Olivia Alice Robinson

Isn't she adorable? This is my newest neice, Olivia. I'm a little late in getting this post up as she is now almost a week old, but I still had to share. I stole these pictures off of my brother's Facebook page, which means I haven't even been able to go down and see the cutie patootie. I'm dying to hold her.

Here she is not quite so angry with the pouty lip and all like in the other picture. :0) Look at all of her hair though! Holly....I need to buy you some super sassy hair barrettes for that baby! In every color! I'll even get you some in BOY colors. {They were positive that they were going to have a boy. So positive in fact, that they painted the bedroom blue. :0)}

Here's the whole Robinson clan....Austin, Alina, Holly, Olivia, Greta, and Cameron. Congratulations guys! I am so happy and excited for your new addition and can't wait to smother her with some good old aunty love! :0)

Whirlwind Weekend...{long post}

It all started Thursday night with the long drive to American Falls.

Landon: "Mom! It's not here! I forgot iiiiittttt! {tears are flowing}
Me: "Well, dump everything out of your case and see if you just missed it in there."
Landon: "I already did! It's not here and my batteries are going to die!"
Me: "I'm sorry. I told you to check EVERYTHING before we left and you said you did. You'll have to do without this weekend."

For those of you that know my son, you know EXACTLY what this is about. I'll clue in the rest of you though {just because I'm so nice}. Landon only gets to play his Nintendo DS when it's his weekend with his Dad Jeff. As it just so happened to be one of THOSE weekends, he was excited to get to play. {Not that he hadn't been playing for two hours already that day because he had no school and I needed him to be quiet while Kenzee napped}

ANYWAY...the poor guy's WHOLE night was ruined. Hug, kiss, be good...call me if you need me! I promise to bring the cord with me when I come get you on Monday! His tears have quieted to just sniffles now. What can you do?

I get home in time to hear the last part of our neice, Jordan's, first game at the Idaho State Basketball Tournaments up in Boise. Rough game that was. We had to listen on the radio again and you could barely make out even the important details. In the end, along with a headache from straining to hear the announcer, we get the final score. The Tigers lost by one point in overtime. We were devastated for poor Jordan. The state title would not be theirs. BUT! Silver lining...if they won their next game at 3:00 on Friday then they could play for the Consolation prize on Saturday morning. Our plan was to leave the next day at noon so we could make it to that next game to cheer on our Tiger.

For those of you that know ME, I don't do well when I'm rushed. I like to plan things out, check and double check my checklists. I can't help it. So, even though we knew we were going up on Friday to watch the game, I had just figured that they would win their first game and play at night on Friday. Which would leave me plenty of time of Friday to get everything done before we had to leave. Now that we had to leave at noon I knew I'd be running around with my head chopped off Friday morning. I hate that. We ended up making it through the door on time, but not without Jaysen wondering if I was "ok" and going to make it. :0) Between rushing to the bank to get cash for the games {and finding I had left my ATM card at home GRRRR!}, running to clean the car out at the car wash {that took a while....my car wasn't pretty}, going to get the oil changed, filling up the car with gas, packing the bags, packing the car....Whew! Done!

Off we go! We made it to the game just in time to watch them warm up.

It was a good game. Both teams wanted it really bad and they both fought hard. It was a close game the whole way through and towards the end a key player on the Tiger team got knocked down by an opposing team player and hurt her knee badly.

This is what a concerned father looks like. {Profile shot...I didn't think he'd like me snapping pics of him mid-game} But look at the non-red complexion. This is Jordan's dad. I was concerned when I found myself sitting RIGHT NEXT to him. I didn't want people to think we were related if he went off on one of the referee's. :0) Luckily, he kept his cool for most of the game, but I could see the tenseness on his face and felt MUCH sympathy for him as a parent.

This is my cute little Mackenzee giving her little "spirit fingers" as Jordan shot a foul shot. Notice the bare feet. Sigh. She just won't keep her shoes on! I digress...She had so much fun rooting on her cousin. With her little orange pom poms she rocked out with the pep band and did a few cheers. Go Jordan! Go Tigers! I fear we've got a future cheerleader on our hands. :0)



Since I know you are wanting to know the outcome of the game, I won't continue blathering on.

WE WON!

Yay! Even with an injured player, they were able to keep it together enough to win the game. We were thrilled! Now they just had to beat Bonneville the next morning and they would still be able to go home with the Consolation Trophy. Looking around the stands at the group that had come to support the Tigers...I swear...half the group was made up of Burnhams. :0) Between aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings, cousins, 2nd cousins, great aunts, and great uncles, it was crazy at home many had come to support Jordan. Us Burnham's don't mess around! :0)



We all decided to go out to Teppanyaki for dinner. Yum! There were 24 of us {I think} that attempted to squeeze around one of their tables. We fit, snug as a bug.

Gage, Jesse, and Kaden...all mesmerized by the flamage. Note the sunglasses that Kaden brought to shield his eyes with. :0)

Here is my dear Mackenzee AFTER the chefs were gone. Notice the red cheeks. She made me cover her eyes while she buried her face in my neck the WHOLE time. She is sitting with Whitney and Breanna.

Here are Haylee and Meghan attempting to figure out the fine art of eating with chopsticks. :0)

Just some of the "grown ups" that came...Dennis and Janie {Jaysen's aunt and uncle}, Kevin and Jamie {Kevin is Jaysen's cousin AND Jamie's going to have a baby in June!}, Steve and Beckie {Steve is Jaysen's brother and Beckie's going to have a baby in April!}, and Rita and Perry {Jaysen's parents}

This is for Jaysen's dad, who felt VERY STRONGLY that we needed to have someone take a picture of the two of us {this is my and the hubby}. Apparently, I'm BEHIND the camera too much and not IN the pictures enough. {According to Perry} :0)

The next game was at 9:15 Saturday morning {groan!} but we made it in plenty of time. And we were all EXTREMELY pumped to watch the Tigers play. Kenzee got her pom poms out again and did a little booty shaking, and we all settled in. The Tigers started out ON FIRE and were up by ten at the end of the 1st quarter. They were given a standing ovation by the Jerome crowd as that buzzer ended. Kudos girls! Let me tell you why....

There must be something in the water in Bonneville. They had two GINORMOUS girls on their team. Over 6 feet tall each and they had freakishly long arms. I'm not kidding. You didn't catch them dribbling around with the ball much. :0) But, under the basket, they seemed unstoppable. So, to have Jerome still be able to one up them in such a short period of time was great!

Unfortunately, this is where the good news ends. Bonneville came back from the 1st half ready for whatever Jerome had for them. It was very frustrating as we watched helplessly from the bleachers. The girl who had gotten injured in the previous game tried to get in on this one as well, but she got knocked down again, and it was over for her. As one of the key players, it was hard to have her on the bench. The ginormous posts kept Jerome's posts from being able to rebound the ball well and as hard as they tried, they just couldn't seem to keep Bonneville from overtaking their lead and then taking a 10 point lead of their own. It didn't get any better and they ended up with a loss. :0( If I could have, I would've given Jordan a big hug because I felt so badly for her. As it's her senior year, this was it for her. And I'm sure she's feeling pretty crappy right now. So, Jordan, just pretend I gave you one ok? :0) I hope you feel better now!

So, all through this entire LONG story of a weekend, my little sister {who lives in the Boise area} was in labor. YES! In LABOR! Crazy! That baby knew we were coming up and decided to make her grand entrance in time for us to see her. I beleive it's because she wanted to see her favorite aunt. :0) She loves me already I'm sure. Anyway...for those of you that know my little sister and having babies, it's usually stressful. My mom was in Utah and so she wasn't able to rush up to help her. So, I was worried all day Friday and Saturday for her. {I think I called her 10 times!} Thankfully, she was able to have an epidural {normally she can't} and so it made the whole process a lot easier for her. Jaysen and I went to see her in the hospital around 4:30 to take her a baby gift and say "Hey!" before we had to head back home. At that point she wasn't even quite halfway there, though her water had broken. Knowing she could have quite a long night left to go I didn't feel that prolonging our inevitable drive was worth it. But, lo and behold..as soon as I told Crystal we wouldn't be able to stay, my mom showed up and baby decided it was time. Like the snap of your fingers. It was crazy. So I ushered the boys and Mackenzee out of the room with me, and we waited. For like 15 minutes. That's all. I'm telling you...my neice REALLY wanted to see me before I had to leave.

Isn't she adorable? She looks just like her sister. And look at her eyes! Already alert and ready to go! Get ready Crystal!

Kenzee fell in love with the new baby as soon as she saw her. She wasn't allowed to touch any part of her except for the little hat on her head. :0) But she rubbed and petted and kissed the babies' little head as much as she could. And when the nurse came to take babies' temperature she was truly concerned that the nurse was hurting her {Kenzee doesn't like doctors OR nurses. She seen them already too much in her day}. Even today she said, "baby sad mom. But I make her happy!" And, she really thinks the baby is hers. "mine mom, mine!" As a side note here: She has been playing with her dolly's ALL day today and talking about HER new baby. :0) It's great.

And here is the happy Nana holding her newest grandchild. This is grandkid number 15 for her.

She is adorable Crystal, and I am so excited and happy for you! I still need stats on length and weight and what you guys FINALLY decided on for her name. So, I will await the baby announcements that I'm sure you already have done. Because you are so on the ball like that. Which I love. :0)

Didn't I tell you it was a whirlwind of a weekend? And that was just from Thursday night to Saturday night! Holy cow! BTW....thanks Zach and Holly for feeding our dog while we were gone. Jaysen was sure he was going to starve to death in the 24 hour period we weren't home. :0)

I hope all of you had a great weekend as well!