Flashback Friday!

Mom & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary - June 2002

For my mom and dad's 50th wedding anniversary, my mom didn't want a big formal party. She just wanted all the family together. We decided to surprise them with a 2 day getaway. My little sister Maria found a cabin you could rent.

She took my mom and dad there as if they were going to buy into a time share for it, and were wanting my parents opinion. (They didn't suspect a thing since their real anniversary wasn't until September, but June was the best time we could all get together.)

This took a year of planning, and sometimes I can't believe that we pulled it off. We were all waiting in an upstairs bedroom, and we all said surprise when they came in. My mom and dad were really surprised, and I know it thrilled them to have all of us there.

I don't remember exactly how many there were of us crammed in that room, but there was a lot, including small children of whom we were trying to keep quiet.

The surprise however was not over. My brother and his family had flown in from Ohio and my parents did not know that they were here. They had been hiding in a bathroom in the same bedroom. Once we all came downstairs and were laughing and talking about how we put all this together, my brother Doug and his family came downstairs.
Needless to say there were more tears, and plenty of laughter too.

My sister Robin had made of video of my parents kind of like when you get married. Here we were all watching it.

Some of us camped in the yard, and went on 4 wheeler rides. Even my 90 year old grandma!

It was great just relaxing together. Watching t.v. and hanging out.

We played games, visited, and enjoyed being together for 2 whole days. I even think every single one of us was there at least for part of the time. A definate memory I'll never forget.

The whole group! What a crew! I think now that picture is outdated by
about 15 or so additions!

Christmas Countdown-Day 22

Sunday night was our annual Robison family Christmas Party!!

As usual it was fun, and crazy! There was tons of good food, and it was nice to be able to visit with family I don't get to see as often! We held the party at my sister Robin's, and the total count was 49 people. We were missing several, and hope they have a good Christmas!

We were even favored with my brother in law Rick playing our own personal Santa! We loved it Rick!

Thanks Robin & John for sharing your house!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Countdown-Day 19

Last night our ward had a Relief Society Christmas Dinner.

They held it in the Moroni Opera house, a really beautiful older building here in town. The theme they chose for the night was Angels Among Us. It was really a fun night, and a cute idea.

Everyone was told to bring an "angel" from home. Anything you had that had a angel on it, was an angel, or something.

We had dinner, and then the relief society president read letters that anonymous people in the ward had written. They were about different "angels" that they had had in their lives. It was really neat.

Next, a girl in my ward that has a beautiful voice sang the original song by Alabama, Angels Among Us. It was really good!

After that we all sat in a circle and did the "left/right" story with all the angel gifts.

Here is my angel I received. Overall, a really great, simple, and fun night.

Christmas Countdown-Day 13

And yet another Christmas Party/Training! Ha Ha

If anything, me and Eric have had a couple much needed date nights this past weekend! :-)

My Usborne group had a training at a restaurant in Nephi. Since it was Christmas they invited spouses. We all ordered dinner, did the introductions, handed out awards, and learned some great ways to build our business! My supervisor is amazing, so it was pretty fun!

I got a duck charm for my new recruit, and this way cute book for attending!

Christmas Countdown-Day 12

Over the weekend Eric and I were able to go to another work party! Eric already had his big company work party, but his individual department had their own party last Friday night. We just went over to his bosses house, and barbecued steaks and chicken!

I didn't know too many there, but we had a great time just socializing and hanging out. They were all really nice, and it was really fun.

The biggest reason they had a "special" party is because it was Shelly's last day! She is moving to Washington and we're really going to miss her! She was a very nice lady, and a really good friend to Eric. Here is a picture of her and her husband.

After we ate, we all headed downstairs and some of the guys played pool, and the rest of us played "Scene It". That game is a blast!!! This was the video game version, but I know they have a regular board game as well, with a few different themed ones. I may have to look into getting that one day. :-)

Across the street from his bosses house, this guy has these lit up vehicles in his yard. I thought they were pretty cool, so I took a couple pictures. I'm not the best photographer, so they aren't perfect, but you get the idea.

Christmas Countdown-Day 10

Last night was our ward Christmas Party!!

They had many people bring soup, and then they offered bread bowls, doughnuts, and cookies.

The adults had a nice time socializing, and the kids had fun running around being silly with their friends.

They also had some special guests arrive for the kids to visit with. The other kids were loving it, but Cade thought it wasn't to great....well, except for the m&m candy cane afterward!

Poor little guy! Maybe he'll like him better next year!

Christmas Countdown-Day 6

Last night was the annual CentraCom holiday Christmas Party. Like last year, they held it at the Marriot Hotel in Provo. As usual they went all out!

It was a very fun night, with great food, plenty of awesome giveaways, and great guests!

We sat at the "fun" table and ended up laughing our heads off the whole night.

We got a picture on Eric's cell phone, so it really isn't that great.