Robyn's Baptism

As many of you know Robyn, my oldest daughter, turned eight last week.  Then last Saturday she was able to get Baptized.  She was so beautiful and glowing from ear to ear. 
Her baptism was combined with two other girls and they were all so cute.  All my girls sang "When I am Baptized" during the program and they sounded beautiful.

Here are a few pictures of Robyn on her Special Day.

Robyn in her White Jump Suit right before her Baptism.

Ryan and Robyn together.  Aren't they cute all in White?  Look how happy Robyn is!

She's Still Smiling!!  Here is Robyn after her baptism in her new Dress that Grandma and Grandpa Corbridge got her for her baptism.  She is also wearing a new necklace that Mom and Dad got her.  It is a butterfly with CTR engraved on the body of the butterfly.  

Here are all my girls together after Robyn's Baptism.  They are all so beautiful.

CONGRATULATIONS ROBYN ON BECOMING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS!!

Lauren Dancing

Here is a really cute video of Lauren with her new piano she got for her birthday. She really likes a couple of the demo songs on there and likes to dance to them, but what I think is also cute is that she wants to dance to specific songs, so she sits there and searches through the songs until she finds the one she wants to dance to. I hope you enjoy.

I tried editing the video so that it wouldn't be quite so long, but I couldn't figure out how to do that, so it is a little longer than I wanted, but it is still cute.

Folding Clothes!

I asked Alyson and Maegan to help me fold clothes.  They didn't want to so I told them that they could stay up and not have to go to bed as long as they were constantly folding clothes.  They decided to help me out with the job.  They folded the clothes and were in the process of folding the socks when they decided to be done and go to bed.  After they had gone to bed, I went downstairs to see how well they had done on the clothes.  I was welcomed by a big surprise.    This is what they had done so they could find matches to the socks easier.

Birthday Girl!

This weekend we had a birthday in the house!

Lauren Turned TWO years old!!!

Wow it is crazy to think that my youngest little girl is two already. Time sure does fly. It seems like yesterday that I was laying on the couch in our Trailer on Campus of Utah State doing everything I could to go into labor with our first precious little girl. Now that little girl is turning 8 next month and getting excited to be baptized and my 4th little girl is 2 and getting into everything. It is just weird to think how fast things really do happen.

Anyway, back on the subject of the birthday girl. She got lots of fun presents for her birthday.

She got a Book from Great Grandma,  
A Soccer Ball

A New Baby
and A Piano


She also got a mug with her name on it and an Apron that aren't pictured yet.









We made her a birthday cake and had cake and ice cream.  Watching her eat it was quite funny.  She started out trying to use a fork and then eventually gave up on it.  Here is a series of pictures that show her eating her cake and ice cream.  I thought it was quite funny.

Happy Birthday Lauren!!

Mommy Maegan

Maegan loves to help out and be a little mommy to her younger sisters. Here is a great example. We went to take Robyn to soccer practice and there is a playground there. When I got tired from pushing the girls on the swing, I told them I couldn't push anymore because I needed to rest. Maegan immediately jumped up and said she would push them. She takes just good care of her sisters. Can you hear Alyson talking the whole time? That is pretty normal. Alyson has a lot to say and it is fun hearing all she has to talk about.

Growing up TOO FAST!

I was heading to the store the other day and as we were walking out the door, I asked the girls to hurry and get in the car.  I turned around and Alyson and Lauren came running out of their room with their purses on their arms and ready to go.  When we got to the store they insisted on carrying their purses and help me put things in the cart.  I thought it was the cutest thing ever, these two little girls running around the store with their purses throwing things in the cart.  What a fun day!

Alyson at the Doctor

For the past few days Alyson has been complaining about an earache.  We finally took her to the doctor on Tuesday and found out she had a pretty bad ear infection.  She was put on anibiotics and sent home.  She is feeling so much better now and I think the ear is clearing up great.  She has only been on the medicine for about 3 days, but at least she isn't waking us screaming anymore and she is no longer complaining that her ear hurts all day long. 

This is a picture of her at the doctor's office waiting for the doctor to come in.

Soccer Season

Well,  it is officially soccer season.  Both Maegan and Robyn have had a couple games already and are doing great!  Robyn really likes to play the sweeper position.  She is great on defense, but every once in a while they have her pull forward and help out on offense.  She is really fast and can get ahead of the other girls really easily.  Last Saturday at her game a lot of the parents came to me afterward and asked what I was feeding her because she was running so fast the whole time and never ran out of steam.  Also, since she is the first defender as the ball crosses midfield, the other defenders didn't get much action because Robyn was stopping almost everything that came across. 

Maegan is in a lower league and they only play with 3 people from each team on the field at a time.  This helps so that there isn't nearly as much clumping together as everyone runs after the ball.  Maegan is doing Great as well.  Last year she just walked up and down the field and didn't really play much, but this year she is running and going after the ball and being aggressive.  I think she is going to turn into a little soccer player after all.  She is loving it and having a good time.

This letter is a letter Robyn wrote to one of her friends and I just love it.  She invited her to come to her soccer game and when she came to watch Robyn gave her this letter.  I thought it was really nice that she wanted her friend to chear for the whole team and not just for Robyn.  She understands the meaning already.  Thanks for reminding us that it is about the Team.

Hair Cutting Time!

We did hair cuts this week.  Here are two of the girls getting theirs done.  I forgot to take a picture of the other two.  Sorry.  But Lauren and Alyson sure do look cute with their new hair cuts.  Okay they look the exact same, I just took the ends off that got sun damage during the summer.

Maegan Practicing her Handwriting!

Maegan is pictured here practicing her handwriting.  Her teacher has asked her to slow down and write a little more legibly, so we are having her practice that every night.  It is getting better.  In fact, if she would always just think about it, she has rather good handwriting.  She just likes to hurry and get it down and doesn't take her time to make the letters correctly.  Until the time she decides to slow down and write a little nicer, she will be practicing everyday. 

Robyn's First Big Test!

Today at school Robyn had a big test and she passed with flying colors.  In class they have been reading one of the Mr. Putter and Tabby books.  The one they are been reading is about how Mr. Putter was lonely and decided to get a cat so he could tell his stories to someone.  And so he could eat English Muffins and Drink English Tea in the afternoon with someone too.  So... this week they finished the book, and to help go over part of what they learned they had English Muffins and Tea for their afternoon snack.  Robyn told me that she said she didn't want to have any and the teacher said "Robyn, you should really try it, it is really good!" and Robyn still said "No, I don't want to try it."  So then the teacher asked anyone who was not going to have any to stand up so she could count.  Robyn was one of three girls in her class that stood and said they wouldn't have any, out of 27 students.  This may not seem that big of a deal, but it really was.  When she told me about it she started to cry and said "It's too hard being the oldest."  I asked her what she meant and she told me that it was hard being good so that her sisters would be good too.  She didn't like that the teacher made her stand up infront of the whole class to say she wasn't going to try the tea.  She was embarrassed by it.  BUT She still stood by what she knew was right and said NO to what she knew she shouldn't partake in.
THANK YOU ROBYN for showing us all how to be strong and brave.  No matter if we think it is embarrassing, or if everyone else is doing it, we need to be strong.  Even when someone who we think is there to help us, like her teacher, is trying to get us to do something that we know deep down we shouldn't be doing, we need to stand strong and do what we know is the right thing to do.
Let this, Robyn's little example, help us remember what we truly believe, so that we can all pass our tests too.

Robyn Playing Pool!

 

We went to the community center today and Robyn wanted to play pool.  It looked so cute I had to take some pictures.  Look at that cute face.
 

I guess I need to teach her how to hold the cue and everything now.

(Look at cute Lauren peeking over the table) 

How about These APPLES!!!

 

I went shopping the other day and when we got home I asked Alyson to carry the bag of apples inside for me.  When I finished unloading the van Lauren was sitting on the chair holding the bad of apples, so I thought.  Then I looked closer and I saw her chewing on the bag.  I took it away and she had bitten out of 7 of the 9 apples that were in the bag.  You'd think I was starving her to death?   I did let her finish one of them.  Good thing I got two bags of apples. : )

Florida Vacation

This summer we went to Florida for a week and a half. We played on the beach almost every day. Here are some pictures of all the girls at the beach! They loved playing in the water and making lots of sandcastles. The two oldest even would go in the water with tubes and float, then ride the waves back into the beach. It was so much fun.

Parade Day

This summer we went to a parade for the 4th of July. They all absolutely loved it. We did get there a little early and the parade lasted almost 2 hours and the girls did get a little tired, so they were taking a break from the candy chasing and I knew it was a perfect photo opp. Aren't they Cute???

Starting a Blog FINALLY!!

My family has all been after me for a while to start a blog so that they can know what is going on easier and see pictures of my cute little girls. So......finally I decided to get busy and get it done.

So here is a picture of my four beautiful girls in their new aprons their Grandma made them for their birthdays this year. They use them all the time to help me cook or just pretend to cook themselves.