happy birthday to me

well, one year older and wiser too right?! well, atleast older. i didn't really want to do much this year...mainly because my birthday was on a sunday this year, but also because i have been so busy, that all i wanted to do was relax!! so Jake aranged for us to meet up with some friends at the beach for dinner and to watch the sun set. it was perfect and just what i wanted! thanks everyone for making my day so great! Ty and Cass had so much fun playing in the sand together!awwwww....walking into the sunset! i love my family
Sunday we went over to my parents for yummy dinner! thanks mom and dad for always spoiling me on my special day!on monday night, we finished my "birthday weekend" off with a sweet pinata Paige got for me!

water fun

it has been so nice here...like in the 80's so we decided to take advantage and pull out some of our water toys. the boys love splashing and playing with the water table.
painting with water...easy no messcute boys!! summer, here we come!

Ty 9 months

time just keeps flying in the robinson house. here is an update on our little peanut who is 9 months!!
still a peanut:
28 inches - 50th percentile
16 pounds - 3rd percentile
some highlights:
Ty loves drinking from his sippy cup now...it is no longer an enemy
Ty loves walking while holding our hands...and is a pro in the walker
and most of all, Ty LOVES playing with his big brother!
Ty FINALLY broke his 2 bottom teeth, and just the other day Ty started CRAWLING!!! here come the gates!

Utah

over the weekend we traveled up to Utah for my Grandpa Clark's funeral (..there will be an additional post about that later) We had a fun time given the circumstances. We got to see the whole family, and Jake's family even drove down to spend some time with us. it was really great to see everyone and be together. here are a couple fun pictures!

for starters we had to find some WINTER clothes since we are sunny cali kids. luckily Blaine had a buddy he could borrow a coat from and since Blaine was born in snow, we had a few things in storage that Ty could wear my favorite!! sweet snow suit...

both boys did so great on the drive up! it was about 22 hours of driving in a 3 day period! here is a rare photo...MY WHOLE FAMILY !!! just my immediate family with us kids, dad AND MOM!!! this almost never happens!Blaine and Jakey of course

we went to the mall and rode the carousel, Ty's first timeit was so great...Jake's parents drove down to Salt Lake to see the boys. they even stayed in the same hotel, so we got to play lots while we were there!grandpa Idaho can never resist tickling Blaine and making him laugh!one of the coolest things about staying in a hotel is...jumping on the bed!

and of course on our last day there...here is what we woke up too...Blaine had been waiting for it to snow for ONE reason...so he could have a SNOWBALL FIGHT!

Ty has never been in "real" cold before! bundle up baby! brrrr

Sea WoRLD

on St. Patrick's Day we also went to Sea World with our cousins who were visiting from AZ. it was so much fun! we had a great time!i don't usually dress the boys matching...but it was st. patty's and i didn't realize they were both in green stripes! but they were cute!

TALK ABOUT DEJAVU...

i was looking at these pictures and it made me laugh....here is Ty at Sea World 2011 (8 months old)Blaine at Sea World 2004 (7 months old)here is Ty with cousin Nate who just turned 1....here is Blaine with his cousin Aubrey when she had just turned 1! crazy huh?Now look at these two!! how cute are they!

St. Patrick's Day

hope everyone had a great st. patrick's day! ours was GREAT! every year, of course, we make a leprechaun trap but we have never been able to catch that tricky fellow! THIS year, the kids in Blaine class could make traps and bring them in...so Blaine got hard to work designing the perfect trap!the trap was inviting the leprechaun to a party, but the top was just covered in tissue paper so he would fall in when he ran across!Blaine's teacher set the trap all over the class and that tricky leprechaun set off every single one! he used scissors to get out of Blaine's trap. and NOT JUST THAT, the leprechaun messed up the whole room and left little messages for the kids. it was a blast even though we didn't catch him...there's always next year!

Family Home Evening

this year we have set a goal to be better at FHE (family home evening) and i have to admit that we are doing pretty well. it helps that Blaine LOVES FHE and doesn't let us forget to do it. a couple weeks ago, we had a really great night. when we were walking to school, Blaine was asking our neighbor if they have FHE...here is a little of their conversation: (i will just use"N" for the little boy's name)

"Hey N, do you guys have FHE?"

-"What's that?"

"you know, Family Home Evening!"

-"No, what is it"

"Well you have a scripture, a prayer, a lesson, and activity and a treat."

-"that's sounds pretty cool"

"yeah, we switch jobs each week, this time i have activity. we have going to build houses"

-"that sounds like fun"...

well, after listening to this i had to invite their family over. Thanks to Blainey our little missionary we had their family over and it was GREAT! we taught the lesson about the wise man and the foolish man...and they even knew the song! so we sang the song WITH ACTIONS, and then we build little houses. it was such a great night! thanks Blaine for being such an example to me!

these pictures are just from another FHE...i was in charge of treat and we had homemade PIZOOKIE! that's always a good night!