Pumpkin Patch

Dinner Party

We had an impromptu first dinner party at the new house. Todd was working late Friday night at the house (surprise, surprise) so the Stone family, Samantha and I decided to surprise him. We ignored the bad lighting and dusty surroundings long enough to have some pizza and good times with friends.

We promise next time that we will host the dinner party with a proper home cooked meal, comfortable seating and a clean floor.

Here are some blurry photos (I am either the worst photographer or I need to read the directions on how to use my new camera):

Family Photo Shoot

photography by Emily Hart-Roberts

Daddy's Girl

Todd brought Samantha home new shoes today. Every 10 1/2 month old should have a good pair of clogs, right?

Quick Trip to Riverside

We made a quick trip down to Riverside over the weekend. My sister and her family were in town from Colorado. Samantha with her cousin's Dylan and Lauren

Samantha's first introduction to video games

Visiting my brothers kids, Alyssa and Adrianna. Samantha was not in the mood for pictures :)

While we were there my dad decided he would demonstrate the proper way to do a headstand for the kids. He proceeded to do the headstand, fell over and then became unresponsive. We thought he was having a heart attack but could not tell if he was joking or not. When we realized it was not a joke, 911 was called. Minutes later my dad began to regain consciousness and was laughing. The emergency crews arrived and his vitals checked out okay. It was determined that the position he got himself into put pressure on his carotid artery causing him to faint.

The dialogue in the room between everyone went sort of like this:

Fireman: "So Mr. Robinson, can you tell me what exactly you were doing?"

Mr. Robinson: "I was doing a headstand"

Fireman: "Was it freestyle or were you leaning up against a wall"

Mr. Robinson: "Oh I did it freestyle"

Fireman: "Interesting. Well everything checks out okay. Try and leave the breakdancing to the kids. If you would like, we can take the kids for a ride around the neighborhood in the firetruck"

Kids: "YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The 3 Amigas Are Growing Up!

They all have way more hair and it seems their posture has improved :)

March 2008:

October 2008:

Making Progress

It is all starting to come together and we feel like we see a light at the end of the tunnel. Insulation has been completed and Drywall started on Monday.

Here are some photos that I took today:

KitchenTodd pretending to cookTodd simulating how he will be able to sit at the counter and order dinner from me......(ha! ha!)
Me acting like I am cooking in my new kitchen (yes we have all gone a bit crazy during the remodel)


Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom Walk-in Closet....oh wait, that will be in my next home :)
Samantha's beautiful well lit room


Dining Room
Family Room Samantha showing us the new side gate
Cool "knee brace" detail we added to the bay window on the outside

Thank you Daddy for all your hard work