My cute friend Haylee, from high school is an amazing photographer. Check out her blog! I love the way she captures little kids. She has such a fun, unique style. She having a contest right now for a free photography package. Anyone can enter, so check it out!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Free Photo Session
My cute friend Haylee, from high school is an amazing photographer. Check out her blog! I love the way she captures little kids. She has such a fun, unique style. She having a contest right now for a free photography package. Anyone can enter, so check it out!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Ultrasound
TWINS!
OK...just kidding. Leave it to the tech to try to pull a fast one and try to be funny. I told him I would have dropped off the table onto the floor if it was really twins. Then after I was picked up off the floor, I would have to be checked in to the mental institute. But it's not twins, whew!But everything looks good. Nothing is there that isn't supposed to be, and everything's there that is supposed to be. The only thing that's missing is a little tallywacker. That's right, IT'S A GIRL! The baby is measuring right on to where we had predicted, so the due date remains the same, May 31st for me, June 1st for my doctor. She wouldn't let us get very many shots of her face because she kept putting her hands in front of her face, but she was not shy in showing us that she was a girl. She was very active while we were doing the ultrasound. Every time the tech would get into a position of where he needed to do some measuring, she would move. She went from head down to butt down a few times during the appointment. While Jeremy is starting to feel a little outnumbered, we are all very excited for the new little girl that is going to be coming to us.
You might have to click on the pics to see a little better, but I'll try to narrate. I'll go from left to right. The first picture is the gender shot. Notice how spread eagle she is. The next one is both hands/arms and her face is in the background. The next one is her waving hello. The next one is another shot of her right arm, face in the background. The next one is her buff little bicep. The tech was funny stating that she has my buff arms, but then the next shot he pokes fun and says that she has dad's big nose. You can hardly even see her little face behind her arm.

The next one is her head to the left and faced down with her spine. Followed by her right foot trying to kick herself in the head. Next is really the only real face shot we got. But you can see her Eye sockets and her nose. Next is her left leg and foot. Skipping the twin shot, and lastly another picture of her spine. This time it's a shot of her whole back.

So there you have it. It's a girl! Sorry it took me so long to get it posted. You've got to give me a little bit of a break though, we share a computer, so really I only have it in the morning and late at night. And let's face it, at night I'm too tired so it just didn't happen. Now we'll just see if this little one cooperates over the next few months and comes when she's supposed to and not early like her brother.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Jesus Wants Me for a Sun-BEAM!

This is a HUGE step for us. Grant never did the regular schedule of going to Nursery when he turned 18 months like other little kids. He probably only attended Nursery a handful of times in the almost 2 1/2 years that he should have been going. But over the last few days as we have known that this Sunday was coming we have been thinking that we should give it a try. He goes to school and does just fine, but new things for him are always a little more scary I guess. Maybe it's more just scary for me than it is for others involved, but I was a little nervous. We have been talking to Grant over the last few days about going to Primary and being a new Sunbeam and he has gotten very excited about going. Mikkele has also been excited and telling him all about Primary and what to expect, ie: what songs they're going to sing, singing to him for his birthday next month, the treat he's going to get for his birthday, assignments to give talks/prayers/scriptures, etc. I've asked myself, "Does he really know what's going on and what we're talking about???" But the answer is of course he does. He is so close to the vail and he knows so much more than I could ever hope to about our Heavenly Father. We are so lucky to have his sweet little spirit in our family.
So we took him to class today. I talked to his teachers and made sure they were comfortable taking him, answered some questions, told them where to find me if they needed to come get me, and then I left and went to Sunday School. I sat and worried through most of Sunday School. Everytime the door opened I looked to see if it was his teachers coming to get me, but it never was. After Sunday School was over I went in and peeked on him. He was doing GREAT! I eased up a little through Relief Society, but still worried a little bit when the door would open. Again he made it through, and most importantly I made it through. Whew! Now for the report from the teachers. He did AWESOME! They said he was the best kid in the class and he hardly even made a peep. What a relief. Why was I so worried anyway??? Because I'm a control freak, that's why. Because he's my baby and so much can go wrong. But basically just because I'm a control freak. I jut need to remind myself to take a deep breath and relax. So we'll do it all over again next week. But maybe this time I can actually listen to what's being taught. :) And maybe this is just the next step in being able to handle this baby that is on it's way, because pretty much either this works or we'll be becoming inactive once the baby comes. But I know it'll work, because in his tiny little body he knows that being in primary is where he's supposed to be.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Christmas-the short version
3rd Grade Christmas Program
Mikkele, Zoe, and Rietta waiting patiently for the show to start.
Singing one of the songs.
More singing.
This part was the stuffed animals doing their scene. They danced to a song from the Nutcracker. They each had their own part also. I was a bad mom and didn't get video of her part. :( Woops. But she did have another little extra part. She got to help lead the music when the audience was supposed to sing along. My mom and Grandma would be so proud of her leading. She wasn't on beat, but it gave me some laughs.
New Background
Friday, December 19, 2008
Little Entertainers Christmas Performance
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Elf Yourself
I used some pictures from our trip and turned Mikkele, Grant, Alisha, Albert, and Adam. Enjoy!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Trip to TX
Monday and Tuesday were mostly spent relaxing. My mom, Alisha, and I went and saw Twilight while the boys went golfing. Thanks to my dad for sacrificing the golfing to watch Mikkele and Grant. We all had Twilight shirts on trying to act as teen-y as possible. The movie was good. There were a few things that we thought were cheesy or didn't follow the book, or at least our perception of the book. But overall we all enjoyed it and can't wait until the next movie comes out.
Wednesday we drove to the coast for the Roberts family reunion. We met in a city called Port Aransas. It's a little town by Corpus Christi. We stayed in this condo pretty much right on the beach. It was a lot of fun and we had beautiful weather.
We spent some time on a jetty. This particular jetty was 8/10 of a mile. Dad and Adam walked the whole way, but the rest of us got sidetracked watching the dolphins in the bay. There were a couple of them that just sat out there waiting for boats to come by. We also watched some of the fisherman. They caught some interesting fish.
We also shopped around town for a little bit. The stores had some interesting things outside of them.
After walking around town for a while, we came back and cooled off in the pool, hot tub, and ocean. This was Mikkele's first time getting into the ocean more than just ankle deep. And she even got the hang of boogie boarding. I actually didn't brave the jellyfish, but everyone else did. The hot tub was good enough for me.
Thursday was Thanksgiving. We didn't have the whole Roberts family there, but there was a good amount of us there. We missed those that couldn't come. The food was good, but the after dinner entertainment was even better. The old men played the boys in a Turkey bowl on the beach. My dad, in typical old man form, pulled his hamstring during the game and had to quit. I don't know who won, and I didn't get any pics of the boys, but lets face it the pics of the old men are much funnier to look at. We also had a talent show and games for the kids. And of course in true Roberts form, there was a game of dominos.
Friday we drove home from the coast, regrouped and headed for the river house. This is a favorite place to visit when in TX. The house belongs to my dad's friend Kenny. It is a beautiful setting along the Blanco River. We had a second Thanksgiving dinner there, and the boys watched some football. Grant always enjoys rides on the gator. A front came through that day, so it was too chilly to get into the river, but on a nice summer day it is very relaxing.
Saturday morning we got back in the car again and started our journey back to UT. We had a great time, but it sure was a lot of time in the car. Mikkele said that she didn't want to get back in the car again for a year, but obviously that's really not possible. Maybe just not a long road trip again any time soon.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Official Announcement

Some of you already know, but for those of you who don't....we are expecting our 3rd baby! It's exciting, but scary all at the same time. My due date is May 31st, my doctor's due date is June 1st. I told him that I know that it's only one day difference, but it sounds a whole heck of a lot worse than May 31st. He said with my history he'll be delivering the baby at least a week early, so it'll still be a May baby, but I'm still sticking with May 31st as my due date. As you can probably tell from the picture above, I am hoping and giving out vibes that the baby will be a girl, and also an angel baby. Let's be honest...with a little baby on the way and with big baby Granty, it's gonna be a little bit of a challenge. So this baby really doesn't have a choice but to be an angel baby. I'm hoping Heavenly Father and I are on the same page on that one. So Mikkele and I want a girl, but Jeremy wants a boy. Really all I want is a healthy baby, with no complications...that's not too much to ask for, right???
Something else that is exciting is that 3 of my best friends are pregnant also, and we are all due within a month and a half of each other. Jenny is due at the beginning of May, Tina the middle of May, then me at the end, and Michelle F. the middle of June. It's kinda crazy, but it will be fun to have kids the same age. They all happen to be 3 of my 4 babysitters also. So I guess Grant and Mikkele have some sort of a vibe that is released when they are watched. So if you are wanting to get pregnant, just let me know and I'll bring the kids over. :)
I guess we are still not out of the woods as far as the "scary" time of pregnancy goes, but I'm past the time when I have miscarried in the past. So hopefully everything will continue to go well and the time will pass quickly.