Happy Camper

Sorry this is long. Here are some pics from the Robertson Family Camp-out and a few other randoms of my cute little boy.

We went camping at Big Eight Mile Campsite near Leadore, ID. It was beautiful, but soooo cold. Since I couldn't get Corgin to stay by the campfire like the rest of us to stay warm I made him at least wear his hood while he was running around picking up sticks and rocks.

If you were to enlarge this pic you may notice that Corgin's face is a mess. He managed to get dirt stuck in his eyebrows and all over his face. He is such a boy!
He loved going for rides with his Great Grandpa in his Razor.

He also got to play with some of his cousins and some puppies. Here he is with Spencer and Taelor and puppies Paisley and Wally.

Spencer and Corgin playing with Murphy.

To keep Corgin warm during the night, he slept in my sleeping bag with me. One night it was in the 30's. Like I mentioned before, soooo cold.

In the mornings, Corgin loved to carry around his sippy cup of hot chocolate. It made me happy because then his hands would get warm for a few minutes at least. There were quite a few tree stumps around camp and Corgin had to find each one and stand on it. It was cute.

Playing with cousins Nathan and Taelor and puppies Paisley and Wally.

Taelor and Corgin. Taelor took good care of Corgin when I needed a break from chasing him around.

Finally, Corgin is asleep, and Paisley too.

If you look closely you can see the hail on the ground. It hailed on us three times while we were up there, along with lots of rain and clouds, hence why we were cold.

This is the view of the mountains where we were camping as we left. There are more behind the huge dark cloud. We decided that we made it out just in time.

This was the view away from our campsite. We were happy to see some sunshine!

We had a great time camping and can't wait until next year's family camp-out. Thanks to all who helped and put things together.

Here are some cute pics of my adorable little boy. He loves riding the spring horse at my mom's house. He's so spoiled there that my mom has made the horse part of the permanent furniture now.

This is Corgin's first time to eat corn on the cob. He loved it and ate one and a half of them. He's pretty thorough for a little guy.

Just hanging out at home.

Playing on the toys at Carl's Jr. in Layton. Corgin loved it.

New church clothes!

Thanks Grandma Kristi!

Here's a video of Corgin eating corn on the cob. He wouldn't stop for anything until his corn was gone.

Here is just a peek at how wild Corgin can be sometimes. He's pretty fearless.

S*U*M*M*E*R*T*I*M*E

And the livin' is easy!

Here are some pictures of what we have been up to lately.

Corgin's grandma got him a little chair that he just loves. He carries it around with him and when he wants to sit and look at something he plops it down and has a seat. One morning he wanted to look out the window and I had to get some pictures.

Corgin has also been able to help us out on the Farm and ride in the tractors. He loves tractors now and whenever he sees one he starts saying, "tractor, tractor, grandpa". They are building a house across the street from us and Corgin sees the backhoes and thinks they are tractors. I've never seen him stay still for very long, but he will stand at his window watching them dig the foundation for quite a while. He's such a boy!

Clint and I had a few days we were able to get all our flower gardens planted. We feel that our yard almost feels like a yard now. We just can't wait for the grass to fill in and not look so patchy.
Side front flower bed.

Front flower garden.

Back flower garden.

Other back flower garden (the back ones are a little sparse because I want to plant strawberries next spring).

How Corgin helped us plant the flower gardens. It's a rough life.

Trisha and Danny came to visit and we were able to take a day to go boating. We all had a blast.

Ali and Corgin in his "muscle suit".

Corgin is in the middle. He loves riding the tube. If you enlarge the picture you can see he is wearing some goggles too.

Corgin liked to help his grandpa drive the boat.

Ali and Grant. This was after Grant's tube ride and his hair was all wind blown. It was cute!

So, we've been having a good summer so far. We are now looking forward to camping in August.

Fourth of July

We had a fun and memorable fourth of July. To read about it and see some videos go to www.grammakristi.blogspot.com and check out the videos she mentions on youtube. After all the fun and excitement, Clint and I came home to find that we had some flooding in our area as well. Our house wasn't affected, but a lot of our ward members were. And most everyones gardens are ruined from all the hail. Clint and I thought they may not do the fireworks, but they did. So, after we put Corgin to bed (he was tired from playing so hard all day) Clint put some chairs up on the roof and we climbed up and watched the fireworks. Fun fourth for us, but we are praying for all those whose homes were flooded.

kEEpiNg CooL!

We've finally had some warm weather and it has quit raining! So, today we went outside to play (and work) and enjoy the nice weather. This was Corgin's favorite thing today. We found this little blow up pool at Smith's for $10 with the tube and ball included. I thought it was pretty cool and so did Corgin.

He loved the tube. He would ask to get out and then as soon as we got him out he would climb back in. He had so much fun.

He also liked playing with his little watering can. That kept him entertained for quite a while.

Here he is talking to me while I was taking his picture. He's either saying, "water", "fishy", or "bubble". He just kept saying that over and over.

And about the work we did, (and when I say we I mean mostly Clint - he's such a good man) we planted three trees and filled in all the places where we had canyons in our yard from all the rain washing out and then planted more grass. All and all it was a good day.

FiNaLLy!!!

We've been keeping busy since we got home from Palmyra. Here's some things we've been up to.

We sent Luke off to Orlando, Florida on a mission (okay, so he's not going to be in Orlando until Monday, he's at the MTC now).

This is at the Temple when Luke got his endowment. My parents were able to have all of their children there and we were all so happy for Luke!

This is the day we took Luke to the MTC. The last picture with Luke for a couple of years. It was also Clint's birthday. Clint told Luke that he was giving him the best present by leaving, but really we will all miss him.

Bye Luke!


Traveling to the MTC seemed to wear out Corgin because the next day he was super tired. He never lays down unless he has to, but here he is just lying on a box on the table.

There is even a slobber mark left where he had his head laid down.

We also took some time to plant our grass. It has almost been two weeks and this is what is popping up. We were happy to see it, with all the rain we've had lately we thought a lot of it may have washed away.

This is our front yard.

This is our side front yard, and yes, those are tire tracks - someone dared to drive on our property just a few days after we planted. We were a little upset.

i had some videos, but I've tried three times and they won't upload. I guess that means I'll have to do another post soon.

What do you think, Corgin?

So, this morning I am getting ready and Corgin was just hanging out in the bathroom with me. I was almost done and Corgin was getting bored. I told him that I had to finish putting on my make-up so that I could be pretty. Then I asked "Corgin, do you think mom is pretty?" Usually he will say "pretty" after I say it, but today he just shrugged his shoulders. Gee, thanks a lot, Corgin!

Anyway, I'll post later when I can put up some pics. Until then TTFN (ta ta for now).

Vacation Part 3

Finally. And it's a long one. Sorry.

Saturday we went to Watkin's Glen. It's a state park. It was really cool and we had lots of fun there. This picture is of the canyon that we walked through.

There were tons of stairs we had to climb. They were made of rock with a little rock wall all along the way. It was so pretty.

We are standing up at the top by the waterfall. The trail went behind the water. Corgin loved that.


This picture is not near as cool as the real thing. Watkin's Glen was beautiful.


Corgin loved getting down and walking and playing with rocks and plants.

This pic shows how much plant life grows on the rocks. I thought it was neat.

Our little family with Grandpa and Grandma Hamblin.

Before going to Watkin's Glen, we attended a session at the Palmyra Temple. The temple has three windows that were originally all stained glass. President Hinckley decided that the middle one needed to be clear, so they changed it. Now the middle window is clear and it looks over to the Sacred Grove.

We took these pictures Sunday. Luckily there was a meeting and the gates were open so we could come get pics while in our Sunday best.

After church we went to the Hill Cumorah Visitor's Center. The Christus is visible though windows and can be seen from the road.

I love this picture of Corgin. He's feeling the hole is Christ's foot while looking up at him. It is one of Clint and I's favorites pics from our vacation.

Before we took off for home on Monday, we went to the Grandin Building. This is where the Book of Mormon was printed for the first time. These pictures depict what it would have looked like when first entering the building in the time of Joseph Smith.

This picture is on the second floor where the printing took place.

This is the machine that E. B. Grandin had purchased and made it possible for 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon to be printed back then. Even with this machine it was a big task to print that many books. In the big cities it would take about 17 months to do this job. Grandin accomplished it in 7 months, with the first book off the press 11 days before the church was officially organized.

The book in the case next to us is a first edition Book of Mormon.

These next pictures are all of Corgin. He kept us laughing a lot of the time. He's a funny little guy.

This is where he slept at night. The couch was a hide a bed where Clint and I slept. I thought he might be spoiled by sleeping so close to us here that when we came back home he might not sleep in his own bedroom. Luckily, he was very happy to see his bed. As soon as he saw it he said "night, night" and he's good as before.

This is Corgin in Grandma's chair. Whenever she left the room he thought it was his job to steal her chair. He'd climb up in it and rock. One night he was all wound up, so he was climbing up in the chair then climbing down the side, running around and then climbing up into the chair again.

When we were at Watkin's Glen Corgin found some leaves. He used them to tickle his face. He had so much fun doing this.

Finally a picture where he would look at the camera. He used to always give us the cheesiest grin when we had the camera out. Now he tries to avoid looking or smiling at all costs. The little stinker!

While we were at the Hill Cumorah Visitor's Center we watched the Joseph Smith movie. Since we had our connections there, we had the theater room to ourselves so we just let Corgin run around and have fun. Well, he somehow managed to get himself into a pickle. We laughed pretty hard, took some pictures, then decided we should rescue him. He's a silly boy.

Corgin loved playing out in Grandpa and Grandma's yard. The grass was so green there and the weather was pretty nice during our whole stay. All around, it made for a great vacation!

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma.