The Robertson Family: California Trip.....April 25-May 6, 2010

Sunday, June 6, 2010

California Trip.....April 25-May 6, 2010

Tage, Paizlie, and I went to California to help my sister-in-law, Jamie. She is pregnant with triplets and was put on bed rest. We went down to help and spend a week with Jamie, Mike, Trae, and Aizlynn. We had SO MUCH FUN! Mike and I sung and danced around, like our typical selves, and the kids played, while poor Jamie laid. (Jamie is such a trooper in her situation. I admire her strength.) The week went by too fast, as it usually does when I am with my brothers. Thank you for letting us come and help. We miss and love you guys so much!

The drive worked out great. My best friend, Ali, wanted to go visit her mom for a week so she and her kids rode down and back with us. It was nice because I didn't have to make the trip alone with Tage and Paiz. Ali's mom lived right on the way to Mikes so I only had a couple of hours to drive alone. We had so much fun with the kids. They did AWESOME!
Here is our trip...

The kids, Ali, and me. We were at the gas station stretching and waiting for Ali's dad to pick her and her kids up...

Aizlynn and Tage tired of playing...literally...

Mike and Paizlie....

Aizlyn entertaining Paizlie...

Mike....WHATZ UP!!!

We went swimming. Paizlie loved the water and she loved playing with Mike...

Paizlie's BLOWOUT!!!

Jamie's "inverted" bed Mike invented...GOOD JOB Mike!

Three kids in a tub....

We went to Lover's Point Beach. We had so much fun. The kids got soaken wet. Mike and I were laughing at how much fun the kids were having....

After we left Mike's and Jamie's me and the kids stayed at Ali's mom's Ranch for a day. The kids had so much fun. They swam in the pond, rode on the golf carts, played in the sand box, and we rode around the small town Ali grew up in. Her family was so nice and we had an enjoyable time. It was a perfect way to end our California trip.

*highlights (TBC): Katie the goat lady and Jamie's huge cupboard that fell off the wall. "Never under-estimate your own strength!" Jen Robertson

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We Are The Robertson's....

Sam and I are products of the Spanish Fork Singles Ward. When we met, Sam was the ward mission leader and I was a stake missionary. We dated for 3 months then I served a mission. After I returned home we married in November 1999. We have four beautiful children: Hadlie, Daxton, Tage, and Paizlie. Our family is growing bigger and better everyday. Since we don't live close to our immediate families we hope this blog will capture our memories we are making and allow our families and friends to watch us grow and progress everyday.

Daxton

Daxton is 7 years old. He is our perfectionist. He works on something until it looks just so. He runs on his own time schedule. He is very anaylitical. We think he'll follow in his Grandpa Owen's and Uncle Dave's footsteps one day and become an Engineer. Daxton loves to play with his friends, play baseball, and play piano. He loves playing the Wii. He's very good at it. Daxton knows how to do things right: he starts out slow until he figures all the in's and out's then he cruises through the task. Daxton loves his mom. He and Jen have a strong bond. He loves school. He's a good listener and a great big brother to Tage.

Paizlie

Paizlie is 2 years old. She is our peacemaker. She has brought alot of happiness and joy into our lives. She is always happy. She loves to play with her stuff dogs, her babies, and her brothers and sister. She mimic's her siblings all the time. She wants to be a big kid too.Paizllie is a 100% grandpa girl. She LOVES, and I mean, LOVES her two grandpa's. She makes me open up our blog almost everyday so she can see pictures of her two grandpa's. She has a very sweet spirit and nature about her. We are so glad she came to our family.

My Dad's A Hero

I, Jen, illustrated this book for two friends of mine, Jewel Armstrong and Rebecca Christensen, whom wrote the book. Together, we self published it in 2007. We have been sending it to military families and military schools around the nation to help children with deployed parents. Our book perviously won the 2007 Golden Quill Award from the American Authors Association and the 2007 Don Hanson Award for Creativity from the Military Writers Society of America. We now have learned that Scholastic Books is now going to carry it for the next 7 years in their book order magazines. We are very excited about it. It's so awesome! So watch for it when your kids bring home their book orders from school. You can also get it on Amazon.com.