Day: March 7, 2015

Potty Training!

March 7, 2015 admin No Comments

Raymond turned 3! and around these parts that means that he needs to start using the big toilet. I tried on his birthday and the next day but he wasn’t able to go… then the day before we left for CA he decided to do it. He kept dry underwear all day! I figured that was a good start and we would pick up on that when we got back from our trip. BUT when we got to CA after 12 hours in his car seat 0 he was DRY and NEEDED to go Bathroom! He has been a champion potty trainer ever since. Our battle right now is that he doesn’t want to give up the diaper. He uses it as he would underwear and keeps it dry but doesn’t want to wear undies… I’ll force the issue in a few days when he has mastered the bodily functions 🙂

AND he got a new Monkey Blanky!

This is the blanket that Ray claimed as his favorite. He carried it and cuddled it and dragged it around and wore holes in it and tore it in half and… then Joel and Megan and Gus gifted him a new one for his birthday and he LOVES it 🙂

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Kelsey is home!

March 7, 2015 admin No Comments

Kelsey is home from her mission in Taiwan! She is the last of us siblings to serve a mission. This is the end of an Era. My parents were so happy. They hope to be the next Robertson missionaries! (maybe after a few of the grand kids – since Shae is already on her mission!)

As the time came for Kelsey to come home we started making plans to be there. Everything started falling into place and literally the week before she came home we bought a van and made plans to fill it with all of the Utah siblings! Everyone could leave after work on Friday and needed to be back to work on Tuesday. Kelsey would be at the Sacramento Airport at 12:30 Saturday afternoon. So We loaded the van with Me, Ben, Ray and Millie, Ryan, Joel, Megan and Gus, Brady, Monique, Shannon, and Sean. THAT IS 12 people! in a 12 person van! FULL! maybe we did need the 15 passenger 🙂 we left Benji, Packer, Cali and Rose with some of their cousins and left around 5pm on Friday. Ben drove through the night and through 3 different snow storms – 1 requiring an hour and a half of snow chains. BUT we made it to Oroville at 5am and got a little bit of rest before we loaded the cars for the airport.

It was so fun to wait in the airport and wonder which train she would come in on. We met up at the airport with my parents and all 12 siblings and most of our kids (minus the 8 that were left in utah). We had all of our welcome home signs and were quite the spectacle. Everyone was watching us and we were watching for Kelsey to appear. The pilot read our signs and told us that she was on her way, he had read her name tag 🙂 It was a great reunion and a wonderful quick weekend as we enjoyed time together as a family. Kelsey is awesome. She had a great mission and loved serving in Taiwan. She got to meet Millie, Bren and Gus as the newest family members. She spoke a lot of Chinese gibberish to us and I loved hearing her report on Sunday morning. Missions are amazing, selfless experiences, that can shape your life if you let it.