Saturday, November 17, 2012

Catch Up 2

 
May 2012
 
Jon and I were able to get a ride with a friend to Moses Lake to go see Jon's sister get baptised.  Jon had the privledge of performing the baptism.  He was extremely honored to do it.  My friend Tina bought this nice bright yellow camaro.  The same car as Bumble Bee on Transformers.  Jon loves this car, so we took pictures with it.
 
 



 
Thanks Tina for letting us ride with you in your sweet car. ;)
 
For Memorial Day weekend all of my siblings got together for a camping trip since we couldn't get together for Memorial Day.  We went up to Mt. Rainier National Park and camped at Ohanepecosh.  We had an entire camping area to ourselves.  No neighbors.  It was so nice to get to visit and spend some time together.  Friday night we all arrived, set up camp and just spent the evening around the campfire.
 

 
 
Jon and I took 2 of Emily's kids down to the river.  It's too dark to see the river behind us.


On Saturday we hiked up to Silver Falls.  With it being so early in the year Silver Falls was so big.  I have never seen it that big.  It was a nice hike.  Jon carried Thomas on his back the whole way so that summer wouldn't have to carry him.
 



 
Me & Lisa

 
Jon & Me

 
All of us ready to head out for the rest of the day.  We had such a good time with everyone.  Jon and I loved it.  We hope to be able to do it again.  Thank you everyone so much for making our time so enjoyable.
 
 
After we left Ohanapecosh, Lisa and Jamie's family and Jon and me went to see the Grove of the Patriarchs.  Jon had never been there and Lisa couldn't ever remember when she went as a young girl.  So we had so much fun seeing all the big trees.
 
 

 
We loved the suspension bridge.  It's almost like a fun ride.


 
We loved how huge the trees were


 
All of us around the big tree

 
 
After Grove of the Patriarchs Lisa and Jaime left to go home.  I wanted to take Jon up to Paradise to see the base of Mt. Rainier.  It had been kinda cloudy the whole morning, so we weren't sure how the weather was going to be.  But I wanted him to be able to see the mountain up close, so we took a chance.  There was so much snow.  When we walked around I would sink down to my knees and still not be touching the ground.  It was fun to see so much snow.  When we got there, we had great weather.  It was so good, Jon even hiked up to a really tall peak.  He loved it.
 
 

 
Look how deep the snow is

 
Jon hiking up the mountain
 
 
At the top
 


Catch up

A year has almost come and gone and I haven't done very well at keeping up on our blog.  We have had a very busy year.  In the next couple of posts I will try to update you on all the goings on in the Robbins Nest.  I hope you enjoy!


February 2012

In February Jon invited a friend to come and hang out and watch football.  While they were watching football, I took the kids into the kitchen and we made chocolate chip cookies.  They had so much fun and still ask to make cookies.


 
Ayden and Camden Shirk
 
 
 
 
 
Me with Ayden and Camden
 
 
March 2012
 
In March I had the opportunity to go to Mary Kay Career Conference.  Jon went with me.  It was so fun to have him there.  He had a great time.  Career Conference was in Spokane this year and it was so cold.  
 
 
 
The mexican restaurant we had dinner.




The hotel we stayed at.


 
Dinner with the gang.
 
 
Jon's Mom and Neice Sophie came to visit us and took us to Meadowbrook Family Fun Center.  It was such a nice day the sun was out so we did all the outside activities before going inside for pizza and arcade games.  We had such a fine time there.  Thanks Dee and Sophie for taking us!!
 
 
Sophie & Dee ready to go to the fun center

 
He is ready for the go cart race

 
All of us ready for the go light
 
After the go carts we took a turn at the batting cages.  Those metal bats in the cold air was so hard on the hands.  But we pushed on thru and had a good time at the batting cages.
 

 
Sophie ready to bat

 
Jon up to bat

 
My turn...it was a lot harder than it looks.  I think I might have only hit about 3 balls. :)
 
Next up was the miniature golf.  I think we probably enjoyed this the most.  It was a good time to visit and enjoy the day.

 
Dee with her perfect form. She actually won the game.  I should take lessons. ;)

 
Sophie all set for her putt

 

 
After mini golf we went inside to warm up and played some of the arcade games.  Jon loved this dancing game.  Unfortunately it quit working so we weren't able to compete against each other.

 
 
April 2012
 
In April we had the chance to attend the baptism of my niece Lindsey Morales.  She was such a sweetheart and was so happy to be making this big step in her life.  She is such a great example to all of those she comes in contact with.  Lindsey we are so proud of the decision you have made.
 
 

 
It was so cute to see the girls walking to the church together.  This is Olivia and Emma walking to the church

 
The kids were just so cute waiting for Lindsey

 
Lindsey and her Dad
 
We Love You Lindsey!!!
 
 
We had some really nice weather in April so Jon and I took advantage of it. I had to drive to Ellensburg to deliver some product to a customer and decided to come back to Yakima by going thru the Canyon. Jon had never been thru there, and I wanted him to see how beautiful it was. He loved it, and it turned out to be the perfect day for it.