President Hinckley passed away!

Beloved Church President, Gordon B. Hinckley, Dies at 97
SALT LAKE CITY 27 January 2008

President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through twelve years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97.

President Hinckley was the 15th president in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president since 12 March 1995.

The Church president died at his apartment in downtown Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night from causes incident to age. Members of his family were at his bedside. A successor is not expected to be formally chosen by the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until after President Hinckley’s funeral within the next few days.


I am still in shock of all this, but it is definitely a bitter sweet situation! I am so sad that he is gone and will no longer be our president, but i think of how happy he must be now reunited with his wife and family in heaven. i know that the next president of the church will be awesome, it's still just hard to comprehend the whole situation. President Hinckley was the prophet i grew up knowing and loving, and i will truly miss him. i remember when the San Diego temple was dedicated many years ago, president Hinckley did the dedication (although he was not the prophet at the time). i was blessed enough to be able to not only go to the dedication, but sit in the sealing room where the dedication actually takes place! i sat on an isle seat, and he walked in the room, down my row to get to the front and he stopped to shake my hand (and others around me) it was such a memorable moment for me. i went home that night and traced my hand in my journal, i was so proud and excited...he was like a celebrity to me! i will miss him deeply and i am so sad he is gone. he always wanted the best for us and care for us. here is a final thought he left for us Sunday morning at our April 2007 general conference:
"God bless you, every one, you faithful Latter-day Saints. May there be peace and love in your homes and faith and prayer to guide you in all that you undertake is my humble prayer in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen." -President Gordon B. Hinckley

couch potato barbie!!!

I LOVE THIS!!!!!! for those of you who don't know, i am still kind of a little girl in the sense that i LOVE barbies and collect them. anyway, i saw this doll today at target (because no matter why i go to target i ALWAYS have to walk down the barbie isle....poor blaine!) if you notice closely her name is barbie couch and doll...it's just the couch for the the dream house, but look at her, they finally made a barbie i can relate too...a REAL barbie: COUCH POTATO BARBIE!!! she comes complete with a full bowl of popcorn on her lap, a large pizza on the couch, and her cell phone in her hand. what else does a girl need?! i guess after a long hard day of being a doctor, lawyer, mom, teacher, princess and everything else...she just needed a break! good for you barbie!! :)

bed time...

i guess this is what happens when you let your 4 year old dress himself for bed! i'm lovin the layered look!!

birthday fun!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLAINE!!! i can't believe my little boy is 4! time sure flies when your having fun! we had a great weekend, here are some pictures of the good times! :)

Blaine's shirt say's "it's my birthday!" he does this little dance and says "it's my birthday, shake your booty!!"

Blaine with Grandma and Grandpa California!
Blaine got dress up from Grandma and Grandpa Idaho! We were having way too much fun with it! :)

ready to be a sunbeam!!

well...it's official!! blaine is a SUNBEAM!!! i think he was more ready to go, but i wasn't! i snuck into the back of sharing time to make sure he was ok...of course he was just fine, he was even raising his hand and answering questions in the lesson. when did my little boy get so big? what a cute boy!!

what's in a name...

think you have a unique name?! check it out...find out how many people in the US have your same first and last name! apparently my name is kind of common and i learned the ROBINSON is the 20th most popular last name! interesting. but this can not be totally correct because if so, both my mother and father-in-law don't exist! they both have unique names and the website said there were no people in the US with that name....oopppss!! :)
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HowManyOfMe.com

There are 680 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Family Pictures..

Since we didn't send out christmas cards this year...i wanted my mom to take a couple family pictures to update our frames! (my mom is an awesome photographer...thanks again mom!!) anyway, these are just a couple of my favorites, thought i would share!! enjoy! :)

Rich and Rachel's Wedding

so i still can't believe it, but my little brother is married! the wedding was so nice, it was such a pretty day. It was so fun to be surrounded by family and friends. my grandpa was able to seal them in the san diego temple which was really special. (my grandpa married jake and me too!) so now those two are back in idaho and entering "the real world!" congrats to you again and good luck with everything!! welcome to the family rach!! love you guys!

here are just a couple pictures from the wedding...sorry they are kind of dark!

all of my family plus my cousin matt and his wife camille
all of us kids!!
it was a long day for blaine...he was ready to go home! and mommy was making him dance!

Some of our Favorite things...

i am really behind on my blog, so i will slowly try to catch up! we had a great christmas and new years...here are a few pictures of our favorite things from christmas!!

Blaine got Diego treehouse from grandma california and the Mobil rescue from santa! they have been set up in our family room since christmas and i don't think they will be put away anytime soon!
santa brought a santa potato head!! we love collecting different potato heads!
mommy's little helper now. he loves his new vacuum! his cousin got one too and they would fight over who got to vacuum first!!
was this a present for blaine...or jake!? i don't know who plays with it more, but cool tower!
oh man, it fell over....better build it again!
and my pride and joy....the 2007 holiday barbie!! isn't she so pretty! she is on top of the computer desk and i am staring at her right now! i guess i never did grow up...i still love barbies and collect them!