Month: August 2018

Cali’s First Soccer Tournament

August 22, 2018 admin No Comments

Soccer time for Cali. One game Wednesday, 2 games Thursday, 1 game Friday:

First time playing against Mia!

These 2 munchkins always want to come with me 🙂

Hanging with the Matt and Jamie family at the games:

Cali played lots of Defense! She played almost all of every game. She gave it 100% and was really strong at her position! They didn’t win any of their games but there was lots of improvement.

Friday nights game got over at dinner time so we decided we NEEDED to eat at Golden Corral! The kids loved the variety and mostly the dessert bar.

Categories: Cali, General, Nettesheim

Nettesheim “Campout”

August 22, 2018 admin No Comments

Netty Campout in Our backyard during the last week of summer!! We had everyone over and watched Jumanji and Jumanji 2. We made smores and sat around the gas fire. We shut things down around 11:30 and the kids and Matt slept over.

We had waffles the next morning and hung out most of the day. Emily actually had a seizure that morning and had to go to the hospital. We had their kids here and Michelle had them drop Becker off to. It was a crazy day worrying about Emily and finding out that she has a brain tumor and still has a bad heart :(. Life is so short and you never know what tomorrow is going to bring.

Categories: Nettesheim

Drive In Movie

August 22, 2018 admin No Comments

If the kids work hard all summer and earn “signatures” then we go to the Drive-In Movie!

They worked hard and the chart was very motivating. It was almost too motivating for our eldest child who made it a First priority, always, to the point of annoying ALL of us.

We went and watched Incredibles 2 and then Chrostopher Robbin. Most of us fell asleep during the 2nd movie. Still always a great time. Even when your van battery dies sometime during teh first movie and you have to get it jumped.

Categories: General

Raymond Becker

August 17, 2018 admin No Comments

Grandpa passed away around 11:30pm on Monday August 13th.

We got word a little earlier that day that the hospice nurse didn’t think he would live much longer. Ben and I went over around 4pm and visited. He was awake but uncomfortable and coudn’t talk. We talked to him and shared some memories and love and said our goodbyes. We got word late that night that he had passed. We will miss Fun and Silly Grandpa Becker. Grateful for our knowledge that families can be together forever!

Categories: Nettesheim

Anniversary Date – CELEBRATING 15 YEARS

August 17, 2018 admin No Comments

Ben surprised me with a super fun anniversary date. We went Friday and rented waverunners and spent the day and Night on Joels Floating Campground! It was so much fun. We just rode and rode and ate and chilled and rode some more. We camped out on the lake and just had a blast. Then on Saturday he invited all of my family out to join us! Kelsey and Ryan brought our kids and Shannon and Tommi and Mom and Joel came to hangout too! The days went way to fast. It was such a blast!

Getting on the lake and bringing everything over:

Meanwhile Our kids pulled weeds and created Lego creations for their chores :nd let Michael, Grandma and then Kelsey babysit them:

All Set Up and enjoying the FLOATING CAMPGROUND!!

Winding Down for the night:

Peaceful Morning before all of the boaters showed up:

AND THEN WE WENT AND BROUGHT OUR PEOPS OVER FOR SOME FUN!

The day went way to fast. We only had from about 10am to 3pm. Everyone had a great time though and we got the most out of our time out there for sure!

Categories: Ben, General, Jana, Robertson

Hot August Days

August 17, 2018 admin No Comments

Common Scenes around here: Girls Dancing and Millie and Tiago playing in the hose and slipnslide

I asked mom to watch Millie and Tiago while we did back to school shopping!!

The kids all spent their own money on New 10$ blankets!

Thursday NIght we had Mikila and Michael and Mom and Joel and Sean and LaNell over for stroganoff and Nertz!!

And then we borrowed Matts truck for our anniversary date – that will need it’s own post!!

Michael stayed at our house! He pokemoned with the little kids.

Our PEACHES!!

On Sunday we had all of the Nettesheims over and Celebrated Dads birthday!

On Tuesday Millie had her Preschool Registration and Test for the Computer preschool:

Packer went to his first BYU Pow Wow – with Luca

We finally got grandma to come stay at our house and play NERTZ:

Millie and Tiago doing a lemonade stand at 9am!

On Wednesday Night my mom and I took the kids to the Womens Utah Royals Soccer Game!

Grandpa and Maddy and Lilly drove out and hung with us the rest of the week! We went to the park with Joel and Megans kids!

and then to Kong Kones! – yes my Pops got the ULTIMATE – he is the king of ice cream.

On Friday NIght we went to the Park with the extended Robertson Family: Aunt Diane, Aunt Susan, Incle Russel and Aunt Karen and some of our cousins.

We went to the pool with Grandma on Tuesday. Then with Maddy and Lilly and Kelsey on Friday. Then I took the kids back on Saturday!

Sunday Naps after saying goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa and the Cousins:

New Hoverboard Tricks:

Bringing the Table Slide back every once in a while:

Categories: General, Nettesheim, Robertson

JULY JULY JULY

August 17, 2018 admin No Comments

JULY JULY JULY:

1st: SUNDAY
2nd: PACK FOR WISCONSIN and Leave with a CLEAN house.
3rd: Drive to Lincoln Nebraska
4th: Drive to Naperville and try to go to the Festival
5th: Six Flags Great America
6th: Risk and Jen’s house, Visit Grandma, Brewers Game
7th: Lambeau Field, Renards Cheese, Drive to Rushes, Opening Reunion
8th: Sunday, Kite Flying
9th: Lake, Fam Pics, Volleyball, Malibu Moos
10th: The Farm, Culvers, Lake, Pool, Dance
11th: Soccer, tennis, lake, Not Licked Yet
12th: Al Johnsons, Piggly wiggly, Pool, Adult Dinner, Creepy Cabin, Becker Born?
13th: Lake, PC Junction, Pool, Malibu Moos
14th: Drive all day
15th: Drive all Day. World Cup Finals, Pack for scout camp.
16th: Benji to Camp, Hang with Hancocks
17th: Orthodontist, Gus and Dagny, Hang with Merideth!
18th: RS Bike Ride, Pond, MAe is Born
19th: Hancocks (Erica Sick), William, Benson, Cove, Rose to Dad Night
20th: Horrible Broken van Friday at Walmart, Kelsey A reception
21st: Benji home! Yard work, House work, Visits with Kelsey, RSL game, PACK and clean
22nd: Church and Drive to California
23rd: Rockslide River
24th: Silver Lake
25th: Temple and rosckslide River
26th: Silver Lake
27th: Tiger Creek
28th: Drive Home
29th: SUNDAY!
30th:RS Meeting, Gus and Dagny.
31st: Barths, Hancocks, Marys Kids

We were only home for a little over a week in all of JULY: 1st, 2nd, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 29th, 30th, 31st. 11 days to be exact!

We still managed lots of fun in that time:

Millie and Tiago have become the neighborhood wanderers. They are always outside looking for friends.

I read a few books!

This guy learned how to take selfies:

Cali got her braces touched up:

The Hancocks came and they all put on a circus show:

Packer still wakes up before everyone – usually he makes a lego creation while he waits for everyone to wake up. And his creations inspire the rest of us to give it a try:

A few movie night sleepovers in the basement:

I got my bike out for the Relief Society bike ride. Then i rode 3 mornings on my own before we left on vacation.

We went to the pond with the Hancocks and we brought Bennett and Ellie and Julia:

Tiago is learning to ride the hoverboard – look at that face of pure joy!!

The Friday before our California trip I left in the morning to get the oil changed and car cleaned and errands done… and then I ended up spending the entire day dealing with a broken van :(. I did the oil change at Walmart and when I left the shop the van died on the side of the road… I spent over an hour trying to get help from Walmart or JIffyLube or Larkin Tire… and then I finally had it towed .2 miles to a hidden car shop. The guys there were great and fixed the Mass Air Flow Filter Sensor. So I took my van and my bill back to Walmart and spent the afternoon getting them to pay for the damages that they made while checking my air filter. FUN FUN FUN. I did see Aunt Carol while I was there… and a few others I know. In the end I am grateful that I got my money back and grateful that the shop was able to get the van fixed before the weekend so we could go on our trip.

The kids survived at home without me:

I took a few of the kids to Kelsey Avila’s wedding reception!!

And BRADEN EGGERS came home from his mission in Sao Paulo Brasil. We couldn’t be there but looking forward to a week at the cabin with him:

And we had balloon fights the next day with Noah:

And Kelsey came and we went to see all of our peops: We stopped to see Jana and Sean and Cove, We brought Aunt Di a birthday cupcake while she recouped from knee surgery, and we stopped in to see how aunt Carol and the puppies were doing!

That night Ben and I went out to the RSL game. Delayed for lightning. We got home super late and finished packing for the Cali trip!

After the family vacations we had a much needed Sunday. Rose practiced braiding hair and Everyone took naps on my new blanket.

On Monday we watched Gus and Dagny so that Joel could take Megan out for her Birthday!

And on the last Day of July we had Rob and Raeanne’s Family over in the morning with the Hancocks!

And in the afternoon we had 4 of Ryan and Mary’s kids and Hancocks and Neighbors:

And we ended the night singing Karaoke on dads new microphones:

THAT’S HOW WE DO SUMMER!!!

Categories: General, Hancock, Nettesheim, Robertson

California Week at the CABIN

August 17, 2018 admin No Comments

On the Road Again:

Beautiful Drive in to CA on Sunday Evening

The Eggers Cabin! The kids had fun around the cabin. The pond, the zipline, the game room, the treehouse, and THE GREAT OUTDOORS!

Tiago running from Uncle Kevin and trying to put him in the pond jail:

Our First Outing on MOnday was to the Rock Slide: Tiago and Millie were even brave enough to do it! All the kids got in. Ray got in the least.

Lunch Break

Fun with family and new cousin Tyler.

FHE rock Painting:

For Tuesdays Adventure we went to SILVER Lake:

My annoying brothers throwing a ginormous beach ball in my face!

LOTS and lots of kayaking and padlle boarding and tubes.

Ben killing some 3 flies up! and the kids standing in the middle of the lake!

On Wednesday Morning we all went down to the Temple with the older kids adn did baptisms!!

Then Sean and Jana and Cove came so we had to go back to the Rockslide and rope swing. We had a blast until Taylee fell off the rope swing and injured herself pretty badly:

On Thursday we went back to Silver Lake. This time we took everyone and everything over to the sandy beach on the other side. It was a little work getting there and back but the sand was WAY better! And Brady brought the HUGE UNICORN!! It was perfect for carrying everyone across and so much fun to hang out in and jump off of.

The lake was beautiful and the water was surprisingly warm.

Kayaks for everyone! and SpyderBall was SOO FUN.

Is that Packer? What are Rose and the girls building?

Heading back to the cars:

Girls turn to sleep in the game room:

Grandpa – the baby whisperer:

Thursday Night Talent Show:

Friday Morning: Breakfast, Games, Filling up the pond, and Games with Grandma!!

But we couldn’t sit home all day in the heat so we decided to try a new river to swim in. Tiger Creek – 20 minute drive. ended up being PRETTY AWESOME! We found a rock to jump from and another little rapid rock slide adn played in the waterfall and … the kids loved it. Millie couldn’t get enough. Packer got stung so he was not as into it.

And then we floated downriver back toward the cars!

Teaching Everyone CAMEL UP. Dinner and Games.

we might have stayed up LATE friday night cause we didn;t want the fun to end.

On Saturday we drove home.AND ZONKED OUT after a crazy busy JULY.

Here is the Robertson Chore Chart! I love it cause i barely have to cook or clean and everyone pitches in and it is awesome!!!

Cabin Trip High LIghts: WATER WATER WATER, River, lake, rockslide. Games. Chillin on the deck with all the family. Happy Salmon. Meeting Amelia. Temple. Cousins. Being outside in the woods. Bunkbeds. HOT. Family. Talent Show. Dot to Dot race. Homemade Icecream. Zipline. Laser Tag. Giant Unicorn. Spyderball. Kayaks. Millie being fearless. Cheap.

Categories: Robertson

BABIES BABIES BABIES

August 13, 2018 admin No Comments

All the Babies were born this summer!!

Cove was born the end of June:

Becker was born in July while we were in Wisconsin:

Emily had a lot of heart issues and is still having them but Becker has been very healthy and Emily is getting a Pacemaker put in so we are very hopeful that it will get her heart back up where she can return to work and taking care of her family.