Robinson Crew

surprise!!!!

2012-01-19T20:14:00.001-07:00

First little Steps!!

Beckman always has some huge milestone on his "monthiversary"
wahooo for 10 months!

10 Months

2012-01-19T15:26:00.001-07:00

My baby boy is 10 Months today!!

That means that in 2 months he will be a One Year Old!!

how are the days going by so fast?!?!

at 10 months Beckman

* crawls like crazy (especially when dad comes through the door from work)

*stands on everything

*tries to walk and loves his little walkers

*jabber box! loves to say mama and dadadidida

*motorboat sounds all day

*loves his juice cups

*will eat any food except green beans

* is such a great sleeper, 12-13 hours a night!

*loves going on walks in his strollers. he just sits and stares at the world for hours

*stares out the window on the couch all day, dreaming of the day he can go back outside

*loves skype-ing with grami and grandma and his great nana!

*waves with a cute little wrist flip and a clenched fist!

*still doesn't hearty laugh but giggles like crazy with his dad!

*has 2 teeth

*loves going up the stairs, not a fan of going down just yet

*loves racing up the stairs and around the house

*absolutely loves bath time

*loves to be read stories before bed!

*Turns pages when reading books

*dances to any kind of sound or music

*bounces when he is excited

*has an addicting smile

*wears size 3 baby shoe

*is a vans shoes baby! and loving his green checkered ones right now

*loves to mimic sounds

*loves riding in the car

*took his first intentional step today!

*is the best baby i could have ever asked for. i am so lucky to have this little boy in my life and so grateful to watch him learn and grow.

Happy 10 Months baby Beck!

2012, Can you be more exciting than 2011?

2012-01-06T19:38:00.001-07:00

JANUARY!

(graduated from hair school pregnant!)

FEBRUARY!

(valentines flowers from my hubby...sorry about the nasty pic..im 8 months preggo thats my excuse!)

MARCH

(Announcement of baby Beckman Matthew Robinson. 3.19.2011, 7 lbs 5oz, 19 in.)

APRIL

(a busy month with Becks first Easter, Matts 28th birthday, and our 2nd Anniversary)

MAY

(Becks blessing day, and our day trip to Moab!)

JUNE

(Matt's first year as a father for Father's day)

JULY

(Reunion month and Alex home from mission)

Beckman side reunion

Robinson side

AUGUST

(first haircut!)

SEPTEMBER

(I turned 23!)

OCTOBER

(boo!)

NOVEMBER

(Thanksgiving done by ourselves! the bird was perfect but can wait till we host another turkey day!)

DECEMBER

(hohoho merry Christmas!)

Christmas 2011

2012-01-06T18:32:00.000-07:00

our christmas was amazing! we spent it with my family in Spokane and had a blast! beck was constantly attached to grami's hip and gramps couldnt stop throwing him in the air! Despite beck getting sick, and Grami constantly giving him drugs, everyone was so happy and relaxed. We went to Coeur D' Alane for a trip to the "North Pole" and saw all the Christmas lights! we got to go snowboarding/skiing! our gingerbread houses were awesome! we won! and we were spoiled like crazy the whole week! We even had some a great day of reading the Hunger Games and relaxation, which Matt was in need of from a busy crazy semester and full time grad school! after we came home we got to spend a second little christmas with matts parents and sister Megan! and holy cow did they spoil us too! beck loves his toys and we love our new stoller and tools (which were perfect for the tool box i got matt)..just to show off my new stroller!

its a beauty eh?

baby practically got a present a day from Grami because SHE was so excited for him to open them!

how freaking cute are the beanie and gloves!! our little snow angel!!hahaha

this kid was addicted to my parents phone! the kid never wanted to "be with the family!" only wanted to check facebook all day long! haha

Down the escalator to see Santa!! so excited! until...

Beck was fine with Santa until he took one look and then...perfection! every kid has to have a scream on Santa's lap!!

Mom and i had so much fun making and gluing the gingerbread houses!

ours house was lakefront property, had frosty the snowman and even had light up christmas lights!!! we won!

Hitting the slopes at Schweitzer Mountain Resort (in Idaho)

"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care!"

they were literally attached at he hip!

Merry Christmas 2011!!!

Beckman's first!

Heavenly

2011-12-03T15:07:00.002-07:00

it's honestly to die for!!! imagine a york pattie but SO MUCH BETTER!!

One happy kid..when dads around!

2011-11-30T10:32:00.001-07:00

I can spend all day with beck and the most I will get is a pity laugh. Dad walks in the room and he can't stop sqweeling and laughing. I guess I'm not that funny. Watch this!

They could do this all day long. Hahaha

~THANKSGIVING 2011~

2011-11-26T22:04:00.000-07:00

This year we had stuffing day at our house with Matts sister Megan! oh my gosh it was great! mostly just because our turkey actually turned out and Megan was there!

we started out with a really light breakfast with fresh fruits and cottage cheese and some homemade toast. yum! then after a short rest we dove into some appitizers..spinach dip, sourdough, veggies, cream cheese raspberry chipotle dip and wheat thins and rosemary crackers

Then with all the stress of praying that the turkey would be cooked through and not over cooked we enjoyed the best turkey i have tasted in a long time!! for a first timer this was perfection!!

then it was an early dinner with classic grean bean casserol, salad, rolls, mashed potates, gravey and turkey. oh and traditional cranberry sprite and apple grape martinellis! Seriously stuffing!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Robinsons!!

(P.s Becks first thanksgiving and he enjoyed every bite of turkey!)

and Megan!

Beck couldn't get enough turkey..we practially had to restrain him from scarfing it all!

i cant get enough of that gummy smile! and his mouth full of turkey

we had a blast preparing and hosting our first Thanksgiving but could wait to do it again. haha

Thankful for...my savior. the gospel in my life. my husband. how much he makes me laugh, smile, love and care. my baby boy. my family. my inlaws. friends. temples. a roof over my head. a bed to sleep in. food to eat. my health. being a cosmetologist. matts job. matts dedication to provide for his family. my happy and comfortable life.

8 months

2011-11-26T21:32:00.001-07:00

holy cow time really is flying by and now my little baby boy...who now looks like a toddler, is 8 months old!

at 8 months Beckman

can crawl like a maniac!
stands up on everything
says mama all day long
dances to any music, singing, or really any kind of noise
loves to sing while he dances
loves to run in the air (while being held)
has so much energy
loves making a gummy smile
wont laugh with mom but as soon as dad walks in the room he instantly starts cracking up
eats some solid foods (loved his turkey on Thanksgiving)
has a sweet tooth for fruits
isnt really interested in food (it takes him forever to eat and drink his bottle
falls to sleep without a fuss at bedtime
is the best sleeper (12 hours all night long!)
craves to be outside all day long
loves drinking out of mom and dads glasses
is scared of old men
doesnt like instant loud cheering
loves to read books with mommy
loves skyping with his grands
loves to watch football
is tough except when it comes to cheering
is such a blessing to our lives

Ellen fan!

2011-11-22T16:03:00.000-07:00

so im one of those viewers that makes sure from 3-4 i am uninterupted so i can watch Ellen. Pathetic i know. its just so interesting. One day i will be on the show...im crossing my fingers to go during maternity week! she dishes goodies out like crazy!! but that will take crazy good planning! haha but today they had the cutest little girls again! they seriously are hilarious and i hope at least one of my kids are this outgoing and funny!

He gets so excited

2011-11-08T20:58:00.000-07:00

its absolutely amazing

2011-11-08T20:55:00.001-07:00

newborn

one month

two months

three months

four months

five months!!

he is getting so big and has so much personality!! he is growing up so fast. i want to slow time down! i swear he said "mama" the other day. Matt even caught it on tape!

Give me something good to eat!

2011-11-03T14:27:00.000-06:00

This year marks Beck's first Halloween and his Grami Tami bought him 3 different costumes..she clearly forgot that she bought the others! Even though matt and i have been married through 3 Halloweens, this is our first year of passing out candy to the trick-or-treaters! Not as fun as i thought it would be...maybe its just me but the kids were so awkward...and high schoolers! okay i'll admit i went treating when i was a junior in high school but thats different...right?! anywho...It's also our first time carving pumpkins together...i know we are slackers/party poopers! I think last year we bought pumpkins but never carved them. this year we carved away and even roasted the pumpkin seeds! oh and watched Chunkin Punkin for a good 3 hours! I'd say we did pretty good this year!

he started out as a Shark!

Then....a Monkey

and a Tiger for the finale!

We took him to a couple of the neighbor houses pretty much just to show him off. one of our neighbors wanted to see all 3 outfits..so we dressed and went 3 different times! It was so fun to dress him up and now im already thinking of his costume for next year.I'm going to get more into it. we sort of dressed up this year....

(librarian, lumberjack and tiger!)

RAWWWRRRR

Trick-Or-Treat!!

another month gone by

2011-10-19T20:40:00.002-06:00

and so quickly came 7 months for Beck! he is getting so big and learns so fast! once this kid learns how to move his arms while crawling i will have my hands full! he has so much gusto that he will just take off and leave me in the dust!

7 months and he..

loves to be snuggled and swaddled in his blanket for bedtime
all smiles
can say momma and dadda
loves to walk with mom and dads help
can sit in his stroller all day long
is still afraid of loud cheering
is a daddys boy
loves to skype with grami and grandma
is getting pumped to wear his 4 different halloween costumes!
loves story time right before bed
loves to blow bubbles constantly with his mouth
loves the grass (im in trouble when it starts snowing)
has monkey toes and can grab anything with his feet
still loves anything that crinkles
cracks up when he sees other babies
is a ladies man..already
splashes in the water like crazy in the bath
always wakes up so happy from naps and bed
sips, okay chugs, out of a cup effortlessly
laugh in high pitch noises
jabbers to himself
loves the mirror
and loves his morning walks with his mama!

things that crawl

2011-10-18T22:04:00.000-06:00

he moves so fast! we are in "barney ruble" (trouble) when he figures how to move his hands. luckily the gate to block the stairs is already purchased! ha

Career/Dream Job

2011-10-18T22:01:00.000-06:00

Matt started at

yesterday and he is loving the job! there are so many perks for him being a skiier and all! he already has his season pass ready to go and cant wait to purchase new gear!!! This really is his dream job, him being a skiier and outdoors guy, and the company being all about winter and outdoor sports!! he is a perfect fit and blending in with everyone at work. He has worked so hard and its paying off. Congrats to us!

it's been a while....

2011-10-06T00:06:00.006-06:00

2 days in the making for this one entry...im trying to catch up on almost 4 months here! so sorry its crazy long! i understand if you only look at pictures...i dont plan on writing much! pictures tell more than words right?! enjoy!

July 2011 Jones Reunion!

all except one of moms brothers! we missed you lloyd and kris!

Four generations!!

i was flying solo (with beck). matt couldnt come because of work and his family reunion was 2 weeks later

im sure he planned it that way so he could get out of being with my crazy family! ha

Matt didnt come and Dad had work as well and was stuck in his cave talking with japan or switzerland or something...

Alex got home from his mission and met beck for the first time!

(this isnt there first meet and greet but he is a good uncle!)

at the "farm"

Lake Couer D' Alene

and this was constant behavior from grami and gramps!

4 month {grease ball!}

rice cereal for the first time! pirceless reactions!

ROBINSON REUNION!

We went camping on Whidby Island in Seattle for the reunion. it was so much fun!! the adults stayed up to play board games one night and thought we were going to get beat up by some old man neighbor for being too loud. no warning no nothing just his trembeling scream to wake everyone else up who couldnt hear us. camping adventures!

baby bjorn!

Beck's cousin Luke filled up the tank a little better! ha these kids are going to be awesome cousins! they gotta team up against the twins!! haha

dino~SAUR!!

the tide on this beach rolled in so fast we saw the boats, which were on dry sand, go afloat! neat

too bad i dont have landons face! he wasnt too happy with the covering the body with sand part. the hole idea was fun just not the idea of being stuck! ha!

Still at the reunion we went to a mariners game and Beck got his first Mariners shirt and wore it proudly! he just wasnt a fan of all the cheering or the crazy hot sun!

7th inning stretch dance! "lady killer!"

Beck loves his Grandma

Beck turned 5 month shortly after we moved into Nana and Papa's house in North Odgen while Matt gets his Masters in Accounting at Weber State.

5 months and getting so freaking big! i love my little man!

First haircut! at this moment i really felt hair school payed off! A little proud! but sad also to cut off becks dark locks! he is going to be a toe-head in the next couple weeks! seriously instant blondy!

Chelsea's 23rd Birthday!

Mom made an amazing surprise visit and made me my favorite angel food cake! YUM+EEEE

and matt is always so amazing and giving gifts! i wanted this poloroid so bad but barely ever mentioned it! he is perfect! best birthday! mom surprised me, babysat beck, and matt took me on such a beautiful and unforgetable date! I truly am in love..and 23! happy birthday to me!

Beck Loves hanging out with his Nana!

Can you believe our son is 6 months old now! and wear my homemade hat!

one last thing....watch THIS!

slacking! BIG TIME!

2011-08-28T16:29:00.000-06:00

it's been over a month and i appologize. life has bee busy..but soon i will be back to post updates on our Robinson and Beckman reunions, our moving situation, my new job, his new job and school as well as our talking 5 month old! haha

He's HOME

2011-06-29T12:01:00.000-06:00

That's right alex....or more commenly known as Elder Beckman, has returned home today!!

He has served a great mission in Richmond, Virginia! and is now returning to his new home in Spokane, Washington!!

Welcome home Little BroVer!! we missed you and are so glad you are home safe!

Parents Cover Contest

2011-06-22T12:57:00.000-06:00

I entered this picture of Matt and Beckman into the magazine cover contest on Parents.com
I never thought anything would happen but then i got an email on monday

he was selected and is currently in 124th place

only yesterday he was 137th place so things are moving closer but we need lots more votes

click this link and vote!!

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/932742

Come back daily! Voting ends 06/26/2011.

VOTE!! EVERYDAY!! PLEASE!!

tell everyone you know

family, friends, classmates, neighbors, and random people you know!!

every vote counts! haha!

i feel like we are running for president or something!

VOTE!!

I'm so glad when daddy comes home..

2011-06-20T14:12:00.001-06:00

yesterday was fathers day..Matt's first! Even though he is only 3 months new to the game i know he is a natural dad!! i feel so lucky to have him as my husband and the father of our child..and future kids to come!

he must have learned from the best!

My Dad has taught me so much throughout my life and still working on giving me more!

i could go on for hours and lists and lists about al the things that make my dad amazing! all you have to know is he loves his family and nothing matters more!! I love you dad! thanks for shaping me into the person i am today!

on other news...Beckman is 3 MONTHS OLD!! he is getting so big and so fun!

I Could Eat This All Day!

2011-06-15T13:32:00.001-06:00

YUMMMYYY!!

Gamers...

2011-06-15T11:32:00.000-06:00

Now Matt isn't some huge gamer...he doesn't stay up till 5 in the morning just playing games. It usually is just something to do while im out of the house or as a cool down from a tough day at work!

Now he is teaching Beck the ropes! haha! Teachin' em young!haha

check out the focus!! ha i love my boyz!!

Subway Art

2011-06-10T11:29:00.000-06:00

I saw this somewhere and really wanted to attemipt it! i think it turned out pretty good! just dont look too close! i used a stencil then painted by hand so its not crazy clean. i will add this to Becks Picture wall in his room! maybe ill post a picture after beck wakes up so i can take one!

Smiles

2011-06-03T13:07:00.000-06:00

Oh my gosh i seriously cant get enough of this kid!

Beckman is such a happy baby except for when he is tired then he turns into his mama!! haha he slept for 8 hours last night and was all smiles this morning! even though we all slept like logs i have to admit i am still tired. Not as much as i was a month ago but i am also not a morning person so i need to work on that! but waking up to Beck's beautiful heartmelting smiles wakes me up and i dont want to stop playing with him!

I LOVE MY BABY BOY!!

...can you tell?

We have been enjoying the summer nights (now that its warm and not freezing on the bleachers)

Matt is a great softball player and check out his swing!

Perfect!!

He is enjoying the double headers, as so am i, once a week

I wish it was coed though. i miss playing but watching my man is just as satisfying!

LIFE IS GROOD!!

great and good!!

Moab for the Day

2011-05-31T11:14:00.000-06:00

Matt was able to get either Friday or Monday off for Memorial Weekend and he chose friday. So we took a quick trip down to Arches National Park for some hiking and some sun! It will be aparent soon enough how much sun we have gotten lately! Im pretty ghostly! not to mention Beck is transparent! ha!

It is really incredible how these little caves are created from wind and water! this place was amazing! i cant believe i had never been here before!

"hey matt...do something funny!"

haha little peeper! Beck did so good on the trip! everytime we got back into the car he would fuss a little and then be perfectly content when we were outside and walking around! i think he is going to be a very outdoorsy kind of a guy!

"THE" Utah arch! Delicate Arch incase you didnt know its real name!

our little man was exhausted by the end of the day!

Riding off into the sunset! it was the perfect ending to the perfect day!

we are working on our photography skills but i must say im a little impressed with this last one! it could be my self portrait! haha not really since im not a photographer..but if you think about it anyone could be a photographer with how many pictures are taken all the time! yeah sure its my self portrait! ha

Anywho we had a blast hiking around and we are looking forward to our next adventure! if anyone wants to plan a trip we are all for it!!

One Month Older

2011-05-22T10:16:00.000-06:00

When Beck was born we decided to take a picture once a month till he is one year old to watch his growth! The Sox monkey was the perfect measuring tape! He is growing so fast...and yet he is still so tiny!

Newborn

1 Month

2 Month

He also had his 2 Month check up and shots! oh man it was a sad day! The shots really weren't the hard part it was once we got home and he just felt yucky! Beck is such the trooper though! He still was smiling and talking to me. I love this kid...he is such a tough little man!

Inspired work

2011-05-17T17:19:00.000-06:00

So ive been craving to do some big project for around the house so I've been checking out all these DIY sites and scrolled upon this thing!

They are an Anthropologie inspired bedside table.

I really want to make these so bad! but since we eventually plan on getting a house (who knows when that will be) i want to decorate it depending on the style of the house. Really it all comes down to me not wanting to pack these up and move them to where ever we end up. Aren't they super cute though? i would totally style them up with a more popping color for the knobs.

I want some kind of project to do and I'm thinking this is more practical!

a Chevron Print Canvas Painting! it would be so cute as a headboard type artwork.

we will see what happens...who knows if i will even get to it

meet and greet!

2011-05-14T15:34:00.000-06:00

One of Matt's really good friends had a baby 10 days before Beck was born. And its crazy how similar they are...or atleast their parents are. We have the same car seat just different colors, the same diaper bag just a slight different style, they were both in blue outfits (plaids and stripes) and they were both blessed on the same day! They are ment to be friends! When i showed Matt this picture he said it was a flash back to him and Brett Hodson! This picture just cracks me up! It looks like Henry is telling Beck that everything will be alright. then beck has a grip on Henry's arm! hahah its just so cute!!

It was great to meet Henry finally and chat with Lisa! I really hope we can move up there somewhere..someday! Our boys are just ment to be friends!

Some new news...Beck is finally smiling!! and it really is just heart melting!

He will also try to talk to you but its just so gentle and precious! it sounds a little like "ahhguoohh..ahhgouhh"

I am so blessed to have this beautiful kid in my life!

oh and last night he slept through the night again! this time we let him cry himself back to sleep instead of feeding him around 3 then back to bed! and suprisingly he has been sleeping most of the day today! you think he would be super rested and not tired! i dont like when he sleeps so much because then i cant play with him and i cant get him to smile! I just want to keep him up all the time! lets hope he will sleep through the night again! cross your fingers! im not too worried cus this kid loves his sleep!

His First Blessing

2011-05-03T11:50:00.001-06:00

This weekend has been one big party! Starting with my parents coming into town last Friday and then Matt's parents had arrived Saturday. Saturday morning we prepped for the Open-house for Beckman and then had a great turn out with friends and family. Thanks to all who came and sent their congrats. We all had a blast and Beck did great with meeting so many new faces.

I have to give a huge thanks to my mom for all the preparation she did for the open house. The open house was her idea a long time ago and i was a little iffy in the beginning just because i wasn't sure how big of a turn out it would be...but mommies know best and it was a blast. She definitely went above and beyond with making so much food and favors for everyone. We made little "booties" friday and they turned out so cute!

Sammy Reber also helped out like crazy! she was our decorator and made a picture collage on the walls and had balloons, wrapped the door as a present with a bow and everything. She is amazing and I am super lucky to have her as my good friend!

Sunday May 1st we were able to bless Beck. What an experience that was. The whole time I'm thinking how strange it is that this is our kid and now it's finally our turn to do a baby blessing. I can't picture myself as a grown up (or a big kid) with a family let alone having a baby to be blessed. Does any of this make sense to anyone else...basically it's all just so surreal.

Matt gave the blessing and it was just perfect! he didn't ramble or go into crazy detail, he gave the best blessing i have ever heard. Short, perfectly sweet and to the point. My Dad, Matt's dad, my Papa and brother-in-law Clint were in the circle and Beck was sound asleep which made it go so smoothly.

Beck looked so HANDSOME in his blessing outfit which was made by grandma Cindy.

We decided to capture all the generation moments..

FOUR Generations...

that blows my mind. I've never met my great-grandparents (that i know of) and so to see this really was a special moment for me. Cheesy i know but its true. Its like a dream kind of moment!

The Beckman's! haha

My dad during sacrament was giving Beck kisses and saying "my cute little Beck-y" and i quickly said "you cant call him Becky, thats a girls name!"...he said "of course i can, kids in college called me beck-y all the time!" Here is my super dumb moment....i was like "dad why would they call you Beck-y? thats not your nammee" as i drifted off...but quickly did i put 2 and 2 together and duhhhh how did i forget his/our last name? wowwww!

My mom, Nana and Papa

Matt's Parents!

My Parents..who like to match! haha

...and the Thacker (or Fletcher according to Landon) Cousins. just missing Lizzy, James and Luke!

I feel so lucky to have such an amazing family and a healthy beautiful baby boy. Life really is getting better and better with everyday!

Easter!

2011-04-25T17:06:00.000-06:00

Little Beckman's First Easter!

It all started out with some church and then we headed up to North Ogden to spend it with Nana and Papa

just a little photoshoot with mom and dad

its been over a month and i still can't believe i am a mom

and matt is a daddy! he is pro! sometimes i feel like being a dad comes more naturally to Matt than it is for me being a mom! he is just that good! I mean I think im good at being a mom but he for sure outshines me with the dad department. I am so lucky to have him as the head of our little family.

Nana made the best dinner and even topped it off with fresh strawberries and cheesecake!

YUMMMM

Nana was so cute with Beck. We couldnt resist doing yet another photoshoot! Ha

This kid could be a Gerber Baby!! Im a little biased though!

...and of course when it came to our turn to take a family picture the kid starts to act up!

We had such a great easter with family. there was no egg dying but im a fan of draggin on holidays and birthdays so it might happen later this week! more to come..

Beck met his G.G's

2011-04-21T15:47:00.000-06:00

Nana and Papa made a surprise visit from Arizona. Beck finally got to meet his great-grandparents!

the party!

2011-04-21T15:24:00.001-06:00

so on matts birthday we had a little bbq with his sisters family! it was so great of them all to come down and celebrate with us! we had a lot of fun making hamburgers and hot dogs, grilled pineapple and giving the kids some mountian dew! things got a little crazy!! haha. all the kids got to hold beck for the first time.

then we tried some cousin shots since they are only 8 months apart..this cracks me up!

all content...

then the rolls switch and its Becks turn to cry!

there we go!

we all had a great time! i tried some new recipes from PioneerWoman. i made mozzarella sticks for an appetizer..yum!

then to polish off the night i made individual birthday cakes..so easy

Molten Chocolate Cake

everything went so well we were all pooped out by the end!

matt says he had a great birthday! yet we managed to not snap any shots of the birthday boy! i promise he was there though!

Dos Años

2011-04-18T17:46:00.000-06:00

Today marks our 2 year anniversary. Honestly I can't believe that this happened..

I have never been this happy for this long. I am constantly learning new things about both Matt and how to be a wife, and with every new thing i am loving our marriage more and more. I feel like this is all a dream. Before we were married everyone said good luck with the first year its the hardest...i would have to object. The last 2 years have been smooth sailing. seriously we are two easy going people that just like to have fun. we have had so many fun adventures and i already know there are more to come.

Looking forward to an amazing dinner tonight! YUMM!

Ya know the best part about the 2 years that have gone by is that i have realized that the true importance of family and responsibility. I know im no pro at either by all means but i feel i have grown up tremendously. It wouldnt have happened without the help of Matt. He is so level headed he is always good about steering me in the right direction. I try to imagine what i would be doing right now if we hadnt gotten married...it doesnt look pretty. I would still be in school , maybe just now getting the idea of marriage, and having no idea what i want to do with my life. Now i have everything! I cant believe its all happened. i cant belive we have Beck. I love being a mom. I love being a wife. I love having Matt as my husband. I love sharing everything with him. I love our marriage!

Happy Anniversary Matthew Laren Robinson.I am so proud to be your wife and i cant wait to spend ETERNITY with you!

HaPPy BirTHDaY MAttHeW

2011-04-15T01:53:00.000-06:00

He's 28 this year!

Even though Matt doesn't read this i thought i would do a little shout out anyways! Happy Birthday husband!! We Love you! We dont know what we would do without you...well Beck wouldnt be here thats for sure! but we are so lucky to have you in our lives!!

Love,

Chels & Beckman

(haha.. that almost looks like my old name!)

I'm a mom!

2011-03-30T15:04:00.001-06:00

I was talking with a friend online today and he said he almost forgot i had a kid...then he followed to say "when did we get so old!"....uh so OLD? oh please...i told him we arent old i just started young. But now that i have a little one i do feel so much more responsible and maybe a little older. I will always be young at heart, i know that will never grow old. geez...old is such a frightening word.

Besides feeling old...I feel so much love!

I love...that my parents are grands! mom was here for a week before dad came on his birthday and we celebrated with a little party and his new grandson. They were here for 4 days and i didnt want them to leave. they are so good to us. we now have a stock pile of food for about 2-3 weeks. Mom has helped me feel comfortable with being a mom and all the millions of questions i had (and still have). I am so lucky to have such amazing parents and Beck is so spoiled by his grami and papa!!

I love...That I have a son and he is just perfect! i dont know how he got this way but Matt and i are so lucky to have him in our lives. Its only been a week and a half but i cant imagine my life without this little angel. He sleeps and eats and rarely cries. He is just so...perfect for our little family.

I Love...rocking Beck to sleep and watching him just slip away into his little slumber. he just looks so at peace. i never want to put him down.

I Love... his hair after he has been given a bath. He has every aspect of his dads hair. the cowlick right up front, the thickness, and the natural made mowhawk!!!

I also love.. his crazy long eyelashes and big eyes! i just cant stop staring

how did i get so lucky!

I LOVE MY FAMILY

HE HAS ARRIVED!

2011-03-23T01:41:00.000-06:00

bECKMAN mATTHEW rOBINSON

Born: Saturday March 19th, 2011

Weight: 7 pounds 5 ounces

Height: 19 inches

Status: PERFECT!

I have fallen so in love already! Beck is the calmest baby ever! He just looks around and cuddles like a pro When he starts to whimper a little its high pitch but just melts your heart! We can put him down! Matt is so proud to be a dad. We couldn't be more excited to see whats to come with our perfect little Angel.

he is SO tiny

My mother is ust AMAZING. i told her my water broke and she was already booking her flight out here. She arrived about 3 hours after Beck made his arrival. We are spoiled rotten by her. She is already the best grami Tami. She is taking such good care of us and we are so grateful for her.

wELCOME hOME bABY bECK!

look at those cheeks!

we did a little photo shoot. with his monkey.

My favorite

I really thought that my life was great before, but now my life is perfect! I am so proud to be a mommy especially this precious things mommy. I am so LUCKY!

WOOT!

2011-03-16T16:36:00.000-06:00

This just in! I am obsessed with woot.com! the discounts are amazing! but you have to catch it on a good day for the good items! we got this one for more than half off and it is amazing!! except there wont be any videos of me anytime soon because i just tried a little bit on it and i look like a balloon face...so the HD is a bonus and a curse at the same time! Love it still!

A mix between the Two

2011-03-15T18:45:00.000-06:00

Our baby will most likely look like a mix between the both of us right? i hope the kid looks more like matt. I was bald till i was 3 and he was born with a full head of dark gorgeous hair! We are crossing our fingers that by some luck the robinson cowlick will skip our kids..but not hoping for too much. so far all his nieces and nephews have one or more..!

I cant wait to say.."oh Beck has our eyes, Matts hair, My smile or nose.." or whatever! this is gonna be my kid and i cant wait to just hold and cuddle him! Just get here already Beck!

Beck's Photo shoot

2011-03-10T23:10:00.000-07:00

so i decided i wanted to document my baby bump because we havent really taken many pictures so far. And now that im about to pop anytime soon i thought it was prime time to take some pictures to capture the moment and the largeness of the belly! I am only 37 weeks and 5 days today. He could come anytime! sooner hopefully! I felt kind of awkward asking my friend Erika Jackson (from hair school) to take pictures of us but i am now really glad that we did it. It will be good to look back on how big i was and all that! Like i said i wanted to capture "the moment" and matt really was such a good sport about it all! i dont make him do anything but i also dont like asking him to do things i know he wont want to do. but i figured this was for our posterities sake!

to see the whole shoot click on the slideshow to the right for larger prints...or just watch it scroll through.

Life is Good

2011-03-01T17:41:00.000-07:00

Matt came home for lunch today and we took the opportunity to go to the Temple. We are so blessed to live where we live. We are so close to the temple we only have to walk right down the hill! I really should make it a goal to attend the Temple more offten. It always makes me feel so good for the whole day! Going always reminds me of how great my life is, how lucky i am to be married to my best friend, and now with the gift of a baby! I keep telling myself that i couldnt be happier with my life, and yet with every new day I come to realize that i am happier today than i was yesterday! I only imagine how happy i am going to be when i get to craddle Beck in my arms for the first time!

Best Visit

2011-02-28T17:58:00.000-07:00

I got a couple visitors today! The Robinson's! Lenny, Ron and Emily (Seely)! they brought the cutest clothes for Beck as well as the cutest piggy bank type box! They are the greatest! I got to show them our Baby room and we chated in there for a long while! I love them so much. they definitely are my second set of parent! They are so excited for us to have a baby and be parents it just made me that much more excited. when others are excited for us it gives me more confidence that i can do it.

36 WEEKS

2011-02-26T18:27:00.000-07:00

Today marks my week 36 which means only 4 more weeks left! or less!!!!! My fingers are crossed and im hoping i get to see this little guy earlier...but he should cook as long as he can but i wanna see him and hold him and cuddle him! Luckily im not crazy uncomfortable just looking like im about to pop anyday now! Although i've heard from everyone that i will just know when im having contractions but im scared im not going to tell if they are really happening until its too late! but this is my first time so i have no idea what to expect! im just going along with the ride, not so much as Beck. Oh man i just wanna see him! We really have been so blessed to have such an easy pregnancy. AHHH we are so blessed! i cant wait to be a mom and matt is dying to be a daddy! We love little Beckman so much already, its torturing us that we have to wait 4 more weeks! I still havent really bought any prego clothes and now im starting to give up on getting dressed for the day and just wearing sweat pants and grubby shirts. Im so lazy! but im just at home not trying to impress anyone but myself. i do attempt to put jeans on when we go out! hahah! okay im not really that bad but im sure matt is really impressed! ha! Im ready for this belly to go away so i can move and put my shoes on without getting winded!! 4 more weeks...maybe (cross your fingers) even less than that!

Don't Cry Milk!

2011-02-23T11:00:00.000-07:00

My favorite commercial that i cant stop laughing at! its so funny!

Buckle Up

2011-02-23T09:45:00.000-07:00

We have been hooked up! Thanks Nana and Papa! Beck's car seat arrived yesterday and its legit! but i do need to start pumping the Lb's!!! Im too weak! Now we are all set though for Beck to come...so anytime BECK...we are all just waiting on you! haha! i still have a month to go but an early suprise would be appreciated!

5 Weeks and Counting!!

2011-02-21T12:54:00.000-07:00

Its a good thing im pregnant because i would be psycho if i wasnt! I only have baby on my mind and making sure we have everything for when Beck comes home! I know i should be thinking about baby but it is taking over my brain! Matt asks what im thinking about and every time its....the baby car seat and i hope it fits well in our car, baby bedding, changing diapers, our stroller usage, bath soaps, and our bumbo...i wish they made those for adults! I think my thinking is normal but its too much for me! i just need Beck home so i can stop freaking out!

I only have 4 weeks and 5 days left! not that im counting or anything but i am so anxious to just see what our little guy looks like and picking out whos features he has! I'm also ready to breath again! i get out of breath just sitting down. maybe im forgetting to breath?! I am excited to be a mom! Bring it on! and i know Matt is just as excited to be a daddy! I have my mind set on Beckman coming exactly on the 26th but what if he comes earlier? I'm not prepared for him to come earlier. maybe thats what i need to work on. Next saturday he could be here....isnt that crazy!!!!! I would rather him come earlier so i can see him and actually cuddle him but i want him to cook as long as he can!! DAHHAHAH i cant wait to have a baby!!

2011-02-14T14:40:00.001-07:00

I have fallen in love with my best friend and that love is only growing stronger with every new day!

I love being his wife, I love our son, I love our LIFE!

I want that!

2011-02-14T14:20:00.000-07:00

Since i have baby on my mind im always thinking of what i want yet dont want to pay for...this is one of them! its a petunia pickle bottom diaper bag from nordstroms..

.i have bags already at home that could be used for a diaper bag but this one is just so cute! eventually i guess! i just cant see myself spending over $50 dollars for a bag...im so cheap! but a good money saver!! thats why matt loves me! haha

Im expanding!!

2011-02-10T14:36:00.000-07:00

I am now into my 34th week of pregnancy and cant believe how much i really have loved it all!! I was lucky though and didnt really get sick only tired. Time really has been flying by though. Beck is just getting so big and so are his kicks. Pretty sure my ribs on my right side are bruised because he only chills on that side...im lopsided, not dramatically but you can tell. But now that he is getting so much bigger and there is less and less room for him to stretch i can see his movements so much more now. Sometimes i can even get a glimpse of his little foot outline. I am always thrown back when i see him sqwirm because it looks like there is an alien trying to break free from my belly! But man what a miracle it is to be able to create a life and watch him grow. Week by week i will read up on his developments and it truly is amazing how our bodies can just be put together and formed the way they do all on their own! so amazing!

Now that the end of pregnancy is coming to a close i am constantly ready up on the delivery, which i shouldnt because i just get freaked out, but i need to know. Also i have been reading up on parenting styles and feeding and scheduling and all that! its overwhelming. Luckily i have Matt to keep me sane and going in the right direction, without him i would be lost and have already lost my mind by now! I cant believe i am having a baby! it is all unreal and yet so exciting! i dont know if i will ever be fully ready to be a mom and be all that responsible but i am capable! I just wanna see the little guy and finally hold him in my arms. plus im ready to breath normal again. its pathetic that last night we were just sitting on the couch (being lazy) and i was finding myself catching my breath....from doing nothing! oh the joys of pregnancy!

I Passed! I Passed!

2011-01-27T22:15:00.000-07:00

Not only did i pass my state board exams, which included a practical and a written exams, but i graduated with 2000 hours from cosmetology school! It took me exactly one year! I started just last January 26th 2010 and completed the course just yesterday on the 26th of 2011!! Now i am qualified to do the works...cut, color, extensions, eye lash tinting, nails, and waxing! Im going to be working out of my house since i will be having a BABY in 2 months but will eventually work in a salon for more experience. Im in the process of putting a blog together for my business.. Home Comfort...fitting right!? but the blog will include pricing, photos of my work, experiences i've had and deals that i will have going on. So if you ever need anything please give me a call!! I would love to make you beautiful!!

Baby Shower

2011-01-24T14:39:00.000-07:00

The girls at school threw me a baby shower!! i was starting to think i wasnt going to have one at all until after Beck is born! ha. it was so great! i have been getting to school at 8 everyday especially since every minute means everything...except last friday i slept in a little and got to school 5 minutes late. everyone was waiting on me and starting to think i was taking the day off. I was so shocked and excited i didnt know how to react. i am so appreciative to these girls for going out of their way to throw this for me and baby Beck. There were so many treats and goodies we were both on sugar highs the whole rest of the day. Some of the girls got us some super cute outfits that i cant wait to show him off in! I love these girls! Thank you so much friends!

this is K-dawg! she is prego with triplets! haha balloon triplets!

and here is Laura...she cant stop touching my belly! and i love it! i love her!

Thank you SO much Taylor Andrew girls for my baby shower! I had so much fun!

We are so LUCKY!!

2010-12-31T18:18:00.000-07:00

We got an amazing belated Christmas present today on our doorstep! Supposedly its what the celebrities all use! haha i guess that makes Matt and I stars! Thanks Mom and Dad! Once we got it all assembled i took it for a stroll around the living room a couple times! its amazing except for the fact that I'm too short and the stroller is about the size of me! not really...but seriously! its so amazing and baby Beck is gonna look so fly in it!

A Wonderful Year!

2010-12-27T10:23:00.000-07:00

this year has been so great! Matt and i have made so many memories is just the last 12 months. To kick off the year we made a quick moves to Utah where matt started his first "real world" job after graduating in Accounting. we packed everything once again and caravaned from seattle to salt lake! After looking for a place for us to live i enrolled into cosmetology school at Taylor Andrews in Orem. We've celebrated Valentine's day, our One year Anniversary, Birthdays, Weddings, and a new addition to our little family! Thats been the highlight of the year for sure! We can't wait to be parents and see what our little one looks and acts like. There were more Weddings, Birthdays and Holidays! Our Christmas morning was spent with just me and Matt. It was so great to have our time for christmas presents. Even though they mostly were for baby Beck but that made me yet again that much more excited to finally hold this little guy in my arms. This kid is going to be spoiled rotten by family! he isnt even here yet and he already has a room full of stuff! Not everything was for Beck and my gift from Matt was so thougthtful and i dont want to stop looking at it! He got a beautiful picture of the Oakland Temple in a subtle tone and with printing that says Oakland Temple, the dedication date and who by. I for sure started tearing up and cant stop looking. So Matt got me an amazing thoughtful gift and i got him a pair of gortex ski gloves. He needed them for sure but man...Matt is so good at gifts! i have a lot to compete with! oh and he surprised me with a gift for Beck. After seeing the commercial where the stuffed animals come alive and whatnot i had mentioned how much i love one in particular and he remembered months later and i was a surprise to see this...

BECK IS GONNA LOVE IT! i can see him dragging his monkey around everywhere, by the tail, the hand or foot to the store and everywhere else!

So we had finished opening presents around 7:30 (because i get too excited about Santa and cant sleep!) and then headed up to the rest of the family in West Jordan to see what our niece and nephews got from Santa and Family. They are so cute about their new gifts and toys! We got a beautiful Gliding chair and tummy time play set for the nursery. Only 3 more months and i will be sitting and gliding with my precious baby boy!!!!! Its been an amazing Christmas and i cant wait for this next year!

Sleepless

2010-12-21T15:16:00.000-07:00

Baby beck is probably gonna have ADHD! seriously i dont get anymore sleep because he is awake all night and having ceasures..well thats what it feels like at least. I can already tell how active he will be and continuously moving or on the go. But because of his continual action i am awake all night. I dont know how Matt sleeps the whole night while i am tossing and turning. I guess its good practice for when Beck actually comes so i can handle it! Luckily i have the next 2 weeks off from school and plenty of time to catch up! oh and even better once i get back to school in the new year (thats 2011 by the way..we are totally living in the future! ha) i will only have 4 weeks left of cosmetology school and be a licensed hairstylist, as well as other services! I CANT WAIT TO GRADUATE AND HAVE A BABY! I feel like christmas is really 3 months away! Then I'm a mommy!! ahhhhhhh im so nervous yet i know everything will be fine! This is gonna be our kid and matt and i cant wait! oh my gosh.....IM GONNA BE A PARENT! Beck is gonna have the best life mostly because his parents life is so blessed and perfect! i have nothing to complain about and am only looking forward to whats to come! Merry Christmas all!! Love the Robinsons!!

kinda cheesy but it will do! haha one sunday we took some random pics!

Oh the Weather Outside is....Beautiful!!

2010-12-14T12:22:00.000-07:00

Matt go to go skiing with a buddy this last Saturday and had so much fun! he really is a ski junky and so good at it too!! while i was busy working away at hair school he was enjoying the fresh 14 inches of snow at Brighton! He said he had a couple powder shots and got his moneys worth for sure!! he sent me this picture to let me know how beautiful it was and how much fun he was having. Im so glad he got to get out and have fun...even though i couldnt go because of A.) i really cant miss school...and 2.) because i am carrying around some precious cargo for the next 3 months! He loves the slopes and i love seeing him come home worn out from a great day of something he loves. Once this baby is out i will be joining you in april!!

The Stocking Were Hung By The Chimney with Care!

2010-12-09T18:07:00.000-07:00

Our decorations are up thanks to the help of Matt's grandparents throwaway christmas supply. well the tree and some lights...okay one strand of lights really, But we got to set up some stockings for our blossoming little family. We had so much fun jamming to christmas music and hanging lights. Then realizing most of the lights from grandparents didnt work or had a continuous flow we made a sprint to ShopKo (which neither of us had been to yet matt was inspired!) we got there and EVERYTHING christmas was 60% off. so we stocked up! Notice our stockings!! yeah the one (mine) has cardinals on it..are cardinals even really that christmas-y? oh well it still looks cute! so after our shopping spree we booked it back and busted out the jams again and even took a break for hot chocolate with a candy cane and wassail. it really was a great night and festive!! i love the holiday season!

we have THREE stockings to hang now!!! THREE..we are having a BABY! it's so much more real when you see the evidence. well i guess the belly should be enough evidence but at the same time something different shows and its like a whole new realization. I am so excited and i cant believe that i have the best husband to help me raise our son! My life truly is blessed.

I am thankful!

2010-11-26T10:43:00.000-07:00

I really can't express perfectly how thankful I am to have such an amazing husband. He is the person that makes me want to be better every day and I love him more and more everyday because of it. I can't even begin to explain how blessed we are to bring Beck into this world and to love and care for him. I am also grateful for my parents. I am so extremely lucky that my heavenly father chose them for me. They spoil me rotten and love me more than I can imagine. I know I don't show my appreciation for them all the time but I couldn't ask for better parents who treat me with respect and infinite amounts of love and kindness. I am also thankful for my brother and his desire to serve the lord. I am grateful for my nana and papa who are the best grandparents any girl could ask for. I am thankful to not have some psychotic in-laws and for their love and kindness as well! They are all examples to me and I look up to them. I am so blessed to have the life that I have. I feel like I should be expecting some tragic event since everything is so great. I mean no one is perfect but if you look at some others lives mine is pretty amazing (not to brag) and I am so lucky. I love my life and the life I'm bringing into this world. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to become a mother as well as having Matt as the father. I AM SO BLESSED!

And his name will be....

2010-11-19T21:13:00.000-07:00

BECKMAN MATTHEW ROBINSON

You may call him Beck! oh he is going to be so beautiful thanks to Matt!! I have just hit 22 weeks which is just barely halfway through but everything is going so great i almost don't feel pregnant minus the nudging reminders from inside. He is so sqwirmy and full of energy, and loves to kick it into gear when i get home and Matt and i are relaxing at home. Beck loves showing his daddy how much he really loves him! It really is amazing how there is something actually growing and marinating inside of me. Every nudge or kick is a beautiful reminder. Oh man i cant get over the fact that we are going to be parents and be responsible for this little guy! I'm committed and will always try my best to be a strong example throughout his life. Luckily i have Matt to help me along. I dont know what i would do without him. I would be pretty lost thats for sure! AHHH we are having a baby!!!! woop woop

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Welp we are off to Arizona in the morning for Thanksgiving!

ITS A BOY!!!!!!!

2010-11-13T19:06:00.000-07:00

Oh my gosh what a day yesterday!! We went to the ultrasound and found out we are having a healthy baby boy!! if you get creeped out by ultrasound pictures or videos..dont scroll down. i get so creeped out by them except now that its my own baby i think it is absolutely beautiful and it really is incredible at how much you can see. WE ARE HAVING A BABY BOYYYYYYYY!!!

His Big Race

2010-11-08T17:08:00.000-07:00

Im laggin behind again already! but matt ran his half marathon the saturday before halloween (or the day of halloween in utah) I was kind of nervous because the couple weeks before his race he was working insanely hard at work and wouldnt come home until around 3 in the morning! but he pulled if off so well! it was a costume run, he didnt dress up because he was worried about running and finishing! He did amazing for a first timer... 13 miles in 2 hours and 14 minutes! i met him at checkpoints and cheered him on and passed him some dried apricots for some energy!

bright and early around 7 stretching for the kickoff!

here he is at mile 5

only mile 5 and he is feeling great!

about mile 7 and i was too worried about taking a picture and i almost missed the apricot hand off

mile 11 and he caught me by suprise! but he is so happy still!! wait till the finish line...

yeah this guy ran the whole 13 miles barefoot!! crazy kid! my feet were freezing and i had ugg boots on!

crossing the finish line. he wasnt much of a happy camper. I kept calling his name and he knew i was there but kept focus on the finish line! i had to chase him down after and he was so loopy it was really cute actually!

HE EVEN GOT A MEDAL!! and a pretty cool t-shirt that looks like a harley davidson design. pretty cool! happy halloween!

The Outdoors

2010-11-02T19:50:00.000-06:00

So Matt and I love our walks up Rock Canyon. We love walking to the little spring. It such a beautiful day, and probably one of the last ones that we could take a stroll outside. I cant wait for the snow though. Wish i could snowboard but i have a better priority to focus on right now!

Don't judge...I am Pregnant! (this was a couple weeks ago so i wanna say about 16 weeks along)

the natural spring! a couple was there when we got there just hovering and so we walked a little further until we spied that they made the move. Oh love birds i just wanted a sip from the spring! thanks for moving!

I love our little walks. It makes the perfect Sunday activity. I just want to take back what i use to say about Utah being an ugly desert, that was false! Utah has its pretty parts!

Its really there!

2010-09-16T18:46:00.000-06:00

I had my first ultra sound yesterday and i was able to hear my baby's heartbeat! oh my gosh it sounded like a frog, kind of funny. now i dont have to wonder if the baby is really in there. i heard it and had proof!!! matt came with me and pretty sure we both started to tear up a little bit but held it in! we are so strong! haha but it really in incredible to hear that fast little heartbeat! to celebrate mom came to town (well that was coincidental) and we bought 2 baby girl bathing suits, even though we dont know if its a boy or a girl, and some mommy jeans with elastic that practically goes right to my tah-tahs! hahaha i want to start wearing them now! Man i cant wait to have a kid! its going to be spoiled rotten by my parents and rockin little baby black vans! hahaha mom so knows our style! convo between my mom and dad about the vans...

Mom: what if they have a girl?

Dad: so what?

Mom: well girls dont wear black shoes!

Dad: well chels wore black shoes so their baby will for sure wear black shoes, stop stressing tam!

gotta love my parents! they did a great job as parents and i could never thank them enough. i do hope matt and i can be close to as good as parents as mine were!! love them! and i love our heartpounding BABYY!

It's time to celebrate!

2010-09-05T13:20:00.000-06:00

so i am now 22 years old and had one great birthday! on our way to school Matt surprised me with my birthday present. It was so thoughtful and too perfect! I love it and probably wont ever take it off!

Even though it was my birthday i still had to go to school and Matt still had to go to work. i started the day out so clumsy i spilled my makeup all down my pants and couldn't really get it all off but it didn't bother me which meant it was going to be a good day. And since we were working and schooling we planned a lunch at Kneaders where we had some amazing sandwiches and mint brownie. And yet again i managed to smash the brownie all on the front of my white shirt. so i flipped my shirt around and wore it backwards. i would have changed but i was in too good of a mood to let it get to me. Plus we left right after school to go to Ogden to have dinner with my Nana and papa at Maddox. Oh its the best steak ever!! I love spending time with my grandparents and i loved showing off my amazing gift from Matt! Nana loved it! The fun didn't stop there...the next day i spent time with Nana coloring and cutting her hair. It exciting especially since she trusts me to touch her hair now. The main event of the day was my Nana's cousins family reunion where everyone was supposed to bring their families yet no one besides Matt and i showed up! ha-ha but there was some amazing food and i got to learn a lot about Nana's family and genealogy! it was a little awkward but we still had fun none the less. I had such an awesome birthday weekend and when i got home i got even more gifts from my parents in the mail! baby books to start my library. I never thought i would get excited about baby books. I almost started reading them but decided i would get sick of reading them over and over to our kid so i set them aside and just started and got even more excited to have a baby!
I thought a lot about how when i was younger i wanted to get married no younger than 23 and then maybe and the first kid around 25. funny and wonderful how things can change when you meet the man of your dreams and now i'm a little disappointed that i didn't want all this earlier. but then again if i had wanted this earlier i probably would be with Matt and living the amazing happy life I've always thought of! Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes and your love! It made my birthday excellent!

Here's some news for ya.....

2010-08-26T18:10:00.000-06:00

so it really has been forever! sorry for the lack of update! we have had so much fun in the last month. My Friend lauren got married to wonderful Jeff Thompson so we got to fly home for that! it was a beautiful wedding and i feel so honored to have been apart of it! lauren looked beautiful and so happy! after the Wedding we came straight back for work and school. We have visited Logan to clean up the house...which is now sold.. you're welcome mom!! hahah just kidding but its good to be done with that house, too much work for a house no one in the family was living in anymore! but thats off our hands but matt and i indulged in some sweet tasting Angies! its where the locals eat! haha so good!! but with all the fun of the summer going on we have been the most excited about finding out we are pregnant! yes its true!! as of right now they say im due around the end of march! making the baby 10 weeks on saturday! I havent been sick...okay well i haven't been throwing up so i have considered myself lucky! We are so freaking excited and cant wait to really be parents! So incase you didnt know...now you know right!! We are gonna have a BABY!!!

once there was a bicycle crash..

2010-06-16T22:55:00.000-06:00

oh yeah bytheway that happened this morning. I had forgotten my lunch at home so i called matt to see if he could bring it when he heads to work. after we talked a little he casually mentions that he fell off his bike and tumbled a little bit. he asked if i could buy some gauze, tape and antiseptic spray. this is when i started to freak out! i went to drop off his ouch packet i saw the damage and oh my gosh it looks like he needs a skin graph on his palm.

and it doesnt just end at these scratches...he has another scratch on his other elbow, his knee and a huge charley horse on his thigh! my poor husband. i came home at lunch to find his handle bars facing the wrong way as well as part of the seat torn through the foam part too. it was so sad. after i helped him patch it up im not gonna lie i was still shaking it looked so bad and i hate seeing him in pain. seriously it just makes your whole body kind of twitch cuz you can simpithize with the pain. but now that he is all wrapped up he kinda looks like a burn victim/leaper with bandages everywhere. poor husband!

but we did get to end the day on a good note. a friend had asked if i could sub in on their city softball league. I havent played for a while and it was so good to get some exercise and do something that i love to do. matt did come to watch both games with his bandages! haha sorry to laugh but im finally relaxing about his wounds. I was so scared to hear he had fallen and tumbled and to see it almost reasured my fears. he wasnt wearing a helmet but didnt damage anything to his head...i mean its not noticeable yet if he does. but he is a stud and tough. anyone else would have been bawling their head off. but he is safe and no serious damage done! hopefully they heal quick! i just have to convince him to constantly wear a bandage!

Morning Suprise

2010-06-12T23:19:00.000-06:00

Okay sorry ladies but my husband is the ultimate best! he woke up early and made breakfast for me! waffles and a strawberry banana shake! he was going to bring it to me in bed...sadly im a light sleeper and i thought he was just awake and alone because he was just woken up by a pointless and stupid phone call. but he was going to bring me breakfast in bed!! when i asked him what he was doing before i got to the kitchen he came to me really fast in the hall with a huge smile and tried to block my view. It was a great breakfast of waffles with fresh strawberries and whipped cream with a strawberry smoothie on the side!! yummmm and to polish off a great morning we spent the day with nana and papa in ogden! they made us the best dinner we have had in a long time! steak, mashed potatoes, corn, bread and a side salad! yummmmmmmm diddly yummmmmmmmm! it was great to see them especially since they will be her for the summer we can see them more often!

Great Day!

This is what i do!

2010-06-04T18:53:00.000-06:00

here are some pictures from our hair show! our theme was Pocohontas so we have all different characters and things from the movie as models! Im glad its over but our models looked good! i was a dance for our segment as well as the two other girls in black with blue hand prints! we rocked of course for the thirty seconds we were so stage! but this is our serious face! enjoy the pics!

the whole gang with students as well

another group had Pirates of the Caribbean and they found some guy thinking he was THE Johnny Depp...psycho

the group again!

Kokoum and the River and their stylists brittney and ashley

ashley looking fly

Pocohontas and John Smith.. I know his side burns are off but this was before we fixed his wig. yes i made that wig and it was the worst project ever! but it looked cool from on stage. Pocohontas rocked it! she was so sexy!

me and the team!

siblings! haha

britt and ash

"feathers" and ashely (friends)

friends!

we just died laughing and couldnt stop laughing!

The New Diggs!

2010-05-30T16:59:00.002-06:00

So our landlords daughter had been driving us crazy because we would fall asleep around 10:30-11 and the house would be so quiet then all of a sudden at 1:30am someone would be pacing back and forth from the living room (which was right above our bedroom) to down the hall and then some nights there would be stomping/marching. I'm pretty sure she was plaing wii-fit and walking a mile or doing step aerobics because it was so rythmic! We couldn't take it anymore, we hadn't slept soundly since January so we luckily had a back up plan with matts family. His grandparents had passed away and we were able to move into their house for better rent, more room, and an unbelievable view with the temple in our front yard.

We got out of there the next night and slowly moved with amazing help from Clint and kims friend Dustin. Now I'm just praying we don't have to move again for a long time! We have been there for about a week now and we have slept so soundly and I love waking up to Marty downstairs singing. Oh and we planted our first garden (that hopefully produces) in the backyard. We planted peas, carrots, cucumber, spinach, cantelope, and watermelon! We didn't get to the sunflowers but those will be planted shortly! I love where we live! it has been so peaceful and we love our ward and area so much already.

as for hair school we had a big hair show type runway thing last week that im am so grateful is over. the school was divided up into groups of 12 girls and then we all had about 8 models and had to find music for our segment, dancers, costumes, choreography and hair pieces/styles. and to be completely honest it would have been fun to look back on but our instructor kind of made is miserable because of how stressed she would get which made us stressed. before this all started people would say it will get frustrating and you will get mad at friends but once it is over you will have realized how fun it really was....all i have to say is...FALSE! when it was all over i was jumping for joy because we didnt have to do it anymore or deal with stupid people! but it was an experience because now i know what level of stress i can handle and create choreography within a day with the help of ashley! she is an friend at hair school that dances as well and we actually had to perform last minute because plans made by others didnt work out...suprise?! but here are some pictures...oh ps our segment was pocohontas....the theme of the whole show was "fairy tales" with other segments like avatar, toy story, pirates of the carribean and disney shows. everything turned out pretty sweet but again im relieved it over! haha. more actual camera (not phone) pictures to come!

on the left are some of our models..."grandma willow," "feathers" and "pocohontas"... then me and ashley on the right as the dancers. we also had models dressed as Kokoum, John smith, the chief, and the river. we had to improv with characters because we didnt want to use all people but surroundings! haha

Happy Moms day!

2010-05-09T22:17:00.001-06:00

so today is mothers day and i have to be completely honest...I LOVE MY MOMMY! she has been my role model in life and i owe who i am to her! i know i dont always show how grateful i am for her but no one is perfect right? i do love her will all my heart and she will always be my mommy that is one thing that will never get old. Tami Beckman....i chelsea, love you more than anything and am so lucky to have you as my mother. i aspire to be as good as you. i hope i can teach my children the way you taught alex and i! i cant wait for you to be the nana of my children and spoil them even more rotten than you spoil your own kids. i always want you in my life and i wish i could be with you more often. Mom, I love you!

its been far too long...

2010-05-08T15:21:00.000-06:00

I feel terrible for not posting anything in so long. especially since i know how many followers i have. its sad most of the people that follow our blog i end up talking to the next day anyways so this is nothing new! but maybe this will be great for a scrapbook of our lives. but to be honest a lot has happened since my mom has come up to visit. okay well maybe not a whole lot but we have been busy. Matt is doing great with his job at AMP and i am getting more and more experience at school. i got a really great compliment the other week. i was asked to help a friend with a perm for her cousins sister. so i had to do a perm on a 5 year old girl. my friend told me that she asked me because she didnt really trust anyone else...she does but really wanted to impress her family and asked me to help. i was honored really! to be trusted in a hair school of picky girls is pretty exciting! woo go me! but im not amazing and i know that but it was really comforting to get a compliment. Im still terrified of cutting mens hair but with matts and his brother-in-law clints help im gradually relaxing. As for matt at work he has been working is butt off and it really has been paying off. he stays later and works harder everyday. he has been great and has been getting many pats on the back for being so helpful. And the best part is he only has room to move up in the company! not like taking over the company but more recognition with everyone! i really am so proud of him and couldnt be happier to married to such a hard worker. so on top of us doing well at school and work our 1st year anniversary was on April 18th. so to celebrate we went to a muse concert about a week before. and it was AMAZING!! seriously amazing! we had both been to a muse concert before but this one was by far the best one EVER! and what perfect timing especially since it is our favorite music!
the stage was just amazing..3 buildings with each musician in the middle of them...and on top of the crazy lighting and crazyness the drum set in the middle rotated! so amazing! to make our anniversary even better we had to give a talk the day of our anniversary in sacrament and teach our primary class all combined which was such a blast!...(sarcasm) but the talks went well and now our ward knows of us. but after church we packed up a picnic lunch and blankets and headed up the canyon and ended in park city. we went to a park and ate on the hill till the sun went down. it was so relaxing and really enjoyed just taking it easy..like everything we do!

since our anniversary we got a visit from matts family as they all reunited for his grandmas funeral. I was more of a happy funeral...not because she was finally gone but because she was now able to have her full mind back and join her husband in that place that we all aspire to go eventually. Matts aunts and uncles when they are all together were hilarious and we really enjoyed seeing/meeting them all. the funeral was a classic movie funeral scene, it was overcast and rainy all day but everyone made the best of it and celebrated Thelma's life. I sadly only met matts grandma once and that was after she had been in an assisted living facility for a couple years already. Matt said he didnt really recognize her anymore and it was definitely the same for her. Her mind had wandered away and her body was withering away as well. We sat in her room for a while and didnt really get anything fom her but a glance. as we said goodbye we hugged and then matt wanted a picture. we looked at it all together and i joked to Thelma that she wasnt too happy to see up because we didnt get a smile from her. so we joked a little and then we got a big smile from her and she hugged us goodbye and walked us to the door. It was for sure a tender moment because we knew that going to be the last time we saw her. and it was a sweet goodbye and a good way to go. I know matt was really grateful also. She will never be forgotten. We love you Grandma Sharp!

after the funeral/family reunion...things slowed down a little until my mom announced that they were putting the Logan house on the market and that we should swap out our washer/dryer for their washer/dryer. and that was a trip were were grateful to make. they are beautiful pieces of machinery and cant thank my parents enough for all they do and give us! we are lucky! really lucky! okay really really really really...etc...lucky!

thats really all thats happened....coming up next...MOM'S DAY!!!

One Great Weekend with my MOM!!

2010-03-22T18:31:00.000-06:00

(this is an older picture but i love it! we forgot to take pictures...im so mad)

So my mom drove up to Utah on Thursday to visit for like 2 days. that drive is about 11 hours and she did it all by herself! man i love my mom so much! so i got to see her right in the morning because she came to my school where i gave her a new color and cut! well it looks the same as before but the color wasn't out of a box!! haha! I had so much fun showing her off to my friends and instructors. they all loved her and my mom actually trusted me with doing her hair. then again she did say that "the difference between a good and bad haircut is only 2 weeks." but it turned out really good! not to boast or anything! haha! so after we spent time doing her hair the bonding continued while shopping at the mall, seagull books, the distribution store, and costco!! oh man i enjoyed getting spoiled but i more enjoyed spending time with my mom. i miss seeing her all the time but the separation makes the reunion so much better. sadly she left on sunday morning. her trip was so short but so comforting! Matt, Mom and I went out to dinner and mmmmm it was so good! i loved just sitting and chatting. I really cant say how much i love her and appreciate how genuine and giving she is!

to get things cleared up...

2010-03-07T22:08:00.001-07:00

so our class got things cleared up and turns out it was just one HUGE miss understanding. which was such a relief honestly. turns out that someone was between the "2 groups" and felt it was best to exaggerate about the other and some things were said that weren't true and got the drama rolling. so the "groups" had a huge talk and everything was one big misunderstanding and now we are all friends again. i really do love ALL the girls in my class and i am so glad to meet them and make new friends. i hate that we had to have so much drama and division before we could be friends but now we have learned from our mistakes and only have room to improve. So i also want to apologize for my last post because of the misunderstanding it doesnt really apply. here are some of the girls!!!...happy!

girls just grow up

2010-02-25T21:17:00.000-07:00

i thought that being in hair school was going to be less drama because i was married...turns out thats where things go haywire and girls get their feeling hurt. well let me just tell you the reason feelings got hurt and "tattling" happened and now our friend is moved out of the class.... we decided to get together as couples one friday night to watch a movie at jenny's uncles clubhouse and because they werent invited and we barely talked about it during class (which i understand was a little rude...but please..) we are being punished and our class is divided even more. man i cant wait to spend the next year and 3 months with 12 year old girls. i feel it is so rediculous and the fact that we get in trouble for doing something outside of school. they are telling us that we have to all be friends...thats not what im paying for...im paying to be educated on HAIR, not be told i have to be friends with people i dont really get along with. i chose who my friends are not my school. and if people want to start bawling about that feel free but bawl by yourself and not to the director of our school. i have an idea....grow up! get me away from this drama

V-day came early for me!

2010-02-12T20:07:00.000-07:00

Be my Valentine?!

Not only did Matt get me 18 red roses for V-day but he had them sent to my school as a super surprise! Our school actually had a bowling half day and when I got to the school to pick up my lunch someone mentioned that one of the "freshman" had flowers delivered to the front desk. Cassie and i couldn't help ourselves for seeing who it was for..because we were both convinced that it wasnt for either of us. After running to the other end of school they said that it was for ME! I was in total shock and showed it off to my friends!

Matt and i had some lunch together and ran home to put my BEAUTIFUL roses in a vase! now i finally have a use for the many awesome vases we got for our wedding in April!! i cant get over how beautiful the red roses are and how surprised i was to get them!

I really am so lucky and have the best life. I share the best life with the best husband! Seriously someone taught him well because he never lets me down and is always so sweet to me! I know how much he cares for me because he shows it in everything he does. By always telling me he loves me, by treating me with so much respect, and simply by the way he looks at me and then kisses me on the forehead! I couldn't ask for any better because i really do have the best!

I LOVE US...FOREVER!

Vampire mom

2010-02-05T22:19:00.000-07:00

So at school today while i was introducing myself to the old freshman (now juniors) one interrupted me to tell me i look like the "vampire mom" AKA Esme Cullen from the twilight movies...i dont really think so but I'll take it!

wwhat a jjoke!

2010-01-29T20:12:00.000-07:00

just a word to the wise if you bank with chase bank close it now! it is such a joke...i have been trying to dispute a charge since november that clearly should be refunded because it is a complete scam yet absolutely nothing has happened. also if you try to get a credit report from creditreport.com DONT DO IT! its such a scam. they charge you 15 bucks a month when they claim its free then proceed to sign you up with credit protection sites that charge you about 10 bucks a month without even telling you they are distributing your personal information. And i have been arguing this issue since november and chase constantly transferring me to other advisors until no one has a clue what i am talking about. They also tell me this happens all the time yet they dont do anything about it! This last time i talked to someone they kept asking me "did you even read the website" with such rudeness. OF COURSE I READ THE WEBSITE...DO I SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT TO YOU?????? i've had it so we are canceling. thats that! if wamu ever comes back maybe we will sign up again but as long as chase is around neither are we! sianara jerks!!

robinson crew huh?

2010-01-10T14:31:00.000-07:00

so i didnt know what i was thinking when i named our blog site...matt and i are really only a single crew...no kids yet so there really isnt a team established yet. maybe i was just creating one for when we do actually have kids and can classify our family as a crew...oh well just thought it was a little strange of a blog site name when we are newlyweds without kids, let along kids on the way! haha food for thought!

MATT GOT THE JOB!!

2010-01-07T21:33:00.000-07:00

Matt got a job offer today that we have been waiting for since a little bit before Christmas. But none the less we thought that if he was hired he wouldn't start until March...turns out they actually need him earlier. Like a week from this next Monday earlier! its so perfect..now we wont be all that poor anymore and making some mooonnnaayyyy!! haha..not that life is all about the money but you do need money to survive! Am I right?
Matt will be working for AMP which is an alarm monitoring company. He has worked as a technician for 3 years and know the owners and has made a ton of friends through the company. So being an accountant now will be a little different but so less dramatic and more relax.

Now that we know we are going to be in one place for a while (and a while i'm thinking like 2 years maybe more but kinda hoping not more) im going to cosmetology school. it sounds so ditsy but its true. Im really excited and cant wait to learn how to actually cut hair! (thanks kim for letting me try! you are such a good sport!) but i have been interested in hair styling for a while so its nice to really be able to do something about it!
So Matt and I are really getting into a routin and not moving every 4 months! i loved our crazy life and cant imagine that its about to stop though. SO yeahhhh for matt and working so hard and searching for jobs! he is a great husband...scratch that... he is the best husband out there!!
I LOVE YOU MATT!

just home for the holidays

2009-12-30T19:56:00.000-07:00

man it has been such a great holiday! we arrived in Danville on Christmas eve eve just in time for some great cooking and family. On Christmas day we got to talk to alex (only for 40 minutes because he is on his mission in Virginia). He sounds so good and really is maturing so much. He has become so humbled and loves everyone in Virginia! I miss him so much and cant wait to see him again in a year and a half. Besides that christmas gift we opened our stocking to find tickets for cirque du soleil "Ovo". It has become a tradition in our family to go see the cirque in San Francisco after christmas. Last year mom suprised alex and I with the Ka show. This Ovo show revolves around and egg and a variety of bugs. This is me by the way.. i wish..

The costuming is just amazing. they are so talented and mind blowing with the contortionists, acrobats, spinning, twirling, tossing and balancing! Seriously they are the best of the best. And it was Matt's very first Cirque Du Soleil so it was exciting to see his reaction to the performers. But this was only one of our many events of christmas presents....

Dad also took Matt and I skiing in Tahoe so matt could use his new ski poles! Santa really knows what we want! we had so much fun. I hate to admit it though but my dad outlasted me... I was so worn out around noon. I wasnt some pansy but my dad loves those steeper slopes which = a lot more work which = me tired! haha but we had a perfect sunny powdery warm day! Thanks dad!!

so on top of snowboarding the girls got tickets to see Wicked in the city!! so the 3 generations spent the day in SF shopping before the show. This was my second time seeing it and yes it was just as great as the first time!

What can i say...I have the best parents in the world!! We had a wonderful christmas! and to save the best for last matt got me a little wooden jewelry with a big sunflower carved on the top. its so beautiful! I love it and will use it forever. Matt really is so thoughtful he knows how much i love jewelry and antiques...to combine those are absolutely amazing! i love it! thanks again so much matt!! I love you! Our first Christmas together has been so memerable and this holiday season is only getting better.

For New Years Jake is coming up from Southern California with his girlfriend/fiance (planning things out for now) and her 2 year old son! Im so excited and i hear nothing but good things of Sara. I cant wait to meet her and spend a couple days with them. After all the meet and greet we are off to Seattle for a couple months!

It's the most WONDERFUL time of the year!

2009-12-21T20:05:00.000-07:00

Matt finally graduated from Brigham Young University- Idaho on December 18th in Accounting and couldnt be more relieved to have that over and done with! His family was there (beside Taiwan Adam) to support him. He looked so happy and ready for the next adventure. Right now he has been interview with multiple companies looking for an accounting position with no luck so far. The back up plan is to complete his masters sometime in the next year. We really are hoping for a job first because everyone wants to hire someone with experience but if that doesnt work out its not that big of a deal and he will complete a masters...that always looks better on a resume anyways! He really has been working hard and deserves a little break. So the current plan is Christmas at the Beckmans and then its up to Seattle for a couple months to relax and make some moolah! Then its grad school in the fall...unless a job sneaks up on us!

We have started our journey for christmas...man for newlyweds we roadtrip way too much and way too far! but we enjoy it and cant wait to spend time with our families! So right now we have all our things moved and on the road. Our first stop was Utah where we visited Temple Square to look at the Christmas lights..oh man they are amazing! seriously on every big tree it covers EVERY branch!

(oh...P.S I dyed my hair a burgundy brown! Im liking it!)

so after the lights we went to Matt's sisters house and then the next day Matt had yet another interview. He never gives up and I am so proud of him for working so hard. He really is an amazing husband! I know every wifey says that but I cant help from not saying it! if that even made sense...Anywho..later on our agenda we are spending time with Zach and Brytni Despain (one of Matt's best friends) and going snowboarding/skiing on tuesday! I would have just said snowboarding but Matt does ski and so i feel like i need to include that just for him! I know im strange! ...whatever...but we are so pumped, especially since we went once last year and so it feels like it has been about 2 years! OOOOOOHHH im so excited!! Plus I will be testing out my new board! woopDwoop!!

So after snowboarding we will head out Wednesday morning for Danville, CA for christmas and some amazing mama Beckman food! oh i cant wait! and I'm sure that lady has some suprises up her sleeve for us...thats what makes her great! Man...i love this holiday season!! so on top of being home with my family (mom, dad, nana, papa...and maybe even jake!) i get to see my friends!! they are always amazing for some good laughs! i miss those girls! cant wait!

Well...more to come later! hopefully i can get some good shots of my papa bowling on the Wii!!! he honestly has some amazing form!!

2009-12-14T12:29:00.000-07:00

WE ARE FAMILY!

This is the whole Robinson Gang for Thanksgiving!! it was so much fun to all be together! Especially since Adam, Kay Lizzy and James flew from Taiwan! All the kids were so cute...a little on the sick side so there was a BIT of crying but it was so much fun anyways! even though the following picture doesn't look too happy we were just super ready to eat! haha

Here is baby James and mama Kay...such a happy kid! and did i mention a Taiwanese model??..?
Lizzy hadn't played in the snow before so we got to run around the backyard and toss snowballs at Matt when he wasn't looking..or after i run out of the line of fire!! Lizzy had a blast!! we hat all the kids running around and playing on the swings! it was so fun!
It was a great Robinson Thanksgiving 2009!!

I HAVE THE BEST HUSBAND HAND DOWN!

2009-12-02T16:04:00.000-07:00

Our thanksgiving post will come a little later but i have to shout out to everyone how amazing my husband is! I was only able to spend 2 days with the family for thanksgiving because i had to be back for work. So i left Friday super early in the morning, missed my sister in-laws first time to the temple, didn't get to spend enough time with the family and spend a useless day at work for black friday... because no one want to buy cell phones on black friday, everyone wants clothes or toys for christmas presents. So last night when I came home from work matt had a surprise waiting for me on the bed! it was a huge rectangular box.. and when i opened it up there was a beautiful snowboard! it was Christmas way too early. I asked matt why he gave it to me so early and he said it was an impulse buy because he was proud of me for going into work and not calling in sick! He really is just so thoughtful! He is always doing things to make me happy and I can honestly say that i am at my happiest when i am with him! I LOVE YOU MATT ROBINSON! I cant wait to go boarding and skiing!! It really goes to show that snowboarders and skiers can get along..even get married!! haha

2009-11-19T11:30:00.000-07:00

its become a habit to stalk blogs now..its almost getting as bad as facebook. but the worst part about this blog stalking habit is that I always look at mine and think i need to write another post but i never seem to have anything to say. Everyday is about the same because i work everyday all day and with my one day off I'm usually laying around the apartment, checking facebook and blogs every five seconds (even when there is no change, i convince myself that the next time i look something will have popped up in my news feed... and to my shocking surprise nothing happens) and maybe ill do a little cleaning because Matt's sister comes over and i don't want to look like a slob! Jenna is into racquetball and usually plays with Matt on saturdays. I started to play with some lessons (i get frustrated because i suck and i suck because i am frustrated most of the time!) but i still have fun non the less. But thats just about all the change that is going on! nothing new, nothing really exciting, just work dinner and sleeping. But i do have to say that with not much excitement with activities i still am the happiest i have ever been! thats all thanks to Matt!

I can promise you though... with the holidays coming up and us moving out of Rexburg we will have more fun and exciting stories to tell!! plus photographs! woop d woop.... Stay tuned!

Together Forever

2009-10-18T13:46:00.000-06:00

Today marks our 6 months anniversary and we are still just loving life. Since we have been married we have gone through a lot already....i mean a lot for six months. From driving Coast to coast the week after we got married, job struggles, keeping our standards with temptations, the passing of a loved one, managing money, driving coast to coast yet again, moving , more job struggle, and currently working on graduation.

Everything that we go through we go through together and are always thinking of the other. We make such a great team I honestly couldnt have asked for anyone for suited for me. We really truly are a perfect match. We are always laughing and having fun. The picture posted above was just a couple weeks ago before i got my job. We went to Island Park for the weekend with another couple Paul and Karma. We stayed at their cabin and the next morning we went swimming in a freezing cold lake and then traveled to another lake just five minutes away and rented canoes for an hour or two. I was a beautiful day and we just relaxed. I can only imagine that my life with Matt will be nothing but laughs, adventure and excitement.

I do have to say how grateful i am to have such an amazing husband as Matt. He is the perfect husband and i couldnt have asked for better. He is such a great example and helps me to be better. He is my best friend and I am so lucky to have him. I love him so much and am so excited to see how our lives pan out together and growing old together. I love you Matt Robinson and i am so proud to say i am your wife for time and all eternity!

The One Who Fainted

2009-10-04T22:34:00.000-06:00

Since we have been in rexburg I have been litterally hunting for a job. No one in rexburg was hiring so I decided to go to Idaho Falls which is a half hour away. I needed a job and that was that so I went to the mall and applied to barnes and nobles as well as American eagle. I even talked with the manager at American eagle and by the end of the week I had an interview. I also heard that as a greeter in a Verizon store they pay you $12 an hour for standing nd welcoming everyone to the store. So before we left Idaho falls I stopped in to ask if the position was availble...and truely the lord answers our prayers. I talked with the current greeter and she said she was leaving at the end of the week because she was getting married in a couple weeks. I then talked with the manager and about a week later I was starting my new job at Verizon Wireless as the store greeter. It is the perfect job. I don't have to sell or answer question but smile, welcome people to the store, get them signed in and then write down a description of what they are wearing. It's the most simple job ever and pays great for Idaho.
So here is the great and embarassing story ever told... I recieved a call Tuesday morning from the manager at verizon he told me all my background checks had been processed and they wanted me to start as soon as I could. So I told him I can start today and he said that's great! Be here at 11. That was only in an hour and I still needed to get showered and drive for a half hour. So i rushed as fast as I could. I arrived on time and ready. It was easy and interesting with the different people that come in. My lunch break wasn't until 3 and I was starving by 1. I forgot to ask for a ten minute break and decided I was fine and waited it out. Right around 3 I asked someone if I can go on lunch because I was getting really hungry. As he walked to the back to get the manager to take my spot another coworker came up and he asked how I was doing on my first day..all of a sudden my vision went crazy blurry and I was disoriented. Next thing I knew I was lying on the floor with a customer telling me I needed food, he sounded like a doctor. Behind him were about 6 customers looking over, others yelling call 911, get an ambulence and take her to the hospital. I didn't need any of those but food. I smacked my head and went crazy pale. I slowly stood up and walked to the back room and my coworker shoved half eaten bag of tortilla chips, day old popcorn and some saltine cackers. I was so embarrassed all I wanted to do was get out of there. Once I got back to work after lunch everyone kept asking how I was and if I was going to pass out again. I really only needed nutrients and get my color back. The next couple of days coworkers I hadn't met yet were asking about my fainting. Oh my gosh I was so embarassed and now known as the new fainting greeter. So embarassing and my worst work story ever. Now I make sure I eat some breakfast before I leave and take some breaks and lunch like I should have!! ...no more passing out!

The Road Well Traveled

2009-09-28T21:02:00.001-06:00

okay, so i know it has been forever but here is the update on our long trip back home! The map shows how far we've been since april. It is astounding that in the first 5 months we have been married, we have driven over 8600 miles! and still love each other! This was truly meant to be. We've already blogged about a lot of the things that we've done, but here is a bunch of stuff between Maryland and Rexburg. There are a lot of more pictures if you click on the slideshow at the right -->
We had a ton of fun, and took our time with a stop in St. Louis and many gas stations with religious comments on the bathroom stalls. very interesting and kinda funny actually!

We left the ghetto east coast of Laurel, Maryland and started our journey from coast to coast back to Rexburg. We had "some" fun times this summer but were more excited to get back to the west coast where people wont give you the stink face and are friendly. We drove on the 70 back home and got to see some beautiful parts of the country!

First Stop:

Our first stop was in Terre Haute, Indiana. We only stayed the night but it was a super fun night. We decided to camp our way back because Matt had gotten an awesome tent for his birthday. We just stayed at a KOA but turns out we were the only one in a tent...everyone had trailers. Everyone was sitting outside their campers and just watching us as we set up our tent for the night. I wonder what they thought... "look at these youngins trying to set up a tent..so old school" "the cool thing now are campers, what are they thinking!" But we had an awesome relaxing night..we set up a fire and made smores!! they were so good..okay i could only handle one, but that one was so delicious!! the next morning we hit the road again.

Stop 1.5
We made a pit stop in St. Louis, Missouri to see the gateway arch. It was so cool! We walked around the park for a little while, took pictures and checked out the museum. We didn't go up because of the time constraint, and it was a little pricey. The Mississippi river is gross..

Of course we were goofing off.. Big chain holding a boat in place on the river

Side view of the arch

Stop Two:
We stopped the second night in Goodland Kansas right on the Colorado/Kansas border.. or Kanerado.. haha. Not much going on here except a bunch of wild sunflowers. I loved them.

Stop 2.5:
We traveled through Denver and ate some left over ribs from the night before somewhere west of Denver. They were still delicious the next day.

Pretty much the funniest graffiti I've ever seen

Back in the west:
We finally got back to Salt Lake and hung out with matt's family. His uncle Brent took us wakeboarding and we all tried out a little wake surfing. We got it down pretty well!

We also took a trip up to the Kennecott mine. I had never been there so it was a pretty cool!

After a few days in Utah it was back on the road to California! We stopped at the salt flats

My sassy pose.. Matt loves this picture..

(Matt has now taken over the blog)
We stopped in Lovelock NV to get gas. I don't really know why we took this picture.. but we'll always remember Lovelock because chelsea started feeling sick here and it kinda made her stay in CA less fun than it could've been.

CALIFORNIA!
We went in California to visit Chelsea's parents. It was a lot of fun and relaxing a relaxing 5 days near the end of our cross country tour. Most of the time we just hung out at home and ate our weight in whatever Tami cooked for us (which was whatever we wanted pretty much). It's a pretty good life at the Beckman house, except now my suit doesn't fit :). We did get out of the house a little bit though. We went to the beach one day, watched the mariners beat the A's :) and celebrated Chelsea's birthday. As part of her birthday, Chelsea's parents took us out to dinner in Walnut Creek, then to the musical Wicked in San Francisco. IT WAS AMAZING! The singers were awesome, and to me sounded at least as good as the CD if not better. Pretty nice that I got to share in the birthday treatment when it wasn't even my birthday! haha. It was amazing and was the perfect ending to a fun week in Danville.
We also picked up a couch that Chelsea's parents (well, Tami) said we could take off their hangs (Thanks again), and a scooter that was in their shed. Packing those into the truck was not very fun, but we packed it all in and it got here without any problems. Our apartment in Rexburg is on the 3rd floor and hauling that couch up here was quite a feat. It would have been all worth it, except that when we tried to get it passed the turn in our entry.. it wouldn't fit. We were (are) so disappointed! We were looking soo forward to having that couch in our living room. For the time being, however, my cousin Kyle and his wife Alli are the temporary recipient of Mom and Dad's generosity and our hard work. They did trade us a love seat that we are now using and is serving us well.
The scooter on the other hand has not disappointed! We did have to charge the battery so that the electric start would work again, but other than that, it was the best thing thats ever happened to finding a parking spot! Too bad the scooter season is quickly coming to an end. The last time I took it to school, I had to scrape the frost off the seat first. Oh well, I just can't wait till spring so we can cruise around on it again! Thanks again Mom and Dad Beckman! I think we tripled the number of miles on that scooter in the 3 weeks we were riding it.

Tami's beautiful smile!

WICKED!! GAlinda :)

That baby looks like Goldberg from The Mighty Ducks, I was
dying!

It's ok A's fans. You'll beat the M's next time :)

Our new apartment.. Was a little smaller than we
were used to, but it's nice!

Thats the end! Hope you enjoyed it!

IM WORKING ON A CATCH UP BLOG!

2009-09-24T18:09:00.000-06:00

im thinking its going to be in parts because there is kind of a lot to catch up on! sorry for slacking.

coming soon...0ur trip back to the west coast..utah wakeboarding...birthday in california..baseball game...and the beginning of matts last semester!!

COMING SOOOONNNNNN!!

I wanna leave

2009-08-21T13:06:00.000-06:00

So the days are winding down until we leave on Sunday! Oh my gosh I just want to leave! We head from here to Utah to see matts family and my grandparents, maybe throw in a wakeboarding trip with matts uncle and then we head off to the wonderful state of California! I have the worst anxiety right now...okay that was a little exaggerated but I'm feeling some anxiety to get out of here. I can't start packing until tomorrow which is killing me because I have time now to do it now. We only brought the things that we need so it's just easier to pack tomorrow. Oh well..I'll just watch some more Bones episodes! It's funny how that show can freak me out and prevent me from sleeping some nights, I just can't stop! Well I'm sure I could but it's pretty interesting so I deal with being scared and home alone! Don't worry I lock both of the dead bolts on the front door!
Although I haven't loved it out here we have made some good friends! Amy and Dallin. They are a young couple like Matt and I and are really funny! We have gone to dc with them a couple of times and bbq'd quite a bit!! Funniest story of Dallin...one night we were All so bored and decided to drive around to find something to do. Amy was craving ice cream with gummie bears and I had been wanting donuts like that whole week...and then we found dunkin' donuts with a baskin Robbins combo! So for some reason there was this huge pillar infront of a refrigerator. Dallin got amy's attention..."Hey Amy!" he then swings around trying to act all sexy and smacks right into the door of the refrigerator door that nailed his "subscapularis" area to be medical...if megan decides to read this i hope you are impressed. But then he starts saying "crap, crap crap...that really hurt." Oh the pains of trying to be sexy in a dunkin' donuts/baskin robbins! But Amy and Dallin kept us pretty entertained most nights! I hope we get to see them again in utah sometime! They helped us out this summer!!

ANywho.......ONLY ONE DAY LEFT! THATS ALLLLLLLLLLLL!! uno dia!

No Joke...Best day of the summer

2009-08-20T14:20:00.001-06:00

this happened over a week ago but i finally got around to bloggin it! so after matt go back from his grandpa's funeral he decided to take the monday off. we really didnt start doing anything until around 6:30 when we were kind of deciding what to do and then all of a sudden matt thought of an Orioles baseball game in baltimore...he went to go look it up and low and behold they were playing the Oakland Athletics!

we didnt take this picture but i thought it was pretty funny!

it was great to finally be able to go to a game that wasnt on sunday and just relax

The A's were killing the O's. And it only got better. Some guy that worked for the stadium came up to where we were sitting and started to tell us that we needed to move up under the overhang because a huge lightening storm was headed our way. and thats when we say the huge wind gusts blowing trash all over the field. but somehow matt heard that it was from a ship of some kind like a cruise ship or something...i dont know...then it just started to pour rain!! it was awesome!

it was so much fun! they started to cover the field and i had never seen that done! it was pretty cool. It looked fun to be down in the rain! i started to freak out just a little bit becuase of how hard it was raining mixed with my white shirt! but we were under the over hang and only got misted!

It was coming down so hard and looked way cool with the lights!

Matt and i kept wondering if it was ever going to die down so we could make a run for the car. And it eventually came to a drizzle and we headed out of the stadium. once we were out of the gates and practically to our car we heard cheering and figured it was just the song or someone being goofy. so we kept walking.

We made it to a restaurant and saw the game. we first thought it was the recap but it really was live feed and we ended up missing the last 4 innings! kind of sad but we still had so much fun. but the fun doesnt just end at dinner...we watched a movie as well! We saw...im blanking on what we saw...............................oh yeah GI JOes!! i loved it. everyone said that it was super cheesey and one liners but i think thats what made the movie. We were laughing most of the time.

But it turned out to be one of the best days of the summer! everything was spur of the moment and i think thats what made it so fun!

P.S BEST NEWS OF THE WHOLE ENTIRE SUMMER!! ...

WE LEAVE THIS SUNDAY TO COME HOME!

Matt and i have had fun together this summer but we really werent enjoying our jobs and to be honest the east coast is just different... ive noticed that people are just rude, especially and restaurants! oh well back to the west coast where people are friendly!! we are so excited!

Nothing but Happy Memories

2009-08-07T20:33:00.000-06:00

A week ago matt and i went to Rexburg for our friend Pauls wedding.. Him and Karma looked great and so happy together! we were so glad we were able to go, plus it was great to get away from work. We got back work a couple days and then matt found out that his grandpa had passed away and he was back to Provo for another weekend trip. So a wedding one weekend and then a funeral the next. Someone needs to have a baby next weekend and the whole cycle will be complete..a little out of order but complete none the less.

I only got to meet his grandpa once and he seemed like the greatest guy! I was so excited to meet him (especially since he was an old guy and i love old people) but he was just there in his kitchen with laundry all over the counter folding away. He had the biggest smile when he saw matt and megan. And after matt introduced me he gave me a big grizzly bear of a hug and i could tell that this guy had such a loving heart. So once the intro was done we ate some dove chocolates and started talking. Matt and i werent even officially engaged yet but we had our date set and everything and were trying to get him to come to the wedding. Subject changed and next thing we knew he had megan and matt were pounding away on the organ. He looked so proud of his grandkids! It was awesome. I just loved being there because there was nothing but happiness coming out of this guy. maybe i just caught him on a good day but this is how i will always remember Grandpa Sharp!

So I have been in maryland all by myself...i hate it! matt needs to come home pronto! I get done with work around 3 and then i fiddle around the apartment..recleaning, go to the gym for a little, of course eat, i made pumpkin bread for the first time...and i turned out great just so you know! I am prepared for thanksgiving! gobble gobble. but i just dont know what to do while he is gone. Before we got married i was always saying i wanted to be an old lonely cat lady. But now that we have been married for almost 4 months i cant stand living alone for one day now! Im so pathetic!! Im complaining about being home alone and he is in provo because he lost a grandparent...i need to stop complaining. So im done! But come home! ha

Wedding photos...3 months later!

2009-07-27T19:43:00.000-06:00

Marriage is what bwings us togevah today...
we finally got our wedding photos!!!! here is the link if you want to check them out!! just use chelseaenator@gmail.com as the email address or you might be getting some updates on other weddings and whatnot! http://juliannwheeler.instaproofs.com/collection.php?event=136210#36742010

I loved them and i think they turned out great! i have a couple ugly shots but hey that happens right!!

ooooHHH sssaaayyy CCCAnn YOU ssseeeehhheeee..

2009-07-06T12:04:00.000-06:00

Happy 4th O' July!
Matt luckily got off a little early on saturday just in time for some bbq by the pool and then dc for the night! It was a really fun day! Our first 4th of July together and cant wait to see what the next one throws at us... But we started out the celebration going down to the pool to cook some stuffed hamburgers and garlic asparagus. When we got down there both grills were being used. there was so much crammed on both grills that we decided to just bring our little george forman down and cook it there by the pool with our friends! we ended up almost finishing before anyone else even got their burgers on the grill! it was great and worked perfectly!

We then realized it was getting kind of late so we headed out to D.C with another couple, Rob and Kali Jaeger. we jumped right onto the train and then walked a little ways to the national mall to find our spot of grass right in the middle of the capitol building and the washington memorial. it was the perfect view!

notice anything strange about the PARK RANGER?
..maybe his riffle????

We saw a ton of crazy, awkward, funny, and stinky people! they had performances by barry mantelow and aretha franklin, some pleasure worshipers, and people chanting "OBAMA!" then singing the star spangeled banner. Matt and i went to the side to play a game of catch on sidelines but the game was ended pretty ubruptly when i squatted to catch a low ball and split my pants right in the crack! so we got some ice cream and sat down and watched all the people hurding to the matt until the fireworks show! there seriously were a million people there on the national mall strip. it was awesome to see how many people come from virginia, dc, and maryland to fill up the whole lawn area.

this is me mimicing the pleasure worshipers..i cant remember the actual religion but it was a lot of chanting and dancing.

Once it got dark enough, they turned on the capitol lights. it looked so cool because it basically glowed! perfect photo op!!

BOOM

BANG

AWWWWW

OOOOOHHHHHHH

The fireworks started out like any other finale and kept it up the whole way through until the actual finale! it was constant bright lights for like 5 minutes! Me thinks...it was the best 4th O' July firework show i have ever seen!!

And thats the show folks! happy fourth of jully!

Matts my new hair stylist!

2009-07-06T11:57:00.000-06:00

Yep...Matt cut my hair and did a great job! i love it! thats really all there is to say! check out the pictures for more detail!! haha

Before..

AND AFTER!!

Thanks matt!

Called to Serve

2009-06-14T23:35:00.000-06:00

So my brother is leaving on a mission and its super exciting because he is the first, and probably the only, one of our siblings to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am so proud that he is worthy to serve the lord in the Richmond, Virginia mission. I know he will make an amazing missionary and touch many hearts. He has such a loving and compassionate heart that has helped him to gain such a strong testimony of the gospel. He has the capacity to do great things with the lord by his side and he knows that and isn't afraid to ask for help in times of need. I want him to know that I love him so much and I only wish I could visit him, since he is only about 2 1/2 hour drive away, but duty call and no need for distractions right! I cant wait to hear how much he matures and grows from him experiences. I love you Brover! P.S try not to get shot! haha just kidding.. but seriously

our last family photo before he reports 6/24/09

just some other silly photos...

yes we are the goofy ones..i don't know how it happened but we are and will always be this goofy!
"SUPRIZZZZZAAAAHHH!"

While the wife's away..

2009-06-13T01:01:00.001-06:00

I.. stay up late and write a blog entry? yeah I guess so. We finally got the wireless to work, so thats what you get! Chelsea is in California seeing Alex one last time before he leaves on his mission to Richmond VA, and within approximately 2 hours of us here on the east coast. It's exciting to think back and to see what fun times are ahead for him. Things in Baltimore are just flowin right now. People on the east coast are definitely more up tight than on the west coast. Chelsea, me, and a couple other people we work with were at taco bell the other day, and I was really excited to go because I used to be a pretty regular regular at taco bell in rexburg and I hadn't eaten there in a while. So we get there and as I'm finishing up this lady walks in and we all kind of chuckled because she was GHETTO, gold teeth and all. Anyway, I stood up to refill my drink and my friend Gerriuh was waiting for his food, and I started to tell him how much I loved taco bell, just being goofy. This lady turns around and gives me the stink eye and says something like "Oh really? Good for you!" and I, thinking that she is just playing along with me, respond "Yeah! I'm extremely satisfied right now" and give her a thumbs up. Well she turns around and I head to my seat when she turns back around and yells across the restaurant, "You better keep your opinions to yourself and keep your mouth shut!" I was floored and got defensive. I had no idea what she was talking about. So we had a lovely exchange in front of everyone in taco bell, she said she that I made gestures toward her and didn't like my tone and was going to go get her cousin and nephew (to beat me up?) and whatever and left. Well me and Chelsea looked at each other and we decided that we might as well leave even though we really didn't think I was going to get my butt kicked for real. THE KICKER. I thought that she was upset because she thought I was hitting on her or something. Come to find out she had had her order messed up in the drive through and came in to complain. So she was already pissed off and thought that I was exaggerating how satisfied and happy I was, just to piss her off more. I never thought someone could get in so much trouble for enjoying a chalupa.

Other than that, huge storms, and sleeping through alarms; its been a boring week.

M&C

I know, I know, where are all the pictures...

2009-05-24T23:06:00.001-06:00

I'm sorry we haven't put up any pictures of anything since we've been in Baltimore, we are working on it. As for now, we are trying to recover from a rather long and tiring week. Chelsea's new job has been pretty demanding as she learns what all she is required to keep track of. She's got a pretty good handle on it now, this next week should be a lot smoother.
My mom is so funny, on May 18th, she sent a text message to me and Chelsea congradulating us on our month anniversary. It was nice of her to remember and think of us because WE both didn't even think about it until she texted us. We thought it was pretty funny. I hope the fact that neither of us remembered our month anniversary isn't like a bad omen or something.. I mean, we did shove cake in each others faces. Seriously though, I look at my left hand sometimes and can't believe that Chelsea and I are married! It is still great, and we are better friends and more in love than ever. (Too mushy? I'm sorry, it just came out).
Anyway, nothing really note-worthy happened this week, just plugging along with work. We went to D.C. last weekend and took some pictures. We'll try to get them up sometime soon, when we catch our breath :)

Matt and Chelsea

Little Stressors of life!

2009-05-23T15:31:00.000-06:00

Wow I (Chelsea) had no idea what i was getting into with this new job. I wasnt trained properly and so i have been trying doing this job blindly. Everyday i am learning something new that i was supposed to have been doing. But my jobs includes a lot of counting and recounting and distributing! its great! (that was supposed to be a little sarcastic but at the same time not..haha) I really am just so grateful that i was offered the job. And it proves that if you are doing whats right god will answer your prayers. Even though i have absolutely no idea who to do inventory Im catching on pretty fast, atleast thats how i feel. But this last week i have been working about 10-12 sometimes 13 hour days. Its like each day i find out something that i should have been doing that i need to make up for, and sometimes there is no way to know what had been done before me because it wasnt documented. I am getting the order of things though and extremely organized. My super OCD is coming out so strong its probably annoying everyone. But someone needs to be strick and not so lenient because thats how the numbers become so far off what they should be and it just train wrecks after that. I feel like i have been so rude to the techs and everyone hates me, but i just dont want to mess up and just get things organized thats all. Ahhhh..the stress..Plus on top of that stress i had to take some tests for my online health and health ed classes by friday, which ironically covered the chapters on stress and the disabilities that extreme high levels of stress can cause. So i started stressing reading about stress and how much i could have overstressed this last week...This all reallycomes down to how i am just so greatful for matt for helping me to see the positive and really lending an extra hand with counting all the inventory almost every night! I sound like a Kindergarden teacher when i say this but he really was my "little helper!" I probably wouldnt have lasted in this position if it werent for his possitive and comforting help. Matt...I love you and thanks (not that this is something new but just a side note reminder i guess!) But now its the weekend and i can take the time to relax and get myself all pulled together..hopefully! haha

MAn this is kind of a downer post but i can tell you besides the stress of work, being a Robinson is amazing and aside from work, matt and i are just having so much fun out here in Maryland and just barely remembered that it had been a month since we got married...thanks cindy for the reminder!!! haha. We are constantly laughing and just having a good time. I have just been practicing my little suzy homemaker skills and making matt a lunch every day for work and cooking for him whenever we have time to (or the appitite in the middle of the night) to eat after he gets home from work. Last Sunday we took a stroll around D.C and saw some interesting things. We saw a segway tour of like 10-15 people just rolling around listening to headphones. we got the brochure and now trying to get matts "boss" to make it an end of the summer party. Not necessarily for the tour but to get all of us on segways riding around all D.C on segways and goofing off! Oh the hilarity of it all!! okay well really nothing new has happened except DC so here is just a couple pictures to make this blog a little more upbeat rather than stressing those that read about my stress!!

Happy PictureS!

This is a super old pharmacy..can you see the year at the top?

These people were cracking us up! It was a tour group on Segways. It was hilarious watching them all ride around, and this one lady was pretty much terrified she was going to crash. Now we want to take the tour just to goof off on the Segways

Capitol Building!

The Lincoln Memorial view from the Washington Monument

... Happy Pictures!

getting into a groove

2009-05-19T10:56:00.000-06:00

So we're getting into somewhat of a groove with living life, even if it is not that normal. Chelsea was able to get a job in the office which is a pretty funny story. She has been almost getting jobs in our office for like 2 weeks now and every time we think she will get one, they had to give it to someone else. We were getting a little frustrated with that alley and Chelsea started to apply for other jobs at restaurants and other places. Then one night one of the technicians decided that he was going to quit and move to vegas to sell pest control (interesting move considering how busy we are here). The important part of that is that his wife was doing the inventory for all of the alarm equipment and she obviously was leaving with him; leaving an opening for Chelsea! So she is now working pretty much full time in the office organizing and counting equipment.. it's PERFECT for her. Nothing exciting to report from my end of things, just teaching people how to set their alarms. I have been really busy and have been catching up despite coming out a week later than most of the technicians.
We have now been married a month, and couldn't be happier!

First week of our summer is DONE!!

2009-05-10T21:01:00.000-06:00

This week has been pretty crazy as I (Matt) have started working for the summer for AMP Alarm installing home security. Chelsea has kept herself busy getting our apartment all set up and getting ready for some online classes that she's taking this summer. Getting back into the swing of things with alarms has been interesting but good. Baltimore has proven to be quite a bit more ghetto than virginia was. Saturday night I was sent to a house to install an alarm, the last one of the night, but the office sent me to "907 princeton ct" instead of "907 princeton terr" which was around the corner. However there was a really pissed off guy at 907 princeton ct. I knocked on his door once and he didn't answer, then I knocked again and as I was walking back to my car the guy came to the door cussin up a storm, yelling at me, and waving a rather large firearm. Needless to say I was shocked, and immediately reached for the sky, and yelled WOAH WOAH WOAH! After he realized I wasn't there to do anything bad he hid the gun behind his back and pretty much gave me to the count of ten. It only took me to the count of 2 though and I was out of there! Thats been the most exciting experience so far. Chelsea came with me on a couple of jobs earlier in the week and was a great assistant. This week has been good to get settled and actually start our life together. Hopefully I don't have anymore gun experiences, but I'm sure there will be some more stories from the summer that we will be able to post here. Until next time...

A Little Update

2009-05-08T13:51:00.000-06:00

So I have some pictures to post up from our trip so here you go!!

this was just the beginins...

We made our way from Danville, CA to Seattle and stopped by Crater Lake in Oregon! It was beautiful and smelled so clean!

we had to walk to get a good look at the 1900 ft crater of beauty as they were plowing the street!

trying to get a closer look and he falls in pretty deep...buuurrr

while i laugh away on some scenic rock trying to ignore the pain of my frozen freshly cut foot...thats what i get for wearing flip-flops! Karma

We hopped right back into the car for another 10 hours... to finally reach seattle in time for the Mariners game! Where Jenna then accompanied us to help cheer on Ichiro! WOO go team go! i only wish i could have seen the convertable top close!

After we left seattle we headed up to canada to the beautiful Gardens of Butchart!!

"chelsea is so funny!" This is a Redwood tree Hedge!! crazy!!

Th Gardens were just amazing and right after the gardens we glided around Victoria on our longboard and a camera just looking like tourist! and thats when we run into the bum with turrets! it was a beautiful day that not even a bum could ruin! by the end of the day chelsea's calf was hurting so much to where we made multiple stops for a stretching break! Because our balcony had an amazing view and a bbq we bought steaks, garlic asperagus and Dr. Pepper for one night, and the other night we had salmon and halibut with a side salad and some mashed potatoes! The feast for kings! Chelsea got to experience her first taste of halibut and fell in love shortly thereafter!

Our trip to Canada was so fun and we were a little bummed to have to leave, but we headed back to seattle for one more night and then enjoyed a great open house at the parents for more wedding gifts and cheesecake for months to come! It was very low key but perfect! Chelsea got to meet people from Redmond that matt talked about and we had some great laughs! Chelsea's mom and dad flew up from California and it was so good to see them and have them there at the reception.

The next morning we were finally making our way across the country to Maryland! our first stop was Salt Lake, UT where we stayed at Chelsea's Nanas house for one night. 12 hours later we ended in Omaha, Nebraska. This was a great pit stop because we decided to camp out at a KOA but it ended up raining and we rented a little wood cabin and fell asleep to the rain storm overhead! it was peaceful! The next 8 1/2 hour drive took us to chicago for 2 nights! Matt suprised me with Cubs tickets!! I have always wanted to go to Wrigley Field to watch the Chicago Cubs play. it was great! but before the game we walked around chicago and took some pictures of the windy city

CHICAGO CUBS HERE WE ARE!

"if the moon was made out of BBQ spare ribs, would you eat the moon? HECK i know i would, i even go for seconds and polish it off with an ice cold Budwizer!"

Finaly surrounded by a sea of BLUE

this is awesome...a scoreboard under the top deckoh the beautiful field of Wrigley!

Just getting started

2009-05-04T15:26:00.000-06:00

We have been married for 16 days 3 hours 27 minutes and 50 seconds now and loving every second of it. After the wedding day we took our time and made our way up the coast from San Francisco to Victoria Canada to see the sights. In Victoria we cruised around EVERYWHERE on our longboards checking out the town looking like tourists. Funny story actually, we were eating pizza on some grassy knoll. It was so peaceful and then all of a sudden we hear somebody yelling "i blame the FAA. they blocked all the satilites and forced pluto to drop out of orbit!" then there is a couple minutes of silence and then another outburst makes its way.."i dont owe ****, my account number is 529938492 (i just made those up) I CANT believe this man, I LOVE you man..." we died laughing!! And then right next to this guy some drug deal was going on with frist some lady probably in her 40's and later a random hoodlum! I love canada!!
We made out way then from canada to seattle for the open house! it was perfect and small! There was plenty of cheesecake left over so im sure if you still want some give cindy a call!! after the open house we then started our coast-to-coast treck from seattle to Maryland.
We made a stop in Salt lake, then Omaha, where we camped out at a KOA. It was raining so we stayed in a little cabin instead of a tent. It was so much fun! but from there we made our way to the windy city of chicago for 2 nights. We got to go to a cubs game! It was chelsea's first time to a cubs game which she had always wanted to see the cubs play at wrigley field! it was a great experience! the cubbies lost but we had such an awesome time.
after chicago we had a storm follow us all the way through ohio! it was bad but after ohio we go infront of it and made it to Maryland around 1 in the morning friday night! we were so excited to finally sleep in our apartment but were sad when our keys didnt work and we stayed in another apartment that night until we go the key issue resolved the next day!
Now matt is getting back into the groove of installing while chelsea has been setting up the apartment! we love our new place and excited to see how this summer goes!