Mak'en Cake!

Let me set the seen. A perfect spring evening at Grandpa Chuck's house...the sun begins to set...bringing in a cool, crisp breeze. The parents are inside talking about important things while the kids go outside and play. Once the important items have been discussed...the parents congregate outside to make sure the kids are still okay...and what do we find? Imagination has set in...Gunner is the "chef". He is busy picking grass, putting it on his rock "stove", then adding just the right amount of water "seasoning" to his "cake". Graciee and Avery are running the "restaurant". They are busy taking orders...writing them down on sticky note pads...and relaying them back to Gunner so that he can adjust the order as needed. Gandenn is busy taste testing the dirt from the flower bed below...then he walks up to the "stove" in hopes that someone will spray the "seasoning" one more time. And Grafty? Grafton is busy in his own world of transformers...in the endless battle of truth between the Autobots and the Decepticons.

Who could ask for anything more?

31 Rocks!

Birthday celebration today at Grandma Char's Lake (Mandy's the big 31!) -- she actually turns a year older on the 27th...but close enough. Nothing is better than throwing rocks in near freezing water...a warm fire in the house...and food...food...food. I'm blessed to have such a wonderful wife that makes me laugh every day. I can't wait to see what the next 31 has to hold!

Back into perspective...

For those of you that need a good jolt back into perspective (from the "important" stuff in the world we all have going on), watch the latest sermon at

http://www.freshlifechurch.com/site/teachings.html.

It's a vivid account of the crucifixion...putting all of our "big" problems back into perspective...

Everyone has their issues...

A friend of mine was helping me out this weekend build a rock-wall out at the house...and he had a interesting comment. "My wife swearers up and down our kids are the only ones to rotate tantrums so that at least one is screaming all the time!" What was my response?..."we all have our personal lives...and it ain't always rosie". Just tonight I had two in the tub...one screaming with soap in the eyes and the other just wanting "mama"...

Work'en on the house...

Gunner is a trooper. He's been out at the lot work with dad almost every week-end...in anticipation that he may get to ride on the tractor or excavator. Today is was pouring rain...he spent 4 hours working on moving a small pile of dirt. God has blessed us with wonderful children that make our heart melt...

Dancing with the Stars!

Only this time the stars are Graciee, Avery & Krista! All three girls did a great job look'en pretty...glitter anyone?

It's a Gooooooaaaaaaaalllllll!

Soccer Star? Grafty and Gunner love to go play soccer with daddy. Grafty wants to run and shoot just like his big bro! Gandenn doesn't quite grasp the concept as of yet...but give him time...give him time!

Tigers 2 - Owls 2. It was a tough game that came down to the wire. If only we hadn't scored on ourselves...it would have been a different story! Graciee did great (though she didn't want to be on defense). It was a little crazy this time with only a few kids actually listening to "Coach Kelly". O-well...Good times...Good times...

Do'en just fine!

Mandy's out for the night getting her hair all "girly"...I don't know how she could get any more beautiful! So I have the kido's...Gandenn is sleep'en (oh ya...dad's got'er under control!) and Graciee has a soccer game at 7:00. I'll try and take some pict's of the star player!

Brenda's B-day!

Another day down! Today was Brenda's Birthday. We all loaded up and headed over to Grandma Char's for some tasty salad and salmon...except the kiddo's who were happy with a pot full of dirt.

Surf's Up

Playing at the Park

Tonight we were given the night off!! (Drywall was drying!) Wow...haven't had one of those in awhile! So we took the kids to the park and had dinner. They are into "surf's up" so that's what we did down the slide! Can't get enough of this beautiful Montana weather!

Everything has a starting point

Where do we start with the Robinson's? This year has been full of change and chaos...but in the end it all equals blessings. So what do we do? We add another thing we have to "keep up"...in hopes that this will help all of us stay in the loop.

Right now Mandy is going through the Herberger's bag of kid clothes goodies. Every now and then we look at our kids and realize that they are each wearing clothes that are 2 sizes too small...and looking a little "orphan-ish". So we break down and get them each stocked up for another few months...More to follow!