The "Big" 4

My sweet James had his birthday this past Saturday. Can I just tell you how much I love this kid? He is always happy....I mean always. He wakes up so happy that it makes me either try to be happier when I wake in the morning or sick that someone can always be that happy upon waking. I appreciate his bright, teasing smile. He is full of personality and is always making us laugh. When people used to ask him how old he was he would say, "The Big 3". We then asked him, "how old will you turn on your birthday?" His reply was "Big 4". To celebrate his birthday we went to his favorite place on Friday: the zoo. Just as we left the lion viewing area, he started making noise. The kids stopped dead in their tracks and said, "what was that?" The lion, I said. "We better check that out" they ran back to see and hear the lion roar. awesome! On his actual b-day we took James to see Wreck-It Ralph and then to dinner at his favorite restaurant, red robin. His preschool teacher had made him a birthday crown and he insisted on wearing it so they would know to sing to him. After dinner, we went home with grandma, grandpa and aunt Megan for birthday cake. James loves to watch discovery channel type shows and his current favorite is monster trucks so he had a monster truck cake. I really wish I would have recorded him opening presents. He was so animated and excited for every single one including the chocolate bar from grandma. The kid LOVES chocolate. I am so happy James had a great birthday. The next day at church he told everyone he saw he was going home to play star wars Lego's with dad. I loved how I got the boot when Adam came home from a meeting and he informed Liz that it was a boy project and that she could play another time. He is becoming more assertive and has a huge heart. Love  you James!

P.S. I apparently exceeded my photo limit so I need to figure it out. Until then, enjoy the other photos on my blog.

The Kiddos

It's about time we update the photos of our kids. Fall has been beautiful here. the weather has been amazing and the colors are gorgeous. We almost missed it, but were able to capture it some...

Adam was also able to bless Abigail sunday in church. My mom made a gorgeous blessing dress for her to wear. It was a great day with some family and friends.

Happy Halloween

Yes, blogging has taken a huge backseat in my life this year. I have been a tad bit busy, but now I feel things are calming down some and maybe I will get around to posting a few pictures here and there. This year Halloween seemed to take a backseat to other things in daily life as well. We did carve a few pumpkins the afternoon of Halloween and I made small contributions to Liz and James school parties so I called it a success. I never found the decorations to put up, but after seeing my new neighbors "haunted house" they put up in about 30 minutes my decorations would have looked silly anyways. (I wish I would have taken a picture--complete with graveyard, floating ghouls, jumping spiders, etc) Liz was snow white with black hair, James was spiderman, Luke was a dinosaur and Abigail a pumpkin. I could not believe that Luke did not fight any piece of his costume at all. I couldn't believe it. He seemed genuinely happy to wear it.

We participated in our ward trunk or treat and carnival and then went trick or treating in our neighborhood on Halloween. Luke made it to 8 or so houses before he couldn't walk anymore and would climb in and out of the stroller at the next few doors. After about 12 houses James told us he just wanted to go home. I was surprised, but we granted his wish. (He just wanted to dive into all the candy) Lizzy on the other hand was not stopping until her bucket was filled to the top. It was a fun Halloween with the kiddos!

10 Days Old

Abigail Kay Robinson

Wednesday morning at 2:48am Abigail Kay Robinson was born. Right away they new she was no small baby and weighed in at 9lbs 14oz. Thank goodness she came 8 days early. I can't imagine delivering a bigger baby. I think she looks a lot like Luke. We love her already and she is a really good baby.

The kids came to visit with Grandma on Wednesday afternoon. Lizzy and James were so excited to meet baby sister. However, Luke came in with a look of disgust on his face like, "What is that?". I found it hilarious.

 Luke did decide to warm up...for a few minutes...

 We knew it was time to go as Luke pointed to Abby and basically yelled, "Get her out of here!". Poor kid, didn't know what hit him. Our joke is, she weighed in so high so she can win a few wrestling matches against her brother.

Happy 6th Birthday Lizzy

Our Lizzy turned 6 toward the end of June. I have been a little preoccupied to blog lately, but didn't want to pass up the chance to brag about my beautiful girl. Lizzy's birthday is one of the highlight's of the year for her. She was really disappointed to find out her dad would be out of town on her birthday, but we were able to turn it around and she had a great day. She chose to have mud-pie and it had to have purple writing and a princess on top. We put Merida from Brave on the cake since we were going to go see the movie for her b-day. Our friends, the Hyuns, came to have dinner with us which also made it special.

Lizzy is such a fun, imaginative girl. She loves to play make-believe and is always coming up with some new world to live in. She also loves to swim, play outside and read. One of the things we got her for her birthday was a reading light. Best-gift-ever. Her reading really took off a few months ago and she loves to read and will finish a magic tree house book in a hour. I cannot get enough of them and other books from the library. I LOVE that she loves to read as I do too! Liz is also a GREAT big sister and helps me out so much. She can't wait to have her baby sister here and is insisting we name her Tulip (I bet she will be the only one calling her that).

Lizzy also is always up for an adventure and loves to ask me, "Mom, what do you have planned for us today?" Let me tell you, it is hard to keep up with the girl, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

This past week we went on vacation so I included a few pics from our trip on the Oregon Coast, On Sunday, July 15th, she was brushing her teeth and out came her tooth. It was the first one that she lost and she was so excited to put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy. I guess this means she is really growing up! (Sniff!)

LOVE YOU LIZZY!!!!

Kindergarten Celebration

Yesterday Lizzy participated in the Kindergarten Celebration. She has been very excited the last few weeks because she got to go to music class. They learned 4 songs that they performed for the parents. Lizzy did a great job and is in her element singing. She had a great year of kindergarten and it is kind of hard to believe it's over. Here she is with her awesome teacher, Mrs. Cleofe (Clee-off-ee).

Bling

This past year Lizzy has taken a dance class that includes Tap, Jazz and hip hop. The recital was entitled Bling and she LOVED performing. She had a huge smile the whole time she performed. My camera got messed up during the first dance which was a dissappointment since she was in the front row and I thought I got a great video. You can enjoy the second dance though. The first pictures are from recital rehersal. Lizzy is with her good friend Kayla and then part of her class. All of the girls didn't make it to the dress rehersal.

 

Primary Talent Show

6/1/12

This year for the primary talent show, Lizzy decided she wanted to Hula Hoop. It was kind of a last minute thing and I didn't have time to help coordinate a "routine" as her dance recital rehearsal was the day before. In the end, I decided that James better get on stage with her or he would feel left out. They were adorable, of course.

Memorial Day

It feels like we have not gone anywhere for a long time since our life has been consumed with other things at home. I thought it would be nice to head to Pasco for the Holiday weekend. In 10 years of marriage Adam and I have never gone to Pasco for Memorial Day. We had a nice trip to Pasco despite the extra 30 minutes it took due to traffic. On the way we pass Ensign Ranch, which is a church campground where we have camped before. I said, "Look kids, it's Ensign Ranch". James then said, " No Mom, It's Outside ranch. It was pretty funny.

Also, when we started driving through Ellensburg, James looked out his window and said, "Look, it's the pinwheels!" We realized he was talking about the windmills that dot the hills. Didn't know he called them pinwheels!

The kids had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa. James and Luke were in heaven as they got to ride 4-wheelers all day. What kid wouldn't be in heaven?

Monday, we went to the cemetery to celebrate memorial day. It is a tradition in my family to gather there each memorial day and to visit our deceased relatives and reminisce about My Grandpa Bleazard. We always have a little program. My Grandpa Tunem (my mom's dad), cousin Jena, and Great Aunt Doris (Grandma Bleazard's sister) are all buried there. During the program this time Grandma told us some stories about Grandpa. She was telling my cousins wife, how in our church we have what is called a Patriarchal Blessing which gives us guidance for our life. In Grandpa's it mentioned how his life would be preserved on several occasions. When World War 2 came, Grandpa listed in the air core. He was training to be a paratrooper. One day he took a jump out of a plane and his chute didn't open until right before hitting a tree. As he hit the tree, his leg was broken. His life was saved that he didn't die from the jump, but also that he didn't have to go overseas to fight.  Another time on the farm, Grandpa came inside from work and Grandma mentioned to him that the bull had gotten out again and needed to be put back in the pen. Grandpa said that he would go and do it. He grabbed a pitchfork and headed over to where the bull was. On his way he walked by a 2x4 and decided to grab it. When he got to the bull it started charging him. He threw the 2x4 at his head and it hit him right between the eyes. The bull stopped in hits tracks. Grandpa was able to use the pitchfork and put the bull back in the pen with no problem. Another way his life was preserved.

Grandma also talked about how much Grandpa loved the grand kids and if they didn't come over to the house he would ask Grandma what she did to them to make them stay away. This was hilarious to me as I know Grandma loves the grand kids more than anything. My aunts spoke about how much he really loved the babies. When Aunt Cindy had her 5th child, Jason, he had some heart problems and had to go to the hospital in Spokane which is a 2 hour drive away. Apparently, my Grandfather had some sort of heart murmur and blamed himself for Jason's illness even though it was something that was not his fault and not hereditary or anything. Aunt Cindy said, that Grandma and Grandpa drove all the way to Spokane just to check on Jason and make sure he was OK and that meant a lot to them.

I wish I would have recorded my grandma talking, but I was mesmerized by the stories and didn't want to break away. Lastly, I want to mention that Grandpa was born in 1919. The picture got cut off.

After the cemetery, we all went to Granny's buffet for lunch. It was so fun and Lizzy loved that she got to sit by Ashley, Emily and Sarah. They even taught her how to braid Emily's hair and she hasn't stopped talking about it!

After lunch, grandma and grandpa took the kids to get them a book for the way home and then we went to the park. It was such a great weekend and I love being with my family!