Back to reality...

Well, today was the first day back to school for the kiddos....

I went back to work today....

and all I could think about all day was my precious kiddos and how much fun we had over break.

We didn't do much, we played Wii games, watched movies, and was, well just plain lazy in every sense of the word!!!

I have always loved having my kiddos with me, I always dread school starting in the fall, and hate when breaks are over and they have to go back...but as they get older I am hating it more and more because I feel like they are growing so fast, I have very limited time with them as it is.

Today was the first day back to reality, and man I wasn't ready for it...but then again when am I ever???

* the pics are of us being lazy having a movie fest one day..don't I have the most beautiful babies...love them soo much!!!

Trash Bags that seem to Smile Smugly...

I know I have mentioned this before but here it goes again.....I hate to wrap presents!! No it is not because I am lazy, and no it is not because I am not gifted in the wrapping department.. (no pun intended "gifted" haha get it..oh never mind..just leave me to my dorkish ways ) This picture is prime reason..#1...top of the list why I despise it soo!!! Lets think about this for a minute, shall we??? Time put into wrapping vs. time it takes to get unwrapped!! Hmm no question it is not even close...I mean there is the cutting, taping, folding down of corners just right, putting the bow on just soo, using different paper for each gift so it is beautiful under the tree, finding the space and time when no one is going to be trying to sneak a peek, to always running out of the right size paper with only one more gift to go! Then it comes to opening them..ready, set, go.....cue the smile, the thanks, and the wadded up ball of paper thrown toward the trash bag!! TA-DA!! I will always wrap my gifts, I will always hate it but I will always do it. Why?? you ask??? The unknown, the surprise, the shock value!! In this day and age there isn't much of that left. Kids are growing up faster and becoming less and less innocent at an earlier age. But all of us turn into little kids when it comes to a wrapped present. I know I do, I start thinking what is it? What did I ask for that could be that size?? Will I like it?? (screaming even if it is only in my head What is it?? what is it??over and over again) I Can't wait to open it!!! So even though the trash bag at the end of all the festivities is all full of the disregarded paper and seems to always be smiling smugly at me every year... I will never take away the innocence that comes with a wrapped gift!!

Picture taking is fun....

Tyman and his best bud Evan!

me trying to be artsy with the box from my camera

with the tree in the back ground....

my favorite antique Santa face that hangs at my in-laws every yr..

trying to be artsy again, mirror with tree in it, please remember I had just got the camera and was trying anyting and everything!!! hahaha I am a dork I know :)

my tired , sweet Emily Klair...

This post is just some random pictures that I have been taking with my new camera, still learning all about it, and having fun (maybe driving my kids and family crazy in the process!!) snapping away at anything and everything!!!

HMMM? Looking at these photos I am now thinking how can I get someone to buy me a photo shop program for my computer so I can edit and play with all these great photos I am going to start taking????

Dancing in the New Year...

We went to some friends house and rung in the New Year with some fun times dancing it out on the Wii with Just Dance 2...fun times and some really great memories!! I think that is going to be my motto this yr... "LIFE'S NOT ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS... IT'S ABOUT LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN.." -VIVIAN GREENE I am going to dance through 2011, do I think that some days are going to be harder then others? YES I DO!! Do I think that some days I am not going to feel like dancing it out much less going through the motions?? YES I DO!! But I am going to try my hardest to dance it out!!! I love new beginnings and am looking forward to what 2011 has in store for me and my family. This blog is about my family and as I have stated before, this year I am going to be writing some of my story and how God is working in our lives, with that being said I am going to be raw and honest and some of it may be negative, but all of it is true and all of it is how and why I am the way I am...right or wrong! I hope that this year brings all of you much love, much happiness, and many blessings!!! I hope that you all will join me in this new year, new journey and most of all I hope you all will DANCE IT OUT WITH ME....BRING ON 2011!!!

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!!!