Picture Day

So today is picture day at Manila Elementary. A few observations:

*It's the only day of the year I can guarantee that not one student comes to school with bed head. Believe me - I've seen some doozies.
*All of the girls have to go into the bathroom to apply lipgloss and do a hair fluff at the same time.
*The boys are mostly embarassed that their moms made them wear their hair all slick.
*I get a full-on 8x10 of my own face. This will be my 8th one. What on earth am I supposed to do with all of those?

It's also not nice when the picture lady says, "I can tell that you don't like to have your picture taken." That can't be a good sign, can it?

I'll let you know how mine turns out. :)

More Progress

Soon I will be all done with my scrapbook room and my front room. I have ordered at least six different fabrics and am currently sewing my guts out! Well, my mother-in-law is sewing her guts out...
Anyway, here are the two rooms that will soon be done.

I wish I had interesting things to blog about. I think there are about six of you who even look at this, so I'm not sure what to say...I can talk about: school, 10-year-old behaviors, Australian shepherds, my love of Clorox wipes, Brian, TurboKick, and scrapbooking. Sometimes I think that's just not interesting to you people. Any ideas?

Proud of me

For the past several weeks our garage has been out of commission because this giant piece of furniture was taking up the space. We finally completed the project of refinishing our tv cabinet from the front room. It was just plain wood with no finish (sorry, no before picture) and we painted it white and antiqued it. We like how it's turned out. There are still some things to do to complete the room, so we'll wait to send the completed picture for later. For now, just be proud of me.

St. George

The end of our summer travels included a Robinson family trip to St. George. I think I got my first tan since, well, years ago. We got to ride waverunners at the lake, play in the pool, and visit Brian's friend who lives there. Brian's parents always take us to the Oasis buffet in Mesquite. I always feel like I am such a waste of $16 because I don't love seafood and it's a king crap buffet. But, I made up for it in stir fry and pineapple.


Quail Resevoir. Nephew Denver and neice McKinley.

Oasis Buffet.


Brian golfing in Fillmore. We walked 9 holes together. I wasn't worth the price of golfing either, so I just spectated.

Arizona Trip

Brian and I flew to AZ for my grandpa's 80th birthday party. We hung out with the fam, went swimming, had Bahama Bucks (yum!) and just relaxed. These pictures are from our lunch at Oregano's with my brothers Nate and Dave, my sis-in-law Karyn and their cute kids, Cade and Ashley. I was letting Cade take some pictures...I can't remember if this was before or after he dumped a tub of ranch dressing on my lap...

Disneyland

We flew to CA on June 5. We were only there a short time, since we got this trip by listening to some time share lecture. Call us cheapskates, but if we can fly to Anaheim and get a free hotel for listening to you for two hours, we'll do it. But...I wouldn't advise it. It was quite the hassle. Nevertheless, we had a great day. We met up with a family from down the street, the Nelsons. We palled around with them and their darling children. Disneyland turns out to be really fun with kids who get it. Who knew? Honestly, one of my favorite places to be...

All Done

I'll be posting some pix of Disneyland and my AZ trip soon. But for now, it's important to share that I've finished my master's program. I couldn't be happier. I've been sitting in classes for the past three weeks, not to mention the past two years. I think I'm done with my formal education for good. I appreciate all I've learned and have enjoyed the experience, mostly. I consider myself graduated, but will not walk until next year. Brian and I both walk the first weekend in May, 2008. That sounds far away. But who cares---it's over! Let the summer begin!