Brutus is a Crazy

Look how cute Brutus was as a puppy. I am pretty sure if he hadn't been this cute, I would have said no to the whole "pet ownership" deal. But he was cute, so here I am. *Side note-Look how big his ears are! I wonder if they are the same size now, and he just had to grow into them.
Anyway, I recently learned that your pet can turn into a PSYCHO during/around a full moon. Here, read this article if you don't believe me. So, this cute little guy can shred his dog buddy's ear in a matter of seconds. And that's just what happened. I don't have any pictures of the wound, so you'll have to use your imagination. But Lunar got a trip to his favorite vet and a bunch of stitches in his left ear. He has also been wearing the "Cone of Shame" for a week and a half now. He gets his stitches out on Friday, and then hopefully no more cone. Poor guy, it took him three days to get used to the thing. He wouldn't sit, lay down, or eat because he was so uncomfortable. I am pretty sure he thought he was being punished. He is okay with it now, except for when Brutus wags his tail and it whacks the cone really hard. It's gotten to the point that if Lunar sees Brutus' tail moving, he "hits the deck", so to speak, and flattens himself against the ground to avoid another beating. Poor puppy.

Look how cute he is!

Happy Birthday Josh. I am not really the type to get all mushy about my husband, so you can all just breathe a sigh of relief.
But seriously, these are some of my favorite pictures of Josh. The picture of him as a baby may have sealed the deal for me when we were dating. I may have been on the fence, so to speak, and I remember when GayLynn showed me the "Josh" pictures. He was adorable! And I love that smile.
All of these pictures make me laugh in one way or another because of the different sides of Josh's personality portrayed. Love you too Joshi!

Can't you just hear him saying, "Look how cute I am!" I can.

Sisters, Sisters

I love this movie and I love my sisters. They are both pretty much awesome. I wish the sisters could all live by me, but I would settle for just one living nearby. Unfortunately, none of them live anywhere near me. Booo. But sister Char is here visiting right now and we are having a grand old time.
But now I need some suggestions. I will be turning 30 this year, and I want to have a sisters party/vacation. It is really just for fun because I like hanging out with the sisters; I am just using my birthday as an excuse. I need a relatively inexpensive trip, that we can do in the summer because some of us are in school, and it would probably have to be like a four day trip or something.
I thought about a Mexican cruise, but they are really pricey in the summer compared to the rest of the year. I also thought of a trip to Nauvoo, but I've heard it is really hot and humid in July/August, which is when we are hoping to go, and some of my sisters (*cough-Audra-cough*) are Super Sweaters. So, what are your thoughts? I'm open for any and all suggestions. SISTER PARTY '09-woohoo!

I should start a Bed & Breakfast

Can I just brag for a minute? Okay, thanks. I have the BEST family and friends EVER! As you may know, I live in the middle of nowhere. And-here's the amazing part-I have had visitors every month this year except for January-which really shouldn't count anyway because Josh and I were in Utah for New Years. I know, I am way spoiled. Plus, if you throw in my trip home in March for my grandma's funeral, a trip to Pima to visit with Josh's Aunt's family, and then to Utah again in April for my brother's farewell, I have been really lucky this year. So, as I share some photos from all the fun times, check your schedules, because right now I still have availabilities for June through December! I don't really make breakfast that often though, so maybe I should call it a "Bed and Whatever-You-Can-Find-to-Eat"....hmm, the name's a bit lengthy, I'll have to work on it. These pictures are not in any sort of order; just FYI.

While Josh's mom and little brother were here, we went out to the desert and cooked hot dogs and played games, etc. Josh has Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) for work and they are pretty fun to look through at night. This is Spencer trying them out. They look pretty goofy when you wear them, but how well they work makes up for it.

This is on our way to the "ice cream store". I am not sure if it's because we had a 15 passenger van growing up, but I always think it is more fun when we jam everyone into one car. I was in the front seat with my mom and dad. Seven people isn't really that impressive. One time in college we fit ten people in my Dodge Neon to go to the movies.

Jess had to pick up a few more things for the mission, so we went to SLC and we were able to do a session at the temple. I have never done a live session, and I loved it! It was a lot easier for me to pay attention.This is our new tent. Josh recently purchased this old truck and he needed the tent that goes with it of course! Actually, Josh wanted a camper, but this was much more affordable. I was a little skeptical at first, but it is actually pretty cool. We set this up on the aforementioned campfire cookout with GayLynn and Spencer. We had to take it down because Brutus kept trying to get in it.

Ah....Baby Animal Day. A classice Easter weekend event that I have never had the priviledge of going to before. This place is in Logan, and they charge you an arm and a leg to get in, but the kids love it. This is (from L to R) Jack, Gaven, and Haylee (my brother Mike's kids). Oh, and the back of Audra's head. If Audra's head wasn't in the way, you would be able to see the cute baby bunnies the boys are holding. Oh, and good news: the Robison kids did not kill any baby ducks or chicks this year. Apparently, that is a big accomplishment.

This is little sister Adrianna about to hit the ball in her softball game. It was a really good hit. She is on the high school team and they are super good. She also plays outfield, but I didn't get any action shots of that, because the other team never got a hit....I told you they were good.

This is one of my favorite pictures of all time. Char and I were making churros and we didn't want to get grease on our clothes, so we borrowed my mom's aprons. We were laughing so hard about them, that my mom started laughing too, and we got a picture (Nate-O is in the back). I love pictures of my mom laughing, because she has a hard time smiling good in pictures sometimes.

Little Brother Jess now AKA Elder Robison. He's all grown up and being a missionary in Portland, Oregon. Well, technically, he is still in the MTC. I am really glad he is there, but we sure will miss him, especially the dog.

So fun, I don't mind living in Ajo with all my company! Call/email/comment/facebook me so you can come visit too!

Just Pictures

There were too many fun ones on my camera that I wanted to share. So here we go-

This is my littlest niece, Katrina. She is super-duper cute. My sister Char put the plastic easter eggs on her ears. They are kind of big, like her brother Gaven's, so they held the eggs on pretty good. She is trying to eat her way through the wrapper of a SpongeBob SquarePants gummy crabby patty. Yum.
And here's Katrina's big sister, Haylee. She's seven, hence the cheesy grin when I told her to smile. I think all kids do this when their grown up teeth are coming in.

Jack wouldn't look at me. He loves Tara and Audra, but we are only friends when I am blowing bubbles because I can blow big bubbles and then he does his Kung Fu Panda moves on them. It is pretty dang funny.

Katrina is so happy all the time. It doesn't matter that she hasn't seen me since she was two weeks old. I like kids like her.
Gaven riding the ponies at Baby Animal Day. Check out his ears, they're pretty big. We're hoping he grows into them.

Katrina sleeping-I was holding her, but she is a little chub, and my arms got tired, so Audra took her.
These are Dave's kids: McKayla (6), Alena(8), Dallin(5), and Ethan(3). Alena just got baptized. Good job Alena! They weren't at Baby Animal Day so this is the only picture I have of them. Don't they look cute in their Easter clothes?
At the cookout. It was pretty cold and GayLynn is wearing Josh's coat. I am so glad they came to visit, we had a really good time.

The last thing we did with GayLynn and Spencer was go see Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D! So funny, Bob is my favorite! And they even let us keep the glasses. I think Josh looks hilarious, but he was really tired and not it the mood for a photo shoot.

Look how cute she is! I was tickling her tummy.


I was bored at Char's house.

Audra posing...ok, not really. Jess took this and I am pretty sure Audra didn't know about it. She is probably going to kill me when she sees this, but there was another one that was worse, so she should really be grateful.

Gotta love the mom aprons!

Ha ha, I really like this one.