Dyson

So, I broke down and did it! I went to Target today and bought myself a Dyson. I couldn't handle it anymore. After five or so years of buying a vacuum per year, I was done. I don't know if I'm just particularly hard on vacuums or what, but I have literally spent so much money on vacuums the last five years that I would have bought a couple Dyson's by now. Pathetic. Am I the only one with vacuum woes here? The last one I bought was last summer, and it wasn't one of the cheap ones either. And I have fixed it about three times. They just clog up with crap. And no, I'm not trying to vacuum up large rocks or anything if that's what you are thinking. Just kid droppings. You know, popcorn, crushed up cheese crackers, bread crumbs...the usual. ;0) Sigh.

So, when I went to vacuum this morning and instead of picking up the droppings, it merely sucked it up and spit it out in a different direction. And, for the fourth time since I purchased it, I tipped it over and found that it was clogged. Guess what it was clogged with? You guessed it....dust and dirt, and a few crumbs. Nothing!!!!! Isn't that what a vacuum is supposed to pick up? ARGH!!!!! Even after I unclogged it...it refused to cooperate. So, I ended up having to use my little cheap-o hand vac to finish up the job. Which leads us to the impromptu trip to Target. I called Jaysen and ranted and raved. He said "just go get it then!" ;0) Sure, we may have no money left. But this baby has a five year warranty. If it busts on me...you can be SURE I will be getting a brand new one all over again...at their cost!

The end.

Support Our Female Troops

As many of you know, my mom is a Suzanne Consultant. Shame on you if you didn't come to my party! ;0) Anyway...this month Suzanne has come up with a great idea. When most of us think of soldiers....we think of men. Right? I do anyway. Well, they found that our soldiers were getting lots of really nice care packages full of essentials........for men. Men's deoderant, stuff like that. So, our fighting ladies aren't getting the "essentials" that they might need.

Suzanne is promoting S.O.F.T. this month. Support Our Female Troops! If you go to this website

www.suzanne24.com/srobinson

you can donate money to this great cause and Suzanne will use that money to send over girlie baskets for our female soldiers. I think it's awesome! And...even better....if you buy ANY beauty product for yourself, Suzanne will match your purchase and send the same item overseas as well. So, not only do you get to feel good about helping others...you get to look good too. I use the face wash and toner and really like it. All natural ingredients. It's good stuff. Anyway...if you have more questions you can talk to my mom about it as well. Her contact information is on the website too.

Soldiers need pampering too right?

As a side note...there are other products that Suzanne has as well. Though not part of this promotion. Suzanne has jewelry items as well as food items. I own several pieces of the jewelry and LOVE the food. The food is all natural again...good for you food. Tastes awesome! She has a raspberry mousse mix that is to die for. I whipped it up and put it in a graham cracker pie crust last weekend and wanted to eat the whole thing. Light and fluffy summer dessert. Perfect! And the jewelry looks expensive, but is affordable. So you can look good, and not have taken out a second mortgage on your house to own the stuff! ;0) I have a tennis bracelet, Diamond hoop earrings, and her new turqouise bracelet. Cute stuff! Check it out!

Shakin' the booty

Last night was my neice, Genea's, dance recital at CSI. She has been taking dance from Miss Cassia at Julie's Jazzworks for over a year now and loves it. She danced to two different songs and in one of them used an umbrella as the theme this year for the dance studio was "props".


She did such a good job too. And was so sassy shaking her booty on the stage. ;0) Watching those little girls in the younger class though, made me so excited to be able to put Mackenzee into dance next fall. Which sounds so strange to me that Mackenzee will be three next year and old enough to do it. But, she does turn two in only four short months. It makes me sad, but excited for things to come. You know? Watching the kids grow has been fun, and such a learning experience. ;0) What would we do without our kids?

Anyway...good job Genea! You rocked the stage and looked adorable doing so. You must have my genes. ;0)

Primary Activity Day

Today we had our Primary Activity Day. Sadly, I almost forgot about it. I woke up in the middle of the night last night in a panic, barely remembering that I was supposed to be at the church at 9:00 in the morning. Sigh. At least I remembered.

For part of the Faith In God program, one of the things the kids can do to pass off a section is to help with an activity day. Which meant we needed to do something that would be fairly easy for someone as young as 8 years old. As school just got out, we figured we could do a "movie night" sort of deal and show a couple church movies and play games. So, we had the Achievement Day girls make the invitations and decided that the scouts could build a concession stand out of cardboard boxes and "sell" popcorn, juice, and candy to the kids. Each kid got four tickets. One ticket per item. The boys had fun collecting tickets and passing out the treats to the kids.

We showed two different movies. The first one about the 2,000 stripling warriors and the second about Queen Esther. In between movies we played Sister Burnham says (Simon Says) and Red Light, Green Light. All in all, I think it went over pretty well. We did end up with Nerds candy all over the gym floor.....BUT.....easy enough for clean up. Even better...this means we don't have to worry about another Primary Activity until Christmas because we get to count our Saturday practice for the Sacrament Meeting Primary Presentation as one. The presentation takes enough planning on its own. ;0)

(By the way...if I've got your kids in Primary....I LOVE THEM! They are awesome. Seriously... they have such sweet spirits and such unique personalities. I have loved getting to know them)

This is Landon

Hi. This is Landon. I am seven and today is the first day of summer vacation. I am really excited for all the fun things I'm going to do.

Today is my first tennis lesson. I like to hit the ball high. I hope I do good.




On Wednesday nights I get to go take gymnastics with my sister. She has a class before me, and then it's my turn. I have some cousins who are doing it with me. So, it will be fun. I like to walk on the balance beam like Spiderman. I went to gymnastics with my cousins once before and got to jump on the vault and I did really good. I stood up!





I got a skateboard for my seventh birthday and now that it's warm I get to ride on it. I took it to the park once, but it was hard. So I need to practice. My mom said we could go to the skate park, but I have to wear my helmet and elbow and knee pads so I don't get hurt. I want to ride my skateboard like Tony Hawks. He is cool. I play his game on my dad Jeff's X Box and it is way fun. I make him do cool jumps on the game.






My dad said he would take me golfing a lot this summer. I want to play like Tiger Woods because he is really good. I can hit the ball far with my clubs, but I have to practice with my putter. That's hard. Dad says he needs to practice too. And I like it when he lets me drive the golf cart. He has to push the gas pedal though because I might go too fast.

This year my mom is putting me in swimming lessons. I did it before, but still need to practice. I can't go off the diving board unless I know how to swim. It is kind of scary to swim, because I might go under and drown. But mom says she'll make sure I'm safe. And if I take swimming lessons then I'll know how to swim good and not go under the water and I'll be okay.


I am still going to take piano lessons from my Nana this summer too. I like to make cool tunes. I like that my nana teaches me because I get to go to her house and be with her. I love my nana. She gives me apples and string cheese.

I am going to go play outside now. I was on the slip and slide and now I'm warm again. So, I can go play again. So long suckers!

Slip.....Slip and Slide!

Do you remember that little jingle from back in the day? Love the Slip and Slide!

To commemmorate the last day of school, I took Landon to the store and we bought a slip and slide. He and Mackenzee were outside playing on that thing all afternoon. Mackenzee didn't do much sliding, though she did slip a couple of times ;0) She mostly just sat in the puddle of water that formed at the end of the slip and slide.

Landon didn't quite understand the concept of it and so instead of sliding on his stomach down the plastic runway...he would jump on his knees.

Which meant he was only sliding a couple of feet. So....being the good mom that I am, I showed him how it was properly done. Holy cow! Talk about cold water. But it actually felt pretty good. The kids thought it was pretty funny too. ;0) Anyway, after that, Landon got the hang of it and was able to perfect his "slide". He can't get enough of it either. He woke up Saturday morning and the first thing he asked was if he could go out on the slip and slide! I don't think it's going to make it through the summer.....

A couple of big days

So...Landon had his very first piano recital last night. My mom teaches
him piano lessons and so it has been fun for Landon to spend this extra time with his Nana. He played two songs. "Silly Bug Stomp" and then we played a duet together, "Love Is
Spoken Here". He was so nervous too. He begged and begged me to be able to use his music and I told him he didn't need it and he'd do fine. He's had the song memorized for over a month now. But, nerves got the best of him, and on his way up to the piano, he paused at my mom's chair and whispered, "Puh-leeeeeaaase." So, she let him play the song with his music. Silly boy. He did great and it
has been fun for me to be able to play along with him.

And then today was Landon's last day of 1st grade. So it was a pretty big day. He has really enjoyed school this year, mostly thanks to a great teacher, Mrs. Reed. Who put up with his "problems" we were having at the beginning of the school year. She is sadly, leaving Morningside after only one year as she lives in Burley and was offered a position at the elementary in Heyburn. So, closer to home for her. Sniff Sniff...we will miss her though.

So, this means summer vacation has officially started. Argh! I'm hoping it will be a good one. Lots of stuff going on to keep Landon busy. Between tennis, golf, art classes, gymnastics, and swimming lessons....he should be good to go. SHOULD...that's the key word there. Sigh.