Celebrety News

My darling friend, Jill, is going to be on Dating in the Dark tomorrow (Monday, Aug. 30th) so watch. She's having a party at her house starting with dessert in the dark. We met working for SuperCamp. She's turned me on to meditating, good food, and inspiring me overall to be better.


During preschool, Annie goes over to Katie's house-Annie is in good hands. I had to keep the email Katie sent about her her first day:
Today went really well and Annie is a joy to watch. She never fussed or cried and always remember to say please. What a sweet and kind little girl you have. Annie was so kind to Anna. When Anna was a little fussy, due to sleepiness, Annie offered Anna her BUNNY to make her feel better. Annie also made me laugh. She found three links that were linked together and put her hands through the two end ones. Then she walked around the house like she was handcuffed. Silly girl. I hope that your first day went well and that both you and the kids had fun. Thank you for letting me spend some time with your sweet Annie.




We've been swimming a couple days this week-perfect weather. Apollo's always up for hanging out with his best buddies.






Apollo's in love. We watched baby Anna on Friday and Apollo wanted to hold and talk to her all night.



The kids have been having a lot of fun with the Anthony's. Apollo yelled out "It's a Party!" the last two times they were here while jumping on the trampoline and having fun.

Good to be Home

We really enjoyed our family and vacation and are glad to be home too.

Here's what each of us are up to:

Carleton: Enjoyed his first week in his new role at Balboa and has kept super busy. He is up very early mountain biking, running, playing racquetball, and is out at other times with his church role working with the young men. Carleton just bought and sold a beautiful bike for me. He bought it for me when I was in NM and when I got home and tried it my knees his the handle bars so he's on the lookout again.

Robyn: Back to working out with the girls and kids and has started running again-feels soooo good. Carleton and I will be running a 10k next month and will be doing a triathlon in April. I started a preschool with Apollo and his buddies and looooove it! It feels so good to prepare, plan, and do a lesson again with such cute kiddos. It's a lot to keep up with but very happy to do it. I have some amazing plans with my Dad and my company that I'll explain more about later. Mom, Heidi, and I are crafting to get ready for our Christmas boutique over Thanksgiving.

Apollo: He is enjoying the Magic Tree House book series , riding his bike, playing outside, starting preschool, and saying cute things all the time. He is a total joy to be around. He has a great zest for life. We played the Question game the other day (we just ask each other questions) and when I asked him what makes him sad he said "Going to bed." He loves dance parties and Lincoln Logs. I just asked him what his favorite thing to do just now and he answered "I like to eat apples, they're my favorite" (he's eating apples right now). A good example of Apollo-always very present and having fun in the moment.

Annie: She goes over to my friend, Katie's house to play with Anna during preschool. I'm so glad she gets to be the older girl for once. She always tells us stories (we wish we knew what she was saying) and pulls my head back to look at her with both hands if I turn away. She sits on her little potty while I go on the other potty. Now we just need to move to the next step-doing it without clothes and a diaper on. She loves dancing and babies.


Fist day of preschool.



Our hike yesterday to Holy Jim Falls.

Fun Travels

We just got back from visiting my parents in Albuquerque for two weeks and spent another week with Carleton's family in Bear Lake.

Flight to NM. Here we were playing a game seeing how many flight workers would wave at us. Apollo was giddy getting on the plane and was super excited when the pilot came out of the cockpit and said to him "Hey, Gimme five!." He retold that story a couple times.






After the plane tried to land and couldn't, the pilot told us we would try again but that there was bad weather (we finally landed on the third try). Everyone on the plane was quiet and a little nervous after the announcement and then I hear Apollo very loudly saying "Are you KIDDING me?" Everyone around laughs and because he knew he was funny so he said it a million more times-not so funny.


Playing in the yard. Apollo and Annie had a blast with the rocks and water (ooohhhh for a yard!).







Monkeys at the zoo.




Oo oo ee ee.


Annie held out as long as she could.


Fun with Uncle Jord.





I had to laugh as Jord really fixed the bike and Apollo took random tools and twisted them around on different parts of the bike. At least he looked the part.






Chimayo with Mom. We went to a very old church that has some "healing dirt" that I heard magically replenishes itself. I put some in a gum container for the next time I get sick. Maybe I should give Annie a teaspoon of it since she has a little cold-hehe.




Cactus juice-yummy. We ate at a delish restaurant by the church.



After Chimayo, we went to Santa Fe to look at the galleries.




Vintage Goodies. Mom and I went around to different thrift stores looking for some cool finds. I'm working on a craft project where I need old earrings. I found a couple cool old purses (one for Annie), some books (I like to scan the retro pictures for different things), and Apollo had fun because I would let him pick out some toys. In one of the shops a girl showed us her puppies next door. The kids loved them.







Shop til you drop.




Harley ride with Dad. Soooo fun.




Bear Lake


James did some magic tricks for the kids.





Crafts with the girls.



4 wheelers. We took some fun trails around the mountains.




Hot tub. Sometimes it was standing room only.



Annie likes her grandpas.



Cool cave. We went on a tour through a cave in Bear Lake that was so open and long-very beautiful.




Firsts.

Apollo went skiing. I have more pics from this weekend on other cameras so I'll post them later. So fun to watch such a tiny guy out there. He got a little nervous out there but because everyone cheered and was so happy, he has a good memory of it.

Annie is so cute when she tries to express herself. Over the trip, she started grabbing my face with both hands to turn my head back when I would look at Apollo or someone else. Then, she would continue telling (babbling) her story.

Apollo starts his first day of school on Thursday. I'll be starting a preschool with Apollo and four of his buddies. I've worked really hard on preparing some fun things for the kids. I've gone overboard with everything but I love to do it.