Merry Land

The weekend after Lee's parents left we headed up to Maryland for our monthly temple trip and visit with the Heits.  The night started off right with a Pizza Heit Party Night and while the kids had a ball playing the Wii Jeff and Lois went on a date.

The next morning Lee and I went on our date: temple, IKEA, commissary.  That afternoon we went to a park nearby.  While the husbands watched the kids, Lois and I did an Aldi run.  (I can't wait till Black Friday Lois!)


















So beautiful!  A nice fall day.


Yeah, sorry about the fuzzy pictures.  Of course I didn't know the lens was dirty till the next day after we were home! Oh well.... But Lee does always have a special glow about him!




Sweet Blake!  Boy does he cruise around!  He is a pro-crawler and loves walking along the couch and chairs.  He is also quite the taste-tester (like any 10ish month-old). Leave it on the ground and he'll try it out for you!














Lois treated us to some yummy meals and before we headed home, some pumpkin muffins.  Shanna and Haley of course were drawn to the kitchen!


Awwwww.....so cute!  You'd never know they were twins!  I have been (mostly) letting Shanna dress herself lately. Definitely surprises people when I tell them they are twins! What is funny is when I ask Shanna or Haley who was in my belly with them at the same time.  It's so funny when they say Cal or Elden.


On our way home I saw this sign. It is Shakespeare BLVD.  Of course it reminded me of our good friends the Shakespear's (do I put an apostrophe and then an "s" here??). Too bad there is an "e" on the sign AND that you can't even hardly read it in the photo! Trust me though.


I took the same photo and started messing with the colors/shades.  I thought this would be a fun photo to enlarge and stick on a wall...maybe....someday....if I wanted a city nightscape or something...


It's been a fun couple of weeks. I always enjoy a switch-up from regular day life; though regular life is always good as well. Sunday Lee and I spoke in church on "Be ye not weary in well-doing." 

I am still enjoying volunteering at the school.  And BIG news!  Nope, not expecting, ha ha, but I am now a Primary Teacher.  It's official.  I have NEVER had a calling in the Primary. I've always been in the Relief Society and have had lot of different callings there.  Besides, I LOVE Relief Society!  And funny enough, I have two callings now.  I don't know if I've ever had two callings.  My first calling here (and still is) the Relief Society Meeting Coordinator.  The counselor in RS is great and it should good calling.  And for Primary, I will be team teaching with a friend.  She is a nurse and can't be there every Sunday.  So we will swap teaching on Sundays.  

The patient numbers are still down at Lee's work but there is a "steady" flow I guess you could say. Plus he is working on some exciting things with the business....stay tuned! The kids are all well...except for a mysterious rash on Elden's leg...and are excited about Halloween!  I am excited about all the candy I am going to save and set away for Christmas. And that reminds me, here in town the downtown businesses host trick-or-treating.  Lee is going to participate and bought a bunch of "eye" candy. Pictures to come!

Mini Reunion

We had a great time while Lee's parents were here.  It was fun to have them see Lee's "new" practice and our "new" little town.  As some of you know, we have been doing without a microwave since the very end of July.  I was surprised that we were able to do without one so well.  (Thanks Sonia for the microwave offer by the way.)  Lee's parents bought us a microwave, thank you!  It was weird at first and I had to remember that we actually had one.  I know Lee was especially glad because he likes to heat up his milk that he eats with his cold cereal.  It's been nice having a microwave again!

Also during their visit, we had a mini family reunion with two of Lee's cousins and his Dad's sister.  I had met Aunt Marilyn before and I had met Edna (though I can't remember), but it was great getting together with them again.  Edna and Julie both live within two to three hours of us!   And funny enough Edna has twins Elden's age and Julie's sister has twins!  Lots of twins in the Robertson family!


We enjoyed some amazing weather while his parents were here!






The twins are boy/girl twins.  Shanna and her 2nd cousin had a ball together playing with dolls. 



Yay for family and having some within a few hours!  I do wish we all lived closer together.  Thanks for coming Mom & Dad!  We are excited to see you next year!

Luray Caverns

Lee's parents recently visited.  It was great to see them and so sweet of them to come all this way to see us! On the way to our house, they stopped in Luray to see the caverns.  The called us wondering if we would like to join them.  We got ready and headed up.  What great caverns!  So beautiful.  The tour guide was great with my kids, which I really appreciated.  Everyone had a great time. 





Lee and I with his wonderful parents!




This might have been my favorite thing.  There is a pool of water that is so still the reflection is unbelievable.  Amazing! Of course it looks better in real life.


All the kids!






A fuzzy picture, but this is an operating organ whose pipes are the stalactites. People actually come all the way down here for special occasions, like weddings.  I personally can't imagine walking a 1/2 mile down into a cavern to get married in a pristine white dress.  Seems a bit dirty to me...


I guess they have these throughout the cave, but here is one example of a mechanical organ part tapping a stalactite to create sound (or whatever happens when sound comes out of an organ pipe).


This part is calling the Wishing Well.  People throw in coins totally thousands of dollars each year--from the chart that is what it seemed like.  All the money collected from the Wishing Well goes to a charity.  And don't fall off your seat, but I gave the kids each a coin to toss in.


Haley and Grandma!


What a view.  It is gorgeous out here! Come and visit!


The next day we did some crafts with the youngins at home.  I did make a trip to the school to make photo copies.










Every 2nd weekend in October our town hosts Autumn Days.  There are lots of craft booths, food and entertainment.  Also down by the city park another group simultaneously holds another craft fair/flea market.  I loved looking around.






I found out some cloggers were performing so after lunch we headed back down again.  I stayed behind with the girls and bought my mom and dad their little Christmas gift.  It's fun going shopping and browsing with my girls!








After I took some pictures one of the kids--Haley I am sure--took the camera and took more pictures.  I chuckled when I saw this one.  A perfectly great photo of someone's shoe.  So funny.


Before the girls and I headed home we stopped at the playground.  Autumn Days are held on the street right in front of the school (street blocked off of course) and the playground couldn't have been more convenient!