Weekend

Yay!  What a weekend.  Busy, like always... but like always, busy with good things.  We've spent our time getting projects done with my sister, Sharon, going to a Princess party with our friends Lizzie, James, Nate, Charolotte, Emma, Holly, and Jessica that was hosted by our lovely friends down the street... Marjorie and Sarah.  Grandma Robertson had a birthday (Happy Birthday!).  We finger painted, went to the Relay for Life (Jer ran for an hour at 4 am... glad I wasn't there that early but I would have gone if he didn't want to), went to play in the irrigation at our Gma and Gpa's house, had the Parkinson reunion... which was very fun this year... (Parkinsons are Judy's grandparents... so Jer's Great-Grandparents), visited with Emily (new sister in law) and her family while kids swam in the pool, and went to my brother McKay's new baby's baby blessing.  Fun all in all.

But since I keep posting too many pictures... I'll just post a couple and do a new post for the next couple pictures... that way they might load easier and you don't have to look at all of them all at once!

Ever had this moment?

I heard Sam start crying because of something Ada was doing to try to get him to play with her.  I told her to tell him sorry.  She walked behind him and gave him a big hug... at which he cried even louder.  "I don't like that!", he said.

Recovery

After all the fun/craziness had gone, we tried getting back into normal life but kids keep doing things like falling asleep during dinner, getting up late, etc... But here are some of our activities in the last week.

Heaven on earth

My heaven on earth is Bear Lake.  No ifs, ands, or buts.  I've been going with my family since I was 3 weeks old.  And I've been taking my kids with me for the last 4 years and it has made it both harder and funner.  It is harder camping with kids than without, but there is nothing like watching these little kids loving where they're at.  This year we got to go with my parents, sister Sharon, sister Janelle, and sister-in-law Sophie with her 3 kids.  It was so fun.  We went to Minotankah (spelling?) caves, spent our time on the beach, had a hail storm (which Ada just loved), Ada loved jumping waves when the wind really picked up, and they all loved digging in the sand.  I loved spending time with all my family, and especially that I got to see Sophie and new baby Jordan... even though we were both really tired.  Jer didn't get to come with us this time, but we had fun anyways.  The most ironic thing that happened out there was that I had my mom watch baby as I set up my tent, the kids beds, the air mattress, etc... and then a wind storm blew through and blew over all 4 of our tents that had just been set up.  Since I didn't want to deal with three crying kids if another wind storm blew through in the night I just moved all our stuff into Aunt Imogene's trailer...  It was a good place for us.  And I didn't have to deal with any emergencies over the night (besides Sammy falling off the mattress a couple of times and having to put back to sleep every time he started crying...).  Heaven on earth is letting your kids get dirty, laying and watching the beach, visiting with family, and just loving it.

Jay and Emily reception

So, my sister-in-law, Becca had this brilliant idea for Jay and Em's reception.  She did a gorgeous job at EVERYTHING, and she had me running a "photo booth" on the side.  Most of the people who did the photo booth were the little kids that wanted to dress up.  But it was adorable.  There's a picture of the happy couple and a few of my kids and some nieces and nephews having fun.

Annual pinewood derby

So as part of the Robertson Reunion every year we do a pinewood derby.  This year Sam wanted an Angry Bird car.  And Ada... well of course, she wanted a pony car.  It was fun!