Calebs 1st Scout Badge

Caleb is so excited to be in scouts and he was able to receive his 1st badge at pack meeting tonight. This scout thing is all new to us so we are still trying to figure it out!

Happy Birthday Jon

Jon was able to spend a few hours celebrating his birthday with his Dad who has the same birthday. We were on our way to the cabin on their birthdays so we stopped in Idaho Falls and had dinner and birthday cake with them. It was a nice evening and it made it special to be able to share it with Dad.

Happy Birthday!

LOTOJA 2010

It's that time of year again when after a very long spring and summer of training and spending hours on his bike Jon did LOTOJA. It is a very exciting day but also very tiring! You never know how your body or bike will hold up for the 206 miles that are required to finish. Jon started bright and early this year. He had put in lots of time doing races and rides all summer and was in great shape for the day. We saw him off at the start line and then headed home to pack the car. Jon didn't want to stop in Preston so the first time we saw him was in Montpelier.

Here he is coming in to the 2nd feed zone. He surprised us with how fast he made it. We weren't quite ready so it was a little crazy! He barely stopped to grab a few new water bottles and was off. He wanted to stay with the group he road in with so he didn't stop long, maybe at the most 30 seconds!

He crossed the finish line in 10 hours 9 minutes!

Here he is with a bunch of friends that he has trained with for the big day.

Craig Willis, Brian Broadbent, Mike Broadbent, Eric Hooley & Jon

All the kids went with me this year to support Jon. We had a great day yelling out the window and taking lots of pictures of him along the way. We are sure proud of him and the great accomplishment this is each year!

Powderpuff!

For homecoming week, Brianna was able to play some football. It is called powderpuff. This is where the girls are the football players and the boys are the cheerleaders. It is quite the sight! Brianna ended up with a few bruises but she had a blast doing it! It turned out to be a good game and her team won. Way to go Brianna!

First Day of School 2010

Here we are again taking the traditional pictures on the front steps before the kids head to school for the first day! We have had a great summer with lots of fun trips, family reunions and going to the lake.

Brianna is a Senior

Heidi is a Sophmore

Mallory is in middle school in 6th grade

Caleb is in 3rd grade

Jack is in kindergarten

We are lucky this year and the bus stops right in front of our driveway so the boys don't have to walk very far. They get to ride the same bus in the

morning together.

Here's Jack all excited and ready for the first day of kindergarten. It was a sad day for me but he is more than ready to go and it is so fun to watch them learn and grow each day.

The Ultimate Challenge

We spent the weekend in Park City so Jon could do a bike ride. He started in Park City and ended at Snowbird. It was 100 miles with 10,900 feet of climbing.

We did some shopping in Park City and then we got there to watch him do the last big climb and cheer him on.

Another bike ride finished safely!

Happy Birthday Brianna & Heidi

Brianna is 17 and Heidi is 15! Wow where has the time gone. We are so proud of each of them and the great young women they are. The are great examples to their sister and brothers. We are so blessed to have two beautiful teenagers! Happy birthday girls we love you!

We went to Pocatello for their birthdays to celebrate with their Aunt Becky and Uncle Jay who have the same birthday as them. We had a nice day visiting and watching the kids play. They got a cake with a tennis theme since Brianna and Heidi both made the high school girls tennis team.

Heidi got an Ipod touch

Brianna got a Kindle but has to wait for it to be shipped so she got a paper with a picture on it!

Pirates of the Cabin

We had a fun filled Robison family reunion at the cabin. The theme was the Pirates of the Cabin and all our activities centered around that. Steve and Ellen did a great job of planning everything. Thank you for all your hard work!

We started the reunion with a hike to Union Falls. It was a 14 mile hike. Brianna, Heidi and Mallory went from our family. Jon had to work so he came to the cabin a day after we did.

All the Robison's

(except for Craig, Christy & Rick)

Grandma & Grandpa Robison with the grandkids & 2 great grandkids!

The Robison Siblings

Steve, Dave, Becky, Doug, Jon & Dan

We had the canoe race again and Jon & I took back the title!!!!

New York Summer Vacation

We spent a week in New York for our summer vacation. My parents are serving a Temple mission in Palmyra New York so we took the kids back to see the pageant and all the church history sites. We started our trip with a few days in New York City. We had a great time and ran our legs off for one week.

We flew out of Salt Lake City on the red eye! It was a long night but most of the kids did sleep a little.

The place we had arranged to pick us up was a little confused and sent too small a car at first and the only other option to get 7 of us to our hotel was a limo. The kids thought this was great and loved it!

Central Park

The Natural History Museum

We met up with Jon's niece Niki and her two kids and they spent the afternoon with us.

The kids had to walk all over the museum to find this statue from the movie Night at the Museum!

We went over to Brooklyn to have dinner with Niki and Rick at a pizza place that was so good! Then we decided to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.

Jack loved the subways. He usually didn't get a seat all to himself, but this was really late one night on the way back to our hotel.

We got pretty tired of McDonalds for breakfast. We ate here every morning!

Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island

This picture does not show how hard it is raining. We got done with Ellis Island and it started pouring down rain. We stopped and bought a few more umbrellas for us, although we were already drenched!

Empire State Building

M & M World

Times Square at Night

Our hotel was right on Times Square so each night we had fun walking back to the hotel and seeing all the people still out.

We were able to get tickets to Mary Poppins and we all loved it. It was amazing what they do with the stage for the performances.

We left New York City and drove to Niagra Falls. We spent one night in Canada and met up with my family the next day. Mom and Dad Smith were even able to come to Canada to go to the Falls with us.

The Sacred Grove

The cousins had a great time switching cars each place we went so they could all ride together.

Brianna, Heidi & Jon were able to go to the Palmyra Temple and do baptisms. I stayed out with the younger kids but did go in for a few minutes and watched the girls get baptized.

The Smith Home

Another one of the Smith's Homes

Peter Whitmer Home

Brianna checking out one of the out houses!

Hill Cumorah Pageant

This is how we all felt after a week of running. We had a great trip and were exhausted getting on the plane to go home. It was fun to spend some time with my family and get to see where Grandma & Grandpa Smith are living and serving right now.