The Robinson Family

Jess' Winter Formal 2010

2010-12-06T18:00:00.005-07:00

Grandma this is all for you! :)

Random Pictures

2010-10-24T12:07:00.006-06:00

Here are some updated pictures of Matt.

I know it has been a long time since everyone has seen my older kids, so I thought I would post some pictures.

Sorry about this one, I still don't know how to turn the pictures!!

Anna wakeboarding. She got up on her second try. She's a natural.

Michael's Homecoming.

Here are some of Jessica's senior pictures.

Summer's Near!

2009-05-10T10:24:00.012-06:00

Thought you might like to see Matt's prom pictures. He is such a good kid. We will miss him when he goes to BYU next year. He will be graduating Saturday as valedictorian.

Summer is almost here. I am so excited for early morning seminary and school to be done for the year. Our pool is now open for visitors! It is still too cold for me to get in, but nothing is too cold for kids. They are having a lot of fun and would love to have cousins come to swim!

Here is Anna at the Landrun celebration at her school. For those of you who don't know what a land run is, get out your history books and look up April 22, 1889. Each group built their own wagon and then had lots of fun activities that day, ending with a hootenanny and homemade cobler.

Here are some updated pictures of Michael. He is sure getting to see and do some fun things on his p-day. Below are some pictures of an ancient colluseum. The jars below contain bodies of gladiators. He said this was one of the best p-days so far.

This Little Piggy Stayed.....Home?

2009-01-22T14:22:00.002-07:00

Hi Everyone this is Jessica. Grandma insisted that i blog and tell you about our new pet that was brought home to us last night by Matt and his friends...

So Matt comes home from school yesterday and casually asks my mom if he could bring a pig home to stay with us for six weeks until Swine Week. To clear things up really quick, Swine Week is a huge, exciting fundraising week we have at the High School every year where we raise money for a certain cause and this year we are raising money for Diabetes. We always have a different theme for Swine Week that is associated with pigs. Like last year the theme was Viva Hog Vegas and the year before that was Peter Ham (Peter Pan) and so on. So this year some of Matt's friends volunteered to raise a large sum of money to help out with the fundrasing. Well they got this brilliant plan to buy a pig to help them raise money and decided that our house was the best place to keep it. So after a long argument with my parents, they finally gave in and decided to let them keep it here. It is a small, black, pot-belly pig. It's really cute and we all love it. My mom is reliving some childhood memories.

Michael

2008-12-01T13:04:00.012-07:00

Well, we were finally able to get some pictures from Michael. He was able to send them with his E-mail. He has promised that there are more coming for Christmas so I will post more as I get them.

Newly baptized member's home. One of Michael's favorite places to go. She feeds them like they are kings.

Missionaries Apartment (Michael's room was never this clean!)

Church building in Zadar.

Michael picking olives

Disco Grandma

2008-11-17T15:13:00.001-07:00

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The Guy's Weekend

2008-10-14T09:06:00.006-06:00

Fun Cousin Weekend

2008-07-18T09:48:00.009-06:00

What a fun weekend with Haley! Thanks for sending her. Thursday we went to the tea room for a fun lunch. I think grandma had more fun than the girls. They were so cute in their dress-up clothes and hats. They had their own teapot of lemonade. They served us little scones and they made the plates look so cute for the girls. Later that afternoon we went and saw Kit Kittredge. It is a darling movie for girls that age. Then it was home for swimming, swimming, and more swimming. (Of course, we can't forget the card games!)

Happy Mother's Day!

2008-05-11T14:37:00.009-06:00

I love Grandma's quilts! ( Michael) still hates his picture taken

I love grandma because I'm her favorite. (Matt)

I love grandma because she loves to get beat in cards. (Jessica)

I love grandma because she takes me lots of fun places when we visit. (Anna)

I would love grandma to come and visit us this summer. (Mark)

Sports, Sports, and More Sports

2008-04-27T18:09:00.005-06:00

Currently, Anna and Mark are both in Soccer and Mark is also in T-Ball. It is so much fun to go and watch their games. They both are really good at soccer. The least amount of goals Mark has scored at a game is 7. (He is lucky to have 4 older siblings to play with him.) Mark is also good at T-Ball. It is so cute to see them out there in their uniforms not knowing where to go. Here are a couple of pictures of Mark. (I will get some of Anna soon. :)

Basketball Season

2008-01-27T14:54:00.000-07:00

This is "coach Brett" in action.

This is Zach in action.

This is Brayden in action.

Our Saturdays in February are filled with the boys' basketball games. Brett is coaching Brayden's team this year. He promised him since he coached Zach last year. This last Sat. I went with camera in hand trying to capture the perfect picture/video. Every time I got the camera out, Nate and Kacie would want to play with it or cry for me to take their picture. I think at one point when I let them look at it, they messed with all the settings. My pictures kept coming out blury and bad. Anyway, I'll have to go back and try to reset my camera. Just wanted to share this with everyone since its about all we do for awhile. The second video of Brayden you can't see him very well because he's behind the pole--but its him, I promise!

Thank You Bev!

2007-12-27T15:42:00.000-07:00

Bev, We just wanted to say Thank You for the wonderful quilts you made for the kids for Christmas! They LOVE them! What a treasure they can keep forever. They've been wrapped up in them almost constantly the last 2 days. We had a nice time at your house on Christmas afternoon and loved seeing everyone. We hope you all had a great Christmas Day!

Christmas Party

2007-12-24T09:04:00.001-07:00

Just had to share some photos of the Family Christmas Party. We had a fun time and missed all of you that were far away!

Bingo...

The Nativity...
I think this year was one of the most calm nativities we've ever had! The kids actually stood still. Great Job Ashley!

Mary and Joseph...

The Wise Men...
The Angels...
The Sheep...

And then the special visitor...
It was so cute how much Ethan loved Santa! And Peyton, maybe next year! :)
Merry Christmas!

Santa's Elf

2007-12-16T20:23:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Jessica was invited to her friends' ward Christmas party to dress up as an elf. They had the actual costumes that they wore in the movie Elf. They handed out toys to the kids as they sat on Santa's lap. She had a lot of fun.

Thanksgining continued....

2007-11-24T09:33:00.000-07:00

I had to make another post because it wouldn't let me do any more pictures so here's the rest of our day!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-24T09:25:00.000-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, here are a few pictures from the first Thanksgiving at Bev and Perry's new house. I think it definitely got broke it!! We missed everyone that wasn't able to come and hope that you guys had a great day too!

Boo!

2007-11-02T17:07:00.000-06:00

Well, I guess I need to show you some pictures of our Halloween. I'm like Kara, I don't take pictures like I used to. I was lucky to get these pictures. I look at everyone's blogging and I'm amazed that everyone has the energy to do all these fun cookies, pumpkin decorating, cute costumes, etc. You go girls!!! Hope everyone has a great week.

Trick-or Treat! Thank you!

2007-11-02T13:07:00.000-06:00

Kacie needed the prompt every time--say "trick-or-treat", now say "thank you". Nate had no problem running right up to the house screaming TRICK OR TREAT!! Here is our Halloween picture. I remember the days where I took lots of pictures and each child had pictures alone. This year its the Halloween picture and we're lucky we got even one! I don't know what it is--just tired and lazy I guess. It's so fun to see every one in their costumes! Nate had the most fun I think. He said, "that is the best trick-or-treating of my whole life!"

Our Halloween

2007-11-01T14:05:00.001-06:00

Thanks

2007-10-31T15:33:00.001-06:00

We had a great time seeing Perry, Brett, Dave, Doug, Zach and Brayden. Next year we need Mitch, Darrin, and Bill to come out.

I have convinced the guys that it is now time for the girls to get together. They all agreed, so lets take advantage!!!

The best part of the entire "extreme sports weekend" (hockey, baseball, football, bowling and skydiving) was seeing them all crammed in the mini-van. Doug said that he will take charge of the car rental next year.

Thanks again for coming out!! We loved it!!!

The Guy's Weekend in Denver

2007-10-31T15:32:00.001-06:00

Cruisin' 2007

2007-10-22T14:02:00.000-06:00

We just got back from our second cruise yesterday. Everyone had a great time but dad didn't like the heat too much. We went on the Carnival cruise lines. The food was great and they had so much to offer. We went with a bunch of friends from church. Mark and Anna had fun in Camp Carnival while Matt and Jessica were having fun hanging out with their friends. It was nice to get a break and for the kids to get out of school for a week.

Sting Ray City, Grand Cayman

Cozumel Cozumel

Jamaica

The places the cruise ship stopped at were Jamaica, The Grand Cayman Islands, and Cozumel. In Jamaica we went to a private resort. There were paddle boats, kayaks, a water park, and of course the beach. In Grand Cayman we went to Sting Ray City where we got to hold, kiss, and feed the sting rays. Then we went snorkeling for a little bit. In Cozumel, we went snorkeling for four hours and did a little bit of shopping.

Formal dining was one of the best parts. The food was delicious. Our waiters were a lot of fun too. Every night they sang a different song or did a different dance. They were so funny.

Week in Cancun!

2007-10-08T12:45:00.000-06:00

Hi, everyone! I wanted to post some pictures of our trip. For some reason these are all I could post. It wouldn't let me do more--and there are a lot more. We had a blast in Cancun! I think we pretty much hit just about everything: ruins, parasailing, snorkeling, dolphins, the beach, the resort pool (several times) and even feeding an iguana, which run wild everywhere! It was fun to have my sister and Darrin, Kris and Nick with us. We hated to come home to snow! It was a really fun trip and I recommend it to anyone who has never been! Hope everyone is well! Keep on Bloggin'!

Christmas Anyone???

2007-10-03T15:26:00.000-06:00

I am not sure if anyone still checks this blog. It seems like my last post has been on here forever.

I was wondering what your thought were for Christmas. Does anyone want to draw names? If so, do you want to draw families, grandkids only, couples, etc.?

We would love to do anything. It is a great way for our kids to keep intouch with their cousins. If nobody is up to it, we are fine with that too.

Please let me know your thoughts as soon as you can. With Brett, Dave, Doug, and Perry coming out in a few weeks, we could send our gifts home with them!!

I hope all is going well for everyone. We miss the posts and pictures!! Love, Brigit

Cole's Baby

2007-09-24T13:06:00.001-06:00

2007-09-13T14:01:00.000-06:00

Hi,everyone! I know its been a while since I've posted anything so I will try to play catch up on what my life has been--which is not much but running kids to their different activities. Here are just some pictures of latest events.

Haley played soccer this year on Brayden's team. (2 and 3 graders play together) Haley had fun and Brayden tried to get over having his "she doesn't know what she's doing" sister on his team.

Nate and Brayden just had birthdays. The times goes too fast.

Our house is moving along. I am getting more and more excited as it moves along. I am excited to start picking things out.

Zach is loving football. I can't get good action shots because he's always moving and far away. He played last night and had a great game. He caught 4 passes and did great on defense. Unfortunately it wasn't enough and they still lost --to Sugar!! Brett could hardly handle it. Well, I know this blog is all messed up and the pictures come before their descriptions, but such is my life sometimes. Hope you are all well! love, Kara

Fun Cookout

2007-09-11T13:31:00.000-06:00

We just wanted to tell you all thanks for coming to our house last Saturday for an end of the summer cookout. As you all felt, it was definately end of the summer! Sorry it was so cold. But it was fun to see you all, and thanks for all the yummy food! Here's the recipe for the Berry Delight. (Dave opened the fridge on Sunday morning and this was piled on top of some other food and it slid right out and crashed all over the floor. I didn't even know it happened, and came downstairs to find Dave wiping up glass and whip cream. What a mess!)

Berry Delight

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup sugar (divided)
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 pkg. (8 oz) cream cheese, soft (ok to use 1/3 less fat, not non-fat)
2 1/2 cups + 2 Tbs. cold milk
3 1/2 cups cool whip (thawed)
2 pints strawberries hulled and halved
2 pkg (4 servings each) Jello Vanilla Instant Pudding

1st Layer: Combine crumbs, 1/4 sugar, and melted butter. Press firmly into 9 x 13 pan. Chill 15 minutes.

2nd Layer: Beat cream cheese, 1/4 sugar, and 2 Tbs. milk until smooth. Fold in half of cool whip. Spread over crust. Arrange half of berries in even layer.

3rd Layer: Using 3.5 cups cold milk, prepare pudding as directed on package. Pour over berries. Chill several hours or overnight.

4th Layer: Top off with cool whip and the rest of the berries.

One More Picture!!

2007-09-09T21:39:00.000-06:00

I just had to share this picture!! I thought it turned out cute!

Abbie's First Day of Preschool

2007-09-09T21:33:00.000-06:00

Hi All,

I wanted to share a few pics of Abbie's first day back to preschool. She is in the "pre-kindergarten" program this year. I am having a hard time with the fact that she is growing up.

Oh, the bruise on her forehead is from a golf ball that Cole threw at her. Poor thing!!

Labor Day Weekend

2007-09-03T20:40:00.000-06:00

Hi All,

I hope that everyone had an enjoyable weekend. We had a lot of fun. On Friday I got an inch to get out of town, so I called and booked us a hotel room in Rapid City, South Dakota! We woke up on Saturday and made the 5 hour drive. The hotel we stayed at had a huge waterpark, so we spent all evening swimming. Afterward, we ordered pizza and watched a movie in our hotel room.

Sunday morning we woke up and drove to Mount Rushmore. It was awesome!! The kids loved it and became "Junior Rangers". We then toured some caves and drove back to Colorado. It was a really quick trip, but we managed to wear the kids out!!!

I hope things are going well for everyone. We sure enjoyed seeing Michael and Debbie last Tuesday. I hope that all went well for you Debbie!! Please keep the posts coming - we love to hear from everyone!! Happy Bday Kris!!

Love,

Brigit

2007-08-23T19:56:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone, it has been cute seeing everyone's school pictures! Peyton still has a few years to go but here's some recent pictures of him! They other day I was on the computer and Peyton was just playing in his room. He has a drawer in the bottom of his crib where I keep some of his clothes and diapers, anyway he pulled out all the diapers and climbed in!! I wasn't really paying attention to what he was doing, I could only hear in the background little giggles when I turned to find him successfully in his drawer!

We also went swimming with Dave and Al a while ago, Peyton was a little iffy about the water slide but he always has so much fun in the pool! I think he's a little young for waterslides! :)

Peyton and Julia ( my brothers little girl) were playing the piano the other day at my moms house. They were having the time of their lives pounding away!

Anyway, thing are going well at our house and good luck to everyone in school!!

P.S. - Katie tell Doug we're promoting Russell Electric. (notice Peytons hat). We'll send you the advertisement bill, available in gift cards from Home Depot, Lowes, Texas Roadhouse, the mall, or free work on our house! hee-hee

Kyler's Kindergarten

2007-08-23T14:28:00.000-06:00

Hi all,
I've loved seeing your kid's first days of school. What an exciting time of year! Kyler loved Kindergarten yesterday and was really excited to ride the bus this morning. He should be home in about 45 minutes. I'm anxious to see how his 2nd day went.

I made your school-bus cupcakes, Brigit, and can I just say yours turned out a lot cuter than mine! The only black squeeze frosting I had kept coming out in globs. Needless to say we ruined a few school-busses trying to make it work and then gave up. :) (See my other blog.) But it was alot of fun making them and the kids loved it. So thank you for a fun idea! I hope Tyce's first week of first grade is going well. I'm sure it's a big adjustment for a kid to be gone most of the day!

And Katie, the crepe recipe looks fabulous. Dave asked for crepes for dinner the other night. And cute pictures of Dylan at school. I'm glad you got to go in with him. I wished I could've gone in with Kyler but his teacher said the room was much too crowded to have all the students and their moms. But I stayed a little while after Kyler went in so I could peek in and see how he was doing.

I hope all is well for everyone, with school and all. I would love to see more pictures of everyone, it's so fun. Debbie, let us know how it goes taking Michael to BYU. We're thinking of you. And good luck, Bev and Perry, with the move this weekend!

Lots of love,
Ali

P.S. I've been meaning to ask any of you if you have any links you want included on this blog? I have some on mine and it's so much faster to just open my blog and click than try to find the addresses again. Anyway, if any of you do I'd be happy to add them.

Dylan's First Day of 1st Grade

2007-08-23T11:13:00.000-06:00

Dylan is now a first grader!!! I can't believe he is old enough to go to school all day. It is so crazy. His favorite part was lunch and recess. It sounds like he is taking after his mom! :)
His school was cancelled today which was a bummer. They didn't have water for some reason. We didn't know until they were at school though, so we didn't even get to sleep in.

So here is a recipe for crepes that I thought were yummy. This makes a lot so if you are just doing it for your family, I would half it. It is a good way to use up peaches. I love them with strawberries too.

Crepes

4 eggs
2 cups flour
¼ cup sugar
1 cube margarine
3 cups milk
1 tsp salt

Mix in a blender and pour into a greased 6 inch round fry pan. Cook like a pancake and then put chopped strawberries, peaches or whatever fruit in middle with whipped cream. Roll up like a taco and eat. Yummy!

The First Day of First Grade

2007-08-20T17:26:00.000-06:00

I can't believe that my baby is in first grade!! It was quite exciting today when I realized that the "full-time student" of the family wasn't Dan!! Tyce was so excited to use his new "backpack suitcase" and his new lunch box. Overall he had a fun day, but he was pretty tired when he got home.

Porter Park

2007-08-08T17:07:00.001-06:00

We had a fun time at Porter Park with you all, and seeing Dan and Brigit and kids. We hope Tyce's head is feeling better! When does he get the staples out? Hope you're having a great trip in spite of that! Here are a couple pictures of a few of the kids on the merry-go-round. I wish I could've gotten pictures of all the kids. Anyway, it was fun to see you all.

Thanks to Everyone!

2007-08-05T19:57:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to thank everyone for all that you did for us on our trip! We really had a great time. Thank you Dan and Brigit for the nice beds, fun sightseeing trip, and great food. It was so nice to visit one on one with you. Thank you Dave and Allison for the great dinner and fun waterfight. (Jessica loved it!) Thank you Katie for a fun lunch and visits. Thank you Brett and Kara for the sleepovers and the great barbeque! Thank you Darrin for coming all the way up for a short visit and for all the help through construction. It was fun to see you on the job. Thank you Mitch and Ashley for patiently sharing Peyton with us. I also enjoyed the lunch visits with Dave and Mitch. I know everyone probably dreads us coming because of all the get togethers but it means a lot to me. Finally, thank you mom and dad for the food, camping trip, cards, and visit. I love all of you and can't wait to see you again next summer. Remember, Oklahoma is only a 20 hour drive if anyone would like to come see us!!

Love,

Debbie

Camping Trip

2007-07-30T09:01:00.000-06:00

Just a few pictures from the family camping trip... It was a fun time! We missed you Dan, Brigit, Darrin and Kris!

Debbie, forever untangling all the kids' fishing poles!
Carving water-bottle boats to float in the creek.Testing to see if they float.The boat-launch.Jessica, the awesome 4-wheel driver! I don't know how many rides she gave, probably 100. Thanks, Jess! All the kids really love her!Poor Bev, cold in the sun. :)Uncle Doug starting Kyler on what will be a life-long love of speed.Misc. pics:

Happy Birthday Katie!

2007-07-26T20:58:00.000-06:00

Hi Katie,

We just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. We hope you had a great day!

Love,

Dan, Brigit, and Kids

Water Fight

2007-07-23T09:04:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone,
We loved Martin's Cove. We had such a great time with so many neat spiritual experiences. All I could do all day Saturday after we got home was cry. Then yesterday at church everyone who went to Martin's Cove said the same thing. It was such a wonderful experience, one of the greatest things I've ever been able to do. I'm so thankful we were able to go.

We loved seeing Debbie, Jessica, Anna, and Mark on Saturday night! Dave started a water fight and we all ended up soaked. Poor Jessica! I think she got the worst of it! And this picture of Anna and Mark posing cracked me up.

We're looking forward to the family camping trip this weekend!
Love you all,
Ali

Tyce's T-Ball Team

2007-07-17T21:44:00.001-06:00

Peyton can crawl FINALLY!!

2007-07-17T10:40:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone Peyton has finally decided to not be such a chicken and can crawl. He has been so close forever but he has just been to big of a chicken to move his legs! Its really nice now that he can go for his own toys but also a lot more time consuming for me!

We went waterskiing on Saturday. We had a lot of fun and Peyton was a real trooper. We were in the boat for almost 6 hours and He never once cried! He loved it! These pictures are of him splashing in the freezing cold water on the dock! He loves the water and didn't seem to be affected by how cold it was!

TREEmendous!

2007-07-15T21:21:00.000-06:00

We had quite an exciting Sunday. A bad storm blew through Rexburg and uprooted our big willow tree. The kids had fun climbing on the wreckage. Our trampoline blew from our back yard, over our house and into the power lines across the street. The power lines were tangled and one house lost power for a while until the power company could come and fix the lines. Brett was in Boise this weekend for continuing ed courses and came home to the mess. Here are a few pictures. That was such a good beautiful tree. Our trampoline is banged up and no good anymore. Nate was crying "my trampoline blew away!"

Brett and the neighbors are hacking away at the tree right now. Love you all!

Family Vacation

2007-07-12T08:13:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! We hope that everyone is having a fun summer. I love looking at the blog and seeing all of my cute nephews and nieces. We just went on a fun little family vacation. We started out going to Virginia City and Nevada City where we got to see a play, ride a train and see the ghost town which my kids kept calling the cowboy ghost town. Then we went to the Lewis and Clark Caverns which I highly recommend! Then we went swimming to a place called Big Timber. The kids had a blast! They had a bunch of water slides and a cute little kiddie pool. We took our trailer and just camped out each night. We were gone about 4 days. It was lots of fun! Ethan was pretty tired as you can see in the picture. Lizzy was pretending to sleep for the camera. It was pretty funny. She couldn't stop smiling. The picture by the river was taken in Big Sky. It was so pretty there! We have had a pretty fun summer so far. I can't believe that school will start next month!

Peyton's jumper

2007-07-11T15:20:00.000-06:00

Here are a few pictures that I took of Peyton today in his jumper. He loves it! He could jump for ever (notice the blanket under him, we have to put that there because our carpet is so hard he gets blisters and his toes start bleeding!! That's how into it he gets! Ha Ha)

His new thing lately is mutilating his bed...He pulls himself up and tries to escape, making the process of naptime a little more difficult. Normally, I just lay him down and he'll go right to sleep but now that he figured out that he can stand up by himself I have to work a little harder. I caught him in the act of trying to rip his bumper off, needless to say he thought it was pretty funny.

Our 4th of July Week

2007-07-09T13:36:00.000-06:00

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We had a nice, laid back day. We went to a parade in the morning and watched fireworks in the evening.

Last Christmas I bought Dan a gift certificate to go indoor skydiving. He finally decided to use it last Saturday. When we told Tyce where we were going, he wanted to skydive too. It was really neat to watch. (The pictures didn't turn out very well, since they were inside a big tube)

We love to hear what everyone is doing we LOVE to see pictures! Thanks for the great recipes and the cute pictures, Ali. Kara, you really are the woman. I can't believe that you did Disneyland with all the kids without Brett. You are a great mom!! Ashley, can Peyton get any cuter?? Happy Birthday Darrin!! Debbie, we are so excited to see you and the kids next week. Katie and Bev keep te blogs coming!! I hope that everyone is enjoying the "dog days" of summer!

Love,

Brigit

Happy 4th!

2007-07-06T09:12:00.001-06:00

Hey guys,
I would love to hear about your 4th of July's and see pictures of your kids. We had a fun, normal day - parade, BBQ, fireworks. I can't believe summer is 1/2 over. Kyler was asking when his birthday is, and I said in 6 weeks and he was sad it was so far away. I told him it was right before Kindergarden started and then summer would be over and then he thought that was too short and he didn't want it to come so fast. (nice matching pajamas)

Kara, I loved seeing your Disneyland pictures! I just saw them this morning. The kids loved seeing them too. Lexi thought it was so neat that Haley got to meet Cinderella. What a fun trip!!! I wish we could have gone with you!

Brigit, I made your Buster Bars and they were really good! That is such a great summer treat with ice cream and chocolate. Thanks for the recipe!! And thanks for asking for summer recipes. I have a couple to share.

Chocolate Pie

1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
5 Tbsp butter, melted
3 squares semisweet baking chocolate, melted
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 cups cold milk
2 pkgs (4 oz each) instant chocolate pudding
8 oz cool whip, thawed

Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. Press in pie pan, bake @ 350 for 6-8 minutes.

Mix chocolate and condensed milk (melt 20 seconds in microwave, stir, melt another 20 seconds, stir, etc.) Pour into crust.

Mix milk and pudding with wire whisk. Spoon over fudge. Spread cool whip on top. Chill for 3 hours before serving.

White Chocolate Macadamia Caramel Bars

1 box yellow cake mix
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup water
2 eggs
1/2 cup butterscotch caramel topping
1 pkg (18 oz) Pillsbury Ready to Bake Big Deluxe Classics refrigerated white chunk macadamia nut cookies

Heat oven to 350. In large bowl, beat cake mix, oil, water and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Spread in ungreased 13x9 pan. Bake 15-18 minutes or until top is golden brown. Remove partially baked crust from oven. Pour caramel topping (warmed) over crust. Crumble cookies over crust. Bake another 18 minutes or until golden brown. COOL COMPLETELY before cutting.

(These bars are really good and really easy. Dave is not a nut fan, so I made them again with a devil's food cake mix, caramel ice cream topping, and chocolate chip cookie dough. You can get creative and mix and match what you like!)

Peyton doesn't like the grass

2007-06-30T10:11:00.000-06:00

Ali that recipe is so stupid I'm embarrassed to share! All it is is browned hamburger, a can of re- fried beans, and cheese in the middle and then the sauce is just McCormick's Enchiladas Sauce in the little packets you can get at the grocery store. Then I just grate more cheese on the top. It's a real no brainer!

Brigit, your recipe looks super good I'm going to make it for family night on Monday. Anything is good if it has peanut butter and ice cream!!

Anyway, things are going good here, we had Peyton out on the grass the other night, it was so funny because he has touched the grass before but for some reason he didn't like the feel of it, he wouldn't stand on it for the longest time he would just hang with his feet all scrunched up. It was so funny!

Meat Enchiladas

2007-06-29T21:32:00.000-06:00

Hey Ash,
Mitch's lunch looked good today that he reheated - I told him to have you give me the recipe and he told me to blog the request. So would you post the recipe? It smelled yummy but Mitch wasn't willing to share any.... :) Thanks!

Super Yummy Ice Cream Dessert

2007-06-29T10:45:00.000-06:00

Hi All,

A friend of mine made this the other day and it was to die for. I thought I would share. Hope all is well.

Buster Bar Dessert

1/2 c Corn Syrup
1/2 c crunchy Peanut Butter
2 c Rice Krispies
1/2 gal Vanilla Ice Cream
2 c Powdered Sugar
1 (13oz) can Evaporated Milk
1 (6 oz) pkg. Chocolate Chips
1/2 c Butter or Margarine
1 tsp Vanilla
Spanish Peanuts

In a large bowl, stir together corn syrup and peanut butter. Stir in rice krispies. Press into the bottom of a buttered 9X13 in pan; freeze 10 minutes. Pack ice cream on top of crust and freeze.
Mix together powdered sugar, evaporated milk, chocolate chips, and butter. Bring to a boil; boil 8 minutes, stirring constantly. Add vanilla. When cool, pour over crust and ice cream. Sprinkle with Spanish peanuts. Freeze. Keep frozen until 10-15 minutes before
serving.

Disneyland!

2007-06-28T15:11:00.000-06:00

We made it! (or at least I made it) I took the kids to Disneyland for a week without Brett. I will be totally honest and say that it was really hard and I about lost my mind. But, I will also say that I am glad we went. It was so good to see my aunt, uncle and cousins. The kids had a blast. Here are a few pictures of the trip. Everyone in my family was great to help me out with all the kids. Haley got to go to a "princess lunch" and meet all of the Disney princesses and get autographs--she thought that was awesome. You can't see very well in the dark picture of all of us but Kacie is asleep--too much fun I guess. Then we took a picture of all the kids including my cousins 2. We had quite the group fighting the crowds. Well, I will have to tell you all about it--too many adventures for one blog. Love you all!

Tippetts Reunion

2007-06-26T09:16:00.001-06:00

We loved going to the Tippetts reunion yesterday. We got home late last night but everyone else stayed overnight at Lavell's resort in Preston. It was alot of fun seeing Bev's brothers and sisters and some of your cousins. The kids loved the horse rides and especially the swimming! I don't think I've been down a water slide since I was in Jr. High, it was alot of fun. Kyler and Porter loved it and probably could have stayed in the pool all night. I'm so glad we went and that Dave took the day off to go.

End of School Craziness

2007-06-23T16:58:00.000-06:00

Summer is finally here!!! Sorry it has been so long since I've blogged. The end of the year was crazy. We had 2 graduations, parties, awards programs, orchestra concert and on and on. I've included some pictures of the kids. Mark has turned into a little fish. He loves the water and the freedom of his float vest. He swims all over the pool, goes down water slides into deep water and loves to do "candyballs" off the diving board. We are lucky we have so many friends with pools because it is too hot to do anything else in the summer.

Here is a picture of Michael and grandma at his graduation party. We had a combined party with Michael and one of his friends. It was so fun having grandma here for the celebrations.

Here is Michael and Matt at Michael's graduation party. This is the best I could do for a graduation picture. Graduation was so hectic and the place was huge. By the time we finally met up with Michael he had his cap and gown off and has refused to put it on again. He is such a stubborn child. I think we are going to let him take a car out to the Y next year. He claims he needs a car so he can visit all his relatives in Idaho. One of his best friends is going to BYU-I so you may get the privilege of having him visit once in a while.

Jessica also had her 8th grade graduation this year. The night before graduation they had a semi-formal dance. Her and her friends all had their hair and makeup professionally done. I can't believe she is going to high school next year. She is really growing up to be a beautiful young woman.

Here is Anna at her school program. It is so fun to see how excited they get over performing when they are young.

Well, I hope to see everyone in a few weeks. This blog has been a lot of fun. Keep writing and sending pictures!

Hello Again!

2007-06-21T21:14:00.000-06:00

I have been checking the blog everyday to see if there have been any new posts. I was excited to see that Katie and Bev have joined the blog.

Things around here are finally starting to get back to normal. Jake drove back to Colorado with us. It was great having a built in babysitter when I needed to run to the post office or grocery store. We went to a family fun center, swimming pool, and a couple of movies while he was here.

The following week, Shawn flew out. He shadowed Dan for a day. Then Dad, Michelle, and the girls drove out. The boys flew to Alaksa for a week to go fishing and Michelle and I partied it up with the 6 kids!! My house was crazy, but I loved it.

When they all drove away Tuesday, I was so bummed. I don't have anything else to look forward to this summer. Feel free to come and visit!!

Last night, Dan and I went to the Colorado Rockies baseball game. They swept the New York Yankees!! It was so fun. A doctor that Dan works with gave us tickets right on the first base line, 30 rows up. The stadium was full, 48,000 people (mostly of Yankees fans) and the energy was high. It is really going to be hard for Dan to leave all the professional sports teams if we end up moving.

I hope all is well. I thought that I would start asking questions, and hopefully everyone will respond. So, here goes:

What is your favorite food to eat in the summer and will you share the recipe?

Love,

Brigit

Hey Everyone!!

2007-06-19T11:31:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone! I took some pictures yesterday so I decided to share. I was changing the sheets on the bed and Peyton was playing in the pile. He loves to have things over his face so he kept pulling the sheets over his face, playing peek-a-boo with himself! We got him a jumper a couple of weeks ago and he totally loves it he will jump forever and screams with excitement the whole time it was a great investment for when I'm cooking, he's entertained the whole time and I don't have to stop and gather his toys back up because their not at arms reach anymore! So I'll have to take a picture of him in it and post that too! Well I hope everyone has a good day and it was good to see new posts when I checked the blog! Summer gets so busy!

Hooray!

2007-06-19T08:08:00.000-06:00

Yay for Bev and Katie! I'm so happy you've joined us. :)

Just had to post how great it is to have grass (it'll be soon for you Katie!) and be able to let the kids run through the sprinklers without a muddy mess! Hope you're all having a great day! Ali

2007-06-18T14:20:00.000-06:00

We went camping this weekend and Dylan got to try out the new family motorcycle. It was pretty fun. We just went Friday night and came back on Saturday. We were going to go swimming to Heise, but Lizzy and Ethan were not feeling too great and so we came back home. It is so nice to have school out so that we can relax and go do fun things!

I tried an easy new recipe for stroganoff that was pretty good. I make it on a Sunday and it was so nice to come home to dinner being almost completely done and the house smelled so good! Take 2 cans of Golden Mushroom Soup and 1 can of Cream of Celery soup and put it in the crock pot with a pound of stew meat (I used cut up round steak). Cook on low for 6-8 hours and then put 1 cup of sour cream in a half hour before you serve it and put it over rice or mashed potatoes. Doug and the kids really liked it.

This is so fun! I am so glad that I am finally able to do this! Thanks to Ali for all of her patience with me! :)

I'm still in

2007-06-17T19:35:00.001-06:00

Just making sure I remember how to do this.

Bev Dog's in!

2007-06-17T19:25:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone - Guess what? I am into the blog and I did it all by myself. Too bad I don't have a picture to send you. That comes next. The family has all been here today and I so glad Father's Day only comes once a year. The noise level is a little hard to handle. Until next time - when my sanity returns and I can think more clearly. Love Mom

P.S. Only believe half of what I wrote.

Hi Again Everyone

2007-06-15T09:52:00.000-06:00

Hi Guys,

I haven't blogged for awhile because I always want to attach pictures but I haven't been able to take any because our camera has been broken (clumsy me - I tripped and fell on it and broke the lense). So I sent it to Sony and they fixed it and just sent it back a couple days ago. I was so excited to get it back! But I have been scrapbooking the last couple weeks and now realize how insane my picture-taking habit is. I have way too many pictures to scrapbook so it's my goal to scale back(much to Dave's relief.)

We're looking forward to the Tippets family reunion next week. I've always wanted to go see Georgetown and see the house where Bev grew up. I'm glad (and a little surprised) that Dave is taking the day off to go. The kids will think it is neat to have a horse-ride. I hope all of you come that can!

Our exciting news is that our landscaping should be done tonight. They're laying sod today and filling the flower beds with bark. I can't even tell you all how excited I am to have it done!!!

Kyler's T-Ball season is over. He was finally getting the hang of it and loving it so I'm sad it's done. He was too shy the first few games to run after he hit the ball, but the last few games he finally ran around the bases and he had so much fun he couldn't wait for each game. He even got 2 homeruns in one game.

That's pretty much all that's happening here. I put some pictures on my blog of the kids swimming yesterday. I hope the summer is going great for all of you! I've missed hearing from you but I know the summer gets busy.

Debbie, how did Michael's graduation go? I would love to see pictures if you have some to attach.

Oh, and I tried an easy recipe the other night for Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole. It was easy (with already cooked turkey and ham it's super fast to make) and we all liked it. I took a picture of the recipe to attach so I didn't have to type it. If any of you can't read it and want to make just let me know and I can email it to you or something. :)

Lots of love!
Ali

Abbie's Birthday Party

2007-06-03T18:53:00.000-06:00

We had a wonderful time in Idaho!! It was so great to see all of you. Thanks again for making Abbie's birthday party a hit. She hasn't quit talking about it. Here are a few of the pictures that I took.

Peyton's First Camping Trip

2007-05-31T10:48:00.000-06:00

This was Peyton at 5:30 in the morning playing with his toys!!

Hey everyone here's our pictures from the camping weekend! it was super fun I definetly think that we should make it a tradition! Hope everyone made it home in one piece!

Porter's Birthday

2007-05-31T09:18:00.000-06:00

Hi all, I just wanted to share some pictures from when we went bowling on Monday for Porter's birthday. The little shoes in child-sizes were my favorite, they were so cute! And those classic bowling moments all happened where the kids run and slip down the lane, or throw their bowling ball down the wrong lane. It always cracks me up. We haven't taken them bowling for a long time, and this was Porter's first time. They loved it for the first few frames but pretty soon Dave and I were bowling for all of them because they were wandering around the bowling alley trying to get candy out of the candy machines. Hooray for the disposable camera and these photos that look like they were taken in the 70's! :)

Camping at Kilgore

2007-05-28T15:58:00.000-06:00

Here is a photo diary of the great time we all had camping. I hope everyone survived and if you ended home with a few extra hot dog sticks, I think they are ours.

PEYTON VS. THE GREEN BEAN

2007-05-24T11:14:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone!! I haven't written for a while, I check the blog everyday and never write anything...Anyway things are going well. Mitch has been super sick for a week and a half! He is just barely getting some energy back. Since he was so sick we had to cancel our trip to San Francisco! But I guess the good thing about it is that we can go on the family camping trip!! I'm excited, it'll be fun. I am just going to make Mitch make up for my lost vacation. I don't know how but I'm sure I'll think of something!:)

Peyton had quite the show down with his food the other day. I thing the green beans won. It was totally caked into his eyebrows and into every crevice he has! It was quite the episode! Well I hope everyone is doing good and I hope everyone has a fabulous day!!

Weekend at Grandmas

2007-05-21T12:24:00.000-06:00

We took a trip to Caldwell for my fun run and to see my brothers new baby, Gavin, get blessed. My brother's wife has an aunt with a pool and we were invited to swim. According to the kids that was the highlight of the trip. This is a picture of me crossing the finish line. Wish my eyes were open! I was really happy with my time and it was a fun race.

My Horrible Day!!

2007-05-09T20:54:00.000-06:00

Things were going great this morning - I woke up and got ready, started the laundry, and took care of a few things before the kids woke up.

We were having the missionaries over for dinner, so I thought I would get a potato casserole made first thing this morning. I noticed that the water in the sink wasn't going down, so I started the disposal. Something had fallen in. It sounded horrible so I hurried and turned it off. I reached down to get whatever it was out, and I couldn't find anything. I started it again and it still sounded horrible.

When I reached down again, I felt a little piece of metal. When I pulled it out, it was gold. My heart sunk. I ran upstairs and looked in my jewelry box. One of my worst nightmares had come true - My wedding ring was gone.

I started crying and tried to find as much of it as I could. It was mangled and all the diamonds were gone. I cried all morning. I called our insurance company, and it isn't covered since it wasn't stolen (that is a story in itself).

When Dan came home, he tore everything apart and didn't find anything. It is a total loss!!!

Lexi's 4th Birthday

2007-05-07T21:53:00.000-06:00

Today was Lexi's birthday party. Many thanks to Katie and Bev who came to help! I was so happy they were here! And Lexi was so happy to have Lizzy come!

Now we have two 4-year olds and one almost 3-year old. Crazy! It was a fun day. We had a little family party this evening when Dave got home and Lexi got a new bike so we went outside for a little while, and Kyler started riding without training wheels. Yay!

2007-05-07T10:57:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone! I just thought Isend some recent pictures of Peyton. He is sitting up by himself now so he thinks he is pretty big now. He was 'helping' me fold laundry the other day but all he got accomplished was sucking Mitch's socks until they felt like they had just come out of the washing machine!

Mitch was trying to take a nap the other day but Peyton wouldn't let him so I got a cute picture.

Anyway things are going really well here and we just wanted to wish a happy birthday to everyone this month! May is a crazy month for birthdays on both sides of our family so Happy Birthday to everyone!!

Don't touch my hair

2007-05-06T14:52:00.000-06:00

I have a son who has been hanging around his brother Michael too much. He is obssessed with his hair. When he gets out of the bath he has to comb it in a Mohawk. He always wants his hair spikey like Michaels. When I was gone one day he found Michael's gel and made his hair handsome. Everyone gets the biggest kick out of him when he walks into Church because his hair is usually standing up straight, and you definetely don't want to touch his hair or he gets furious. His newest saying while holding two fingers out sideways is "Chunk up a Deuce". I know most of you without teenagers will not know what that means but it is part of some rap song. Just what I want my kids learning!!!

Cole's First Birthday

2007-05-05T22:19:00.000-06:00

Hi All,

I wanted to post a few pictures that I took today of Cole. I can't believe that my baby is a year old!! He loved all of the attention that he received today. Tyce and Abbie were so excited - the first thing I heard today from Tyce was "The Birthday Boy is awake Mom."

Abbie also had her dance recital today. I was told that she "was a natural performer". She looked darling and loved getting up in front of the audience. Dan thought she was the cutest thing that he had ever seen.

I hope you all had a wonderful Cinco de Mayo. We are all so excited to go home over Memorial Day weekend!! I hope we are able see you. Happy Birthday Bill!

New House Update

2007-05-03T12:13:00.000-06:00

Hi all, We were in Rexburg yesterday and I took some pictures of the new house so you who live farther away can see it. Dave thinks it's silly to take pictures now because there's not much to see, but I thought you all might be interested. Bev, Dave said you've taken pictures too so I'll let you take over from here to keep everyone updated.The Builders after a long hard day of work. I had to talk hard to get this picture and had to promise it was the last picture I'll ever take of them (as they're building - Mitch, that doesn't mean at family functions! :)

Memories of the Jedi

2007-05-01T19:18:00.000-06:00

I'm sure we all remember the fun we had with the Jedi and the red toyota. (Well, I don't because I didn't even have a car, I rode the bus everyday). We bought this old Honda Civic that has 300,000 miles on it. It is a standard. Bill thought it would be good to have the boys learn how to drive stick shift. I look at it and wonder just what adventures it will have. As a mother, I probably don't want to know! Jessica dies of embarrassment every time I drive her to school in it, but with gas at almost $3 a gallon, I really don't care. I think it would be fun to hear about some of the adventures you guys had in the Jedi. Have a great day.

I'm Finally In!

2007-05-01T19:09:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone! I've finally found the time to post my blog. We are all doing great. It has been so fun seeing everyone's pictures and recipes. Mom, I'm on now so I expect to see pictures of the house! I will try posting some pictures later tonight. I hope this works.

CHICKEN AND PASTA PRIMAVERA

2007-04-27T14:17:00.000-06:00

Hey! Our internet has been down for the past 3 days so I haven't been able to look at the blog and I've missed out on all the news!! Al, I didn't think that putting Peyton's picture in the pick-up would cause such drama! It's amazing to me that Dave and Mitch work together EVERYDAY and still Dave is finding out info from you? I guess it's a guy thing that they don't talk, I think it's odd but hey I guess I not a guy right?! Peyton fell asleep in his bouncer the other day so I had to take a picture of him sucking his thumb!

I also found a good recipe, and it is acutally on the back of the cream of mushroom soup can. You have to get the "Healthy Request" can but it's for the Chicken and Pasta Primavera. It's really quick and easy and mighty tasty!

CHICKEN AND PASTA PRIMAVERA

1 can cream of mushroom

1/2 cup milk

3 TBS. grated Parmesan cheese

1/4 tsp. garlic powder

1 bag (16 oz) frozen veggies (I like just broccli but it calls for broccli, cauliflower,and carrots)

2 c. cubed cooked chicken

4 cups cooked spaghetti noodles

MIX soup, cheese, garlic powder,and vegetables in saucepan. Heat to a boil. COver and cook over low heat 10 min. or until tender-crisp.

ADD chicken and heat through. Serve w/ noodles

Lasagna Alfredo Roll-ups

2007-04-27T08:15:00.000-06:00

Here is a good recipe I made a couple days ago and Dave was eating left-overs for lunch yesterday and Mitch wanted me to send the recipe. It takes a little time, but looks impressive.

Lasagna Alfredo Roll-ups

8 lasagna noodles
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 (10 oz) package frozen chopped spinach
2 Tbsp thinly sliced green onion
1 pint part-skim ricotta cheese
¼ cup Parmesan cheese
½ tsp salt
1 egg
Olive garden Alfredo sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add lasagna and cook for 8-10 minutes or until al dente. Rinse in cold water and drain well. Meanwhile, in a large sauce pan over medium heat add oil and cook spinach and green onions until tender, stirring frequently. Remove pan from heat and stir in ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, salt and egg. Preheat oven to 375. Place noodles in a single layer on a sheet of waxed paper. Evenly spread some of the cheese mixture on each noodle. Roll up each noodle from the short end, jelly-roll style. In a 8x12 inch baking dish, spoon about ¾ of the Alfredo sauce on the bottom and spread evenly. Arrange the rolled noodles, seam side down, in the dish. Top with mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce. Cover loosely with foil and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly and the cheese is melted. Serve.

(I also make this with bacon, cooked chicken, and steamed broccoli instead of spinach and green onions. I fry 1 pkg chicken and 1/2 pkg bacon together, steam the broccoli for 5 minutes, then add it all to the ricotta cheese mixture. It's good!)

Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce

½ cup butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups heavy cream
1/8 tsp pepper
Pinch salt
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic, cream, pepper and salt, and bring mixture to a simmer. Add the cheese and continue to simmer sauce for 8 minutes, until thick.

Our Feathered Friends

2007-04-25T14:29:00.000-06:00

We took the kids to feed the ducks on Monday night. They had such a fun time--even the older boys loved it. Kacie was so funny. She just giggled the whole time.

Haley has been wanting baby chicks for weeks and we finally broke down. I am affraid these are going to be more work than I bargained for. The kids are excited to have them, though, and it is fun to see them get excited. Brett says we are real hillbillys now that we have chickens--I think he's right!

Ok, Yum!

2007-04-25T13:07:00.000-06:00

I just made Brigit's Buttermilk Pancake and Syrup recipe for lunch. They are delicious! I tasted them and said to the kids, "Mmmm, these taste like cake." Kyler said, "No, mom, they're better than cake!" And Porter kept saying, "I want another one mom!" So, Brigit, thanks for another great recipe!

Word of caution to you others who make the syrup, she really did mean use a large pan! I was thinking large sauce pan, so I used my biggest little pan (did that even make sense?!) and it overflowed all over my cooktop when I added the soda. Not a big deal, just a word of caution...

Now I'm going to go have 4ths! :)

Pictures and Pancakes

2007-04-25T08:56:00.000-06:00

We got our JCPenney pictures back yesterday. It just reminds me of our crazy day, hard to believe they all look so pleasant in the picture. I love all your blogs and pictures. Sounds like you're all doing great! We're just waiting for spring to come here. Yesterday day was nice, we all got a little sun at the park. Brigit's pancake recipe reminds me of our favorite wheat pancakes. Here's the recipe, if you're ever in the mood for wheat pancakes. They're very hearty and yummy with Mrs. Butterworth's syrup. I think I'll make your buttermilk pancakes for lunch today, Brigit, so I don't have to wait until tommorrow morning to try them!

Wheat Pancakes

2 cups wheat flour
4 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup oil
2 cups milk
2 eggs

Cook on hot griddle. Flip. :)

A Favorite Breakfast Recipe

2007-04-24T20:36:00.000-06:00

Hi All,

I hope that things are going well. We had a ton of rain today. I hope that it helps "green" things up a little. Our lawn needs a lot of help (hope Dan doesn't read this).

Anyway, here is a recipe that we love. My kids can't seem to get enough when I make these pancakes. Enjoy!!!

Buttermilk Pancakes with Buttermilk Syrup

2 1/2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
2 eggs
4 Tbs oil
2 1/2 cups buttermilk

Combine dry ingredients then add eggs, oil, and milk

Buttermilk Syrup

1 cube real butter
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups white sugar

Melt butter, add buttermilk and sugar. Stir to dissolve. Bring to a boil, remove from heat add:

1 tsp soda (Make sure the pan is large, soda expands mixture)
1 tsp vanilla

Peyton's New Pickup

2007-04-23T11:17:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone! Here's Peyton sitting in our new pickup. Mitch's dreams finally came true and we bought a pickup on Saturday. It was funny because the salesman gave Peyton a balloon. It was bigger than him! It was the biggest baloon I'd ever seen, and he loves it! We are also going to be going to San Franscisco at the end opf May for 6 days to visit my best friend, so that will be very interesting to take Peyton, he has never slept any where except at home or even been in the car that long (we fly out of Boise) so I am really excited but nervous too! Any advise to make things run more smoothly I'd appreciate from you more experienced mothers...So anyway I hope everyone had a good weekend!!

Growing Up!

2007-04-21T21:17:00.000-06:00

Before

After

I can't believe that my baby is growing up! He had his hair cut for the first time the other day. It is crazy how much they grow up when you trim off the baby hair. And, in Cole's case (well all of my kids) it is crazy how much he looks like his dad!!!

Not only did he get his first haircut, but I also finished nursing this week. He takes milk from a sippy cup and loves it! We bought Abbie a new booster seat for the car, so Cole now gets to move into her forward facing car seat. AND, we left him with a babysitter for the first time tonight while we went to dinner. So many changes!!!

Keep the posts coming! We love them!!

2007-04-21T12:53:00.000-06:00

2007-04-21T12:25:00.000-06:00

Yeah! I realized that I didn't have enough patience with the loading part and so I figured it didn't work--guess it was. This is just Kacie trying on hats. Hopefully I will post more exciting pictures in the future.

2007-04-20T15:53:00.000-06:00

This is my attempt at this blog. It has been fun to read about everybody and to see pictures. Everything is going well with us. I am "training" for a couple of fun runs this summer, so this is everyones invitation to join me--it's always more fun with more people! I'll try to get a picture posted. Hope all of you are well!

2007-04-17T10:36:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone! I hope everything is going well. Mitch has finished school and is just working now Yahoo! It is so nice having him just come home from work and just being home and not have to go do homework! But I'm excited that he will be working close to home noe on Bev and Perry's instead of driving to Victor. Sorry Al, I guess now you'll have to put up with Dave coming over here all the time now. It's not fun..But I have finally gotten motivated to start on Peyton's scrapbook I did 5 pages yesterday! Aren't you proud of me!? ;) Anyway I still have a lot o f work ahead of me but it fun. I love to scrapbook it's just getting started and getting all the pictures organized. Well I hope everyone have a fabulous day!!

10 Reasons Why Everyone Needs to Come and Visit Us in Denver This Summer

2007-04-14T12:44:00.000-06:00

10: Estes Park - a fun mountain town (like Jackson or Yellowstone) where elk roam the streets.

9. Water World - a huge water park

8. Colorado Rockies Baseball Game

7. Six Flags Theme Park

6. Denver Zoo

5. Downtown Aquarium and Children's Museum

4. Boulder - street performers, acrobats, Cheesecake Factory, need I say more?

3. Nature and Science Museum

2. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert (we bought extra tickets)

1. Just to see us - this might be our last summer here????

Boston Cream Cupcakes

2007-04-13T17:53:00.000-06:00

This is a great new easy recipe I tried this morning and they are really good! so I had to share...

Boston Cream Cupcakes

1 pkg (18.25 oz) yellow cake mix
1 cup cold milk
1 pkg (6 serving size) Jello-O Vanilla Instant Pudding and Pie filling
8 oz tub of thawed Cool Whip
4 squares semi-sweet baking chocolate

Preheat oven to 350. Prepare cake batter and bake in 24 greased muffin tins as directed on package. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Pour milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes until well blended. Let stand 5 minutes to thicken. Meanwhile, using a serrated knife, cut cupcakes horizontally in half. Gently stir 1/3 of the tub of whipped topping into the pudding. Spoon 1 heaping Tablespoon onto the bottom half of each cupcake; cover with top of cupcake.

Microwave remaining whipped topping and the chocolate in small bowl on HIGH for 90 seconds (stirring every 30 seconds) until chocolate is almost melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Frost each cupcake with about 1 1/2 tsp. of the chocolate mixture. Refrigerate at least 15 minutes before serving. Store leftover cupcakes in refrigerator. (Makes 2 dozen)

Easter Sunday

2007-04-12T10:02:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone! I didn't know if anyone still checks out my blog, and I put this picture of my kids on there but I wanted to share it with you guys too. So here it is of them on Easter. A rare moment that they all stood still and looked at me at the same time!

I had some of those JCPenney Portrait coupons so I decided to take the kids to Idaho Falls and get their pictures taken yesterday. What a nightmare! First, Porter would NOT sit still so we only got one picture of all 3 of them looking somewhat pleasant, but I felt lucky that we got at least one! Then, while we were waiting FOREVER for the people in front of us to pick their pictures the kids were climbing around in a shopping cart, and Lexi's skirt got caught in the wheels and it pulled her skirt clear off so she was standing there in her underwear. Kyler tried to get out of the basket and it tipped over on top of he and Porter. It sliced Kyler's finger and it was bleeding, and fell on Porter's leg (I was afraid for a minute his leg was broken). The boys were screaming and everyone was staring. It was so embarrassing. The store manager said an accident report had to be filled out, so 2 1/2 hours after we went in we finally came back out to drive home. What an adventure! Everytime I take the kids to Idaho Falls I always think, "I'll never do that again!" And then it's like childbirth and I forget until the next time I do it again! Ahhh!

2007-04-10T16:22:00.000-06:00

Hi All,

Thank you so much for posting all of the pictures from the egg hunt. It looks like the kids had a great time. I can't believe how big Ethan and Peyton are. They are all adorable.

Here are a few pictures of the kids on Sunday morning. Cole has decided not to cooperate for pictures anymore.

We love hearing from everyone. Please keep the pictures and recipes coming!!

Love,

Brigit

2007-04-09T11:09:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone! It's a miracle...I can blog!! I hope everyone had a good Easter. I'll repost Peyton's pictures...

We love Easter-time

2007-04-09T10:45:00.000-06:00

We had a great time at the Robinson Family Easter Egg Hunt! Always a favorite. We missed you Debbie, Bill and family and Dan, Brigit and family! I always get carried away with pictures and I took a million, sorry to post so many! Perry said they're probably not doing an Easter egg hunt next year at their new house (they won't have a yard yet), so maybe we can have it in Victor next year. We have to keep the tradition alive! I would love to see everyone's pictures so feel free to post away (Kris, Kara, and Katie this means you!) :) P.S. Katie, also I would love your recipe for those cookies you were talking about, with peanut butter and no flour. Thanks! (Oh, and also if you want to see the photos bigger you can just click on them.)

Easter Eggs and Cupcakes

2007-04-07T16:36:00.000-06:00

I hope that everyone is having as much fun as we are getting ready for Easter. The kids and I made bunny cupcakes and then colored Easter eggs.

The weather has been extremely cold the past couple of days. The high today was 26 degrees. Needless to say, we didn't get to attend any egg hunts.

Dan went fly fishing today with some of the doctors that he works with. I hope he isn't frozen!!

I hope that everyone had a great time at Bev's. I wish so bad that we could have been there. Please send/post pictures of the kids. We would love to see them.

Happy Easter!!!

General Conference

2007-04-04T09:47:00.000-06:00

Didn't you all love General Conference? It is always one of my favorite weekends. This a picture of Dave wrestling with the boys on Sunday. He had them laughing pretty hard.
Then we played Hi-Ho Cherry-O (a game I loved when I was little). We're looking forward to the Easter egg hunt this weekend! That's another one of my favorite things! We never did that when I was little so I love it for our kids. I think it's so fun. Anyhow, hope you're all doing well!

Peyton

2007-04-04T09:22:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone! Well things are going good here Mitch will be done with school on Thursday!! He said that on Thursday the angels will sing and champagne will fall from heaven! Anyway you get the idea that he's excited. Peyton is doing great he's 5 months today! I can't believe it he is so fun. He definitely keeps me busy. I'm sending some recent pictures His favorite toy is his feet..good thing their always attached and he doesn't drop them! and Al he loves the book you gave him!!;) Anyway I hope everything is going great for all of you!
luv ash

2007-04-03T23:53:00.000-06:00

Hi All,

I thought that I would see if I could post a picture.

If I can get this to work, I'll try to post a picture of Cole that I took the other day. He was so proud of himself; while I was in the shower, he got hold of the toilet paper roll. He had toilet paper all over the bathroom. Along with toys and dirty clothes (I had just sorted the laundry).

I hope the everyone is doing well. Please write soon. We miss hearing from all of you!!

Testing?

2007-04-01T22:18:00.000-06:00

This is all new to me. I am hoping that this works. If it does, I'll post a few pics tomorrow. Thanks so much for setting this up Ali. I think it will be a lot of fun and a great way to keep in touch!

It's going to be a great day!

2007-03-29T07:44:00.000-06:00

Ok, everyone, I will go first. I hope you are all doing great. The last few days it's been raining or snowing here, but today the sun is coming up and it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day. Every morning my kids can't wait to get out in the mud. When we had some families over for FHE on Monday some of the little girls were playing dress up and there weren't enough princess dresses so one of them put on one of Lexi's church dresses and they ran outside before I saw them and I looked out the window to see them playing in the mud. Gotta love that! Well, Lexi has decided she wants a "Happy Feet" birthday. I hope she changes back to a princess before next month. Brigit, I think that would be so fun to have a princess party for Abbie while you guys are here! Dave and I went to the temple yesterday, which always makes for a wonderful day, and after the session we ate in the temple cafeteria - I always love do to that. Thank you to Katie for watching our kids for 4 hours! You are the BEST! I promise we won't do that to you everytime we go. Thanks for letting the kids have fun. And for the yummy brownies! Well, we love you all and think of you often. Hope you're all having a great day!

Welcome to the Robinson Family Blog!

2007-03-27T12:28:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! I hope this will be a fun thing to have a family blog! I miss our weekly recipe emails mostly because I loved hearing what everybody was up to. I think this will be a fun way to share funny stories of our kids, attach pictures, include new recipes, and most of all to keep in touch!