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2011-01-30T15:14:00.000-08:00

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Goblin Valley Trip 2010

2010-05-03T21:30:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Bubba!

2010-04-19T20:18:00.000-07:00

Anyone need a Telescope?

2010-02-21T13:44:00.000-08:00

Amaya has become very creative. After we had finished our valentine decorations Amaya came up with a brilliant idea. I was in the kitchen and had no idea what she was making next until she came out with one pink box taped to her head. She asked me if I could help her tape the other telescope on her head. I thought it was so cute and creative! The best part was watching her try and walk around with them on. She would try and turn a corner and run into the wall.

(Yes, I am a terrible person for laughing at other peoples pain.)

Party on!

2010-01-16T17:10:00.000-08:00

The family Christmas party was a blast! Thanks Ryan and Janeal.
We missed Terri's, Todd's and Tracy's families. We love you!

Amaya and Tyler did great when they went to visit Santa Clause. Tyler walked right up to Santa and climbed on his knee like he had done it a million times. He looked pretty chill and comfortable! Santa asked how he was doing and he answered "good" and then Tyler started a deep conversation with him. I am sure Santa had no idea what he was talking about but he listened and smiled .Tyler asked him for the choo choo train that was circling the whole Christmas display and giving other kids rides. Amaya was great as well! He asked her what she wanted for Christmas and she said she would like a Princess Barbie. I was amazed at how much Santa knew about princess barbies. It was time to go and they didn't want to leave especially Tyler. The next day I took the kids to see the reindeer up at Thanksgiving Point. It was so cold I had time to take 1 picture and the kids started crying.

My little Amaya!

2009-12-09T17:11:00.000-08:00

Today I took the day off and played with the kids. We did some shopping, napping, more shopping and yadda, yadda, yadda we made it home. Well I had no make-up on and I wore a hat all day (lookin good)and while we were on our way home Amaya said she really liked the hat I was wearing. She said I have a TV head. I had to think about that one for a second and I finally got it. She thought the hat looked like the fuzz on the TV. I had a good chuckle!

So watch out all you TV heads!

Happy Halloween

2009-11-02T21:34:00.001-08:00

Summer 2009! We are back baby!

2009-11-02T21:07:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Amaya

2009-10-12T21:14:00.000-07:00

R.I.P.

2009-07-29T17:35:00.000-07:00

Our computer died but thankfully we didn't lose anything. I am waiting for Ryan to transfer everything over to out new one. Now that girl's camp is over I think I can manage some time to update. Lets just see how long it takes me :)

We Love You Toddy!!

2009-06-22T21:32:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter!!

2009-04-15T22:14:00.000-07:00

Even though we were rained out on Saturday we still had some fun with our cousins on the Robinson side. One of our nephews ate a worm for 1$ which was pretty entertaining, but the best part was hearing a murdering scream coming from his mother. I would have to say it was pretty grose!
On Sunday we colored eggs, went to church, and headed over to the G & G Phillips. The weather was perfect! We barbacued and had our annual easter egg hunt. We really did miss the rest of our family (lol Terri's fam , Todd's fam, and Tracy's fam). Afterwards Kim Lynds, and I went to go play with our camera's and took a bunch of pictures. I love to use my micro zoom and had the ladies play as well. Occasionally one turns out :) Lyndsey will have to post one she got of Kim's eyes, they look preety cool.
I have to say that I am so very blessed to have a wonderful family and I am so very thankful for Christ sacrifice.

Moab 2009

2009-03-06T20:18:00.001-08:00

In February we went with Ryan on a business trip to Moab. It was fun walking around town (which is pretty small)while Ryan went on his appointments. We walked to the library, along the river, up and down main street at least 3 times each way, every park we could find, and we visited the museum. Even though Moab is a small town it was so nice to have all this time with my family. Having this time to just sit and watch my kids explore and play was the perfect vacation. We went on a few hikes and it was so refreshing and soothing to be surrounded by the beautiful colored rock. Amaya loved the hikes and loved the towers of rocks marking the trail. Amaya called them castles and wanted to add, rearrange or fix most of the "castles" we passed. During the hike Tyler was just quiet little Tyler. He loves to watch and observe! One one of our hikes I put him on a flat rock that was 2ft off the ground so I could take a picture. Well I turned to look at something and before I knew it he had fallen off the rock and face planted it. I felt so bad! That poor kid always knows how to fall on his face! Later Saturday we took a drive into Canyonlands and drove down a huge switch back road to the Colorado river. It was so nice to be there when it wasn't the busy season.

2009-03-06T20:06:00.001-08:00

2009-01-22T09:14:00.000-08:00

At our 2009 Burgon Christmas party I had asked Amaya to clean the chocolate pudding off her face and this is what happened. She gets that from her Dad!

One thing that I we love to do is turn on some music and watch the kids dance. Who knows what will happen or what they will do. Either way it is always entertaining! As I was recording, I got laughing so hard I almost fell off my seat. This is Amaya, Tyler, and the famous Ashley (cousin) dancing. Ashley is really passionate about her dancing!

Tyler, Tyler, Tyler

2009-01-22T08:51:00.000-08:00

This is Tyler getting caught in the office. I dont know what it is about this room but he loves it. He loves to go wedge himself in little corners and do something mischeivious. He loves this box of wires and just loves sift through them and occationally try to poke them in the outlets. (don't worry we have protectors) Anyway he really doesn't take mom to seriously and when he know he is in trouble this is the face he pulls. He tries to smooth everything over with his sweet little smile. I usually cave and let him off the hook.

Santa Has Landed!

2008-11-30T17:31:00.001-08:00

This past Friday we got to watch Santa fly in by helicopter and the kids loved it!

My Oh My!

2008-11-09T20:53:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to the busty blonde on his engagement to the beautiful Janeal!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2008-11-09T20:30:00.000-08:00

I just have to say that I have a awesome family. I love that everyone dressed up this year. I didn't get pictures of everyone but they all looked good. I am a big fan of the trunk-or-treat because you don't have to go far to achieve the nights goal. Our family did the Peter Pan theme and it turned out pretty good. So good that while we were at the trunk or treat a little boy followed Captain Hook (me)around for a little while. He came up to me and said "Hello Captain Hook. I like you." Then he asked if he could play with my gun and hook. His Mom kept trying to get him to go get more candy but he just wanted to talk to Hook. It was so cute that I had to get a pictured with him. We also saw a lady that did a good Sarah Palin impersonator.

My poor babies!

2008-10-24T21:30:00.000-07:00

Sorry this might not be the most appropraite thing to write but you can have the cutest moments in the sickest of times.
The past few days Tyler has been sick and tonight Amaya and Ryan got it. The funny thing about kids is that you really don't know that they are sick because they are too happy at the same time. Tonight Amaya told me her tummy was hurting and she need to lay down. Then she was happy and playing with her toys. Next thing I know she says her tummy hurts again and she says in a calm little voice "I think I need to throw up mom". So I jumped up and ran to the bathroom and was expecting her to be throwing up on the floor at any time. Well she gracefully walked to the bathroom and threw up in the sink. She wasn't crying or anything. Next thing I know she looked up at me in mid barf and said with a smile "look mom, I knew I was going throw up and came into the bathroom all by myself", and then she continued to throw up. She cleaned herself up and went on her way with smiles and all. She was so proud of herself. I was amazed and surprised at how easy that was. I decided to blog this amazing experience. I wish it were this easy every time I had a sick one, but you only get this luck once. To all you mothers out there, I hope you get as lucky as I did.:)

Thanks PUMPKIN KING!

2008-10-21T20:51:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the "pumpkin house" to pick our pumpkins. We live in the middle of Orem so you wouldn't think there would be a pumpkin patch, apple, grape, pear, peach etc. farm by our home. We have come to this home to pick out our pumpkins for a few years and we love it. They have huge pumpkins for a really good price. They should just call themselves the pumpkin kings.

Amaya's Princess Party was a hit!

2008-10-16T21:11:00.000-07:00

I just have to say I am so glad I had my sister's at the party to help me. We had lots of fun but I don't think I could of handled it on my own. Amaya has wonderful princess friends and cousins. They made it a magical birthday for Amaya (that one is for you Kim). They got to color, make princess crowns, put lipstick on and kiss a frog, have sparkles in their hair and hit a unicorn pinata. I loved seeing all the girl's be so cute with their dresses and crowns. Aunt Becky made her a beautiful Cinderella barbie cake and it was awesome (as always). I have to laugh because we invited Gabe and Jace to play with the girls and they didn't want anything to do with them. I asked Gabe if he wanted to come color and he wouldn't even set foot in the room. Too much estrogen I guess! :) When it came to the pinata, he had no problem getting involved in a little destruction. Thanks again for everyones help!

Our Little Girl is 4 Years Old!!

2008-10-12T21:50:00.001-07:00

Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!

2008-10-10T20:57:00.000-07:00

I just have to say thank you to my sister Kim for this wonderful turkey costume. I pulled out the costumes one day and Amaya wanted to play dress up. It is usually a princess dress that she wants to wear but today it was a turkey. She put the outfit ona and played in it for a good 2 hrs. I got a few looks from the neighbors but all that matters it that she was having fun. I love my little turkey and I am sure that costume is going to come in handy some day.

Take me out to the ball game!

2008-08-19T22:10:00.000-07:00

When it comes to bee's , all I can say is this kid has good instincts!

Like Mother like Son

Tonight our family got to go to our first baseball game. The Beez played against the a hmmmm! I really can't remember who they played. Its not that I didn't try to watch the game, I was chasing Tyler everywhere. Anyway, it was fun to just get out and have fun with my wonderful husband and kids. While we were there I didn't realize how exposed you are to the flying balls. They were hitting balls all over the crowd and I am surprised no one got hit in the head. Most the people there probably wouldn't notice because they are too drunk to care. Okay I remember who they played, Colorado springs!

Amaya's scary face!

Random summer fun

2008-08-01T23:22:00.000-07:00

It's so Early!

2008-07-27T12:59:00.000-07:00

It is another great morning to to do a little wake boarding. One of my favorite things about getting up so early is watching the sky do its thing. There is something so majestic about it. Oh yea, also to watch the boys have fun on the lake

"The Brothers"

Mikey & Ry

"The Ryan's"

Snap, Crackle, Pop

2008-07-06T21:31:00.000-07:00

This year the 4th of July was a good one!

July 3rd

Woke up at 5:45 a.m. and got the kids up to go see the hot air balloons. I have never seen them that close up before. It makes me want one of my own. Amaya and Tyler loved it! Amaya's favorite balloon was the pig and the flower one. Kim's family and Mike's family met us down there and enjoyed a fun morning. All I have to say to Kim is "like Mother ,like Son". lol

Oh ! Our sweet little Austin

July 4th

Again the kids and I woke up at 5:45 to get ready to run the freedom 5k. I was having a bad morning and was running a little late. First I had forgotten something from the house and had to turn around and get it. Then I parked my car and ran to what I thought was the start of the 5k race. Well it wasn't! The start was about 2 blocks away. I called Kim and told her where to go and I will be there in a few minutes. I ran to the start and right as I got there they shot the gun off. I felt I had ran a mile before the race even started. I finally met up with Kim and off we jogged with our strollers and munchkins. Kim did awesome and the kids did too. Emmy fell asleep and Amaya just though we were running to the parade. I just told her that we are the parade and to wave to all the people.

I was feeling good until we started to run up the hill. I didn't realize that having to push an extra 80 pounds would make it so hard. That is just my excuse for walking up some of the hill. :) We saw a lot of our cousins and friends and I know we will be doing this next year. I am so Proud of everyone!

Here Little Caterpillar

2008-06-11T21:54:00.000-07:00

On Sunday we went up the canyon for a walk and a picnic. We sat down to eat lunch and Ryan found a caterpillar. I thought for sure Amaya was going to be grossed out by it but she loved it. She played with while she ate lunch and played with it some more afterwards. When it was time to go she really didn't want to give it away. After a little debating she finally put it on a leaf where it would be safe. She really has a love for bugs! Whenever I find a bug in the house and "accidentally" step on it, she always gets after me and tells me I need to be nice to all bugs. Amaya is at the stage where she is asking where everything comes from. Alot of my answers are "from the factory" because her questions are so detailed. I think we have been watching the discovery channel and dirty jobs too much.

Somewhere over the Rainbow ... there was a water balloon

2008-06-02T21:33:00.000-07:00

Monday was such a beautiful night! I love warm summer days that end with a rainbow. Ryan introduced Tyler and Amaya to water balloons and here are the results. Tyler didn't understand what had just happened! He didn't want anything to do with them after he chewed on one and Amaya just cried when they popped on the grass. She is very emotional these days! I love my kids and I especially love how entertaining they are.

Say HELLO to my little friend!

2008-05-01T08:24:00.000-07:00

I had the opportunity to go spend some time with Tracy at the Red Mountain Spa and it was an "adventure" (2 points). When we got there we ran into our cousin Rosie who works at the spa as a massage therapist. We were secret shoppers so we had to do everything from eat the very very healthy food, spa treatments, aerobic class, and my favorite a hike in the mountains. I had a blast and it was good to spend some time with Tracy. We are two and wild crazy gals when we are together! I have to explain the lizard. We were walking around out the grounds and there was this lizard that was as big as a banana. No joke! It was as fat and about 14 inches long. All I have to say is where was Ryan with his butterfly net when we needed him! Anyway, we chased it around a bit and then he went into the bushes. We continued our tour and came to the same area where we saw the little guy. Tracy said something like "Now watch he is going to jump out and attack me" just then Tracy turned and the lizard was on the building wall about 12 inches away from her head. She jump so high and then started grabbing me and attacking me. Of course I started freaking out and I am sure we definitely made a scene and disturbed a lot of the guests who were trying to relax. I was great!

We also went on a great hike into a slot canyon. Our tour guide was Lew and the other woman was from New Jersey (I think). It was nice to have a small group to hike with and enjoy the beautiful morning around the red rocks. It really made me miss rock climbing down there by Snow Canyon. As we were hiking down the canyon Lew was explaining the and telling us the names of the plants. There was one plant he got really excited about when he found it. It was a Loco plant and if you chew on the stems it can make you high (righteous!). He really knew a lot about this plant and the funny thing is he was around 70 years old. He was really funny!

Hiking in the slot canyon

Tracy and I in front of the spa

Looking at the Red Mountain Spa from where we were hiking

Scenery on the way

Tracy right before the encounter with the lizard

I just have to thank Tracy for inviting me and giving me some "me" time. I really needed it!

Happy Day!!

2008-04-15T19:15:00.000-07:00

Well Tyler is One! I can't believe another year has gone by. The birthday party was a hit thanks to Becky, who made a awesome caterpillar cake. I was very happy with it. Tyler was so cute as he dug into his piece of cake. He held it up to his mouth and nose for so long I was kinda getting worried that he couldn't breathe. He inhaled that piece of cake and he was pretty happy about it. I am so happy I have Tyler in my life! He has brought so much happiness into our lives and I know there is more to come. He has the best big sister! Tyler and Amaya are starting to playfully attack another and they get laughing so hard it is contagious. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband and kids.

Tyler loved all of his gifts and Amaya especially loved the raccoon so much she wrapped it in a baby blanket slept with it that night. She told me that the raccoon wants to hear the rainbow song before he goes to bed

You see that toy on the right? I want you to ask Kim about that toy and what it does. We were a little shocked.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE MAN! 1 YEAR OLD!

2008-04-14T06:52:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN !!!

2008-04-05T23:06:00.001-07:00

Memories! Some of the crazy things in my life

2008-03-12T21:20:00.001-07:00

Kim this one is for you!

Yes we once raised a chick into a chicken and it was like having a pet cat. It would always come to the kitchen window and peck it. I just really think it was lonely.

Once we had a tree that was attacked with a swarm of bee's. Anyone that knows me may know that I am extremely freaked out by any kind of bee (I got chills just thinking of them). Anyway, one day we were outside enjoying the sunshine when all of a sudden a big cloud starts forming in our back yard. I figured out what it was and ran into the house. Well Ryan of course runs to get the camera. Our apple tree starts filling up with all of these bee's that are flying around and decide to say there. I called my parents and told them they have got to get over here and see this. Our neighbor had some bee hives in his back yard and the hive he had was too small, so the queen bee split. Our neighbor's son was sort of a bee keeper so he came over to help. In this picture the big black blob on our tree is thousands of bees. Ryan got stung a lot but got some great pictures. I wish I could have gotten a picture of my Dad and Ryan running for their lives when the bee keeper tried to scoop the queen bee in the box! Good stuff!

WINTER TO REMEMBER!

2008-02-16T22:34:00.000-08:00

I didn't take any good pictures of how much snow we got but ...

I must say that this winter has been a good one! I love that we had a few good snow storms that we could actually build a snowman and a snowwoman. I think Ryan and I had more fun playing in the snow than Amaya.

AMAYA LOVES TO EAT THE SNOW!

2008-01-29T23:04:00.000-08:00

A celebration of praise, worship,and gratitude... shout aloud for joy (D&C 109:80) Alleluia!!!

He is truly a man of God and will be greatly missed.

Meet Miss Potato Head

2008-01-08T18:26:00.000-08:00

Amaya has really been into playing dress up these days. My favorite is when she wants to wear miss potato head earrings Also she wanted two buns in her hair instead of one. She definitely is a girly girl.

We couldn't find Amaya and I know it was too quiet around the house so I went looking for her. Well we found her and she knew she was in trouble. She had colored all over her face and hands with marker. She loves to put her make-up on!

The punishment was to introduce her to the weird ,windy snow storm. Just kidding! We always try to play in the weather. Whether it be rain, wind, or snow we like to go out and play in it. After we came inside from this weird snow storm Amaya said "Mom you have polka dots on your shirt". I asked her if she wanted to go outside again and of coarse she said "NO".

Too much fun!

2008-01-06T15:48:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning I tried to wake up Amaya and she didn't want to get up. So I told her Santa came to our house and left a bunch of gifts downstairs. She started crying because she though I said Santa was downstairs. I calmed her down and we started to open our gifts. She was very excieted about her princess stuff (so was Ryan). She also got a doll named Emily that is taller than she is. She opened her up and looked at me and said "Mom I'm not scared of her". It was pretty funny because now whenever Ryan picks up the doll he chases her and Amaya freaks out. She screams at "Emily" and tells her to go to time out! Tyler had fun opening his gifts but had more fun with the paper and christmas lights.

Ahh! isn't she pretty

Amaya & "Emily"

Tracey gave Ryan a neat little childrens book that I think everyone should read

Ashley, Amaya & Emmie

Mom knows how to hold a gun! Who knew!

We also had a Burgon family christmas party and it was so fun. Way to go Mom and Dad Phillips! It was great seeing everyone, even the older ones, go on the slides and jump around with the kids.

Sisters (Terri is missing)

Julie & Jesse (both cousins)

Ryan before

Ryan after

Amaya & AshleyAmaya couldn't get enough

MERRY CHRISTMAS! ENJOY!

2007-12-15T19:31:00.000-08:00

I got this from a friend and I really thought is would be a great way
to say MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We love and appreciate you all.
Love, Ryan, Kathy, Amaya, and Tyler

just click below and enjoy!
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1442248843

Clovis trip

2007-12-09T21:16:00.000-08:00

This last weekend I got to ride with my parents to Clovis CA to visit Terri and her family. I had to get on record that Dad was going way too fast, 130mph too fast. I tried to stop him but he was very determined. Mom slept the whole way through the ordeal and Taylor was very sad.

Just kidding! Dad's speedometer was broken but Mom was really sleeping. We had no idea how fast we were going so Dad just went with the flow. We did however arrive a little early than expected. Jeff and Terri blessed Robby that weekend and he looked so cute in his little suit. He was smiling and Jeff did a great job. I had a blast hanging out with everybody! The kids wanted to go to a pizza place called John pizza ?? I really dont know the name but it was awesome. We ate at the buffet and then Maddy got me to go on a virtual ride that went upside down, sideways and every direction you could think of. NOT A GOOD IDEA after eating a lot of food! I then played lazer tag with the kids and I think Taylor won. Mom played skeet ball and had a hard time throwing the balls. I had to chase them on the floor but she soon got the hang of it. Dad and I played basketball and everyone played deal or no deal. It was a pretty fun place!

That same night Terri took us to a neighborhood that was decorated in christmas lights. Every single house in that subdivision looked like national lampoons christmas house. There were so many lights we could drive with our car lights off and you could still see great. I wish my neighborhood would do something like that. It was a sight to see! Well the trip was too fast and I keeped telling Terri we needed atleast one more day, but I was happy to get home to my family.

Robby is already a cool dude!

Santa Came to Orem!

2007-11-25T14:00:00.000-08:00

Santa is here! Amaya and I went to University mall with Kim's family to see santa fly in on a helicopter. It was pretty cold but it was worth the wait. Amaya was pretty exceited! The funny thing was that I got a pretty sweet picture of Santa waving, but if you look even closer you will see some familiar faces. I didn't even know when I took the picture that I would also be taking a great photo of Aunt Vickie, Julie and Adam. I thought it was pretty funny!

The Love's of my life!

2007-11-12T18:33:00.000-08:00

My F-dude hunk won the strangest costume
at the ward halloween party! Go figure! It
doesn't take much to impress a crowd when
you look this good.

Tyler being a messy boy (with the help of Dad)

I am amazed by what three boxes can do.

Amaya and Tyler played choo choo for days until

Amaya had a accident in one!

I was trying to put a video on of Amaya

wearing Ryan's shorts as a dress, but I couldn't get it to work.

She is into dress up these days!

Tyler finally got his first tooth and is very happy about

the whole thing. This little guy smiles all the time!

Happy Halloween! (Yah I am a little slow)

2007-11-12T18:12:00.000-08:00

Well we have had a very fun Halloween! Amaya was cinderella, Tyler was gus gus the mouse, Ryan was Ryan, and I was a crazy cat lady. I brought my famous mullet to work and made some of the girls wear it. It was pretty entertaining!

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-10-29T10:52:00.001-07:00

I am still learning all of the fun things you can do with your blog! Hee Hee

2007-10-26T22:14:00.001-07:00

September 2007

2007-09-23T16:52:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't written for a long time I am not very good at keeping up with things. Our family is doing great! Ryan and I are still working hard and keeping busy with the little ones. Amaya will be 3 years old next month and she is very excited. She is always reminding me that she wants a pink cake, pink frosting and pink sprinkles. She is all girl! She loves her purses, loves to change into her dress and princess shoes when she gets home. (its either one or the other because she loves to be naked) She has tried on my make-up many times and loves to play with her baby dolls. Amaya is finally potty trained and I think it has been one of the hardest(time consuming) things we have done. She tell us when she goes #2 that she pooped out a daddy, mommy, and a baby poop. Its hard not to laugh because she is very serious. Tyler is getting big and is such a happy baby. He has started to roll over and I bet he will be crawling very soon. No teeth yet but he has been munching on his fingers for at least a month now. Amaya really loves to go on her walks and play with mr. kitty.

Fam update

2007-06-24T13:14:00.001-07:00

Our family has grown by two feet and those little feet are Tyler Scott Robinson. 7lbs 11oz and 19 1/2 inches long He was born April 14, 2007.

Amaya is now 2 1/2 yrs old and Tyler is 2 1/2 months old. They are growing fast and have a lot of personality. Amaya loves her brother and always wants to help. She has started the whole potty training process and is now going potty like a big girl. She tells me that she is going potty and says " hang on mom". Tyler is now smiling a lot and is responding to things. He just had his 2mo check up and is 13lbs & 25 inches long. He is going to be tall (go figure). Ryan is still working hard at EMG and loves it. He has taken up a new hobby and spends a lot of time working on his salt water aquarium. I am still at Provo OB/GYN and will probably be there for awhile. We are all doing good and enjoying the summer so far.

Amaya just learned to ride her bike. Well she could ride but just couldn't steer and petal at the same time. now she is cruising.