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Here are a few things I forgot to post! These are just some fun things I recently did.

September 29–I went to Park City with Adam and the SCERA gang for their annual retreat. It was fun! Just a day in the sun riding the lift, Alpine Slide, and Alpine Coaster.

October 9–My parents came out for the BYU Homecoming game. It was so much fun to spend time with the whole family!! Plus BYU won..FINALLY!

Look at those delicious Cougar Tails!! 2 feet of maple donut amazingness. Good thing our diets start tomorrow Look at the lady behind us. She is mad she didn’t get one.

October 29/ 30/ 31--Halloween! This year I went as Minnie Mouse! The oh so amazing Camille designed and made my dress. She is freakin’ awesome with a sewing machine!! Thanks Camille!!!

When I showed up at the SCERA for their potluck Halloween lunch, much to my surprise, Adam dressed up. Look at how perfect he looked!!

You know Max couldn’t be left out. She wanted to dress up as a cheerleader. Isn’t she the cutest cheerleader ever!?

Catching up is always fun!

Crissa November 24, 2010 Family, Life, Max the Bichorkie No Comments

We started our Disney days out by heading into Disneyland first…bright and early.

Immediately we started seeing characters!

One of our first rides was Splash Mountain. I have NEVER gotten to wet on this ride as I did on this day.

I may not look all that wet…that is because I am SOOO wet my clothes are all one color.

Later in the day we visited Mickey in his house…notice that I am in different clothes? I was so cold after Splash Mountain that I went and got a new pair of pants.

That night we went over to California Adventure and experienced World of Color! Talk about amazing!! (I cried.)

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Last but not least….this mother gave us a great laugh while waiting for the Tiki Room.

Crissa October 26, 2010 Family, Funnys, Life, Video No Comments

California here we come!

That’s right! We are headed to the Happiest Place on Earth!! An adults only trip…Adam and I are taking my MIL, SIL, GrandmaIL, and my mother. It is going to be so much fun!

We take off on Thursday and are not returning until Monday evening.

Things I can hardly wait for:

–to see the World of Color
–to eat a Mickey bar
–to sing along to the Tiki Room
–to smell Pirates of the Caribbean
–to see Adam so smiley and happy
–to go back to the place where Adam proposed to me

I just love Disneyland!

Crissa October 18, 2010 Family, Life No Comments

I love a good debate! Especially when it ends with a hug and ice cream That is why I decided to start Friday’s Friendly Fight. Each Friday I will bring up a topic. Feel free to jump in the conversation with your thoughts and feelings. Then at the end of day, we will all be friends and have seen each others view on the topic. (If you have suggestions for a topic, let me know!)

Here is the topic today:

A few weeks ago I went to Seven Peaks with my sister, brother-in-law, two nieces and a nephew. Look how cute they are! We had a blast playing in the sun.

Before we get into the debate, let me share a little story with you…don’t drink while you read this story…it may come out your nose.

First of all, take a look at these slides.

My cute little nephew wanted to go on these slides. His sisters were too scared to go with him and mom and dad didn’t want to go. So I played the best aunt card and took him on the yellow slide…nice and easy.

Check out his form…arms and legs spread wide open. So much for my instructions at the top, “Cross your feet and arms!” He loved it. I also liked it but the wedgie at the end just ruins it all for me. I am not talking a little wedgie either…I am talking full on the entire back of your suit in your crack wedgie.

Unfortunately when I hit the bottom Austin wanted to go on the blue slide. Well, I am not a chicken and I DID have to live up to the best aunt status so of course I took him on it.

I went second in case he got too chicken and didn’t go down.

Look at my cute suit! It is from Diviine Modestee. (Check out that link… I am practically famous!)

Well that cute suit did something completely unexpected. It wasn’t so modest in the end…not just because of the wedgie factor either. When I got to the bottom of that fun blue slide, I was so concerned about picking my big ol’ wedgie that I didn’t notice the right side of my chest hanging out! That’s right…the suit rode right up my body and out popped my boob. And not just a little…there was full on nippledge! After I realized I was turning this family water park into a nude beach, I pulled my top down and stepped out to greet my sister, my brother-in-law, their three kids, the lifeguard, 2 random men, and a lady.

I thought my sister and brother-in-law were going to lose it. I laughed it off but I wouldn’t say I was embarrassed. I mean “Oops! ha ha” but not like “I have got to get out of here.”

Next we were headed for the wave pool. Aww….laying and relaxing in the sun…with about 200 kids yelling all around…eh! Well, after about 7 attempts I finally hopped up on my tube and headed out into the water. (Note: I have no arm muscles I swear!) Once we were out there I tried to adjust my bathing suit. You see, clear tubes and a butt in the hole can sometimes not look the cutest. In the process of trying to adjust myself, I fell out of my tube.

GREAT! The waves had started, I am out a little in the water, and now I have to try again to get back in the stupid tube!? Each time the wave would come I would try to catch the low part so my feet could touch and I could jump back up. About 10 attempts later I got up…but was caught between, “If I continue to pull myself up I will lose my bottoms,” and “I can’t get down because I will never get back up.” I gave myself one more boost and up and over the top I went! GRR! I can’t get up on this dang tube!

Finally after several more attempts I got myself up. Unfortunately there was only about 6 more minutes of waves left. PS…they go for about 15-20 minutes. Once up I was wasted! I didn’t have anymore energy left.

As I was soaking up the sun at last, I looked over and saw a mother laying in a tube with her sleeping child on her chest. Now this wasn’t any sleeping child…it was a tiny little baby. She was in the deep end (my guess is 8 feet deep) of a 400,000 gallon wave pool with a tiny little baby. Not to mention there are tons of kids around and four feet high waves. One mistake and that tube could flip.

So here are the debate questions:

**Is this mother putting her child in danger by having it out there?
**Should the lifeguard prevented this?
**If you would have seen this would you have said something to her, the lifeguard, or other authorities?

Ready…Set…DEBATE!

Crissa August 27, 2010 Family, Friday's Friendly Fight, Funnys, Life 4 Comments

I have been so busy this month that I feel like it just began. Here is a quick half a month in review:

July 2–Hubby’s b-day. I bought him some new clothes and a leaf blower. I know that sounds like a weird present but he asked for it and how can a girl turn down a man that just wants to work in the yard. We went to his favorite restaurant to celebrate, Outback. I didn’t know what the fire code was so I didn’t bring any candles…he is getting up there Our lovely friend and Outback owner, Jeff, did provide Adam with 1 candle to make a wish on though.

July 3–This year because the 4th was on a Sunday Utah mixes everything up. Although the observed holiday was the 5th, Stadium of Fire (the nations largest 4th of July celebration) was held on the 3rd. I just made for a three day weekend of celebration rather than a two day weekend I guess. We went to the Stadium of Fire and had great seats…right next to ______. Don’t worry, he was far enough to the side we could see over his head! It was a wonderful night filled with fireworks and CARRIE UNDERWOOD! I have loved Carrie ever since seeing her on American Idol. Her concert was GREAT! One of the best I have been to. Plus, unlike the Jo Bros she actually sang…I mean there was not any lip syncing…this is a rarity among concerts now.

Plus…we got the privilege to take Adam’s cute Grandma Sig, my MIL, and SIL. Minus the traffic getting there, it was a great night.

July 5–Just like every year for the 4th Adam went and pulled an all nighter to save the highly desired shade spots for the patriotic parade. Just like every year but one, I slept in my bed and woke up in just enough time to make it there Hey! If I pulled an all nighter I wouldn’t have friends…trust me! We enjoyed the parade among a hundred or so family members, including two of my sisters and their cute fams.

Please note that the lady you can see wearing the fanny pack in the picture with my nieces and nephews DOES NOT belong to the family.

Here are two of my favorite highlights of the parade. The llamas, representing Llama fest 2010, and the Provo Temple…only in Utah.

Before the parade started, I went to get a drink of my chocolate milk and guess what I found in it. MY PALM PRE! I freaked out! I did my best to dry it out. In the end the phone thought the silent switch was flipped and it wouldn’t ring. Also it thought there was a headset plugged in and when I tried to make a call I couldn’t hear unless it was on speakerphone. What a pain!

July 7th–Max went in for a little “surgery”. It was a quiet house while she was gone so we were excited when we could go pick her up. The vet told us to keep her calm and that she shouldn’t jump. As soon as she got in the house she took off running toward the bedroom and jumped up on the bed. Later that night she jumped out of her exercise pen…despite having a sheet clothes pinned to the top trying to keep her in. My little part gerbil, part monkey, part cat, dog hasn’t stayed calm since coming home.

July 14th–I opened three new positions at Heritage. My friend Meghan is leaving to start her student teaching and then..have a baby! I decided to pass on having another full time (no one can live up to Meghan anyway) and have six part time secretaries instead. That way it will be easier to get shifts filled when someone goes out of town. Hope I get some good applicants!

July 15th–My parents flew in to Utah! I love when my parents are in here. We always have so much fun all together. As soon as they got here we went to Lagoon. Unfortunately my dad had to work and couldn’t come. My sisters brought their kids and we all had a great time. After a few rides we took all the kids to get dressed up and take old fashioned photos. Look at how cute they are!

Then we were back on the rides. After getting soaked on Rattlesnakes Rapids we rode the train. It is a fun little ride to see the tigers, emus, deer, and whatever other animals can be kept in a cage. The kids liked it so I can’t complain.

Later in the day I went on Wicked (a straight up then straight down roller coaster), The Colossus (Utah’s first roller coaster), Samuri (a crazy topsy turvy spinning around ride), and many more. It was so much fun! Not too many others would go with me…mostly just my BIL Josh and my nephew Austin. Austin is such a brave 48″!

All in all this has been a wonderful month. Life as Mrs. Robertson is always fun and exciting. Just wait until you see what I have planned for the rest of the month!

Crissa July 18, 2010 Family, Life, Random Mumblings 2 Comments

Do you know your traditional anniversary presents? Did you know the first year is paper? Paper! Well that isn’t very special….or is it?!

For our first year anniversary I surprised Adam bright an early in the morning with a PAPER gift certificate for a hot air balloon ride. After all, the first hot air balloon was made out of paper.

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P1020515 P1020520 Here is the skydiver that jumped out of our balloon

If you look just to the left, you can see another hot air balloon in the sky P1020527

My adorable husband gave me an amazing anniversary gift. (Besides Disneyland!) P1020551

The top band of my ring! Isn’t it gorgeous!!

We finished our magical anniversary celebration by eating the top layer of our wedding cake. The frosting was good but the cake was a wee bit dry.

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P1020560 Life with Mr. Robertson is fun!

Crissa March 23, 2010 Life, Memories, Random Mumblings, Wedding No Comments

This last week Adam and I met my mother and brother in Disneyland. We were celebrating Trevor’s up coming graduation and Adam and I’s one year anniversary. We had a blast! There weren’t any little kids to hold us back from riding ride after ride. We went until our feet couldn’t hold us up any more.

Visiting our pal Mickey!

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P1020415 Remember when we got engaged at Disneyland?!

P1020416 A beautiful spring day in Cali

P1020428 Eating at the Blue Bayou (the restaurant inside Pirates of the Caribbean) P1020435 Trevor rockin’ is Flava Flav blinking skull necklace P1020436 For the first time ever, I went on the Casey Jr. Train P1020439 It was really fun until the train turned the corner and I fell off the bench and got stuck between benches! P1020451 We got my mother to go on Mickey’s Fun Wheel. She made it WITHOUT a panic attack this time. Good job Madre! P1020452 Cozy little love birds P1020453 HEY LOOK! It is Max! P1020456 When I arrived at the park after putting on my big girl panties I went to the park and look where I found Mr. Robertson. He was just sitting on Main Street USA soaking in the sights and smells of the Happiest Place on Earth. What a cute hubby! P1020462 P1020461 P1020464 Look! It’s Alice! P1020465 There’s Cinderella and her Fairy Godmother

We had so much fun! I can’t wait to go back. I could live at Disneyland. Both Adam and I keep saying we are going to watch job postings and move to California and work at Disneyland for the rest of our lives. Wouldn’t that be fun!

Crissa March 22, 2010 Life, Memories, Random Mumblings No Comments

One year ago I was married to the love of my life. It was such a perfect day. We were married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City Utah temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I couldn’t have asked for a better day. Not only was the weather wonderful, the flowers were gorgeous, everything went as planned, the reception was awesome, and we were in the temple with our loved ones, I was privileged enough to marry my best friend.

I love being Mrs. Robertson. I couldn’t have hand picked a better man for me. Adam is so much more than I ever dreamed I would get. He has more qualities than I had checked on my “dream man check list.”

I am the Happiest Mrs. on the Block!

Just Married

March 21, 2009

Photography by Haley Anderson Photography

Crissa March 22, 2010 Life, Memories, Random Mumblings, Wedding No Comments

We leave for Disneyland on Tuesday! Look at Mr. Robertson.

He is so excited! He can hardly wait to smell the park, feel the stickiness of the cotton candy, and taste the oh so coveted Mickey bars!

Crissa March 15, 2010 Life, Random Mumblings No Comments

Rewind back to the Valentine’s Day post. I forgot to mention that when my hubby got home to take me on the getaway, he brought me these pretty flowers.

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My sister blogged about how she got flowers and lovingly wrote, “Eat that Crissa!” Well…eat THAT Erin

Life as a newly wed is bliss!

Crissa February 18, 2010 Life, Random Mumblings No Comments