First Days of School

Jarren started 1st grade yesterday. His school is brand new and it is looks amazing!! It was a little hard for me to leave him at school, but I did it. When he got home and told grandma about his day, and how long the day was, she asked him if he was going to make it, and his response was "I don't think so". I guess it's going to take some time to get used to not being in half day kindergarten anymore and being in all day 1st grade. His favorite parts of the day were going out for recess and eating his Lunchables for lunch.

Maya started her 3rd year of preschool today. She has been counting down for the last month. She has the same teacher this year and Maya absolutely adores her. We have been talking about how she would have some new friends in her class this year, and I mentioned that there would be boys. When I mentioned this she said, "Boys are stinky." I couldn't believe she said that, it totally cracked me up. I don't know who she heard it from, but it was funny. Tonight when she was going to bed I asked her what her favorite part of the day was. She said, "School." I then asked her what part of school and she said everything. Thank you Teacher Ashley!

Pony Ride

Me and the kids went to visit the farm today. We had fun seeing the animals and Maya finally got to go on a pony ride (if you remember my post about her sneaking onto the pony ride in June). I asked Jarren what his favorite part was, and he told me the popsicle he got when we were finished.

Camping

We went on our first family camping trip this past week, and it was so much fun. For most people the words Robinson and camping don't really belong in the same sentence. But we did it! We went with some families from our ward from church. The kids had a ball just running around and playing. Maya and Karli were content to just play with each other, even though there were plenty of other kids their ages to play with. Maya and Karli were filthy by the end of the first day. I caught them throwing dirt at each other, then Maya would pour dirt on Karli's arm and rub it it. I should have taken a picture of how dirty they were. I was pretty proud of myself for not wiping them off until it was time to eat and at bedtime (That's pretty good for the germ nut). Jason had fun playing baseball and horseshoes. I enjoyed having other adults to just sit and visit with. We went to a waterfall on Friday and Saturday, it was so pretty. Everybody but me and Kate had fun getting in the water. The camping trip was so fun, I think we'll probably do it again next year.

Growing Growing Growing

Kate is growing up too fast. Today I turned around and saw her crawling around the corner into Jarren and Maya's room, straight for Jarren's Pokemon cards.

She also cut her first tooth, but I don't know when, since she hasn't acted like she's teething, and I don't like to stick my fingers in her mouth, since I'm such a germ nut.

This picture is of her and Jason listening to Jason's ipod. She was fussing, but as soon as Jason let her listen to some music she was quiet and she kept smiling.

Hiking in the Mountains

Yesterday we took our family to the mountains to do a little hike/walk. We all had a really fun time. We had hoped it would be cooler there, but it really wasn't. I took Maya's picture once or twice and then after that she kept asking me to take it over and over again, it was pretty funny.

The funnest part was after we finished our hike and were having a little snack. The squirrels were all over, I guess hoping for a little snack too. The kids all had fun watching them run around. It reminded me of when we lived in South Dakota and the squirrels were everywhere. Jason and I loved seeing them all around the town.

Family Wii Time

We got a Wii and Guitar Hero two weeks ago and last night was the first night that we have all sat down as a family and played it together. We all had a lot of fun. Maya didn't know that she wasn't hitting any of the notes, nor did Karli, but they didn't care, they had fun holding the guitar and pushing buttons.

When Jarren first started playing Guitar Hero he was so dramatic, I wish I would have gotten it on video.

Vacation

We had a little vacation this past week. Jason's brother and his family came to visit from California and we did some fun things together. They have 3 kids that are close in age to ours, so the kids all had so much fun playing together. We went to a water park on Tuesday and I was surprised how much Maya enjoyed going down the water slides; I didn't think she even liked water; I guess I was wrong. I even surprised myself by going down a scary slide too (3 times to be exact...I just kept my eyes shut really tight, so I couldn't see where I was going and I held onto the mat with a death grip).

On Thursday we went to Idaho for a big family reunion. We had a lot of fun seeing family that we don't see very often. We went to a parade, did fireworks, and had a "Meat Fest".

Jarren with cousin Madison.

Some of the gang...Dawson, Madison, Grandma, Karli, Jarren and Maya

Maya and Kate at the "Meat Fest". Kate even had some corn on the cob to suck on.