Drew's 10th Birthday Party

Peyton in Pre-school

Can you believe it? My little 3 and a half year old is heading to pre-school in less than 2 weeks. He is going to a private pre-school and it's just three days a week. He is so excited about going to school like Drew! I am excited and sad all at the same time. Though it will give me some nice alone time with Zion. Zion has never gotten to have me by himself, so this will be exciting.

Visit with Grammy and Poppa

Well, since my grandparents have been spending so much time in MA with my great-aunt and great-grandmother (who have been ill), it has been quite a while since I have seen them. Normally I see Grammy and Poppa about 5-6 times a year, but I hadn't seen them since March, and in March it was only for the three days that I drove to MA for. So, I decided to surprise them a few weekends ago and take Peyton and Zion (Drew wasn't with us that weekend) and go visit for a few days. We had a great time, besides the fact that it took 6 hours to get there when it should have only been 3 and a half. Traffic was terrible.

They were VERY surprised and happy, and even more surprising Peyton and Zion did pretty well in a house FULL of "may nots."

Here is a picture of the boys with their great-grammy and poppa.

Pool Days

Yep, it's Zion. Who else smiles like that?


The kids have really been having some fun this year in the pool. They love it, so I thought that I would share some cute pictures of them.


This is Peyton and Zion and my niece Callie Rose (Alan's sisters daughter)

That's my brother- in-law Brad throwing Callie Rose into the air, she loved it!

Above are my nephews Jameson and Aaron (Aaron is behind Jameson), and yes, my brothers names are Aaron and Jamison as well. Crazy huh?

Drew's SOL scores

Okay, so I wanted to share some exciting news. Sometimes I am afraid that Drew gets lost in the sauce with having two little brothers that get soooooo much attention. Well, not this time, the entry is all about him and his wonderful SOL scores. On his math part of the SOL's, he only missed one questions, so that gave him a grade of "superior." On his english portion he missed three, so that gave him "above average" as his score. We are so proud of him, what a little smarty (he gets it all from me, LOL). He is getting ready to start 5th grade, which is unbelievable! This will be his last year before junior high school (big gulp). Time is just flying by so fast. Anyway, I just wanted to share his great news.

Some Normality?

Well, we have less than two weeks before school starts here, and I think that we may have some time to recover from the summer. As a lot of you may know, my parents went on this wonderful European cruise for two weeks, leaving Alan and I with two of my younger siblings, Emily and Jamison. Ethan (another sibling), finished up being in Colorado for the Summit program and joined us for the last three days of the visit. It was great to have them and to be able to spend some time with them. Since I moved out right when I turned 18, Emily and Jamison were only 4 and 5, so this is the most time I have spent with them in one sitting since then. It was also nice to spend some time with Ethan prior to him leaving for JMU (which he did so today).

We had a busy two weeks with them, trying to make it fun and enjoyable and more like a vacation rather than being "babysat." Peyton and Zion adore Auntie Em, so they had a very hard time when she left. Peyton cried for a good 20 minutes begging me to bring back Emily.

We celebrated my 27th birthday while they were here (the 19th), Emily made me a wonderful red velvet cake and she and Ethan babysat while Alan took me out to a nice dinner and movie. We had a great day.

Mom and Dad got back safe and sound yesterday, and they had a very good time. Now back to reality for them. :->

Spelling

Excuse any gramatical errors from the past few blogs and the next couple. I am just trying to type fast and get these blogs out before the boys realize that it is past dinner time! :->

Rachael Lillia Sherman

The Sherman family has added another blessing. Rachael Lillia Sherman, to be called "Lilly" was born on May 31, 2006. Proud parents are my brother Aaron and his wife Nicole, and proud big brother is their son Alex. She was 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 19.25 inches. We are all so excited to have a little girl in the family, finally! She is named after her two great-grandmothers, and for those of you who have met my and Aaron's grammy (Lillia), you will know that this is a great honor for little Lilly. Their address in Texas (Aaron is almost done with flight school) is as follows if you want to send them well wishes: Aaron and Nicole Sherman, 5504 Legacy Oaks Parkway, Apt 1218, Schertz, TX 78154.

A brief update on what is going on with Aaron and Nicole. Aaron graduates from flight school at the end of July, he is number 1 in his class, so he got his pick for their next station. He chose North Carolina, Pope Air Force Base. Yah! So they will be moving back closer to home. Aaron leaves sometime in September for a 5 month away survival training, so Nicole and the kids are coming home to Williamsburg to stay with family. So from September to February we will have them right around the corner, then in February they will be moving to NC. I think that it's about 3.5 hours away from Alan and I, so 4.5 hours away from Mom and Dad Sherman and her family. For those of you local, since we weren't able to have a baby shower for Nicole prior to Lilly being born, we are going to plan to have one for them in September. More news on that to come in August.

Below are some pictures of our little princess:
























Our little girl: she does look like my side of the family, can you see my Dad?

Harder than I thought

So, It has been almost 3 months since I made an entry. Wow!!! I don't seem to be doing very well at keeping this maintained. I am going to try (if the boys cooperate) to get a few entries in today to update everyone on the Robinson and Sherman households. If I don't get up to date, then you know I just couldn't get it done today and maybe I will before another 3 months go by. :->

Pictures...Kind of recent

Zion just being silly....this was his idea, and he got frustrated because everytime he breathed out from his nose, it fell off, so we taped it on.







This was the kids this last Halloween (I know, I know, I said kind of recent). We took them trick or treating only to some of our new neighbors in our new neighborhood since we had just closed on our house that day.










Ahhhh, how sweet, if only it lasted every hour of every day. :->










Jessica's side of the family, all together for Christmas of 2005. From top to bottom, left to right. Drew, Jamison, Emily, Aaron, Nicole (4 months pregnant with Lilly), Ethan, Jessica, Alan, Poppa (David's Dad), Grammy (David's Mom), David, Karla, Peyton, Alex (Nicole and Aaron's son), and Zion.









Our new home...well at least most of it, the other side is in the other picture.























The "ham" strikes again, well this time I think that it is bologna (now don't tell me you didn't sing it as you read it). Always the comedian of the family.











What a smile, Zion truly never stops smiling. Ever.










This and the picture above were taken on his 2nd b-day, Feb 11, 2006.















Zion's new car, his birthday gift from the whole family (seriously, everyone had to chip in to get this one).








The boys, trying on their new Easter suits that their Granny (Alan's Mom) bought them. They looked even better on Easter Sunday. Little stud muffins, all three of the kido's.












The boys with their Granny.

Is it Saturday yet?

Wow, I am sooooo exausted. It's only Thursday. Having three boys all day long is so tiring. Drew is on spring break, so we have been doing more than usual. We started the week off by going to the pool at the YMCA (our pool is not heated and the water is still oh so cold). Then Tuesday was the zoo, Wednesday was errand day and grocery day (yes, with all three). Today we took it a little easier. Zion had not had a nap yet all week, so he really needed to get back on some sort of schedule today. Tomorrow is an Easter party and egg hunt in the morning, then we normally go the library on Fridays and maybe the Children's Museum. Then Saturday is a birthday party, but thankfully, Alan will be able to help. Yipeeee!

Though it's been exausting, it's been great having all three of them around all day. Just a brief glimpse into how our summer will be. :->

I got some sad news on Tuesday that my great-uncle had passed away from a heart attack. Though he is a "great-uncle", we never really thought of him that way, to us he was just Uncle Dave. The really sad thing is that his wife, my aunt Nina, and my aunt Nina's Mom (my great-grandmother) have been in the hospital for almost a month now, very sick. My Uncle Dave was the healthy one of the three (they all lived together in New Bedford, MA). So this took all of us by surprise. Pray for my aunt Nina as well, she doesn't know yet that her husband has passed, the doctor didn't want to tell her quite yet for fear of her not making it herself. She needs an operation to live, in Boston, and she is not strong enough yet to make it through the surgery, so they are hoping that in a few days she can get strong enough and have the surgery, then start to recover more. I don't agree with the decision to not tell her, I understand why they made it, but I don't agree with it. I think that when she finds out, and finds out that the truth was hidden from her, she is not going to be very happy. Hopefully all will work out for the good.

The funeral is on Saturday, and up until 2 hours ago, I was going with my parents (who live in Williamsburg). However, my grandparents and my parents felt that I needed to stay home with my family (since I was just in MA visiting 2 weeks ago, leaving my family behind), and also knowing that with how I have been feeling physically lately that this trip my be very hard on me. So, after talking to Alan and my caregroup leaders wife, we decided that it would be best for me to stay home. And Lord willing, I wont be having to go to MA for anymore funerals. My aunt and great-grandmother need to recover!

So, I am thankful to be able to be with my boys this weekend. Though I could really use a nap! :-> I hope that all of you have a wonderful holiday weekend. Remember, "He is Risen!"

Second Times a Charm?

Well, I got about half way through my last blog entry and Peyton tripped over my laptop cord and unplugged the computer for me. Oh the joys! This is harder than I thought it would be to keep up with this. I will be lucky to get one entry per week in here. This week has been especially busy and hard it seems. We started it off with Drew waking us up Monday morning, he had gotten sick in his bed and on his floor. That was just the first of many messes from him that day, adding to the 9 loads of laundry I do on Mondays. The day ended up with Zion throwing up at the dinner table. I can't wait for this Winter weather to go far far away. It's been one of the hardest Winters ever for us in regards to sicknesses. It seems like for three months one person or another hasn't felt well in some way. Hopefully it's moving on out for now.

Tuesday morning at about 4:30am I got a call from my dear friend Farrah. She was in labor and I was on call to go to their house and watch their other two sons. Their third son, Liam, arrived at 10:16am, weighing in at 7 pounds, 11 ounces, 19.5 inches long. Mother and son are doing well and are at home now.

Wednesday and Thursday were seemingly busy, but uneventful. The past few days have been beautiful, so we have enjoyed time outside with the boys. Next week is Drew's spring break, so we are planning some fun things.

I am going to try to get some new pictures of the boys loaded on my computer this weekend, then I can post them on this site for you all to see.

Pink

As you may have noticed, I made my blog spot pink in color. I am so surrounded by blue, black and green that I needed to retain some femininity somewhere. So pink it is!

About Time

Okay! I have finally caught up with the blog nation. I can't make any promises as too how often I will be able to update this, but I will do my best. I like the concept though. There are so many things that go on in my crazy life that I wish I could tell all my friends, but by the end of the day I am too tired and have forgotten most. So this will be a way for me to look back myself on my adventures with my "four men." I hope that you all enjoy reading each entry as much as I will enjoy "talking" to you all.