We are Thankful For...

we are thankful for so many things in the Robinson House....so we decided to do our "thankful turkey"!! everyday we would write something we are thankful for on a feather and add it to our turkey!!

BEFORE: (naked bird)

AFTER:

here is what we are thankful for:

Blaine*ducktape*days*toys*friends*money*neighbors*water*turkey*juice*FHE*books*family*temple *cool stuff*thanksgiving*body*teachers*music*house*earth*weather*holidays*mr. klos*plants

Jake- *Ty*food*preiesthood power*good neighbors*eggnog*pretty things*bananas*blaine*plan of salvation*the 'mo*our savior*technology*book of mormon*camp fires*comfy cozy bed*living prophet*good books*great in-laws*turkey*costco churros

cindy- *razors*cookies*church*my bed*my mom*water*missionaries*patience*good books*food*baths*memories*the gospel*my boys*friends*modern

medicine*diapers*scriptures*good neighbors*america*Heavenly father, Jesus and Holy Ghost*disneyland*happiness

....and Candy (who is super thankful!!)-*our tongue*computers*maps*crafts*life and love*candy*dessert*pets*stuff*fun*clothes*places*digital cameras*countries*projects*corn*pie*frosting*the robinsons*tv*my family*instruments*wii games*hot chocolate*santa clause*teeth*school*presents*breakfast*our neighbors*dinner*universal studios*vanilla steamers*lunch*mash potatoes*peace and chatting on earth*sprinkles*cell phones*cake*shopping sprees*all the "i's" (ipod, iphone...)

we also finished our neighborhood thankful chains!! it was so fun and everyone got so many

thankful links....here is what ours looked like by the end

we feel so loved!!!

Fall Photo Opp

we don't get super seasons in California....so when we get a few pretty, fallen leaves we have to make it into a PHOTO SHOT!! i know i am cheesey, but oh well

Disneyland!!

we decided to go to DISNEYLAND last monday....the week of thanksgiving, and it was soooooo crowded!!! crazy! but we still have a great time!

of all things we happened to run into our neighbors there...what are the odds?! with that many people.... we hung with them and the kids LOVED IT!!!
what a cute group!

Blaine's Class Party

In Blaine's Class we did a "I'm Thankful for Mr. Klos...." Chain!!! the kids wrote lots of links about why they are thankful for Mr. Klos. by the end of the month, his chain wrapped around his body!! we love Mr. Klos
we also had a "popcorn" turkey, that Mr. Klos carved....each kid got a little baggy of popcorn!

Turkey Cookies

family tradition of making turkey hand cookies for thanksgiving!! and this year i had 2 super helpers...Chef Blaine and Chef Candy

...and of course my helper boy Ty!!

we had a few other friends come over too to help decorate!!

Gobble Gobble.....yumm

ToTaL Toy DeToX!!!!!

i decided it was about time we have a total toy detox in our house! we have sooooo many toys and it was time to get rid of some. i was even able to get the boys on board because i told them there would be NO MORE ROOM for new toys unless we get rid of some old toys!! with christmas and birthdays coming up, this was a huge motivator!!

THE PLAN: take each room one at a time....dump ALL the toys from that room into one BIG pile then separate into 3 smaller piles....KEEP, THROW AWAY, GIVE AWAY.....

the garage

living room

boys room.

as you can see, we had a pretty big project here! but it went great. we were able to throw away tons of trash/broken old toys and give away a bunch of stuff too. the boys were happy to help and their weren't any tear shed over lost toys (which was actually a surprise to me.) it feels great to clean out and de-clutter....the only down side is this will only last for another month before new toys come. oh well, we have fun and life is good!! :)

Happy November

well, we are already well into november and i can't believe it. this month is FLYING by already and before you know it i will be posting about christmas.. ahhhhh!! anyway, we have be very busy (like usual) but having so much fun...(like usual)

for starters, we started this fun thing on our street we like to call the "thankful chain." we made starter chains for all the neighbors to hang on their front door...then through out the month as you think of a reason why you are thankful for a neighbor, you write it down and add your link to their chain. (i don't know if that makes sense) anyway, it is soo fun walking up the street and watching the neighbors chains grow. people are really getting into it and adding links everyday. we love it. and it's so fun to come home and see new links on our chains.

then, last friday i decided to throw a potluck "just because" breakfast...i love breakfast food!! a few of my friends came over with their kids and we all ate a yummy breakfast...then the kids played and the adults just to chat for a little. it was way nice and i look forward to hosting another just because breakfast!!

video chat

one of Blaine's best friends from first grade moved to Florida over the summer and we were so bummed. But the kids decided to have a video chat the other day! they were so cute talking to each other (in private of course...i went upstairs). we actually had to cut them off after an hour so she could get ready for bed and Blaine could do homework. it was so fun for them...can't wait to talk to you again Isabella!!

yummmm

ty has officially discovered....

LoLLiPoPS!!!!

and he is loving them!!

Halloween night

so here we FINALLY have actual halloween night. it seemed like by the time the 31st came, we were kind of halloweened out....well, not really. there is always time for free candy!!

my cute boys


we went around with a group of neighbor kids. jake and i always take turns...one walking with the kids and the other handing our candy

by the end of the night, Ty was having just as much fun (if not more) handing our candy and wearing daddy's hat!! happy halloween!

Halloween PARRRR- TAAAAYYYYY!!!

i told you we were busy this month...here is party number 3 in october!! we seriously had something going on every saturday this month! but i was all fun and worth it. here are some pictures from ouf big halloween party that Paig and I planned. it was awesome. Jake dressed up as a "mis" fortune teller and was giving out awful fortunes all night. i was his gypsy assistant.

me and Paige

there was a couple dressed up as Waldo and Wanda, and there goal was to try and be in as many pictures as they could....WHERE'S WALDO??

we had a poker and black jack dealer come and it was seriously soo much fun!

outside we had music and dancing...we even played "finish the lyrics" which is always funny. it was such a great night! oh by the way, Jake won BEST MALE COSTUME!!! wahoo for him. he deserved it, he was hilarious giving out his mis-fortunes.

Block Party

Remember way back when we started growing pumpkins?! well a few weekends ago we had a street "Fall Festival, Pumpkin Party Extravaganza"!!!! and it went super awesome if i do say so myself! unfortunately there were only 3 people on the street who actually produced a pumpkin (not us!!) but we still partied anyway!!

me, Joylene and Kim headed up the whole thing!

there were games like ghost bowling, candy corn toss...we even had real pumpkin races...
or course Joylene and i had to get in on the action!!
there were also cute crafts for the kids to make....
and "HAY RIDES"

one last contest we had was a chili cook off which was AMAZING!! so yummy and there was such a great variety and turn out. it was such a fun night! and of course there were awards for our pumpkin growing winners!! everyone on the street agreed that this should now be an annual thing!! i think so too!