns on the field are going to be things that will help him in the future.....dedication, commitment, being part of a team, taking instruction and dealing with calls that don't always seem fair.

Fourth of July

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays....friends, family, bbq's, fireworks and just being outside. This year was not so fun though for a couple of reasons. First, I had a horrible toothache so I was DOWN AND OUT! The second reason was that it was spread out. Our city firework show was on July 2nd, the cruise in was on the 3rd and then the fourth was on Sunday. We did manage to enjoy some of the festivities though:) Here are my two cute girlies in their fourth of July dresses(bizzy did not want to wear hers until the actual 4th of July though which is why she was grumpy)

Alex and Gary had a great time blowing things up. I was always taught to be REALLY careful with fireworks. As a matter of fact, my dad was the only one that would light them so this year it was tough for me to let Alex light things but I did and he loved every minute of it!

We did go to watch the fireworks with our good friends. Here is a shot of the die hards....the mosquito's came out so Bizzy, LaRecia and I headed to the van.

Alex took pictures of the fireworks and did a pretty good job:) Hope everyone else had a safe and happy 4th of July!!

Summer stuff

To the untrained eye, these are just rocks....

However to these "treasure hunters", they are the finest rocks in the stream!

The girls and I found this fun little wading stream to play in while Alex had soccer practice.

This is what Alex has done this summer. He tried out for a state-level competitive soccer team and made the cut! He spends 3-4 days a week at soccer practice or in clinics. He LOVES soccer with all his heart and is excited about all the new skills he is learning.

He will compete in his first tournament next weekend and we are all excited to watch him and his team play!