Mal taught us all how to tie dye! It was fun. The kids each made their own shirt. I failed at my attempt but it was fun to see all the different patterns and colors.
On this day we had a full carnival going. We were racing between Face Paint and Tie Dye and Waiting our turn to get a pedicure… good times 🙂
babies, babies, everywhere… the next set of cousin friends:
Me and Gus
posing with the babies
Laynie Girl!
the monkey chairs reenactment pirture
We had lots of baby helpers 🙂
2, 4, and 6 months!
and MIllie 23 months
Sean’s activity was Spike Ball. We were all beginners so it was fun to learn together.
My mom wrote a play for all of the girls to perform. It was an Annette Robertson original. Each princess had a special power and all of the princesses had to come out and dance the dragon back to sleep. When the Camden Dragon came out Millie freaked and stood in the corner the rest of the time 🙂 The girls had so much personality and Grandma wrote it to fit their personalities. They had face paint and crowns and wands! The only bad part was that we waited too long to start the show and the lighting was really bad 🙁
the dancing princesses
The Cast
The boys performed the “worms in the mouth” and the “guys doing several retakes while making a movie” They also had lots of personality!
the boys performed to scout skits for us!
My dad was talked into doing his Fiddler on the Roof dance and teaching the kids.
grandpa taught the If I were a Rich man dance
Liz brought stuff for face painting and the kids loved it:
Cali chose a butterfly
Rose with a rainbow mask
uncle michael working on Tommy’s Batman
The face painting headquarters
It looked like we had a small fair going on.
look at that hair batman!
happy kids
Benji does not like face paint but he let Jaydn paint him in the end.
samers
Kayaks and SUP’s and FUN. There is a little lake off of Highway 88 that we drove to on Monday and Thursday. The water was cool and refreshing and the weather was hot and we had a blast hanging out on the beach and taking turns on the boats.
older cousins are awesome
and a pano of the lake
This was our beach
I had a full kayak this time out
Jaydn giving the boys a ride across the lake
Josh believes in swimming fully clothed
chillin
just hanging out at the lake
this little lake is beautiful
Rose and Cedar getting paddled around by Tracie
owning the lake
Walking on Water
Cesar?
the kids were entertained for hours
the babies
the kids loved exploring across the lake on the big rocks
Ben and Benji out on the Paddle Board
boats are fun on the shore too
Millie loved being in the kayaks – all of our kids did
My mom is the queen of the boat. Yes, I let her paddle me around the middle of the lake.
Ray, Tommy, and Rose
Cali was cruisin these kayaks with her cousins
Grandpa trying out the SUP
Cali and Sean
Hanging out on the beach Take 2
Look at the Cute babies!
and then we needed sleep
We drove to Pioneer California on Saturday July 25th – we played all week – and drove back home on Saturday August 1st.
The cabin doesn’t have cell phone service and there is no internet! It was nice to be phone free and enjoy the family and nature.
Christy and Rob own the cabin. It has 5 bedrooms, 2 lofts, a kitchen, 2 main living areas, and a big deck. At one point during the week we did have all 47 of us there!! (and yes, we did fit in a morning of family picture taking) And Yes, Some people slept in tents.
You can’t have a Robertson reunion without Mother Robertson’s chore chart! She assigns all of us to help with different breakfasts or dinners and Clean Up is also assigned. She also plans all of the breakfast and Dinner food and brings it to the cabin for us! We then split the bill among the families. This year we all brought snacks and lunch stuff to share. Needless to say we ATE and ATE and ATE.
The cabin doesn’t have Air Conditioning so we spent most of our days away at a lake or river to stay cool.
Mother Robertson wanted to make sure that everyone was sufficiently entertained during the week so we were all assigned to come prepared with an activity for everyone to participate in! we were never bored. We all had a blast. Mom did a princess play for the girls complete with daily rehearsals, Dad did a compass treasure hunt, Christy and Rob put up a zipline at the cabin – I didn’t get any pictures of it though :(, Michael skipped out, Ryan did a kids treasure hunt, Kevin and Liz did face painting, Ben and I introduced 1 night Werewolf and Ben read a book to all the kids, Josh and Mal did the Tie Dye Shirts and set up a bbgun shooting area, Joel and Megan brought family feud and we played every night, Tracie and John did a painting contest and Disc Golf, Brady skipped out, Shannon did manicures and pedicures to all that wanted them, Sean taught us Spikeball, and Kelsey made us play Jin Ju wars or something like that :). See – – it was busy 🙂
We have literally 1000 pictures so I’ll see what I can do to get some of those posted…
and here’s a few of us just hanging out at the cabin:
Benji got to ride his new scooter
the kids had to pull weeds and do a few chores
Tiago, Ben and I went to another RSL game
Spent time with my baby
tried to diet or eat a little healthier
Rose and Millie on a bike ride
enjoying some more new baby time
If you SAY the word BATH – Millie HAS to get in the tub
Porcupine Hair
Tiago was being so good sitting in these little chairs
and then Millie bit his toe or something and Brady and Mo had to rescue him
and then Ben and Benji and the parents went to the RSL game on July 24th and I stayed home to pack for the next trip…
July 15th we left Wisconsin and drove all day… 10:45pm we stopped for the night or 9:45 local time Gillette, Wyoming. The next Day we made the rest of the drive home! MISSION COMPLETION
Goodbye water towers and weird statues and rolling hills…
Ben drove the ENTIRE time and it felt good to see that UTAH sign on day 15.
I ASKED EVERYONE SOME OF THEIR FAVORITES:
Ben: ALL of it: hanging out at the beach. Kopps cake batter. I even liked driving in the car.
Benji: it was all super fun. Hades. Tennis. Cousins. Werewolf. Football in the pool. Catching minnows.
Packer: paddle boats, kayaks, Mt. Olympus, creepy cabin, tubing!
Cali: the big wave. And pretty much everything. Going to the beach. Pegasus roller coaster. Go carts with Shannon.
Rose: my favorite was the bumper cars. At the Rushes I liked playing with my cousins so much and I liked to eat with them. Playing in the lake and sand and on the kayaks. The farm!
Ray: going swimming in the lake and the pool. Rolling in the big wave. Getting buried in the sand. Going on the bumper cars, and Tea Cups.
Some of My Favorite parts of the trip:
Millie started talking more. Communicating with Shannon to get what she wanted on the drives.
Tiago is bigger. Smiles. He was just adorable.
Visiting with ALL the NETTY fam! and Shannon.
Playing sports and playing in the water EVERY DAY
Tiago and I did not get sick! The rest of the family had something – Packer had Scarlett Fever!
CUSTARD
Benji and Cali love roller coasters. So DO I. Cyclops with Benji, Pegasus with Cali, Bumper Cars with Packer, Hades with Shannon, Huge Wave!, the Manticore. And Rosie was so sad when she was to short to go on the rides – we will return! when we are taller 🙂
Getting Home Safely
Picture of the day: July 14
Story of our Lives! #shorties
Runner Up:
Love these Roller Coaster Riders 🙂 Shannon and I wanted to ride together and these 2 were excited to ride together. This was the only coaster that Cali was tall enough for and she loved it! Packer went once and that was more than enough.
Tuesday July 14:
Raymond woke up asking for Tea Cups with Rosie and Airplane rides! OK – we can do that!
Yes – Tiago went on the Tea Cups!! I don’t know what I was thinking. The other kids needed adults to ride with them so we hopped on.
We spent the morning at the INDOOR theme park. It was kind of wimpy BUT our kids loved it. Packer LOVED driving the bumper cars. Then we went out and found the smaller go carts that Cali and Packer and Benji could drive.
Day 2 went much smoother since we were familiar with the park and new what we were in for. We tried the OTHER water park areas and played in the big wave again. Then we went and got out of our wet clothes and chowed down at Rocky Rococos Pizza – Delicious! I loved their pizza and the kids LOVED the fancy pick your own drink machine. FUN
Then Shannon and Benji and I got to ride the Manticore – I LOVED THIS SWING!
Tiago was a trooper on day 2 – 6 weeks old already!
Packer got a free pizza certificate! One of the workers saw him helping Raymond and thought it was very nice. We loved it because Packer is not ‘typically’ our biggest helper but he sure responded to the recognition and went out of his way to be a good helper after that 🙂
And to end the night – we FINALLY got to ride HADES 360. Ben and Benji went and then Ben wrestled all 7 kids while Shannon and I stood in the 45 minute line so we could ride. It was worth it. AWESOME coaster. Fast. Crazy. Underground. Cork Screw. If the lines were shorter then Mt. Olympus Roller Coasters could be the BEST.
The park closed at 10 and we came home to sleep and end our vacation 🙁 BUT the kids were so happy when they saw that their beds had been made while they were out partying all day – the simple things 🙂
