P.C. Junction

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    We decided to try a new restaurant this year and it was a big hit for the kids.

    PC Junction

    You sit up to the bar and the waitresses send all of the food out on a train. The kids loved seeing the train come.

    We love trains

    Our Drinks stopped right in front of us.

    Benji and Julia with our drinks

    When there is a lull in the food then they send dancing animals out on the train – Benji and Packer thought that was great. So did the rest of the cousins.

    Phoenix and Talia

    The food was good but you definitely paid for the entertainment in the price!

    Benji and Caitlin

    And outside the restaurant they had some great peddle bikes and a track to ride on – we spent a good hour riding after lunch.

    family ride

    Here we come!

    Grandma and Grandpa even took a turn!

    Gma Gpa Caitlin and PJ

    Categories: General, Nettesheim

    Brett Favre Returning?

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    We were at Lambeau Field when the Brett Favre news broke the media – In fact I may have been taking this picture of the 2 quaterback jerseys in the Pro Shop window at the very hour of the news break!

    Favre or Rogers

    No Matter What Happens I am Sure that These Nettesheims Will Still be Packer Fans and Favre Lovers!

    Benji at Lambeau

    Who is that guy Dad?

    In Front of the Lombardi statue

    Categories: General

    Thank You Dad and Ryan!

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    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!!…

    ready to start building

    All torn down and ready to start building.

    All Framed

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

    Ben at work 

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

    Packer Man

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

    Master Minds

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

    Scrub Work

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

    Final Touches

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

    New Deck

    Categories: Ben, General, Jana, Packer, Robertson

    I have a 3 year old!

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    Today was Benji’s birthday! It was an exciting day for the whole family because he was so excited. He had a party with some of his cousins on Saturday night and loved the attention and phone calls that he got today. I can’t believe our little guy is already 3 – time flies when you’re the parent.

    computer is not cooperating so pictures will have to come later 🙁

    Categories: Benji

    Temple Picture Collection

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    For many years now I have made it a point to take a picture of myself in front of each temple that I go to – so when we went to the Sacramento Temple for Tracie on June 13th it was my first time at that Temple so I asked Ben to take my picture for my collection. As these pictures might tell – a few of my brothers had a hard time letting me be the only one in the picture! Nerds!

    Hi Kev anyone else want in?

    Categories: Jana, Robertson

    The 2nd Trip to Oroville ( june 2008)

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    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.  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!

    The Wedding Kids

     Boys and Bride

    Cute matching Cousins

    Jana and Tracie

    The Cake

    the wedding crowd

    Robertson Family Program

    Tracie and 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. 🙂

    Netty Family

    Some of the Robertson Families:

    Eggers

    Kevin and Liz

    Josh and Mal

    The Joel Fam
    Some fun things I learned on my vacation: Anika taught me that a PT Cruiser might cost you 100,000 dollars! LaNell who has swim suit issues: 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 a  Lake Oroville camping trip next summer. Lets do this!

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

    Our First Trip to Oroville ( this Month)

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    On Saturday night I decided that it would be a good idea to jump in the car the next day and drive to Oroville California with Erica and her kids. It was graduation week for my twin siblings, Shannon and Sean, so I wanted to be there for that. The Tracie and John wedding was also less than 2 weeks out so I wanted to help prepare for that … and that is exactly what I did. We spent a week at my mom and dad’s house and I had a great time with my parents and siblings that were home. It was especially nice to spend some one on one time with the youngest 3 –  Shannon, Sean, and Kelsey, since I haven’t lived at home fo rthe past 10 years its fun to see them grown up and getting their own personalities.

    Graduation

    The Graduates: Las Plumas Class of 2008. Shannon was Co-class President and MC at the graduation. Sean was Top Ten in his class. Congratulations guys! We Loved Being There for it.

    Chillin on the Porch

    Packer spent most of his time right here on Grandma’s front porch. His cousins Payton and Carter joined him often. He was entertained by Triskit the Mouse, The Flying Pig, and the flowers. He also decided that if anyone left the house then he wanted to leave also. This made it tough because someone was always leaving, needless to say he learned to throw some good fits.

    Cousins Hot Tubbing

    Benji’s favorite part was going in the Hot Tub. We used it like a swimming pool and Benji did some of his best swimming. He would see his cousins do some cool jumps and back flops and would follow right along with them. Good swimming Benj!

    Categories: Benji, General, Jana, Packer, Robertson

    Month of May

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    I haven’t posted all month! Maybe I’m not cut out for this Blogging world! 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.

     Big Car Seat

    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 🙂

    Payton and Pac-man

    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.

    New Sand Toy

    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 a liking to all of the pumpkin plants so few have survived :(  But … we are determined to have a salsa garden and a few pumpkins at Halloween 🙂 Good work Ben and happy 33rd Birthday!

    Bens Garden

    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!

    Pac loves his Puppy

    May 16th and 17th was our ward father and sons campout! I tried to convince Ben to take 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.

    In The Tent 

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

    The Sand Dunes 

    We might need a bigger pool this summer…

    kids in the pool

    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 and wishing we lived by Lake Oroville – what a beautiful and perfect swimming lake – I miss it 🙁

    Benj and Pace

    mom and Pac

    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 🙂

    Packer – A Rough First Year

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    Packer just turned 1 year old! He had a small tragedy at his party that reminded us of another tragedy that he had on his first Christmas so I have decided to reveal the drama of Packers First Christmas and his First Birthday by way of video…

    Packer: if you ever watch this – I really wasn’t a negligent mother. I love you.

    Categories: Packer