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.

Conflicting Emotions and Matt's letter

Today I received all of Matt's release information. I was surprised at my feelings. I was more sad than when we sent him out. Don't get me wrong, I am excited to see him and have him home again but I will miss having a missionary out. It is so good to hear about their experiences and see the changes it makes in them. He will be flying into Idaho Falls on May 28 at 5:32 p.m. Hard to believe but it will be exciting. Now for his letter:

3/25/09
Hello again. As you may have seen on the news things have been pretty exciting around here. There has been alot of snow, rain, and flooding. As for me its been alot of traveling again. We finished up zone conferences in Bismark last week and after that we headed out traveling in the Bismark zone. It was a lot of fun. I was able to attend church in Williston and see a lot of old friends. The ward there has changed a lot in 18 months. I would say that about half of the ward was new people. There are a lot of people from Idaho that escaped the bad economy and came to work in the oil fields. That was cool to meet a lot of people from home. On Sunday and Monday night I was in Minot and worked a lot with the missionaries there. On Monday night a blizzard came and shut down the town. There was a no travel advisory for the whole state of North Dakota but Elder Jennings and I had to be in Rapid City on Wednesday so that he can go to Casper on Thursday and I can head to Sioux Falls. We blazed the storm. The roads were terrible and at times you couldn't see past the hood of your car. It was a scary drive to say the least. On good roads it is a two hour drive and this time it took us 4 hours but we made it safe. We spent the night in Bismark then left early this morning for Rapid City. The roads were ok today. Tomorrow I get on a bus for Sioux Falls and Jennings is going to Casper. We have to split up so we can cover some more ground before the end of the transfer. The bus ride is going to be a long one but I could use some down time. Well thank you to everyone for all that you do and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Love Elder Robison

Matt emailed today and said he didn't go to Sioux Falls. He said well mom I will leave Rapid tomorrow and will be back on probably Saturday I'm not positive but I think that I will be here all next week from the 6th to the 13th and then another transfer starts.

We Found Him!!!

A very short email from Matt saying he is in Rapid City. He didn't head East because of the flooding. He said he can't email today because the library is closed because they are having a blizzard. At least we know where he is. He said a letter was on the way but I have heard that before so we will see!