Thursday, January 15, 2009

Treasure Hunting



Mackenzee is sure that we need to go somewhere EVERY day. Jaysen leaves the house every morning for work. Landon leaves every morning for school.

Me and Mackenzee? It just depends. Some days we have to go into work. Other days there are errands to run. Some days, we just stay in our jammies ALL DAY and stay home.

Mackenzee hates these days. She doesn't understand why she has to be stuck at home when she is sure there are so many fabulous, wonderful things in store for her if we just got in the car and went somewhere.

Monday was no different. So, at about 11:00 that morning, I figured we could make a quick run to the grocery store to get the few items I needed. Now, you must understand that in order to leave the house Mackenzee feels she needs to pack a bag of important things to take with her. You know, like wooden blocks and plastic toys from her play kitchen.

Monday was no different. :0) Except for that on Monday she decided she needed to pack a ziploc baggie filled with left over Halloween candy. Go figure. So armed with her candy and her pink teddy bear, Mackenzee strolled through Smith's grocery store with me.

We started in the produce section where I got some yummy oranges and bananas. While we were looking at the bagels {which happened to be on sale!} I noticed Mackenzee shoving a piece of her candy amongst the loaves of bread on the shelf.

"Mackenzee! What are you doing?"

"I hiding them mom. Then people come find them and they get candy too!"

"You can't just leave your candy on the shelf Mackenzee. I promise you that if someone finds it, they will probably just end up throwing it away. You should just save the candy and eat it yourself." {Lesson taught here? Don't share....aren't I a good mom?} :0)

So, we kept walking on and the next aisle over as I was pricing the bags of frozen chicken she tucked another piece of candy on the shelf by the peanut butter.

"Mackenzee! I told you not to do that! You can't just leave your candy lying all around the store."

"No mom. I sharing. People want the candy and I leave it here for them. Sharing is caring!"

"Well, you can't do that. It's not ok. Leave the candy in your bag or I will take it away."

We continue our journey through the aisles of the store and guess what? Mackenzee is still stashing "treasure" all over the store. It didn't help that another shopper told her that she wished she had a bag of candy too. Kenzee was thrilled and so sure that the lady would find her secret stashes of candy. You know, so the lady could have some candy too.

Sigh.....

At least I know she listens to me when I tell her to share. Right? Don't you think?

Anyway....I gave up trying to keep her from leaving a trail of candy. Because honestly....

sharing IS caring. :0)

Sunday, January 11, 2009


Happy 17th Birthday Jordan!

Friday, January 09, 2009

Giggles and Grins


Landon and Talon....


Mackenzee and Riley....
crazy kids!

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Jeremy is 30


That's right. Jeremy is officially old. :0) We all surprised him when he showed up to eat at Garibaldi's last night. He told everyone that he did NOT want to do anything for his birthday, and he didn't want any presents either. {tee hee} Yeah right! This was a landmark year!
Of course....I'm not having a birthday this year either. And when I say that I don't want a party...I'm not kidding. I'll probably be crying in my bedroom because of the realization that I am no longer "young" and in my 20's. You can send gifts though. I take cash and gift cards. Chocolate is nice too. Especially if you could come up with a way to make it fat free and guilt free. That would be the best birthday present ever!
Anyway....Happy Birthday Jeremy! I'm sorry you had to "suffer" through a surprise birthday dinner. At least you got a great card out of it! :0)

Getting Shown Up By My Mother

Because there were so many of us together this last weekend, we decided to all go bowling. I haven't been in over a year and, to top that off, I stink anyway. So, you can imagine how great my game is. My parents came along, and because they normally just watch instead of participating, we were all surprised when my mom came walking over with bowling shoes in hand. :0)
Want to know a secret? I'm pretty sure my mom is a closet bowler. Because seriously....she's got game. Two strikes, a few spares.....and the whole time she's telling us how horrible she is. Yeah right! My score? 69. Her score? 113. Sad, isn't it? I got shown up by my mother. Sigh. Actually, the kids beat me too. Sure, they used the bumper, but still! I think next time I need to bowl on their lane. I might at least have a fighting chance. :0)

Getting Our Sassy On!

Yesterday was going to be a day full of Robinson family fun as my brother's family and my sister's family were in town. I went out in the morning before the fun began because I had promised my neices that we could do make-overs. So, I showed up with nail polish, curling iron and make-up bag in hand and got down to business. We were going bowling and we needed to make sure we were the cutest bowlers there!
We started out with the polish and Greta, Genea, Alina, Mackenzee, and even Riley ended up with colorful nails.

Next it was important that their lips were sparkly and their cheeks were rosy. When I was done with their make-up Genea and Greta were sure that they needed to put make-up on me, so I let them doll me up too. Amazingly, I did not end up looking like a hooker. :0) They did a super good job don't you think?Since we had just enough time to get their hair done, I hurried and gave each girl the same sassy hairdo. This is one of Kenzee's signature looks. :0) All four girls even let me curl their hair...and let me tell you....they were four of the prettiest princesses I have ever seen!

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Burnham Family 2008

I haven't finished editing these babies, but I thought I'd share them before too much time passes. For those in the Burnham family that are wanting copies, I was planning on making a disc for each of the families in the pictures here. So, don't stress it. :0) I got you covered. Jodie...will you share your copies with me too? The pictures of the grandkids taken upstairs didn't turn out so good on my camera. Thanks so much!

These are the only two individual family pictures that we got taken that day. I think everyone was pretty much done with saying cheese at this point. :0)

Thanks Burnhams for being such good sports on such short notice. I am SO happy to finally have a family picture that includes ALL of us. {And I'm not pregnant!} Now I just need to work on my family......