Tanner's new ride

Mr. Money bags still has so much money left over from his birthday, that he had to buy this, it is called a Ripstick. I got up at 4:15 in the morning and waited in line at Toys R Us the day after Thanksgiving for 1 hour and 15 minutes. It took him about 2 minutes of practice, and he is a pro. There is just one wheel on the front and one on the back. It is hard I tried it and can't go more than a few feet before I get scared and fall off. He is loving it, I think it was money well spent.

Baseball in November?

Over the weekend Kaden played in a charity baseball tournament, 3 games on Saturday and 1 on Sunday. Kaden's coach got the league together to raise money for one of the boys in the league who just found out he has leukemia. Each player payed $25 or more to play. We thought that was reward enough to be part of this whole event. But one of the trophy shops found out about it and donated trophies to the winners. Kaden's team won. He got a huge trophy and got on the news (we did see it, but a lot of people told us they saw his team on the news). It was a great weekend the weather was cool on Saturday, and so nice on Sunday. We had a great time, and to see the community come together to support on little boy that is going through the fight of his little life was so eye opening to me. It makes me so thankful for what I have.
The cute little boy out of uniform is the boy who made all this happen. That's his big trophy on the table that the shop gave him.

crazy busy

It's funny how things happen and before you know it you are in the middle of being part of the wards activities committee and have 3 major parties in the next 6 weeks that you need to plan. Kevin was called to be part of the activities committee, and you know what that means, Kevin doesn't have time to sleep or eat let alone add something else to his plate. So here I am, don't get me wrong I am enjoying my self very much it gives me something to do. First we had the ward Chili cook-off, as you can see I won the dessert contest, yeah for me, thank you Chelsea for your yummy recipe. I made Veronica's Texas Cornbread, it didn't win but I loved it. The missionaries were the judges, they are way fun. We (me and Amelia) made these aprons for them. And we made the winners aprons.

My new ward buddies, Gannon, Amelia, Laura. We set up this area for a family photo shoot. It was a big hit.Then we had craft the night away last night. I was in charge of 3 projects. The snowmen blocks that I did 2 years ago, for super Saturday. 3 different sign boards, and the recipe card holders that Lynette gave out a couple of years ago for Christmas. It is nice moving to a new place, you can reuse all your old ideas. Now this week we are starting the Christmas party stuff, I am so excited.

Romantic Dinner

Kali has been wanting to give me and Kevin a romantic dinner for weeks, but with our busy schedule and Kevin never being home it is hard. She finally got her chance. We made Taco's, then the kids made menus and served us dinner by candle light, then they joined us. It was so sweet. They even served us dessert afterwards. Love my kids.

Over achievers

Let me introduce W H Robinson's newest Vice President, Tanner Roark. He gave his speech on Tuesday, he did very well. The winners were announced today. So he has got his work cut out for him.
Weston he doesn't know if he is Democrat or not, so he might need the talk.

On a different note, the kids had their award ceremony today, Kaden for the first time got Honor Roll, he was so excited, but I think he was mostly excited to get the bumper sticker that they give to the honor roll students that say "Proud parent of a W.H. Robinson school honor student" Tanner got Principal's list, he was 2% away from Honor Roll. We are so proud of them both. Kali got all P's and S's, that is as good as it gets.

one year annivsary

One year ago was our first official day here in North Carolina. We had our mattresses on the kitchen floor, and a little Pepsi fridge for our food. We have come a long way since then. We have established a new life. We got the kids in school, Kevin started school, we have made new friends, the kids are signed up for dance and baseball. This has been the hardest thing emotionally that I have ever gone through. I have my good days and my bad. A bad day consists of wishing it was all done and we were moving back home. Feeling all alone, with no one to help me do things, we moved 2300 miles away from my family, and I can't even have my husband help me out with things. He is so busy with school that he can't help and wishes he could be there for us. He is starting to show sign of stress from school, his heart is having palpitations. All the girls in his class are losing their hair. This is the hardest thing he has experienced also. A good day consists of exploring new things, meeting new people, experiencing things that I never would have if we didn't move here. I know this is good for me, I am just being a baby. It will all be worth it in the end, (that's what I keep telling myself). This has made us grow closer as a family. We are excited for the holidays coming up even though we are not with family. To celebrate our one year anniversary me and the kids went to Wilmington. This is a town 120 miles south east of where we are. It is right on the ocean. We had a great time.



We went on a tour of a battleship. This is the USS North Carolina, it battled in World War II. It was really cool to see.
The word they are pointing at is Scuttlebutt, this is what they call the drinking fountains on the ship. Guess what my kids are going to call drinking fountains from now on?
I'm king of the world!!! (that hasn't been done before)

We also went to the Fort Fisher Aquarium. This was neat also, not as big as I was thinking it would be, but still way fun for the kids.
Because of daylight savings me and kids were up in time to see the sun rise.


We went to the beach Saturday and Sunday, the kids just can't get enough. The air was warm about 75 degrees but the water was cold, maybe 60 degrees. But that didn't stop them. We brought a lunch and had a picnic. They had a great time getting splashed by the waves, I had a great time just watching.

Mullet

Kaden finally let me cut his hair. I told him he should do a mullet. But he said no if you can believe it, its so cool. I don't know why he didn't want to do it.
So handsome.

DON'T BE A DORK, VOTE TANNER ROARK

Tanner is running for Vice President for his school. It was a last minute decision. Our neighbor, who was running for President, came over to show Tanner his speech. So Tanner decided he wanted to run too. He won the primary in his class, now he has to give a speech in front of the 4th and 5th graders on Monday. Here he is running against 4 other kids that won for their classes. Good Luck Tanner you have my vote.

Halloween

Carving pumpkins is always fun, there is nothing like sticking your hand into a slimy , cool, pumpkin and ripping out its guts. We had to do it without Kevin this year, so sad.

The finished product.

This was our first experience Trick-Or-Treating in North Carolina, it was a great one. We met with a bunch of friends at the Bishops house cuz they live in the neighborhood with the big houses, and you know what that means, big houses, big candy. There were hundreds of people out in this neighborhood. With so many over the top decorations. I was amazing. One house did a haunted house that was so cool, you just had to be there, I can't put it into words. And yes the kids did get some full size candy bars.



At one of the houses they had their whole front yard decorated, and you got to walk around to see all the stuff, Kali found her long lost sisters.

When we got home it took me a minute to get all the stuff out of the car. And this is what I saw when I walked into the living room. Isn't she the cutest.