ROBERTS REUNION

Right after the Robins reunion we headed to Albion, Idaho for the Roberts' Reunion.  We stayed in an old normal school dormitory.  It was beautiful, the perfect size, and had a great yard [Editor's note: it even had 9 portable frisbee golf holes that I set-up and played many rounds..there was that much space].

My cousin, Phil, brought his boat and took people out several times over the week.  One of my favorite moments came when a different cousin's kid was nervous about being on the boat. To help him out, Phil let him drive.  He was so excited, and it was really quite sweet.

Above: The young driver's siblings

Also getting to wake board, which I haven't done in years.  Yet I face planted and may neck was stiff for about a week.

Autumn spent all her time in the "hot pool" and playing "clippy girls" with cousins.  She was in heaven.

The twinners eating with Grandpa.

Teaching Preston (Hanna's fiance at the head of the table) how to play "Thump Thump", a game my grandpa invented (or at least that is the legend). [Editor's note: Not really, I grew up playing "Mormon Bridge" which is very similar. However, it is a legend!] 

Waiting to go on a tour of the other "haunted" buildings that were a part of the normal school.

Preston on the slack-line

Korey and Autumn

One day, Noah went fishing all day and brought home two fish.  He was a bit sad that he killed some fish.

Great-grandma Deon and the twinners

4 generations

Family Olympics...Daddy piggy-back carry.

shake the ping pong balls out of a tissue box

Band cover (our shirts say "Roberts Family Band")

Family Dance off

Autumn danced on the stage for a solid 35 minutes after the dance-off, even passing up cake!

ROBINS REUNION

We picked Evan up from work Friday night to drive to Utah to begin our Summer vacation.  In Parley's Canyon (between Park City and SLC), we hit major traffic due to several rain induced accidents when all of a sudden we were hit with the strongest, nastiest, grossest ever poop smell.  It took us almost 20 minutes to crawl to the nearest exit and just about as long to clean up Maverick's entire body. 

The next morning we woke up and headed to the Robins' family reunion.  It was held at a Boy Scout Camp near Payson.  The kids seemed to have a good time.

Violet loves taking other kids' pacifiers. She had a many attempts at Henry's...some successful, some not.

1st cousins: Korey, Alice, and Autumn

Korey "climbing" the rock wall.

My (twinner) second cousins holding my twinners

After playing at the Boy Scout Camp and a nasty expensive Boy Scout lunch, we headed to my dad's uncle's ranch where we road his horses.

Autumn's first horse ride

Before/After

Autumn wore this dress when her cousin Charlie came to visit when she was 16 months.  Charlie wore the shirt Maverick is wearing when we took pictures of the cute little cousins.

The twinners getting even more daring...

BEFORE her haircut...

After

Before Maverick's haircut...

He couldn't decide if he loved or hated the cape.  He kept flapping his arms in the cape, making him look like a bat or something.  It was adorable trust me.

After

11 months Young

Violet climbed up on the end table to grab her pacifier from the entertainment center while I was in the bathroom.  Then I heard a crash and crying.  The result was a scratch on Violet's forehead. 

 Autumn is warming up to the twins lately. She likes to play with them more, gets annoyed less by them, AND acts like a little mommy.  "NO Ma-rick!  Don't touch daddy's toys!"  Autumn decided to make Maverick, "A mighty King" aka a lion.

I caught the two girlies playing together during quiet time today.

Maverick now has 5 teeth.  He stands on his own.  He loves to beat and drum on anything.  He loves to play in the fridge and in the pots/pans cupboard.  Doesn't care for berries or eggs much, but loves yogurt, chicken, beef, rice, and hummus.  Maverick crawls on his hands and toes when he is on undesirable surfaces like grass and pavement. He wears size 3 diapers, poops less (yay), and wears 12 months clothes.  Maverick is less whiny and clingy.

Violet has 4.5 teeth, she took 1.5 steps August 2. She loves her daddy.  She is starting to babble more.  A lady a church didn't know her name and started calling her, "Super Baby"  which later turned into "Ultra Violet",  "UV" for short.  Violet LOVES to eat real food, she isn't too fond of formula these days but drinks it anyway.  She isn't so hot on the hummus, but does it anyway.

Neither kid likes to sit in the exersaucer. They know it is somewhat of a time-out (for mom).  Both twinners like to be outside.  They are both excellent dancers and love to flail their arms about to the music.  Maverick still tries to steal whatever Violet has, and she has started to defend herself...or rather grab it back.

Daily routine:  Wake up (not sure what time the twins wake up as we ignore them until 7 now that we sleep in Autumn's room)

7:00 am we feed them a bottle

7:08 am they play

7:35 breakfast - real food

8:00 nap

10:00 up from nap and bottle

10:15 we arrive late to whatever activity we are suppose to be at (they eat the entire time we are out)

1:00  I try to pick up the house while they follow each other around the house from room to room. All this while Autumn whines about something

1:30 nap

3:30 up from nap and always cranky-They then proceed to eat until...

5:00 they play for a bit usually in Autumn's room if she hasn't cleaned it up from quiet time.

5:30 bottle and diaper change

6:00 fast asleep