Learning the Beauty of Winter in January 2024

The Tree of Life Experience

Braxton was able to share a tree of life experience with us because he is on the Seminary Council. It was a fun experience to get to the tree of life that Nephi saw!

Becca's Visit and 

Just Add Chocolate

When your friend comes into town and says, "Let's go make chocolate," you say, "Sure". I had no idea I would run into the father of my earliest friend. What a joy it was to meet up with Jon Lanenga, who happened to be the owner of Just Add Chocolate in Lehi, Utah!   

We had a good time!

Kent's Birthday

Sometimes you get a chocolate doughnut for your birthday cake! LOL

 

Shooting

Kent has NO fear of germs or shooting guns! 

It was fun to go shooting with the family!

The scenery was fantastic!

Cort and I had fun playing with creative photography!

Life in January

Kent got to go shooting with Spencer and his dad at Wasatch Wing...I am working on learning to enjoy winter more fully!... We enjoyed finding and photographing some deer!

Marshal had to take photos of the shapes he saw in the clouds.

Marshal is a great snow-blowing helper!

While playing Uno No Mercy, we missed the part where it says you are out if you collect 25 cards. Without that rule, the game goes on and on and on! Braxton surprised us by getting an academic scholarship award. We are so proud of him! Cort was very amused that he was old enough to go to dances...Braxton, not so much!

I've been experimenting with enjoying winter 

and discovered it is fun to watch the snow melt!

I reached 100 days of learning Spanish on Duolingo...teased Sebastian about taking over his desk while he was gone...Found a little paper on the floor of work that looked like a bird...am LOVING my new heated vest...finished Corts closet...and enjoyed the fancy lettering from Kyli on her mission!  

Marshal enjoyed the track at the school event!

I am 100% an opacarophile!... Enjoyed this Christmas display in Herriman...loved and wanted to save this House of Israel connection page...had this meme make me giggle...learned the Beach Boys were talking about having "an ocean and not having a notion"...Found Martha buried by clothes...Giggled at this artistic display downtown...Also, giggled at this meme.

BeReal

BeReal fun times!

More pics!

Beautiful World

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.”
― Robert Lynd

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
― John Steinbeck

“My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, 

but winter friends are friends forever.”
― George R.R. Martin

“Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.”
― Mary Oliver

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." ― Anne Bradstreet

“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.”
― Sara Raasch

“The heart can get really cold if all you've known is winter.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.”
― Ben Aaronovitch

Robison Christmas Catch-up 2023

Merry Christmas!!!

The end of 2023 is here, and I want to push the pause button because life at the Robison House will be changing in 2024.

 While it felt like we'd never get here when my kids were little, it came much faster than I thought. It's Braxton's Senior year! He's still working on his future plan, but I have no doubt it will be perfect for him! He's still enjoying choir and took a trip with them last spring to San Diego. More recently he enjoyed being a part of the High School Musical, Beauty and the Beast! He made the best Fishman/Bookseller/Crony of Gaston ever.  

Along with the changes coming, just last month (in November), we entered the world of having two teenagers! Cort started Middle School (7th grade) this year and he seems to be enjoying it. He started band this year and is enjoying learning to play the trombone. While beginning band members can be difficult to hear in a household, he's actually picking it up pretty well and we enjoy listening to him play. 

Marshal has had a few changes as well. This spring he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He still loves playing soccer and is quickly developing a love for watching football! He's even talking about possibly playing football. He's doing very well in 3rd grade, and still keeps us on our toes as he is always busy with sports and friends!

This year I was released from our church's Young Women's Organization and was called to be in charge of the (ward) church activities. There's not much that's changed with the above-40 crowd other than we now need glasses to read the small print! Kent's still at Midgley and I'm still working at WiO. We did celebrate a milestone last spring. Kent and I have been married for 20 years. We celebrated with a quick day trip out to the Bonneville Salt Flats.

This year has been full for us as a family. Our area has been blessed with miraculous rain and snowfall this year. We've enjoyed abundant gardens and vegetation because of it. This spring gave our family the experience of a lost pet, spring break in St. George, and a trip to Zion's National Park. We also celebrated my parents' 50th anniversary which brought my sister and her family from New Mexico. This summer we enjoyed a visit to Capital Reef National Park during our annual (extended family) trip to Fish Lake, the opportunity to participate in helping with an ancient traveling tabernacle, a summer of kayaking and paddleboarding, and Kent's nephew's wedding. Fall was also busy with another trip to Bear Lake, a rare annular solar eclipse, cheering for the University of Utah (except when watching a family member who now plays on the BYU men's soccer team), a family girl's trip for mom in Logan, and time with my brother and his family from North Carolina.   

 

We have truly been blessed to enjoy watching our boys learn and grow this year! They are a blessing in our lives! We are also grateful for any time we get with friends and family. This time of year, we are most grateful for our Savior Jesus Christ and all that he has done to allow us to return home to our Heavenly Father. We pray that you feel his love for you!

We hope you had a very Merry Christmas 

and wish you a Happy New Year!