Month: November 2016

Temple Wedding

November 17, 2016 admin No Comments

Sean and Jana are married! 1:00 on Saturday November 12th! I am really happy for them and from my standpoint it was PERFECT. We had so much fun and they were ShInInG all day. The sealing was performed by President Papa and it was wonderful. A room full of family is amazing.

We took our family picture right when we got there to try and capture happy kids but it didn’t work too well.

waiting for the newly wedded couple

should be coming out any minute:

They were so cute and happy and pretty 🙂

all of the kids congratulating and hugging them

Jana’s family ( a sister and brother not pictured)

and Suddenly Jana is an AUNT to A LOT of kiddos. cool huh?

just cause Hadley looks so cute here

My mom and my sisters!

My dad and my brothers!

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THE WHOLE ROBERTSON GROUP!

and a few of my favorites:

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Ryan, Mary, and Annie

November 17, 2016 admin No Comments

We got to go watch Ryan and Mary be sealed in the Sacramento temple! It was just over a year after their September wedding in 2015. Friday November 11:

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After Ryan and Mary were sealed they brought in their kids and the kids got to watch as Annie was sealed to Ryan and Mary!! It was really special to be there and be surrounded by LOVE in the Lord’s house. These covenants are real and powerful and sacred and I WANT TO BE BETTER.

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that evening the boys all took Sean out for 1 more night of brotherly fun 🙂

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Categories: Robertson

Presidential Election 2016

November 17, 2016 admin No Comments

Donald Trump v. Hilary Clinton

bluhh. not even blahh – bluhh!

We voted even though we knew we weren’t going to love the outcome. I personally would rather have trump than Hilary but I am a little nervous. Not as nervous and upset as the crazy protesters and flag burners!

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I am disappointed in our presidential candidates and that we came down to those 2 options out of all of the qualified people BUT I am grateful for our country and believe that the future is bright. We console ourselves knowing that the most important work is within our own homes. And I am surrounded by good, amazing, kind people every day.

Categories: General

November News

November 17, 2016 admin No Comments

November News: This month is flying by… we’ve had a few lazy days at home and school and work and then a quick trip to CA.

Packer loving the Bear Den

Rose got picked to blow up her teachers picture! She did it all by herself – the girl loves to color!

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Bathing babies. sometimes you just want to play in the sink.

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These 2 can be so much work but they are so fun.

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Cali!

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Up on the table again.

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More of Rosie’s art:

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Tiago right in the mix while Rose colors:

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And he was looking so cute so we went out and took a few more pictures outside:

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Cali LOVES Miss Leavitt – Like she just adores her teacher. It is so sweet. She found out it was her birthday and I wasn’t really caring but she went in and made her a card and found some Oreos and took her a present 🙂

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Really tired and hopefully not sick.

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Snow in the forcast so we went to the park after dropping the boys at wrestling practices.

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This BIG guy just makes me smile:

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Categories: General

Nettesheim Cabin Trip – Pete’s Bday

November 16, 2016 admin No Comments

THE CABIN! with a bunch of Netty family!

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Pete and Amanda invited us up passed Heber to a cabin to spend the weekend for Pete’s birthday. Almost all of us Utah Nettesheims made it. Schy, Em and Bennett didn’t. We went up on a Friday evening, played all day Saturday and came home Sunday in time to go to our church.

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Tiago loved all of the ANIMALS on the walls

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Millie loved playing Break the Ice and we all took turns playing with her.

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inside hang out

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outside hang out

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coloring is for all ages

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Rose being silly

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We went on a short hike/walk/get all of our shoes super muddy and then turn around 🙂

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Mostly we just hung out and enjoyed being together. We chatted and played games. We colored and chatted some more. We planned for Christmas and celebrated Pete’s birth. And the kids just played and played. It was a fun weekend away from home and soccer and with people we love.

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Curiosity Museum

November 16, 2016 admin No Comments

Once in a while Erica makes me leave the house and take the kids somewhere fun: We went to the Curiosity Museum at Thanksgiving Point. The kids loved it. We didn’t have time to do everything before we had to hurry back for kindergarten.

little doors

learning some hip hop

too bad they don’t have this enthusiasm for real laundry

making giant soap bubbles

legos

and that time I got to babysit Quincy!

Categories: General

Soccer Fall 2016

November 15, 2016 admin No Comments

I love this soccer family. Soccer dominates our spring and fall but we all enjoy it. We had practices Monday through Wednesdays and then games all day Saturday, literally 8am-5pm. Benji played on an older team this year with 12 and 13 year olds and still with a lot of his old team. Packer still loves playing on the same team as Luca. Cali got to play with goalies and with Mia, Anna, and Claira with Uncle Matt helping coach. Rose got to play with Ellie and Gentry this year. And Ray ended up being with our neighbors Noah and Ivy. They will stay with these same teams in the Spring. Ben loves coaching these kids and these kids love Ben as a coach!

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Categories: Ben, Benji, Cali, Raymond, Rose

everything else October

November 15, 2016 admin No Comments

yes, i am running behind on my blog updates but… not toooo far behind.

Rose drew a picture of Aunt Kelsey who recently moved into our basement. Rose is a good little 6 yr old artist.

This is another Rose drawing: the girl loves kindergarten.

Tiago loves Quincy!

Teachers Quorum at our arcade!

Rose has mastered the little bike!

Tiago got his finger in the door. There was lots of blood and then lots of trying to keep it clean long enough for it to heal.

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More Tiago and Quincy! He just loves to watch her and squeeze her.

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Ben and I went to watch Carter vs. Diego and Cody in flag football!

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Tiago has discovered the table. He is ALWAYS sitting in the table getting into anything we leave out. He also loves the kids cupboard and the pantry. 9 times out of 10 he will come out of the pantry asking for Cheetohs.

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We are still potty training. She knows how, now we have to over come the laziness factor and learn how to hold it just long enough to find a restroom.

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We stayed home for fall break this year and we played at the house one of the days: board games, Cali made a pretend Zoo. And the weather has been amazingly warm and dry for this time of year. October is Over.

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Categories: General

Crazy Halloween Weekend

November 8, 2016 admin No Comments

The days leading up to Halloween were BUSY. We had final soccer practices and games, Grandpa Becker turned 90, pumpkin carving and costume finalizing, and executing the Great Pumpkin Party!

We carved our pumpkins on Friday night! I carved the owl earlier in the day for Grandpa Beckers birthday. The kids all picked what they wanted to carve and we jumped right in. This was the first year that Benji, Packer, Cali and Rose did a lot of the work by themselves. I actually went to a movie with my sisters and LaNell and they finished while I was gone!

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We finished our soccer season on Saturday! Ray scored his usual 4 goals since he is 4 years old. I had to miss Rose’s game again. Cali got another goal! I missed Packers game 🙁 and Benji had some close chances but didn’t score this time. And now our Saturdays are free! – except wrestling tournaments have already started…

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Saturday between soccer games we went to Grandpa Becker’s 90th Birthday Party!! Mom and Dad planned a great party! They had a program, kids sang, Ben made a video, and we visited with aunt, Uncle, and cousins. Grandpa and Grandma were thrilled with the attention from all of their friends and family.

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And that same Saturday night – we had our PUMPKIN PARTY! We had another good turnout – we switched the movie to the garden area which was wonderful! It was a warm night with a little wind. We did Lego I Spy, and a raffle. We watched the Great Pumpkin and drank hot chocolate and ate popcorn and visited with good friends. The Family stayed and watched Hocus Pocus!

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On Sunday: we spend the mornings in my bedroom and bathroom getting ready for late church. Ben is usually in the kitchen prepping dinner 🙂 I still love that!. This Sunday Erica and Than invited us over for dinner and to celebrate Than’s birthday. The food was delicious and it was fun to spend time with our “other” family.

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And then it was Halloween! which I already posted. But back in California – BRADY graduated from the Academy!!

Categories: General, Nettesheim

Halloween

November 2, 2016 admin No Comments

This is our Halloween 2016!

we had a fun carnival church party on Tuesday night!

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The kids dressed up for school Monday morning!

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at 2:00 we drove to Ben’s NEW work building and trick or treated at the office:

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We went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house after the office and chilled for an hour with them:

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Popeye and his arcade!

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We went to the hot dog and cider party at the Craguns and then started Trick or Treating from 6-8:00. Kelsey and LaNell kept me company at home and helped answer the door. Then we went over to Pete’s house for Hot Chocolate and cousin time!

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We came home and crashed! (and I totally failed and didn’t take pictures of the 3 youngest – luckily they are in the group pictures)

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