It's been a long time. I think that I should contribute to the blog. Dave is busy working two jobs (Soft Touch Power Wash and Discovery Research Group). He is getting ready to start school in the fall and go into Culinary Arts. I am busy with cosmetology school and working. I am really enjoying the school. I get really nervous whenever I get a client but when I am through and see how they like it it makes me feel good and want to continue and get better. Yesterday I did my first updo and it was for a local prom in Wendell. I was hopping that she wouldn't bring in something really fancy and I would have to have a lot of help on it but she just looked through some of our updo books and chose one out of there that was quite easy and fun to do. She said that she had a bad experience the year before with her hair that it only lasted 3 hours and fell out. When I got done my instructor told her that it was not going anywhere. She kept telling me that it was b-e-a-uteful. Everyone kept telling me that I did a good job. It made me feel good. I also got to help a couple of other girls with there's.
Dave and I have been given church callings. I am a Nursery Leader and Dave is Home Teaching District Supervisor and Ward Building Cleaning and Security person.
We also just got a new car. Which is exciting so that we don't have to try and get the car to each other just so that we can get to school and work.
Love you all,
Callie and Dave Robinson
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Callie's Wedding Pics
So I just realized that I never got these pics to Callie. I don't have a lot, but I thought you would all like to see a few of her wedding pictures. You looked so cute and so happy, Callie. Anyway, here's the link. Let me know if you have trouble viewing it.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wardell Update
Here is the Wardell update;
Erica is doing well in school, she has lots of friends and invites others to play with her. Her teacher is impressed with her ability to draw people out of their shells. Personality pictures are coming soon. She finally found the kind of chapter books that she likes to read; Junie B. Jones. She started and finished one today.
Michael is also doing well in school, he is quiet and follows directions well. He got kicked out of Speech class because he is doing so well at recognizing what sounds he has to work on. He is so excited to be "kicked out". He also has personality pictures coming soon.
Ashley is in 3 year old Pre-school and is already signed up for Pre-school again for next year. She loves Tuesday and Friday because that is school day. She knows her days of the week very well. She always wears shirt and skirt, with either pants or tights. I can't get her to wear leggings. She also has Personality pictures coming soon.
Curtis is still working for Sysco Foods and has another job lined up out of Burley. Hy-Line, shipping chicks. But they are experiencing difficulty getting up and running. Scary start, but gives us something to think about before he actually leaves his current job.
I am starting a new job as well. A resume dropped off in July of 2008 prompted a call last thursday and I went in for an interview that evening and got the hiring call on tuesday, with a pay raise. My current job is wonderful except for the maniac who is "supposed" to be teaching me to take over. She has a power issue and won't quit treating me like a private in basic training. She doesn't know yet that I am leaving and I wonder when they will tell her. I will miss my other co-workers and patients but I have to be happy where I work. My new job will start the 3oth at a family and sports medicine place. I won't be taking over for anyone, I will actually fulfill a need that the practice has. I can do it all, phone calls, vitals, blood drawing and no life altering decisions to make and no life responsibility. What a relief.
Erica is doing well in school, she has lots of friends and invites others to play with her. Her teacher is impressed with her ability to draw people out of their shells. Personality pictures are coming soon. She finally found the kind of chapter books that she likes to read; Junie B. Jones. She started and finished one today.
Michael is also doing well in school, he is quiet and follows directions well. He got kicked out of Speech class because he is doing so well at recognizing what sounds he has to work on. He is so excited to be "kicked out". He also has personality pictures coming soon.
Ashley is in 3 year old Pre-school and is already signed up for Pre-school again for next year. She loves Tuesday and Friday because that is school day. She knows her days of the week very well. She always wears shirt and skirt, with either pants or tights. I can't get her to wear leggings. She also has Personality pictures coming soon.
Curtis is still working for Sysco Foods and has another job lined up out of Burley. Hy-Line, shipping chicks. But they are experiencing difficulty getting up and running. Scary start, but gives us something to think about before he actually leaves his current job.
I am starting a new job as well. A resume dropped off in July of 2008 prompted a call last thursday and I went in for an interview that evening and got the hiring call on tuesday, with a pay raise. My current job is wonderful except for the maniac who is "supposed" to be teaching me to take over. She has a power issue and won't quit treating me like a private in basic training. She doesn't know yet that I am leaving and I wonder when they will tell her. I will miss my other co-workers and patients but I have to be happy where I work. My new job will start the 3oth at a family and sports medicine place. I won't be taking over for anyone, I will actually fulfill a need that the practice has. I can do it all, phone calls, vitals, blood drawing and no life altering decisions to make and no life responsibility. What a relief.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
My new Calling in life
So I have not posted in a while. I figured I should give some updates. My puppy is growing so fast its slightly ridiculous. She just got a clean bill of health from the vet, and now weighs 24 pounds at 15 weeks old. She is a VERY good puppy and everyone she ever meets (including her vet) is amazed at how well trained she is for her age. The vet nurse (is there a proper name for a vet nurse? do they have to have schooling, or whats the deal) suggested I put her in competition obedience at the rate she is going. I was flattered. ok, really i just laughed at the idea. Can't you just see me in a shapeless flower print dress, +75 pounds, trotting head held high next to my proud Pooch as I command her to "Sit" in front of a large, distinguished audience of canine "Who's Who"? I love it. I've found my true calling i think. But anyways, I'm on spring break, which is true cause for celebration. after 5 years of school without one, I think I have earned a full week of nothing but banana bread and LOST season 1. (totally captivating by the way.) and for those of you who like to watch entire seasons of your favorite shows, don't bother buying them, just go to surfthechannel.com and type in whatever show you want to watch, and then select TV. I swear they have everything. Who needs cable right?
I just today successfully killed my very first house plant ever. His name was Ferdinand, and he was a lovely yellow miniature rose. I put him out in the sunshine to sun himself and to get some well deserved nutrients, and the wind knocked him over. He would have survived his terrible plunge off the deck banister, if not for Maja. She was the first one on the scene, and proceded to make sure that there was nothing left of him. We had a small funeral for him, and then I fed his plastic holder to Maja who immediately went to work rendered the cup unusable. What a good dog. So dependable. BUT... just as Ferdinand met his almost inevitable fate, I found that my very first real outside flower had bloomed in my front yard!!! It also is a little yellow something, and I just knew that this meant I was truly a home owner now. (Maja can't get to the front yard plants as we have installed an underground fence. Its a genious invention)
I also just got called as the new ward Assistant Camp Director. Just as all those of you who have gone before, I am going to girls camp. I was nervous for this calling, until when I sat down in Sacrament meeting, the cute lady sitting behind me said, "you'll be fine. The last assistant camp director took all the girls Skinny Dipping at camp, and it Did Not End Well. You would have to work pretty hard to outdo that one." So the bar has been set rather high, and I will have my work cut out for me. ;)
So that is my world right now, and I'll do my best to keep y'all updated as our lives press on. Love you all!!
I just today successfully killed my very first house plant ever. His name was Ferdinand, and he was a lovely yellow miniature rose. I put him out in the sunshine to sun himself and to get some well deserved nutrients, and the wind knocked him over. He would have survived his terrible plunge off the deck banister, if not for Maja. She was the first one on the scene, and proceded to make sure that there was nothing left of him. We had a small funeral for him, and then I fed his plastic holder to Maja who immediately went to work rendered the cup unusable. What a good dog. So dependable. BUT... just as Ferdinand met his almost inevitable fate, I found that my very first real outside flower had bloomed in my front yard!!! It also is a little yellow something, and I just knew that this meant I was truly a home owner now. (Maja can't get to the front yard plants as we have installed an underground fence. Its a genious invention)
I also just got called as the new ward Assistant Camp Director. Just as all those of you who have gone before, I am going to girls camp. I was nervous for this calling, until when I sat down in Sacrament meeting, the cute lady sitting behind me said, "you'll be fine. The last assistant camp director took all the girls Skinny Dipping at camp, and it Did Not End Well. You would have to work pretty hard to outdo that one." So the bar has been set rather high, and I will have my work cut out for me. ;)
So that is my world right now, and I'll do my best to keep y'all updated as our lives press on. Love you all!!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Alive and Kicking!
Thank you, Zan, for keeping the blog alive. We do need to check our pulse. I am always running at the speed of life, and have to be reminded of some of the finer things, like communication.
The latest from Kimberly includes Dad's decision to move the shop to our own property. Bids on concrete are forthcoming. He is finishing a '68 mustang for a client, and hopes to be finished with that within the month, and move home after that.
Trevor made the baseball team. Tryouts finished just today. (Yea!) He also has a date to the prom (Roxy Kreiger) and is an escort for the Miss Kimberly pageant. That allows me to both see him and get a picture of him in a tux. Twice! I asked Roxy what color her dress was, and she was so cute about it. I was given instructions on what color to get Trev's tux. He is accepted at BYUI and is planning on a Sept 10 start date. That should work out well for him to work for Dad one last summer.
Brandon sounds great! Looks good, too. I get on his mission blog-site from time to time and enjoy trying to wade through the Portuguese. I did get another package in the mail to him.. Who knows whether he will get any of them, but at least I tried. Expect a missionary photo in the mail, as I have one for each of you. I loved his last story about the Kelly Clarkson kareoke. An acquaintance of mine reminded me that whatever amount of money spent on this mission is truly a bargain for the education and opportunities it offers. I'm finding this to be true, just from what I am experiencing and learning on many levels. Dad is talking about wanting to serve when it is our season. I think the Bahamas would be o.k. ......
It is time for me to "paint" a bulldog down at the local ceramic shop. I must think of how to personalize it for T. He thinks I should paint the "golden arches" on it. He was given a challenge by Roxy to stay away from fast food for a week. Actually, it was bet and I think he lost.
I forget how much calendar space a senior takes up in the last few months.
Is it Spring yet? I'm still running in the dark most mornings. The most interesting thing that I experienced on my morning runs this year was an awful smell down by the canyon on a very windy, and very cold morning. It seemed particularly strong at two points, on either side of the canyon, but esp as the wind came over the top on the Jerome side. Never mind the details, but when I got home a little later in the morning a news report on the radio said a body had been discovered in the canyon under/near the Perinne bridge. Hmmm....
I need to gear up for girls camp soon. It will be a challenge for me to get with these older girls before camp and get their program/music together. I do like a challenge, however.
I am off to visit Karali and Matthew and my grandpuppy for the weekend. I get to see an opera at IU. It's a tough job, but I think I'll manage! My students are finishing up their pieces for music festival, and they are all sounding pretty good this year. I'm playing for Primary and ward choir, and a few other events that keep me pretty busy.
I should mention that Trev and I spent some time with Joel and his family last weekend, and I recieved major-league level training in the fine art of batting and got some pretty serious nutritional advice/lecturing. Not to mention raising my enzyme levels by ingesting raw garlic. Zan was there, and can verify. I can represent! (o.k., so I stink at it, but not for lack of trying. Trev laughed about it most of the way home. I also burped up garlic most of the way home...)
Love you all!
The latest from Kimberly includes Dad's decision to move the shop to our own property. Bids on concrete are forthcoming. He is finishing a '68 mustang for a client, and hopes to be finished with that within the month, and move home after that.
Trevor made the baseball team. Tryouts finished just today. (Yea!) He also has a date to the prom (Roxy Kreiger) and is an escort for the Miss Kimberly pageant. That allows me to both see him and get a picture of him in a tux. Twice! I asked Roxy what color her dress was, and she was so cute about it. I was given instructions on what color to get Trev's tux. He is accepted at BYUI and is planning on a Sept 10 start date. That should work out well for him to work for Dad one last summer.
Brandon sounds great! Looks good, too. I get on his mission blog-site from time to time and enjoy trying to wade through the Portuguese. I did get another package in the mail to him.. Who knows whether he will get any of them, but at least I tried. Expect a missionary photo in the mail, as I have one for each of you. I loved his last story about the Kelly Clarkson kareoke. An acquaintance of mine reminded me that whatever amount of money spent on this mission is truly a bargain for the education and opportunities it offers. I'm finding this to be true, just from what I am experiencing and learning on many levels. Dad is talking about wanting to serve when it is our season. I think the Bahamas would be o.k. ......
It is time for me to "paint" a bulldog down at the local ceramic shop. I must think of how to personalize it for T. He thinks I should paint the "golden arches" on it. He was given a challenge by Roxy to stay away from fast food for a week. Actually, it was bet and I think he lost.
I forget how much calendar space a senior takes up in the last few months.
Is it Spring yet? I'm still running in the dark most mornings. The most interesting thing that I experienced on my morning runs this year was an awful smell down by the canyon on a very windy, and very cold morning. It seemed particularly strong at two points, on either side of the canyon, but esp as the wind came over the top on the Jerome side. Never mind the details, but when I got home a little later in the morning a news report on the radio said a body had been discovered in the canyon under/near the Perinne bridge. Hmmm....
I need to gear up for girls camp soon. It will be a challenge for me to get with these older girls before camp and get their program/music together. I do like a challenge, however.
I am off to visit Karali and Matthew and my grandpuppy for the weekend. I get to see an opera at IU. It's a tough job, but I think I'll manage! My students are finishing up their pieces for music festival, and they are all sounding pretty good this year. I'm playing for Primary and ward choir, and a few other events that keep me pretty busy.
I should mention that Trev and I spent some time with Joel and his family last weekend, and I recieved major-league level training in the fine art of batting and got some pretty serious nutritional advice/lecturing. Not to mention raising my enzyme levels by ingesting raw garlic. Zan was there, and can verify. I can represent! (o.k., so I stink at it, but not for lack of trying. Trev laughed about it most of the way home. I also burped up garlic most of the way home...)
Love you all!
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