Worlds Best Family

We celebrated my birthday with my family last Sunday. My brother and sister were so cute they each had a really thoughtful present for me. Justin went first and he had written me a song titled "The Gift of the Family". The song started out by saying how much I meant to our family so I started crying and then he made me laugh when he brought up how when we were kids I would trick him into giving me an extra Chicken Nugget from his kids meal. Aleisha went next and she gave the Best Sister Award that had a really cute poem and gift cards to my favorite places. I love my family so much they are so sweet and thoughtful and I appreciate them so much.

Best Sister Award Presented by Aleisha Robins


Justin singing his Song he wrote me

My mom is the best because she made my favorite cake, a heart shaped cake with candy hearts around it!

Pajama Party

Even though vacations are so fun and relaxing it's hard missing your weekend. This week was so busy for both Aaron and I so we decided for Valentines Day we were going to have a PAJAMA PARTY. We ordered pizza from Pier 49 and I thought it would be cute to have a heart shaped pizza and this is what we got.............

Pretty much looked like someone took a bite out of the top of our pizza, oh well at least it tasted good……Happy Valentines Day!

One year older...

Aaron and I went down to Las Vegas for my Birthday! My Birthday was on a Friday this year so we took advantage and did a weekend trip. Our departing flight was Thursday night and I wanted to arrive at the airport with enough time so that I would not be stressed and maybe eat a cinnabon while we waited. We arrived at the airport to check in our luggage and the Delta worker informed me that my license was going to expire the next day and that I could not use that form of ID on our return flight. She said that I needed another form of government ID. At this point I could picture my passport sitting on my nightstand safely at HOME. My stomached dropped and the feeling of anxiety came over me. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 5:05 pm and it was 4:05 pm. Yikes! that’s not enough time to run home our car was already parked at Diamond airport parking. 4:09 pm I called my mom and told her the story and I could start to feel the tears fill up in my eyes. She was already on the road heading towards Bountiful and knew Aleisha had a key to my house with her at Woods Cross High School. Kim the amazing mom that she is, booked it to the school got my key then went to my house, found my passport and drove it to the airport to give to me. My mom pulled up to the airport at 4:37 pm (not that I was watching the clock or anything) and handed over my passport. Aaron and I ran through the airport and made it to the gate just as they were about to close the airplane door, we made it! This was a lesson learned and I will never let that happen again.
Vegas was so much fun. There is always so much to do there and it was so nice to be away for the weekend! Aaron was amazing to me and made sure that I felt special on my birthday weekend.

Our Hotel room at Mandalay Bay

There was a TV in the Bathroom, Luxury!

Aaron took me shopping at the outlets malls in Vegas on my Birthday and surprised me by letting me pick out a Kate Spade Purse!!! This is something I have been obsessing over for along time!

Walking down the Strip to eat dinner on my Birthday!

New York, New York

Panda Bear at the Gardens in the Bellagio

Outside the Bellagio waiting for the Fountains to start

Eating a Rootbeer Float at the Coke Factory

Aaron had never been to the Hoover Dam so we took a trip 30 miles from Vegas to see the site. We came around a corner and saw that they were building a bridge that went over the dam. It was Amazing!

Beauty and the Beast

Woods Cross High School is Performing the play Beauty and the Beast! My sister Aleisha is playing Babette the Feather Duster and my cousin Austin is playing Cogsworth. Wood Cross does an amazing job even their costumes are outstanding, here is the schedule:

Dates: February 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, and Closing night is the 21st
*There is also a 2:00 pm matinee on both Saturdays 14th and 21st

Time: 7:00 pm

*** Aleisha Plays Babette on 10th; 14th matinee; and 20th***

Aleisha as Babette; Austin as Cogsworth: Kyle at Lumiere

Austin as Cogsworth; Lauren as Belle; and Kyle as Lumiere

Tyson as the Beast; Kendall as Belle

Seth as Gaston

Tyson as the Beast

For ticket info please call (801)402-4611

This Warm December......

Okay, so in this picture Aaron and I tried to think of the CHEESIEST pose to take a picture

I think we Succeed!

The night before we left for Hawaii we had our Christmas at my family’s house. Aaron and I opened up all of our Christmas gifts before we left so we could decide what we wanted to take with us on our trip. One of my favorite gifts I got was Slipper Socks because my toes get so cold. Aleisha was fortunate to get some too!
We wanted to do something really special for my parents to say thanks for all they have done this year and for making it happen to take us to Hawaii. Aaron came up with a great idea to rent them a Harley Davidson Motorcycle to cruise around the island for a day. My parents loved their gift! My Aunt Carmen rented a Harley for James and the four of them went riding around Maui for the day!

Aaron already posted what happened up until Sunday so I will continue from there….

Sunday December 21
The Hardy Family arrived safely last night and to start our Hawaiian vacation together we woke up early Sunday morning to watch the sunrise and to go snorkeling. We took a boat to two different areas to snorkel. In the first stop was in a cove with beautiful fish everywhere. I was a little nervous, being my first time snorkeling. I didn’t like the feeling of the mask covering my face. Lets just say I’m a little claustrophobic. Aaron on the other hand was a pro at it and was swimming all around and loved snorkeling. I have never seen him so happy! Our next stop was Turtle Village, which is a place where all the sea turtles hang around. These sea turtles were huge and so neat to look at. Our snorkeling Trip was awesome and I think Aaron enjoyed this excursion the most!

Monday December 22
My mom gave us a gift every day for the count down before Christmas and Sunday we got tubes to go play in the ocean so we decided to try them out today. We paddled our way out to the waves and had a great time!
Our gift we got today for the count down before Christmas was dinner at Bubba Gumps and we each got $25 to shop with on Front Street.

Tuesday December 23
Today my Parents, James and Carmen rented Harleys and cruised around Maui! As for us kids we walked down to Black rock, which was probably about 1 mile away from our Hotel and went cliff jumping. Kenzie and I stayed on the beach to watch and take pictures of them.
For dinner, Aaron and I treated our family to pizza and then we went up to the Hardy’s Condo to Play Dumb Dots (aka Domino’s).

Wednesday December 24
It was so nice in Hawaii because we really didn’t have any schedule to keep. We would just get up go for a run on the beach come home and put on our swimsuit and go play in the sun the rest of the day. For the count down for Christmas we got our Christmas Eve PJ’s and played chimes with the Hardy’s. Aaron ears could not stand the ringing of the chimes and it gave him a really bad headache. But the rest of us enjoyed it!




*Playing Chimes and James was our Leader

Thursday December 25
Aleisha woke us up at 6:30 to open gifts and we were not as excited as she was. Aaron and I watched as they opened Christmas presents and then happily went back to sleep afterwards. My mom made a yummy Christmas breakfast with Mickey Mouse waffles. The Hardy Family came and ate breakfast with us. We had an amazing day just enjoying Maui. We went to dinner on Front Street at Cheeseburger in Paradise! Yes, the food is as delicious and it sounds!

Friday December 26th
Today was by far my favorite day! Today we took a boat out and went whale watching and were lucky enough to even see spinner dolphins that came up right beside our boat. The whales were so amazing to watch and to see them hangout right at the surface of the water. A group of whales actually stayed right at the surface and waved there fins at us and then dove down and put their huge tail in the air. We finished our adventure with dinner at Leilani’s and enjoyed the best Hula Pie. It’s a delicious ice cream cake with cookie crust. Let’s just say we ate there so many times we had the same waiter more than once!

Saturday December 27th
Okay, so as you see every day is pretty much laying and playing in the sun and eating. So today was no different. We ate lunch at Cool Cats and then Aleisha and I got custom toe rings. Later that night Aleisha and I went to a musical production about the Hawaiin Culture and Dance. Aaron opted out of coming and so we made it a sister’s night.

Sunday December 28th
Going home is never fun, but I guess the fun has to end sometime. Aaron and I were both excited to see our little dog Jackson.



*The Girls*


*We were welcomed with lei's*


*Gecko's Fighting*
Our Hawaii Trip was an amazing adventure and we had such a fun time with our family! My mom has always said a family that plays together stays together and I truly believe that statement. I love our family trips!