Back To School!

Today was Connor's first day back to Preschool. He has been so anxious all summer for school to start. Almost everyday he would ask me "Is summer almost over"? He loves his teacher Mrs. Katy. I am glad we still live here so that he can go to her again. This morning Chloee packed her backpack with a few toys, put it on her back, and said "I'm ready to go to school too mommy!" She really misses Connor, but I try to make it fun and special for her when it is just the two of us. I can't believe how much they have both changed in one year. Here are a couple of pictures from today, and some from last year at this time.......

The End!

Red Boots for Halloween!

I am so excited right now I could pee my pants. Silly... I know! We are so excited for Halloween at our house that we are counting down the days. (There are 75 in case you were wondering). Chloee is going to dress up as Jessie from Toy Story and Connor is going to be Woody. I have had my eye on these red boots for a couple of days now. I have been battling it out with another buyer on Ebay to win the bid on these beauties. Finally tonight, 30 seconds before time was up, I put in my final bid, and won. I got them for $13. Connor was sitting there with me for the last few minutes and I explained to him what was going on. As soon as I told him we won we both started jumping around and saying "Oh Yeah, we won , Oh Yeah, we won"! It didn't take long for Chloee to join in with us. Good Times!

A Few Scrapbook Pages!

So..... I am a few months behind on my blogging. What can I say ..... the last few months have been CRAZY! I don't even know where to begin to try to catch up. My mom gave me the idea that I should just post my scrapbook pages as I do them. So.... here are a few that I have done in the last few weeks.

Funny Home Video!

Grandma Robinson gave each of the kids a scooter for their birthday. They love to ride them. They both caught on really fast. This video makes me laugh so hard. Not because there is anything really that funny, it's just that Chloee looks so little. This was pretty much her first time riding and it just doesn't seem like she was suppose to be so good and so fast. Connor is really good at riding too!

Happy Birthday Chloee!

Our little princess turned two years old today. She had a Tinkerbell party. Here are a few things about our little two year old........

• She has a huge vocabulary. She can tell us whatever is on her mind and she usually does.
• She loves to talk on the phone. She is constantly calling her dad on her pretend phone. She brings me the real phone several times a day and says "call grandma!"
• She loves anything Tinkerbell, Ariel, and Strawberry Shortcake.
• She is always so happy when she wakes up in the morning.
• She loves her brother and she has to do everything that he does.
• She loves to color.
• She gets sad every time we drop Connor off at school.
• She loves cheese, mac n cheese, cheese roll ups, and pretty much anything to do with cheese. She also loves fruit and anything chocolate like her mom and brother.
• She loves to dance and sing.
• Her favorite movie right now is Big Sister Dora. She goes around singing " I'm going to be a big sister.... big...... sister..... big ........sister". ( no, she is not really going to be a big sister!!)
• When we are having family prayer she always says "Bless... Derek... gospel, and spanish ....very good". She learned this from Connor saying it in each of his prayers.
• She tells us all the time that she loves us. I was doing her hair a couple days ago and she was sitting on the bathroom counter. She looked me right in the eye, rubbed my cheek with her hand, and said "Oh mommy... love you mommy." It melted my heart.
• She loves pirates, cars, and dinosaurs. She has plenty of girl toys, the others just seem more appealing because Connor plays with them.
• She has a shoe fetish! We cannot walk past the shoe section of any store without trying on several pairs of shoes and adoring them.
• She likes to be naked. She is always taking off her clothes.
• Whenever we get in the car she waits for each of us to put on our seat belts. Then she says "Yeah! mommy buckle", "Yeah! daddy buckle","Yeah! Connor buckle"
• She has a mommy, a daddy, and a brother who all love her more than words can say!

Happy Love Day!

For Valentine's day Grandma and Grandpa Robinson brought the kids a little valentine gift. Grandpa being the jokester that he is, tied their gifts to a piece of string, put them at the front door, and hid. He had grandma ring the doorbell and hide. When the kids opened the door and reached for the presents grandpa pulled them away. He did this several times until they finally spotted him. They thought it was great.

I took the kids down to the clubhouse to decorate cookies on Valentine's day.

These are some scrapbook pages that I made for the kids' books.

Connor showing his sister some love on Valentine's Day.At preschool Connor and his class made some little Valentine bags and exchanged Valentine's

Six Years Down......Sixty Years To Go

Where have the last six years gone? I can't believe that Luke and I have been married that long. It has been the best six years of my life. I am so lucky to be married to my best friend.

Our anniversary fell on a Sunday this year so we celebrated the day before. I came home from running some errands in the morning and this is what I saw when I came through the door.

Luke's brother and his wife tended the kids for us while we went to dinner. We went to a steakhouse in Cedar city up the canyon. We used to go there a lot when we were dating.
After we picked up the kids we took them to get an ice cream.
On Sunday we celebrated with a delicious ice cream cake.
We had a great time celebrating the last six years. I am looking forward to many more. (I love you Luke!)