Kendall's birthday

I just have to tell Kendall Happy Birthday. I am a little late posting. His birthday was on the 18th. Kendall you are a great son-in-law. I couldn't ask for better. You can joke around and that is the best. You treat Rachel great and you guys have a great time together. You are so good to the boys and support them in everything they do. You probably didn't expect to end up with live in teenagers. Thanks for all you do for us. We love you and are so glad that you are in our family. We hope you had a great day. We went to Stockman's Tuesday night to celebrate and had a great time. This is us celebrating. Happy Birthday your the greatest.

Probably our last letter........so sad!!!

5/6/09
The time continues to get short but it feels like this is how it is supposed to be. Life has been a little crazy lately. We started off this transfer like normal with driving the transfer train and getting everyone settled in. Elder Jennings and I split up and I went to the Bismarck zone for a week then to Fargo for a week and then I was in Sioux Falls for a weekend with plans to ride the bus on Monday to go back to Rapid to start the zone conference tour. On Saturday night Elder Jennings called. He was crying and said "man I think I'm going home". My first thought was what did you get yourself into these past two weeks. I was thinking that he had done something wrong. He then proceeded to tell me that his dad was really sick and President and Sister Cannon had just told him. His dad has pancreatic cancer that has now moved into his liver. They don't think he has long to live. Right after that President called and told me the same thing. He said to leave for Rapid as soon as possible so on Sunday I skipped church and got on a bus and headed for Rapid. It is about a six hour ride but I don't mind a bus ride, it's pretty relaxing. I got into Rapid at about 6:00 p.m. Elder Jennings picked me up. He was doing a little better at this point. I think I was more upset thinking that I was going to lose my companion for my last month, selfish I know. We spent some time in Rapid as he and President decided what he should do. On Tuesday we had zone conference in Rapid. Tuesday night they made the final decision to send him home on Thursday. On Wednesday we had to leave for Bismarck. We had conference there on Thursday. On Wednesday, Elder Jennings, Elder Clark and I went to Mount Rushmore at 5:30 in the morning. That was an awesome experience. We were the only ones there. The sun was just coming up and there was a little fog. It was way cool. Rushmore is an a mazing place and when you are the only ones there it is even better. We spent about an hour there then went back to Rapid to leave. We said goodbye to Elder Jennings then headed for Bismarck. I followed President and Sister Cannon in my car because we had so much stuff to haul. With supplies and hitches. The church has come out with a policy that all mission vehicles have to have receiver hitches and bike racks to go on the hitches. Somehow I adopted that responsibility to get those on all 49 cars in the mission. That has been a project. On Thursday we had Bismarck then right after that on Thursday we left for Fargo. Their conference started on Friday. We then spent the weekend in Fargo this was my last time there. That was hard. I think I really grew to love the town and the people. I was glad I could go to church there one last time. On Monday we left for Sioux Falls. Their conference was on Tuesday and that was my last conference. The Sioux Falls zone has been struggling so President wants me to stay here rather than going to the two Wyoming conferences so I will be in this zone for the next two weeks. I hope to make it to Huron for church before I leave and that will be a good experience. That is about what I have been up to. It has been flying by I guess I will be talking to all of you this Sunday for Mothers Day and will be seeing all of you soon. Thank you all for everything you have done in supporting me. Love Elder Robison
Matt didn't write on any of the pictures so I will try to figure them out from his letters
He went to a reptile museum. I am surprised he would have his picture taken with this snake. He hates snakes

Mount Rushmore at 5:30 a.m.

I think this is Matt saying goodbye in Fargo.

A new member of the family

Melanee, Marcy, Rachel and I went to Women's Conference at BYU last weekend. We had a great time. The classes were great. Just getting away was even better. I had bought a dog from some people in Price Utah. They met us in Provo on Friday. Here is our new puppy. She was great on the way home. She didn't pee or anything. I dropped everyone off in Idaho Falls at 11:30 p.m. The second I leave them she starts going nuts. Whining and jumping all over. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. I was soon to find out. She pooped on the seat. I was in Idaho Falls, it was late and I didn't want to stop. I held her out of it and drove home like a crazy woman. Just my luck I tell you. We couldn't agree on a name. Everyone had their different ideas. Sunday we decided we would each write one name on a piece of paper and let her pick. We wrote them down and dumped them on the floor. She started eating one. Drum Roll.............................. The name is Tausha or Taush for short. I actually have been calling her Taushee. This was Brenan's girlfriend, Allison's, name that she picked. I actually had mentioned Tausha before so I was OK with it. She is a cutie. She is verily 6 weeks. She is pretty good. She has started biting everything in sight, mostly ankles and fingers. Oh the thrill of a puppy again. I am not sure I want to go through this all again. The hard part will be keeping her from being ran over until she is old enough to know better. Brenan took her to his bed the first night. At 5:30 he put her in the garage. She has finally quit crying every time we put her out. The third night Brenan got up in the middle of the night to try and get her to quit crying. What a good kid. I heard her and just let her cry.

Here she is in the bed we made her:


Dave having a tug-of-war with her. The gross part about this is she had already chewed on both ends of the rope. I think she won.


Trying to put on Kadens baseball helmet or maybe just chewing it up.

She's a cutie

ONE MONTH TO GO!!!!

Can you believe it. Just one month from today!!!! I woke up at 3:20 a.m. and at 5:15 a.m. I was still awake thinking about everything I haven't got done. Oh well I hope we like having him home.

Baseball Weekend

Well this last weekend we were in Preston for a baseball tournament. Brenan played Friday and Saturday. They took second in the tournament. He had a great hit that bounced through the fence so he was only allowed to second. We stayed in Logan. Kaden drove us down. Rachel and Kendall met us there. They had been in Provo to Kendall's sisters graduation. We had a good time. It was cold and a little rainy but still fun. I didn't take pictures and I don't know why other than it was cold. I love watching the boys play and they are coming to the end of the season.

Matt's letter and pictures

4/10/09
Well its been a while since a letter so I better get after it so I don't get in trouble. This week we have been doing transfers. We are all through and now in the morning we will call out the transfers. We meet President at the mission office @ 7:00 a.m. We start by calling the East side because they are an hour ahead so that lasts for about an hour and then Saturday is spent on the phone planning how to get every body everywhere. We get calls all day because everybody wants to know where people are going. It then moves to the fun part, the transfer train. We will leave Rapid at 5:00 a.m. to head to Wyoming to pick up all the Elders there. The new missionaries fly in at about 12:30 and then they get a full day of training. Mostly the logistical things of the mission like cars, medical all those kind of things. I will be getting off the transfer train in Bismarck to start traveling. I will be there for a week and then to Fargo for another week. As I was planning my transfer it dawned on me that this will be my last time in Fargo other than a day for zone conference. That has made me realize how short my time is running. It is hard to swallow but its all part of the game, I guess. I am more excited than anything. After I spend a week in Fargo Elder Jennings and I will meet back in Rapid on April 28th to start the Zone Conference tour. It will last for about two weeks and then after that I will head to the Sioux Falls zone and spend a week there. After my week there I will return to Rapid City for the last time and do transfers with two new assistants whoever they are and will fly home on Thursday. That is a rough outline for the rest of my time as a missionary. Hard to believe. This last transfer was hard but I think this one is going to be good knowing that I have to soak everything in. Well I want to thank you all for everything that you have done and for the support you have been.& nbsp; I loved conference. I know that President Monson is a prophet and when you know that everything else we are asked to do will just fall into place if we do our part. I love all of you and thank you again.
Love Elder Robison


Elder Correa, 27 year old missionary from California


Preident & Sister Cannon singing at zone conference in Fargo

Sittin by the fireplace in Fort Yates ND, Indian reservation, not a fan of reservations

Me by the car hedge in Nebraska

Elder Clark, center and Elder Jennings and me on the Wyoming, South Dakota border

Elder West

This is car hedge in Nebraska. Nebraska is just like Idaho they even farm the same way.

Elder West and Ellis in Alliance Nebraska

TOTAL SLACKER!!!

Yes that is me the total slacker. I don't know what is up. Have you ever just felt so overwhelmed you don't know which way to go. Well that is how I am feeling. With Matt coming home I want everything in the house and yard finished and then I think why. He won't notice or care nor will anyone else for that matter. So why don't I just totally chill? Good question, very good question actually. So no excuses. Dave hasn't even had me work in a tractor this year which I have gratefully appreciated. My house is mostly finished with just all the little things left to do, like touch up paint, put the cabinet handles on, decorate, hang curtains, clean. I think it is the decorating and the cleaning that has me bummed out. I have also quit taking pictures. Knowing I had to send pictures to Matt kept the camera handy but knowing he will be here shortly I have really slacked off. Well, yesterday was my birthday. I am 43, now that sounds old, probably because it is old. I went to have my drivers license renewed. They asked if I wanted the 4 or 8 year one. I figured I had better take the eight. The picture on it won't look any better in 8 years. It totally freaked me out to think that the next time I renew I will be 51 years old and the year will be 2017. WOW!!!! So anyway, the boys are playing baseball which I totally love to watch. Dave is farming and I don't know what I am doing but that is that. I will try to improve on the blogging part of my life. I do have a few pictures from Easter that I will try to get posted, and as you can see I am totally into the word total on this post.