Summer Fun

I've been taking lots of pictures this summer so I thought I would do an update about some of the different things we have been doing the last couple of months.  Our pool has been getting a lot of use this summer.  The kids in the neighborhood seem to congregate at our house occasionally and it's been lots of fun.

Who needs a diving board when you have rocks?

 

Just hanging out.....

Can you see me?

The Robinson's had two birthdays to celebrate in July, Oscar and Gurrie.  At Oscar's birthday party we played the candy bar game.  This was my first time playing that.  Everyone starts out with a bag of candy and then you take turns rolling a die that tells you things to do, like taking from the players next to you or having to put one in the middle pot, etc.  At the end of the game, you hope you have at least one candy bar left in your bag!  It was a lot of fun, especially the last five minutes of the game when everyone knew time was running out!

Hoping for a good roll!

Ahhh, I guess things aren't going so well?

Chocolate peanut butter cup cake....Oscar has excellent taste!

Once upon a time, Scott introduced the kids to the "burrito twirl" (for lack of a better term).  He rolls them up in a blanket and twirls them around.  Now they request it every time they see him!

Gurrie chose a berry chocolate pie for her birthday.  Another excellent choice!

She got some fun stuff including this awesome book about horses!

 She also got the game, Pit, which everyone wanted to play immediately.  Anyone who knows me, knows I do NOT like that game and usually refuse to play it.  But they talked me into it and it was fun to watch the kids battle it out.  I was not converted though. 

If you have ever been in AZ in the summer you know we have a lot of thunderstorms.  We also have a dog who is terrified of them. It's usually not a problem when they happen during the day, but when they are during the night, it's like having a crying baby that wants to walk back and forth across your head all night.  As a matter of fact, I was up all night with her last night and so I hope there are not too many mistakes in this blog entry!

Trying to hide from a storm.

Still there.  She's not going anywhere!!

The day after being up all night.  I'm glad someone gets to sleep!  There is no justice.

Other than that, we have been busy with work and callings and school.  I am taking a class right now that is really, really, really, really, really, really HARD!!!  The text books are super hard to understand and don't ask me what I am going to do with the papers I need to write.  Ugh.  I have been taking a break from that the last few days to prepare a RS lesson for this Sunday.  That's not usually my favorite thing to do, but it's given me an excuse to put off writing an essay for which I'm grateful.  But I'll be back at it next week so keep your fingers crossed for me! 

We're looking forward to being up in Utah for BYU graduation.  Yay, Jared!