Category: Ben

Thank You Dad and Ryan!

June 29, 2008 admin 1 Comment

Some of my family came to town this last weekend for Tracie and Johns Utah reception, as we sat around on Friday night I mentioned the idea of rebuilding the back steps of our house,…Now – any of you that have been to mine and Ben’s house in the last 2 years are well aware that we need a new back porch! So we were excited and amazed when my dad and Ryan started talking through the project, made a Home Depot list and the next morning we were off to the store!!…

All torn down and ready to start building.

Framed, 100 times sturdier than the last one! What are Ben and Joel up to??

Ben wanted proof that he really did help with his porch, atleast a little bit!

Packer loved being outside and loved using the Hammer and loved beingÂ in the middle of it all.

The 2 master minds. Ryan and Dad deciding on one more detail. They didn’t even write any plans down!

I got to do the scrub work – tearing apart the old deck.

Final Touches! AND IT IS DONE! We love our new back steps! Thanks again to allÂ who helped.

Categories: Ben, General, Jana, Packer, Robertson

The 2nd Trip to Oroville ( june 2008)

June 20, 2008 admin 6 Comments

Today is June 20th. I just got back from my 2nd trip to Oroville this month. In fact I have spent all but 3 days this month in Oroville with my parents and other family members – what a fun time. I don’t think I’ve seen my family this much since before I got married so it was great.Â Tracie and John got married – the Temple was awesome and the reception was great – lots of good friends and family made it perfect – Welcome to the Family John!

I also got to spend more time than usual with friends and that was fun to play with them again. Really the only down fall of the month has been the 14 of 21 days that I was away from my husband. Contrary to what Mikila might tell you I am still very much in love with him and missed him a ton. 🙂

Some of the Robertson Families:

Some fun things I learned on my vacation: Anika taught me that a PT Cruiser might cost you 100,000 dollars! LaNellÂ who has swim suit issues:Â would like me to tell the swim suit makers of the world that we would like to keep those things in close to us and not hanging out for all to see 🙂 I was impressed with Kevins goal that he scored in his soccer game BUT not surprised when he showed up limping on a Fat ankle the next day – maybe the over 30 club really can’t handle competitive soccer any more! Most of all I learned that I still have really good friends that go all the way back to primary and Junior high days – and I am determined to get us all together for aÂ Lake Oroville camping trip next summer. Lets do this!

Categories: Ben, Benji, General, Jana, Packer, Robertson

Month of May

May 30, 2008 admin 2 Comments

I haven’t postedÂ all month! Maybe I’m not cut out for this Blogging world!Â Here’s what we’ve been up to:

Packer made the big move to a Big Boy Carseat and is loving it. We love watching him dance in the car.

My brother Josh and his wife Mallory and Baby Payton came to visit at the beginning of the month! You might note that their 6 month old is the same size as our 1 year old – hmmm – -maybe we are short parents 🙂

Summer is finally here so we spent a Saturday in the yard getting it cleaned up and “making the sand box cool”. Benji and Packer are loving the sand box and as long as I don’t mind Packer eating all of the sand then it is hours of unsupervised fun.

Ben has been waiting for the weather to warm up so that he could get the garden started. It’s been a little rough with bad weather, the dog chewing the soaker hoses and some sort of animal has taken aÂ liking to all of the pumpkin plants so few have survived :(Â But … we are determined to have a salsa garden and a few pumpkins at Halloween 🙂 Good work Ben and happy 33rd Birthday!

I got a new Vacuum! A Dyson DC14 Animal Bagless Upright Cyclonic Vacuum – I love it and I love that it actually gets the Dog Hair out of my house!

May 16th and 17th was our ward father and sons campout! I tried to convince Ben to takeÂ BOTH of his sons but he didn’t quite go for that. So Benji and Dad went to the little Sahara desert and had a good time in the sand dunes. Though I did hear that on the way home Benji said “Dad, that was fun, but next time Mom should come too.” How sweet. It was less than 24 hours but Packer and I missed them.

Benji PLayed Flashlights in the tent for a good 45 minutes before falling asleep 🙂

We might need a bigger pool this summer…

We spent a day at Yuba Lake with Erica and Pacen and Camry Hancock. It was a fun day – good picnic, warm water, mostly happy kids but it was a little stinky and got windy when it was time to go. So we’re still looking for a good lake andÂ wishing we lived by Lake Oroville – what a beautiful and perfect swimming lake – I miss it 🙁

That was our month. Today was the last day of school so the neighbor girls came to see if Benji and Packer wanted to come ride bikes and play in the Cul-de-sac 🙂 and my sister-in-law Jamie had a baby this morning! A girl! Number 5! No name yet 🙂

Categories: Ben, Benji, Brewer, General, Jana, Nettesheim, Packer, Robertson

St. George Trip

April 22, 2008 admin 2 Comments

For Spring Break we went to St. George for a long weekend. We enjoyed swimming, hiking and condo-ing with some of the Nettesheim Clan. Some of the clan wasn’t much fun – just kidding – we just didn’t have the whole Nettesheim Clan there so we enjoyed our time with some! We hiked the crack and had a good time betting on who would or would not be able to make it through. I being mildly claustrophobic was not the first to go through but I did make it. InÂ fact Benji even went – we are sure that he didn’t realize what he was doing until it was to late but he did it!Â We went to the St. George temple on Sunday and got some good pictures there. I just loved being with family and with my boys and the warm weather was very nice.

This last picture is when we finally got home on Tuesday and I was exhausted and I was letting the boys play in the backyard unattended because the couch was a lot more comfortable to be sitting on than our broken porch. Benji came in for a diaper change and Packer was out crying during the change – I finally made it out to find Pack crawling out of the dog house and looking like he just lost a boxing match. He was filthy. This second child is nothing like his older brother!

Categories: Ben, Benji, General, Jana, Nettesheim, Packer

Car Registration

April 9, 2008 admin 6 Comments

It’s the wonderful time of year for us to register our cars and I remembered how lame that is!Â You have to get someone toÂ tell you that your car still works! and that it is safe to drive – ya I’ve been driving it everyday I should be the one telling you if it’s safe and then the government wants me to pay them because I have a car – re-gis-what? – – – – I mean I guess it makes sense butÂ arghhh! I would complain some more but I know its a lost cause 🙂

and … Ben just got a Motorcycle! A small bike (small enough for Jana to learn to ride 😆 ) It’s a Honda Rebel and IFÂ it ever warms up in Utah again then he will enjoy riding it to work. And yes – it’s registered!

And the Robertson back yard is looking good! It is a must see. Stop by if you live close or come for the Tracie and John wedding June 14th – seeing this yard will make it worth the trip. Here are some of the latest pictures…

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1st Family Picture

March 27, 2008 admin 8 Comments

So we didn’t take a family picture since the day Packer was born!! Our last picture before this was in the hospital!

And it’s not even a good picture 🙁

Categories: Ben, Benji, Jana, Packer

Snow Fort

March 12, 2008 admin No Comments

We had lots of snow this winter and lots of fun playing in it.

On Presidents Day we had a big Robertson family play in the snow day: my sister Christy and her husband Rob and kids Shaelyn, Braden, Bryce, Camden and Carter. My Brother Ryan and his girls Taylee, Kylee and Marlee. My brother Joel. My sister Tracie and her “friend” John. And of course Ben, Benji, Packer and I.

We carved out ice blocks in the front yard and made an igloo! That was pretty impressive.

Then we found a great sledding hill at a nearby golf course and played there for a few hours.

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Benji actually liked sledding! We were sure he’d be too wimpy so that was a nice surprise.

Categories: Ben, Benji, General, Jana, Packer, Robertson

Retirement

March 11, 2008 admin No Comments

Brett Favre is no more! The Nettesheim Extended Family has mixed emotions as our veteran quarterback announced his retirement. I’m glad that Ben got to go to the Denver Monday Night game last year to see him play, not to mention finally getting his Favre jersey and naming our second born after the team! It was the year of the Packers for us – fitting that it was the last year for Favre 🙁

Categories: Ben, General, Jana, Nettesheim

I love Sundance!

March 11, 2008 admin No Comments

Ben and I took off on a friday afternoon and went snowboarding.

Â The sun was out.

The snow was great.

I was rusty but loving it.

Ben was working in his new board and boots (yard sale new).

Definitely one of the funnest dates I’ve been on.

Categories: Ben, Jana

Guilty or Innocent?

March 4, 2008 admin No Comments

Ben: well I guess we need a new key board. Brewer chewed through our other one.
Jana: Are you serious? That’s two of them he got to.
Ben: Ya stupid dog.
This definitely seems like a ploy to get a New and Wireless Keyboard if you ask me. The dog hasn’t ruined anything EXCEPT both of our old keyboards. I smell computer nerd (Ben) using his little puppy to get something that he has had his eye on for years now!!The keyboard is nice though and it seems to have inspired me to finally start my blog :)Â Â

IÂ am far from a dog lover. I hear people say that they don’t have kids yet but they have a dog and that is their baby and he’s spoiled and…. well we have a dog now but he is not my baby and he is not spoiled. I just finally gave in after 4 years of Ben pleading. Packer and Benji enjoy having him around and he hasn’t done his buisness in the house for 2 weeks now so it looks like we’ll keep him. He might earn his keep with me once he learns to play frisbee – that will be fun.Â

Categories: Ben, Benji, Brewer, Jana, Packer