Who's missing?

We decided to utilize a beautiful fall day and take some family pictures with the whole family. Okay, so one family member is not "there" and no, I don't mean they are hiding in the trees. We are having baby #2 in the end of April, so I wanted some "just the 3 of us" pictures.

I also am posting this picture of Lucy and I because it really symbolizing my darling little girl. Regardless of my efforts, her hair is wild and out of control, and she is displaying the new wounds above her left eye. With 2 ER visits for concussions this summer and her multiple face and knee scrapes, it will be fun to remember her as she really was when we look at these pics.

A great way to spend my 10,950th day!

A couple weeks ago it was my 30th birthday (hooray!) The day started out nice; we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House and had breakfast. Then Royal left for work and I had lunch plans. . or so I thought. Royal came back a couple minutes later with 2 dozen roses and the surprise that he took the day off! We ended up going to the Living Planet Aquarium to see Utah's version of the ocean. Lucy had a blast looking at the "fishes" and petting the manta rays. Later that evening Royal and I took a motorcylce ride and went out to dinner. It was such a great day!

It's fun to be white trash!

Summer is here. You can tell by the fresh cut grass, the flip flops clicking around, and oh yes-- the swimming pool in the back of our truck. When you don't have a pool, you make one. And thanks to Royal, we had a silver lining, in our truck bed that is, and made a little splash zone for Lucy. I was tempted to stereotype and leave just her diaper on, but I was worried about the tan lines. Anywho, the neighborhood kids loved it and we even had a couch offered for those who just wanted to hang out. See, being redneck CAN be fun!

Elvis has returned to the building

Okay, so with working full time and trying to manage it all, I figured I'm doing pretty good with updating two times a year, right? Now that we agree, let me tell you what is going on with us.
1. Lucy's first Christmas. The photo link below shows Lucy in her beginning stages of walking. It is about the cutest thing I have ever seen. We all had a blast watching her.




2. Lucy turned one. She was the hit of the party, as usual, as she taught us just how much fun you can have inside a giant gift bag.












3. Lucy got her second haircut. This time: bangs. Haircut courtesy of her father, Royal.
4. We are doing awesome and life is grand!

You asked for it

Allrighty then--- Several of you have mentioned that I am months and months behind in the developments of the Robins family, so here is a quick update. First of all, we still have the cutest baby ever, and here is a picture to prove it. She has increased her food intake to pureed vegetables and small bits of bread, integrated crawling into her skills of mobility, and found that she can pull herself up in her crib. These little discoveries are so much fun for us and we are captivated by everything she does. Da'nelle has gone back to school managing the 3rd graders at Cedar Ridge and Royal too has gone back to school at UVU. He is finishing his degree in Psychology and doing awesome I might add. Things are truly amazing for us and we are greatful every day! Until next time. . . .

Dinner with the Prophet

Okay, so the title is a little misleading. . .we didn't actually have dinner WITH the Prophet, more like at the same diner. It all happened one Friday night at Dee's Restaurant in Salt Lake. We were having a little pre-Father's Day celebration and in walked President Monson with his wife. After they got settled, we gently scooted over to visit them (not wanting them to feel like we were intruding on their dinner date.) We shook hands, shared encouraging words, and asked for a photo with Lucy. He kindly obliged and even let Lucy grab onto one of his fingers. What a blessed experience we were able to have!

A Blessed Day

So, I know this took a while to get posted, but it was mostly because we had a couple photo shoots to get a good picture. Lucy would only tolerate the dress for about 7 minutes tops, so we had to set everything up beforehand, dress her, take as many shots as possible, then get it off.
It still was a beautiful day- we even had our British relatives Dell ad Goff Litchfield here for the event.