Los Robinson's

Who needs a pool when you have Irrigation?

2008-04-22T23:33:00.002-07:00

So, I dropped by Mom's last week and she needed to get a few things done so I watched the boys for a bit, as you can see, we ventured into the front yard where irrigation was flooding in. The boys had a blast and Will only face planted a couple time and loved every second. The best part was mom telling me " dont let them get all wet!" but I soon realized that was impossible and had to lay out the sopping wet clothes in the sun to dry. Sorry mom! At least the hose got off most of the grass! Pete, I think they get liking playing in the irrigation from you, maybe one day they can build a giant hole in the yard too!

Happy Birthday Dad

2008-04-15T15:42:00.004-07:00

Today is my dad's birthday! He would be 65 years old!! He passed away about a year and a half ago, and we miss him! Here are a few pictures of him over the years. He's famous for truly enjoying everyday of his life and every person in it! (That only sounds cliche if you didn't know him.) Happy Birthday Dad!! We Love You!!

Here's my m0m and dad.

Here's my dad and Mason.

Dad, mom, Josh, Anika and family

Here he is hunting geese on in Alberta, Canada. (Sept 2006)

Here's dad with his parents and siblings. Nice mustache!

For a FHE activity, we went to the batting cages.

Dad holding McKay.

Dad and Stacy hiking.

Here's our family before Brittany was born.

This is when Josh got home from his mission.

More Easter

2008-04-15T15:00:00.005-07:00

Mason had a ball hunting Easter eggs and thanks to the basket he got to borrow from Aunt Laura, he had plenty of room to collect his findings.

Here's Mason with some of his beautiful cousins.

Okay, so I know this is mean, but I was pressured into this by Mason's uncles...Thankfully, the dress looks much better on Jane!

Here is darling Janie. She had no idea it was even Easter. No egg dying or hunting for her. (See was sleeping) And Mason and some of his other younger cousins were concerned about the lack of an Easter Basket for Jane. What can I say...She won't remember not getting one.

Here is Jane and Johnny. I love this picture of them! Bytheway, Johnny has lost 45 lbs since Jan. 1st!!! Way to Go!!! (He'd be embarrassed if he knew I put that info on here, but I'm proud of him.)

Here is the silly face that Jane makes when to tell her to smile for the camera. It's too cute!

Playing Catch-Up - Easter

2008-04-15T14:52:00.002-07:00

It is about time that I add some things to the blog...Sorry I've been such a slacker lately!!

We spent a Wonderful Easter in Thatcher with most of Johnny's family. Mason had a ball coloring easter eggs. Thankfully, I had enough foresight to remember to bring a junky shirt for him to wear, cause he dyed that along with the eggs.

Our Forest of Weeds

2008-03-19T21:55:00.002-07:00

With all the recent rain, the weeds in our backyard were outrageous. I will admit, I was glad to see some green back there (since without the weeds it's just dirt), but the weeds were taking over. Johnny (with the help of Mason) finally mowed the yard.

My Cowboy

2008-03-19T21:50:00.002-07:00

Last week, Johnny went on the stake trek. It was a 3-day, sleep out under the stars, push handcarts 20+ miles type of th ing. He had a great time, but needless to say was very glad to be home and sleep in his own bed. My good friend Whitney was on the trek too and took these pictures. Johnny makes a great cowboy!

Mason and the electronic band-aid

2008-03-08T23:57:00.007-07:00

Mason's head boo-boo

Most kids need "kisses" to make a boo-boo all better, but not Mason Henry. Being ever so cool Aunt Bert, I've found a new remedy. He likes to take a picture of his ouchies, and well it works! Not to mention it makes for some great pictures too!

one of his foot boo-boo's, he had socks on, but took them off for the camera

wearing a real band-aid for no reason other than the fact that he wanted one.

one of my new fav pics. His shirt is tucked in his lightning mcqueen undies! hehe

Superman with dad

2008-02-21T19:14:00.001-07:00

Mason loves to "fly" on dad's feet and do Superman. Even Janey went for spin.

Cousins and Cake

2008-02-21T19:03:00.002-07:00

Here is Anne, Grant and Mason p

olishing off a batch of brownies and a can of chocolate frosting. Oh well...At least the goodies weren't around to tempt me the next day.

Practice makes perfect

2008-02-08T22:38:00.000-07:00

Let me explain this sequence of pictures, Eric was zonked sitting next to Peter, so we decided to take one of the two of them "asleep", the only problem was, Pedro's not very good at pretending, or at least keeping a straight face, it took a few tries, but we finally got it! Way to Go Petey! I knew you could to it!

A little too much laughing here....

the smile is getting smaller.......

ahhhh, there we go.

The pacifier addict

2008-02-07T23:04:00.001-07:00

Mason is truly addicted to his pacifier although he usually prefers just one. Maybe he stuck two in his mouth cause he's trying to get all the "happy" (that's what he calls his pacifier) he can before his 3rd b-day, which is when they are all going away. We are all definitely dreading the detoxing/withdrawls period that I'm sure will ensue.

My darling kids

2008-02-07T22:57:00.000-07:00

I've tried a million times to get a picture with Mason holding Jane...I know they aren't smiling, but they're both looking - and they're so cute!!! This time Mason actually asked to hold Jane and I ran for the camera.

Our messy little eater

2008-02-06T22:01:00.000-07:00

Jane is the best!! And smart too. And she loves to take baths so she has figured out a way to ensure that she gets a bath every night. She just slathers her face, hair and whole head with dinner. Here are just a few shots of her at dinner....These are from the last week or so, but this is what she looks like after every dinner.

Pigs must be flying

2008-02-06T21:42:00.000-07:00

As long as I have known Johnny, he has sworn to never touch cottage cheese. It's really the one food that he will NOT eat. When he was young his mom made him eat homemade cottage cheese...(hmmm...sounds interesting). He warned her that if he ate it he would throw up, and sure enough he did. Well, since he's been on his health kick he's read several articles about the redeeming merits of cottage cheese and he decided he would try it. Here he is taking some of his first bites...I am happy to report that he actually likes cottage cheese now and eats it willingly. So

watch out, cause pigs must be flying

BBC invasion of NYC

2008-01-06T12:26:00.001-07:00

Hi, here are some of the highlights of our New YOrk Trip. I put more on our own blog, so feel free to check that out too, they're all different and all really cool. You can get to our blog by clicking on the link "bert and benton" to the right. Our trip was AMAZING!! I can't wait to go back, and will hopefully do so before Amber and Doug leave. So if anyone is game for going to NYC, let me know! I'm all for it, just maybe not in the Winter, too cold!!

Me looking up at the Empire State building, it's BIG.

This is 9 blocks from Time Square and these people are insanely waiting till midnight barricaded in, who knows why. You can't see or hear anything from here.

PELE!!

My friend Buck Beak.

All the red dots are Cardinals, they are so cool! and So much smaller than I thought.

Us in Central Park

Top-of-the-Rock observation platform, that's central Park behind us, it's MAssive.

Looking down from Top of the ROck, 69 stories up

Rachel's New Do

2007-12-23T11:54:00.000-07:00

Last Monday I got a phone call from Sarah needing help becuase Rachel had decided to cut her own hair, but not only that, she decided Bethany needed a new look too. So she brought the girls into the salon to see what we could do to fix their newly cut mullets.

Bethany's wasn't so bad, and as long as her hair is pulled up some how, you can't tell. Rachel however wasn't so lucky. So she got a cute new bob with some cute swoop bangs, which she actually cut herself and did a Really good job!! haha. So really, if you think about it, Rachel got a cute new hair cut AND got to miss school all from cutting her own hair, not too bad of a deal. :o)

The after, new bob

Daytrip to Prescott

2007-12-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

Johnny and I took the kids for a day trip to "Arizona's Christmas City" - Prescott! We had an absolutely wonderful time, and I would highly reccommend it. The drive up was exciting cause it rained the entire way.

First we went to the extensive gingerbread house display and then we enjoyed the electric trains, then we decorated (and ate) gingerbread cookies.

Mason loved the trains and even got to operate one.

Then we bundled up the kids and went to the parade and drank hot chocolate and apple cider to keep warm. It even hailed on us, but we loved it. After the parade we visited the trains and gingerbread houses again, then we went to the "Walk through Bethlehem." Finally, on our way out of town we drove through the Valley of the Lights display. The whole day was so festive.

More Thanksgiving

2007-11-24T22:45:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more for you

Thanksgiving Day

2007-11-24T22:32:00.003-07:00

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from Thanksgiving. Feel free to add any more and/or any commentary to any of it. Sorry, I'm being lazy and not cropping the pictures or anything. Katie, I don't have any good ones of Blake in his potato sack but they need to be on here. enjoy!!

Polar Express

2007-11-20T22:43:00.000-07:00

We had a great (if a bit hectic) time at the Polar Express. Grant and Eric were inseparable, and Will discovered that he loves to run up and down the aisles of train cars. :)

Montezumas Well

2007-11-20T09:06:00.000-07:00

GILBERT DAYS!!!

2007-11-18T22:31:00.002-07:00

Saturday was the Gilbert Days Parade and what better a thing to do on a Saturday morning than go to a parade? Stacy, Bubba, Mason, Jane and I got to go. It was a good time, a little warm compared to years past, but there was still fun to be had. Mason liked it all, but he got REALLY excited when the tractors came around. Here are a few pics of the moring.

The Reading Family, Johnny is wearing tootsie roll for teeth

Mason Henry

Mason showing off the Candy he rummaged for

Stacy and Jane

Mason attacking me, wish we had it on video.... notice the hair pulling and biting preparations

Here's a stinker!

2007-11-08T15:41:00.000-07:00

Our little stinker. If you've held him at one of her particular moments then you already know that this was the perfect costume for him! What can I say? He is super cute (even when he's a little stinker)

--Happy Halloween
Katie

The other twins...

2007-11-08T15:28:00.000-07:00

This is probably my most favorite picture of Anne and Mckay! I just love it. I don't remember much about when I took it but it's so great! Don't you just love it!!!

You girls are adorable. I love you!

Mason's favorite place

2007-11-07T14:58:00.001-07:00

This is where I spot Mason about 20 times a day. Johnny bought some Eggnog and introduced the yummy stuff to Mason and he can't get enough. Also, we had a bag of chocolate chips in the fridge and Mason kept sneaking a few at a time all day until we hid them. So between searching for the chocolate chips and trying to get out the eggnog, this is where Mr. M spends his day.

Trick or Treating to Great Gma Robinson

2007-11-04T22:03:00.000-07:00

On Halloween night, our kids were great sports as we made several stops, each one requiring a drive in the car. Here are a few pics of the kiddos with Great Gma Robinson.

My 1st Pumpkin Pie

2007-11-04T21:49:00.000-07:00

Johnny grew up eating homemade pumpkin pie for Halloween. His mom made them and even used fresh pumpkin. Well, this Halloween her kitchen is under construction so I thought I'd give it a shot. I've never made any pie before, even though my mom has made them my whole life. Really, I don't like making the crust. So, I will admit, I cheated and bought the kind you just roll out. But I was very proud of myself. It turned out great!

Pumpkin Patch pictures

2007-11-04T21:35:00.000-07:00

The night before Halloween, we took the kids to the pumpkin patch to get pictures in their costumes. Well, Jane was darling and loved eating the hay. Mason fell asleep in the car on the way there and wouldn't let Johnny put him down the whole time.

What is that?!?

2007-11-04T19:39:00.000-07:00

Long story short - this is what Johnny pulled out of our plumbing pipes...(For the not-so-short story, read on...) So, three weeks after we moved in, the plumbing clogged so badly that we had raw sewage backing up into our tubs. Johnny tried plungers, he bought a snake and then even rented a heavy-duty snake from Home Depot. But to no avail. Finally a plumber came out and after a few attempts got it so everything drained. Whew. We sanitized everything and were grateful it was done. Well, two weeks later it all happened again. Johnny had had a pretty bad day, so this was just the icing on the cake. He was determined to fix it himself. So he rented another snake from Home Depot which was broken, exchanged it for another one and hauled it up on the roof (they are very, very heavy) and snaked it down one of the toilet vents (where the plumber had finally been successful before). But it didn't work. He eventually tried another spot and lo and behold he caught something and everything drained. When he pulled the snake back out, it drug out a big rubber black ball, connected by two inches of a small chain, then two cables - one yellow and one black with an air valve on it. No wonder the plumbing was backing up - the black ball was similar to the ones in toilet tanks and was as big as the pipe. Why in the world that was there, we'll never know. But it was truly a miracle that the snake caught one of the chain links. After describing our catch to some plumbers we learned that it is a device called a test ball used to test water pressure, etc. They are expensive gagdets and the plumber should have told us he lost his in our pipes. Johnny's cousin Ryan (a plumber) said he has never known of anyone who has been able to snake those things out. Usually they dig up the pipe and cut it out. Again - a miracle he snaked it out. Oh, and don't worry. We've sanitized everything again!!

2007-10-25T23:22:00.000-07:00

We found this beauty on our way to the Family Reunion in Johnson Ranch a few years back.

We like to Party, We like, we like to part! Aloha

2007-10-25T23:18:00.000-07:00

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2007-09-30T19:43:00.001-07:00

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Mason Henry at his Best

2007-09-22T00:07:00.001-07:00

For those of you that have not witnessed Mason singing his Lion King here ya go. It's hilarious! This is a great example of something to put on the family blog. Enjoy!!!

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

2007-09-21T23:43:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone! Welcome to our family blog. Feel free to post anything you'd like, it is fairly simple to do, just sign in and click on "post" or "new post" and write away, and as always, pictures are always welcome!!