FUN, FUN, FUN!

Boy have the kids been having fun lately! They are loving the many fun activities that summer brings! I didn't have internet to do a post last week and now 2 weeks seems like a lot to catch up on. First of all...

The Tooth Fairy

did come and left Pierson a dollar. He was so thrilled about this! He carried it around the house with him for 2 days until I made him put it away.

Dinosaur Discovery

We have a great group of friends who we have been able to get together with once a week and do a fun summer outing for the kids. We hit the Dinosaur Discovery museum- Pierson thought it was pretty cool and had fun. Madi just wanted to climb under all the ropes and was mad I wouldn't let her. But she had a great time digging with brother.
Pierson & Elle

Pierce & Madi digging for dinosaur bones

Happy Father's Day!


I think Ryan's Father's Day was the lamest one yet. Poor guy. Due to his "special diet" I was unable to make him a yummy breakfast, yummy dinner and yummy dessert. I felt bad, but he got plenty of sweet hugs and kisses! Plus he got to watch me learn how to hula hoop that day! (Story to come in later post) However he is doing awesome with his "special diet" and has lost 25 pounds! I am so proud of him! But it was a great day to let him know how much we love him! I am so lucky to have such an awesome man!

Happy Birthday Dear Daddy!

The day after Father's Day was Ryan's 34th birthday! Talk about making me feel bad! His 2 special days right in a row and me unable to spoil him with yummy food! We had a great day anyway...
The kids were so excited to sing to Daddy in the morning and give him a birthday muffin (the kids certainly enjoyed it)

The kids were super excited to surprise Daddy at work with balloons! (No Pierson does not have glasses, they have discovered it is fun to try on the kid frames at Daddy's work.)

That night we went out for Dad's "party" and went bowling. It was great fun for all of us and after Ryan kicked my trash in bowling I beat him in a heated game of air hockey!
Then we let Pierson have a turn to play Dad in air hockey and he loved it. It was so fun watching him and he thought he was cool stuff "beating" Dad!
Pierce, Madi and "Monk" singing Happy Birthday to Daddy

Blue Bunny

This week we had a very fun filled and yummy outing to Blue Bunny. We made a field trip appointment and they show the kids a video, then let them make their own waffle cone! This was so much fun and so cute! They each got to poor a scoop of batter onto the waffle iron, push the timer button, and roll up their own cone. I loved watching and seeing how they make these yummy things and the kids had a great time! It was a fantastic outing!



Pierce & Grant were so excited to get "Super Scooper" flavor!


Madi wanted "pink - my favorite color" so she got peppermint stick. We all enjoyed our delicious (& huge) ice cream cones and had fun with our friends. Great day!

Big Day for a Super Boy!

Pierson lost his 1st tooth today! (Sniff, sniff.) He was quite excited and I was trying hard not to cry! This just made him officially big!

After 3 weeks of having it lose, I finally convinced him to let me pull it...only by bribing him a little with showing him a few "not scary" parts of Superman and Spiderman. (We have established that he can watch these movies when he is 12, but occasionally we let him watch a few select, cool, not scary scenes.) I turned Superman on, tied the dental floss around the tooth and with one quick tug, it was out. It was so quick and painless, he barley knew it happened. He was so thrilled when I showed it to him. He can't wait for Dad to come home tonight so he can surprise him.


After the excitement of the Super hero movies, he was so good to pose for me, this of course had to include...

Spiderman Pierson (this is a surprisingly big smile for Spiderman mode)

and Wolverine Pierson

I can't believe how big my little boy is! Thankfully he is still super-sweet along with being a super-hero! I love him so much!

SUMMER TIME!

I was seriously dreading summer time and so worried about how in the world I was going to keep Pierson busy with school out! But summer is in full swing and we have been having so much fun that the kids haven't even had time to get bored, exactly the opposite - I haven't had time to clean the house! We have been busy with Pierson's swimming lessons (he is doing awesome!, haven't taken any pics yet), baseball games, playing at the water park, swimming, playing with friends and loving our 5 baby kittens! I am so relieved that I am actually loving summer!

Sweet little Madi girl having a ball at the water park!

Pierson having fun with his best cousin Anya, He is actually not mad, just in character, he is being Mufasa

Fun with cousins at the water park

Pierson & Mittens, cute little tiny thing!


Pierson is doing great in baseball! He is having a lot of fun and really improving. The last few games he has gotten almost all of his hits on the 1st or 2nd pitch. Pretty good for first try at coach pitch! Go Reds!

Great Grandma Johns

My dear Great Grandma passed away on May 17th. (Today would have been her 94th birthday!) As soon as I heard of her passing I was, of course, a bit sad, but more so I was overcome with the feeling of joy, knowing how excited my Mom was to see her again! I can just imagine the reunion she was having with her own parents and siblings, what a joyous time for them! My Mom had a very sweet and close relationship with her Grandma so growing up it was special for us kids to have our Great Grandma so close!

One of my favorite pictures of Grandma Johns, taken at our home Christmas 1988

The funeral was very sweet and peaceful. I had the opportunity to speak and this was such an honor to me. I felt I was representing the great-grandchildren as well as my Mom. I shared some great memories that my sisters and brother and I all had of our Grandma. It was a very sweet and humbling experience for me.


Flowers from Grandma's garden - she had a beautiful garden in her back yard, almost all flowers! Some of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren had picked all her flowers and had them in vases all around the room at the funeral. It was so beautiful and I was so grateful they did this! I took these up so my Mom's grave, I know she would have loved them!!

Grandma Johns house

My brother, Amos, Grandpa Jensen, my sister, Ginger, and me - visiting Grandma's house
I was so glad we got to go see her house one last time, Ryan had never been there before so it was fun to show him

Miss Madi in one of her moments

Little Dr. Robison

I have to start with a little background for this post...
All school year Pierson has been saying that he wants to be an eye doctor when he grows up and work in the same office as Daddy. A couple weeks ago we were talking about the kittens and he asked me a question and I said, "I don't know, we'll have to ask Jace." (Jace is our great Vet/new neighbor)
Pierce says,"How come he knows so much about animals?"
I explain that he went to college for a long time to learn how to take care of animals, just like Dad went to college for a long time to learn how to be an eye dr. (I have told him about college before, he is already planning on going to BYU, just like Daddy and Grandpa and Uncle Mark.) But at this moment, it clicked in his brain, and he exclaimed, "oh that's why you go to college, to learn what you want to be when you grow up!"
Then we continued out little conversation about what he wants to be when he grows up and talking about working in Daddy's office he says, "then people will be confused, cause there will be TWO Dr. Robisons! And maybe when I grown big like Dad, my hair will turn black like Dad's, then they'll be really confused!" I love conversations with this boy.

So- Kindergarten "graduation" program comes around and Pierson's part was a Doctor. He was so excited to dress up like a Dr., but he wanted to wear one of Ryan's work shirts, so that people would know he was an EYE Dr. I had to talk him into wearing this ensemble and assure him that there are lot of Dr.s who wear white coats. He was still concerned that people wouldn't know he was an EYE Dr. so Ryan got a few "eye dr." things for him to put in his pocket and this worked. Isn't he the cutest little Dr. you've ever seen?!

The Police Man and Doctor, best buddies

My 2 Handsome Doctors! How did I get so lucky?!


My little Dr. Robison

I can't believe Kindergarten is over! How did my little boy get this big already?!

A Happy Mother's Day

I was so happy to have such a nice Mother's Day weekend. The first surprise came on Friday night from a sweet husband and a sweet boy...


I'm sure this is the face of the sweetest boy ever! He was so excited to surprise me!

Mother's Day morning was great - Ryan let me sleep in a bit and when I came down stairs the kids were all ready to surprise me and this is what I found...


"Happy Mother's Day Mom!"..."Happy Mudders Day Mom!"
I was spoiled with hugs, kisses, sweet cards and great gifts. I had seen this great frame on sale for 60% OFF and mentioned it to Ryan and he picked it up for me (what a smart guy!), and I helped him out by buying myself a Pampered Chef chopper I'd been wanting for years, and giving it to him to let the kids give me for Mother's Day. I'm sure he appreciated me making it so easy for him. He did actually surprise me with a new CD, and that was impressive. They were so sweet and the kids were extatic with surprising me. Ryan made breakfast and it was a wonderful morning.




We made it through church with only a minor frustration, and then the kids were so thrilled to give me the cute flowers their teachers had ready for them to give to their Mom's. (So lucky to have such great primary teachers!) They were really cute, and after a bit of persuasion we were able to get a few pictures with them.

My amazing husband and Me....I am so lucky to have him.
Ryan and I celebrated our 7th Anniversary the previous weekend, (May 3rd) which I didn't get around to blogging about... 7 years, 7 moves, 1 graduation, 3 offices, and 2 babies later, here we are. And I couldn't be happier. (ok maybe I might be able to be a tiny bit happier, like if Madi would potty train!)

My day was made even brighter by one of my dearest, sweetest friends, when we arrived home and found this on our front porch. It would have made my day even if it was just the bag!

As I enjoyed my Mother's Day - I, of course, thought a lot about my Mom. I am so thankful for the Mother she was so me, for all the good we shared, and all the good she taught me. I am especially thankful that she helped me to gain my own testimony, for it is only through this that I know I can be strong and be happy in my day to day life, even though I am missing her each day. Now that I am a Mom I appreciate her SO much more! (I guess all of us Mom's know that our children will never be able to fully appreciate us until they become parents themselves!) She was an incredible Mom and I can't imagine how she had 5 children at the age of 25 and kept her sanity. Truly she was an extraordinary women.

At the end of a great Mother's Day, I thought - at this stage in my life, here is what being a Mom means to me:
Constantly trying to solve a problem, fix a toy, stop a fight, or take care of an owie...
In between fixing a meal, fixing a snack, attempting to clean up the mess in the kitchen before the next meal
Cleaning, cleaning and cleaning and then accepting the fact that my house will never be all the way clean
Trying to find a little more patience when I think it is all lost and I just. can't. handle. another. fit.
And when the fit is over, the problem fixed and sometimes the mess cleaned up...
I can't imagine any greater joy.

NEW

Our New Little Arrivals

Our first bit of new excitement this week, Bella had her kittens on Sunday the 26th
It may look like a little pile of fur, but there are actually 5 tiny kittens in there!



We were so excited to come home from church and find 3 kittens, and then Monday morning to find 2 more! The kids are loving checking on Bella and the babies through out the day. I love watching the tiny little things, they are so darling wobbling around and climbing all over each other. I loved having kittens when I was a kid and I am loving watching my own kids' excitment now. They are so sweet, I wish we could keep them all, but we will only be keeping 1. So we will have 4 adorable kittens in need of a good home in about 2 months.


New Little Cousin

My sister Trit, (AKA Deli) had her little Baby Hannah on Monday the 27th.





Pierce & Madi were excited for little "Hannah Banana" to arrive. Pierson woke to major excitement Monday morning when we told him that Aunt Deli was at the hospital having her baby AND that Bella had 2 more kittens during the night! WOW! So many new babies!

So Flippin' Excited for New Flip Flops


I took Pierce & Madi shopping for new summer sandals and oh my goodness - I never imagined so much excitment over a pair of flip flops! Pierce has been wanting some for a long time, since he had noticed his buddy Grant's flip flops. We walked into the store and he immedietley spotted them, then he quickly grabbed the ones he wanted "SHARKS!!!" He thought there were the best thing ever. We had to go to Daddy's office to surprise him with the new footwear, and he had to show them to all of the office gals, and take them of to show them the awesome shark. "It's like a puzzle!" He told them, "most of the shark is on one and the fin is on the other!" Madi was also excited to realize that her's were "like a puzzle!" and she was so excited to pick the PINK AND PURPLE ones! They were so excited about them that Pierson was actually begging me to go to Costco the next day just so he could wear them. (No shoes in the house was a suddenly a major bummer for them, so a trip to Costco sounded awesome, usually something he whines about.)


New Shades

Ryan just brought a new line of kids sunglasses into his office and surprised the kids with these. The kids are loving them and want to wear them all the time! I told them they are "real" sunglasses and they have been really good at taking care of them so far. ($39 - $49 at Dr. Robison's office) Don't they just look so cute?!




We have had a very fun week with so many new exciting things!