First Day of School

 How do you get Amanda Robbins to blog?  You ask her to write a talk for church and she would rather do anything in the world.  8/   

First Day of school

 My cute, sweet babies

 I kept trying to get them to scoot closer and look at me,.. but instead I got an array of awesome pictures of Chloe trying so hard to pose, and Bailey trying so hard to teach her sister how to pose.  These girls, seriously kill me.  I love them.

 So proud to be a big Kindergartener

Mrs. Newland is in for a treat with this one!

(my camera settings were all jacked up, thus resulting in lots of awesome blurry pictures of the first day of school.  :(

Our Summer

Seeing as how I haven't blogged since June,..July,.. I figured it's time for my annual summer re-cap,... this'll be fun!

Family from Far and near,.. if they weren't near,.. they were SUPER far,.. arrived for my brother's wedding.  It was SO fun to see and play with cousins and siblings that I only get to see every few years in some cases.  All 7 kids haven't been all together since MY wedding, 6 years ago.  

Plus, we are awesome.

 This was my attempt at a nice picture with my kids,........  Not so much.  Love them.

 Ode to Evelyn:  I could not be more excited to have her in our family.  I love my brother, but he sure married up,.. WAY up,.. and she is amazing!  I am grateful to have such an amazing new sister!  Welcome to the family Evelyn!  Can't wait till you 2 start poppin out babies for me to munch on!!!

After all my siblings abandoned me, we kept busy playing with other cousins, and finding any and all excuses to NOT hang out inside the condo.  (too many people in too tight of spaces, makes for lots of tears from all.)

 BYU Planetarium,... snooze fest.

 Robbins Family Olymics at Spring Haven

 Lots of morning snuggle sessions

 This is the Place State Park

 Getting a clean shave for school

 Bear Lake

 Chloe FINALLY got potty trained.  It was nothing short of a miracle,.... but once she decided she wanted to be potty trained,.. she was,.. no accidents,.. well one,.. and a cold shower cured that!

 MANY hours spent basking in the sun at Seven Peaks

 Calm, quiet Birthday's spent at Bear Lake.  We were at Bear Lake for a week, and just so happens that both the girls birthdays were during that week we were there.  It was a nice, calm birthday celebration spent in their favorite place.  I can't believe they are 5, and 3,.. where did the time go?

 Chloe got this Merida doll from Grandma for her birthday, and everytime I look at it I laugh because Chloe makes that SAME face,.. all the time,.. see.

 This are coming along on our NEW house.  HOURS,.. DAYS spent in the design studio, piecing everything together was a BLAST, and the guy helping me was fabulous,... if you know what I mean,.. and now I have a new friend.  :)  If only he helped me with my wardrobe,.........

 Chuck E Cheese was a great way to spend a day!  So much fun!  remember that one time, I worked at Chuck E Cheese?  Seriously, my favorite job ever.

 We decided our family was better suited in a mini van,.. with a DVD player,.. and I am here to testify it was an AMAZING decision.  Someday I will have my dream SUV,.. but not as long as I am buckling babies in car seats and lugging around a chunky baby in a car seat that needs lifted.  (if you can't hear them,. the heavenly angels are singing the Hallelujah chorus right now)

 The mall was our best friend,.. Chick Fil A, Tai Pan Dreaming, a free place to play.

 We decided to head to Montana for Kit-Cat's wedding(a girl I used to babysit,... WHAT?)  It wasn't a last minute decision, but the day before we left, I contracted Strep,... aka Hell's disease.  Got my antibiotics and thought,.. I will feel better by morning,.. NOPE,.. but I did feel better 5 days later, after our trip was over.  UGH!!!  The wedding was beautiful.  On our way home, I decided since I was so close,.. NOT,.. I would go see my grandma.  She is seriously amazing and I wish I could see her more often.  She is so beautiful!  Would you believe she is 93?  Our trip home turned out a be a lesson in planning ahead.  I was just SURE I could make it all the way home that Saturday night,.. well about 3 hours from my grandma,.. I was ready to call it a night,.. (still 6 hours from home) oops!  We stopped in Helena for a hotel, and I kid you not,.. EVERY ROOM was full.  So we thought,.. next town,.. NOPE,.. 3 hours later,.. in Idaho Falls, we finally found a room,.. it was kinda pricy,.. but SO worth it. 

It was a great summer,.. so many other things happened that I didn't document,.. such is life.  

Disneyland 2012

 We packed up the car, snagged Grandma Patti, and hit the road.

 We decided to take the trip slow, and stayed the night in St. George one night,.. it was wonderful.

 Chloe decided at somepoint this day that she would rather smile with her bum for pictures.  Cute smile, huh?

 Note: When asking Grandma to take pictures, remind her that we want more than just a family picture,.. we would like the object in the background in the picture as well.  love her.  p.s where is Cy?

 In case you were wondering,.. he was a perfect angel.  seriously,.. angel.

 we LOVE the Nemo ride!

 My children have no fear, and no inhibitions,.. Bailey just struck up a conversation with these ladies while we waited for the bus,.. she was telling them about her "Rock Star Hair" and her bandaids.

 Chloe and I got to ride a lot of little rides together while Bailey and Daddy rode big kids rides.

 Bailey LOVED Hollywood Tower of Terror,.. Chloe didn't even want to walk by the building and kept calling it "Da holywood of terror"  it was cracking me up.

 I wanted to go on this ride too,.. so I made Bailey go twice.

 I am salivating posting this picture.  One of my favorite treats at Disneyland.

 Although Chloe HATED the tower of terror,.. she REALLY wanted "halloween jack and Sally dolls"  So of all the things in the whole park,.. this is what she picked to bring home with her,...... Hopeufully she doesn't decide to be goth at some point.  yikes.

 Oooooh,.. this picture makes my heart happy.  My mom doesn't really like rides like this,... but I FORCED her to go on,.. if a 4 year old can handle it,.. so can she,.... my mom cracks me up.  The best was Space Mountain,.. I told her it wasn't scary at all, and that it was like the Buzz Lightyear ride where you play a game,.... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha,.. she was SOOOO made at me.  HILARIOUS.

Needless to say, we were tired.  So tired we snuggle up to light poles on Main Street and take naps.  A Perfect end to a wonderful vacation.