So excited..so surprised...in awe really!!!!

This Christmas is now complete and as of an hour ago even the house is back to normal. The tree is taken down and thrown out by the curb, the presents are all put up in the kiddos room (now lets not get crazy here..they are not organized or anything just put in the kiddos room..hehe),and we are all ready for a fresh new start in 2011.

I have not made resolutions in years, but I have set some realistic goals this year. On top of that list is to get healthier, *not lose weight ...that will just be a bonus to eat healthy and exercise more. (my parents got the whole family a trip to Disney World in May and I want to be alot healthier before the trip)

Also one of my goals is to do better with the blogging and video/picture taking of my fast growing children. I would also like to do more speaking and teaching, and writing about God and how he has worked and is continuing to work in my life. We all have stories but I have been told repeatedly that I should write a book so I think that maybe I should share my story, so that is one of my goals this year.

This year I had two things on my list..a flip camera and a Rebel Cannon camera. Well I got the flip and was over the moon not really expecting to get the other one, well last night Warren's parents surprised us all and gave us all one!! to say I was shocked, surprised and down right in awe would be a understatement!!!!

Christmas is over...

For most of the world Christmas is done...we at the Robinson's however have one more Christmas to go..tomorrow we will go to Nanny and D's (aka Warren's parents..) and celebrate Christmas with his brother and sister and their families..a total of 7 children! Fun times and lots of noise..we are having breakfast for dinner, so I am making chocolate chip pancakes, strawberry pancakes, and blueberry pancakes...yummy makes my stomach growl thinking about it! I am still working on one of the presents for them..fingers crossed I can get it all done!! We had a great Christmas morning..minus one minor thing. Have I ever mentioned before how great my kiddos are?? Well if I haven't then let me tell you I have the greatest kiddos ever!! FYI..if you think that doing the whole Santa thing is lying to your child and is going to mess them up in some way then I suggest you quit reading...we believe in our house about Santa and we want our children to enjoy the magical, fantasy for as long as possible..to not lose that part of being an innocent child...but that is just us. Emily Klair got the "Tangled" tower doll house that she wanted so bad. Well, Santa (let me tell you Santa looked all over for it..) could not find the doll and horse that went with it..but could only find Flynn Ryder...so on Christmas morning as she is looking for her doll to start playing with the great new dollhouse..we inform her that the doll must have fallen off the sleigh (or off the face of the planet haha..bc seriously it was no where to be found!!) and that one day soon she would find it magically here at the house...she picked up Flynn and started playing...no fussing, no sad face, no crying, no whining!! She was so excited to get the tower and play with it that she didn't even care about the doll not being there..again I say, I have some pretty great kiddos!! I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and guess what I got my flip camera I have been asking for...whoo hoo so here is a short video I did yesterday morning..excuse the mess and the yawning did I mention we have been very busy around here and we are all worn out!!

Ready or not here it comes...

Well I am no where ready for Christmas!! NO WHERE READY!! I haven't finished my shopping ,don't know what I am making for all the Christmas dinners I am attending....nothing is wrapped..but yet it is only two days away!! I have no motivation and while I look forward to spending time with my family I do not look forward to all the gift wrapping, cooking, and feeling rushed. But READY OR NOT HERE IT COMES.... so Merry Christmas to you all!!! and hopefully the next blog post will be filled with new pics from my new camera..whether it be a still camera or a flip...I have fingers crossed for both!!!

In sickness and in health...

Mine and War's anniversary is just around the corner. December 28th to be exact!!

I am not sure what I was thinking when we set our date in Dec. ?? Crazy times were had the year we got married let me tell you.

I got to thinking the other day that Warren and I have been together for 18 yrs!! We dated since we were 15 got married at 19...and will celebrate 14 yrs of marriage this yr. Wow 18 yrs, it has went by so fast and yet at times it seems like we have been together forever.

Warren and I have faced many things that people our age has never even thought about. I knew I was going to spend the rest of my life with him, and completely understood what marriage was all about, that there was no turning back once we said "I do" that was it. Sure there are circumstances that could or would make things change our situation but for all intense purposes we said "I do" for forever! I was proud to walk down that aisle and take those vows, I said them all and meant everyone from the bottom of my heart.

Did I understand them fully? Did I know what I was saying?? Was I so happy to finally be Mrs. Warren Robinson, that I would of said anything? Was I just into the wedding planning??

Yes and no to all of the above. HMMM? you ask??

OK when I was 19 my life was all about me, all about my dreams and I knew my life would be prefect I just knew it would be. I mean why not?? I was a good girl, and had a great man I was in love with and going to spend the rest of my life with. He had big plans, and together we were going to have a great life.

Now don't get me wrong this post is not about how horrible my life is our how hard things are in fact this post is not negative at all..so just bear with me please!

I did mean my vows with every part of my heart, BUT I didn't fully understand them. Not until life happens and you actually don't have the perfect little life you always dream of do you know what you were saying with those vows.

After 14 yrs of marriage and a little, ok let me be completely honest here ALOT OF "life" thrown at us, some of it good and some of it hard, some if it sad and some of it happy, I can finally say that I not only said :

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

IN SICKNESS IN HEALTH

FOR RICHER OR POORER

TILL DEATH DO US PART

But I MEANT them and now fully UNDERSTAND them!!!

I am proud to be MRS. WARREN ROBINSON and even though we have had LOTS OF LIFE we have also had LOTS OF LOVE and I wouldn't trade it for anything and I am just as much in love as the day we got married!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Today is my little sisters BIRTHDAY~~ So Happy Birthday Andrea...I hope you have a great day! I hope you know how much I look up to you and am proud that you are my sister. You are a great mom, and you are a great teacher, great friend, wonderful aunt, and a excellent Christian example to all that know you!! You are brave and strong in ways I could never be..Thank you for all you do YOU are appreciated and loved more then you know!!!

Off the map...

I moved around a lot while I was younger. I hated and loved it all at the same time. Sometimes I get the moving bug, and I have it right now. I want to get out of town and not just for a vacay! I would love to live in the mountains, the beach, a big city, anywhere else.... I would love to pick my family of four up and just leave, go anywhere, as long as it is far far away. It is not like I don't like it here in Tn, it is not because I want to leave my big family, it is not because I don't have a wonderful life here. Because I DO have a wonderful life, I love having my kiddos have their grandparents down the road, I love that my hubby works 5 min from the house, I love my church family, I love that I coach at the same high school I graduated from, I love all my friends, I really do love where I live... BUT SOME DAYS I WOULD LOVE TO BE OFF THE MAP! Just to get away and get a new set of friends, get a new house, new school, new job, new church family. What if we did it, just up and left?? Would we be sorry? Would we regret it? Would we be grateful for the life we once had?? Who knows? When we moved from MI to TN when I was 13 I hated it!! I hated this town, the new school, the new "friends" or lack there of, hated the new church...but in the end it was the best thing my parents did, I honestly believe I would be a totally different person with a totally different life. So see sometimes getting OFF THE MAP and away from what you know and are comfortable with can be a blessing and I sometimes feel like we the Robinson's may be missing out on something new and exciting in a different town, in a different state..hmm? just some thoughts I have been really thinking about lately.

oh how sweet he has your nose..

When my little man was born he was beautiful!! He had brown eyes and dark hair and the most perfect little face and well he is still a beautiful boy!! I know I know boys are suppose to be handsome not beautiful but sorry my boy is beautiful!

Anywho why I am blogging today??Tyler is me made over, he acts like me, talks like me, has my nose, and unfortunately he has my migraines. I wish I could take it away for him, as someone that suffers with them it really breaks my heart to see him suffer so. Today, he got sent home from school because he let it go to long before he told someone and ended up getting sick with it. I hate that he suffered most of the day at school. He is very stubborn (my hubby says he also gets this from me..but I beg to differ!) and responsible too and wanted to make it all day so he wouldn't miss any homework or anything, bless him!

Heredity is a great thing when it comes to noses, and eyes and such but sometimes it can really stink...Here is to hoping my Tyman gets to feeling better soon!!!

to worry or not to worry??

(gotta love this precious face...EK playing with my camera, have I mentioned how much I miss this camera?? ) For those of you that know me you know that I tend to be a worrier. Big shocker, I know right! I worry about what people think of me and my family, I worry about the kiddos and their health issues, I worry about Warren, my parents, brothers and sisters, my in-laws...what can I say I worry!! Emily Klair is doing really well on her new seizure meds, and hasn't had a seizure that we know of in a while. I am soo thankful for this and praise God everyday that she goes seizure free. These last few weeks I have started to notice somethings that are worrying me about EK. Now mind you school hasn't said anything to me yet, but if she is this way at school I am sure to get that call soon. She has been forgetful...I know what you are thinking, isn't she only 7 almost 8 next week..wow that soon I can't believe that..sorry got off track back to what you were saying isn't she only 7 aren't all kids forgetful??yes she is only 7 and kids are suppose to be forgetful, but this is different. She is doing something and literally 5 minutes later having no idea she did it, or said it, and it isn't every time or even everyday. But when it does happen it happens numerous times, like forgetting if she took her meds, or forgetting what she wore all day even though she took it off and changed clothes not 15 mins earlier, doing her homework but having no idea she already finished it...going shopping and not remembering the color dress she picked out and bought?? There are many more examples but these are just a few... So right now I am debating googling because my fear is that this is a type of seizure...or even worse a side affect from one of the meds..and the last thing I want is to start messing with her meds again! So right now I am in the middle of the all the time ever present thought process of is this something I need to worry or not worry about....

Nice or Naughty list??

There are many words that people could use to describe me...or ahem excuse me have used to describe me. Lets see there are the words that are perfectly true, like mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, coach, teacher,Christian...there are those words I hope are truly true such as friendly, funny, smart, pretty, sweetheart, but then what about the words I know are true but don't like about myself like fat, grouchy, smart mouthed, loud ...so on and so forth.

I always say every year that I would really like to change my eating habits, get healthier, exercise more..blah blah same song different verse...Here lately all and I mean ALL of my friends have become runners, and not just get up in the morning runners but full marathon runners...I admire them so much. I have tried and tried and I am not a runner!! I do like to work out and love to be active...but have not done enough or kept it constant enough to do any good.

I have always been the big girl in the room, and have blogged about this before, but since this surgery has thrown me for such a loop I am ready to be doing something, ANYTHING active right now.

I am not a couch parent, I play with my kiddos and keep them very active which in turn means I am active but would like to be much more in shape!!! not too mention much more attractive and skinny... so I have asked for a bike for Christmas that is one of my kiddos favorite things in the world so I am hoping to get one and be able to start riding and get in better shape and maybe even lose some weight. So I figure if I blog about it and post pics then maybe I have a better shot at keeping up with it this year.

But first I have to get a bike...fingers crossed I have been good enough this year to find my name on the nice list and not the naughty list!!

(the picture at the top is of some of my amazing teens from church and my sil..I am the biggest one in the picture...it is the only picture I could find of myself that showed my whole body...so it will be my beginning pic)

Two weeks and counting..

Well it has been two weeks now from my shoulder surgery and each day gets better and better. I have not even started Christmas shopping yet, or putting up Christmas decorations around the house. So right now we at the Robinson house look like a bunch of Grinch's... We had a great Thanksgiving, we spent it with friends and family. I did not make it to Warren's grandmothers because of the surgery but he and the kiddos went and had a great time. I did get to go down the road to my mom's house and they joined me there later in the day. So tech. we did not get to eat Thanksgiving dinner together but we still got to spend some great quality time together, playing games, being silly, and just overall enjoying one anothers company. Wish I had some photos to share but still haven't replaced the camera that was stolen. Hoping to get one for Christmas. Next week Tyler is marching in the Christmas parade here in town with the jump rope team, and then doing a program for the PTA..EK will also be singing in the program. Maybe we can borrow a camera so I can post some pics of the fun events!! Hoping to get in the Christmas spirit this weekend, and get the house and tree all decorated!!