Robert's Family Reunion 2009

Here are some pictures from this year's family reunion. It was great to see everybody, and have some fun with cousins!

Easton & Corbin... this was the best picture I got from them, and this was after saying, "Quick! look at me! I have candy in my pocket!"

Our family with Grandpa Roberts

Easton doing a little frog racing

and bonding with Grant

Mandy showing off some fabulous clogging moves!! Look at that hair :) Great job Mandy!

At the Casper's

We didn't get to spend a whole lot of time with the Casper's while we were there, because I was without a car, and Jesse's Guardian, but the time that we did spend with them was a lot of fun...Grammy & Ty

This little nerf gun produced a whole lot of fun for, not just Easton, but all the boys!

Corbin &Easton having fun with Papa Larry

Here are a few videos with the Nerf Gun Fun

My Birthday Surprise

My birthday isn't until next week, but my family surprised me with a yummy ice cream cake on Sunday...

Here I am about to blow out my candle, but as you can see, Easton couldn't resist and blew out my candle TWICE, before I could do it. But don't worry we re- lite it a 3rd time so I could make a wish!

Let's all just take a gander at Ace's face in this picture...

And no one could resist trying to "sneak" a bite of the cake

Jessica has had much turmoil bonding with my children. For the longest time Easton did what ever it took to avoid her. Jessica made it her goal to bond with Easton, and we are all proud to say that they are now buddies! Her boyfriend Cory, however, has always been liked by them :)

This picture is just a glimpse of what the iPhone does to people...it just sucks them in!

1 Missionary + 2 Moms + 4 Kids Under the Age of 3 = 1 Fantastic Day at the Zoo

Easton, Ty, and I are still here in Utah. Ace is back home in Vegas working :( we miss him! Elder Jesse Williams is doing well, and the doctors are optimistic that he will be able to go back to Brazil (or at least Portuguese speaking state side)pretty quickly. It has been fun spending time with him and really neat to see how much he has learned and grown this past year down in Brazil.

So many things have been going on, I am taking too many pictures. So I thought I would post about our trip to the zoo so that Ace can see the pictures...and so I will have less catching up to do when I get back home!

We went with my cousin Ginay and her two cute kids, Jake & Sophie. Poor Ginay pushed her sit n stand with her kids, and Easton who insisted on being on the stroller...while I just pushed little Ty around!

Since I was Jesse "companion" for the day (he hasn't been released so he has to be with a family member at all times) he was nice enough to spend the day with us at the zoo! He looks so happy...

He got Easton this hat so his blond head wouldn't get burnt
Jake & Easton

We saw lots of animals...
Monkeys
Elephants
Elephant bones compared to Easton
Bears...
That bear sat balancing on the edge of the log the entire time we were there. We could see him wobbling back and forth. I said, "I wonder why he chose that spot to sit" Jesse said, "He has probably sat in every spot there is to sit in there and decided to start challenging himself with hard spots to sit to make it exciting."


Giraffes

and birds that stood on one leg


The look on Easton's face in these last two pictures of sheer joy express how he felt about being at the zoo...

And I learned something new at the zoo... I found this fabulous little sign outside of the tigers cage. I loved it so much I took a picture to share with all of you...


Sorry for the plethora of pictures, but know there are many more to come!

The first of many thrilling, and full of excitement posts...

I lied, nothing too exciting...

But we are leaving for Utah today, so I thought I would empty my camera...

Ty loves a good blanket. A blanket in his face a lot of the time is the only thing that he wants when he is fussy. It puts him right to sleep, and thus is currently my best friend! (although he does love to pull it over his face and I have to pull it down a lot so he can breathe!)

Here is Easton with one of his favorite things to do...read. Which has always surprised me with how hyper of a kid he is, but this is the one thing he will sit and do for, literally, hours.

And last, but not least. Ty had his first bites of "real" food the other night. I will post about it later, but this picture, with the look of sheer terror on his face pretty much describes how the whole thing went down.

For the next week or so, we will be in Utah. We have a family reunion, and my brother, Jesse, is coming home from his mission. He got a little sick, and has to come home to get better. But hopefully, he will get better quick and be able to go back to his mission. Either way, we are super excited to see him...especially to introduce his little nephew whom I was just barely pregnant with when he left!

Head's Up...and Down

This video was a little while ago, Ty does a bit better now, but I find it so enjoyable...

p.s unless you want to hear Easton fake laughing hysterically throughout the video you may want to turn the volume all the way down!

Some Milestones & Such

Here are just a few things that have been happening with Easton & Ty...

1st We brought out the Bumbo for Ty! And he is happy! He loves to see what everyone is doing so it worked out well.


2nd We finally moved Easton to a twin bed! He has been in his toddler bed up until now, and it is nice to have a bed that adults can use as well! When I put on those lovely blue sheets Easton walked in and said,

"Ohhh I love it Mommy! My bed is blue like the sea! Thank you Mommy, Thank you!"
The things I do to make this child happy!

3rd Here is Ty in the midst of practicing his rolling skills... he has been doing this for a while, but he seems to enjoy turning in circles rather than rolling over.

And then there's Easton. Lately he has been getting into everything you could think of that he shouldn't be getting into! This story is pretty funny though...
While Easton was taking his nap I was making brownies. By the time he woke up I was taking them out of the oven. He came out of the room talking about everything under the sun (like I mentioned in the last post this boy likes to talk) so I wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying. Then I heard him say, "Mmmm I like this Mommy! This is good! I like it!" I look over at him to see what he is doing and he had grabbed the chocolate spoon from the mixing bowl that I used (which was in the sink) and was eating the chocolate off of the spoon and dipping it in for more!
Here I found him buckled into Ty's carseat completely stuck...
Just a cute picture of the boys...

And one more story about Easton. Last night he got into trouble right before bed. So I was trying to make him happy before he went to sleep. I asked him if he wanted to sing some songs. He said yes. So I started singing, but he was just watching me. I said, "Aren't you going to help me sing?" and he said in such an exasperated voice, "I just can't Mommy. I am too sad."
Awww the poor thing...

I Just Can't Resist A Little Hat On A Huge Baby Head!

Ty's head is a lot bigger than Easton's was. Where hats were too big for Easton, they are all too small for Ty. But still so cute!