What's for dinner?

Thanks to pinterest I found this super cute and useful project and now it is so much easier to plan dinners and grocery list!

I made a calender outline w/ribbon on my fridge, I typed up all  the names of recipes I use and put what book they are in and the page#. 

This is the whole fridge, I don't plan for a whole month, but if I wanted to I could. On the bottom is all the recipe cards.

Days of the week.

Two of the recipe cards

The best part is on the back I put the ingredients needed so each shopping trip I decide what we are going to eat then I just flip the card over and I know what I need to buy. ( Sorry for the blurry pic)

Mine isn't as cute as the original idea, but it matches my kitchen and works for us. It makes dinner planning so much easier! It took a little time to type up all the cards but it was so worth it. Now it is even easier to remember what the options are for dinner. This was my first time actually doing something from pinterest, and I'm sure there will be plenty more to come! Here's the link to the blog I got the idea from http://theletter4.blogspot.com/2011/06/recipe-magnets.html

Race has a new wife...and other life happenings

So most guys like blonde or brunette... Race gets to experience being married to both, I went dark again!

I love change! And I love living near Beth :)

And Race's other new wife is HOMEWORK! He started school at the U and has 17 hard credits so he has to study and do homework all the time. But it will be worth it in the end. I'm in school too, I'm getting my Bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene and I'm doing a teaching emphasis. It's all online through Dixie, it's time consuming but it will be nice to have a Bachelor's and to get it out of the way now. 

One more thing I wanted to document cause I actually have pictures. Before school started Race and I hiked up to donut falls. It was so beautiful up there and it was fun hiking up the falls. Here's some pics

The reason it is called donut falls... the water fall goes through a hole in the rock.

The fall through the hole

It was so cool under here it was like a little cave

Race went through the freezing cold water to explore the fall

On another note my parents are never going to empty nesters... they always have someone living with them. The newest edition is these 3 cute kids from China. They have been in Tooele for a year and their parents had to go work in another state, so my parents being the very kind people they are invited them into our home :) Life is never dull at the Robert's house and these kids have alot of energy! They are still learning English and are pretty good at it, but they still speak Chinese to each other often... They have awesome personalities and are providing a very good experience for my parents! 

Ting- 19

Shun-13

Yuxin-12

Speaking of my parents... my dad is running for city council in Tooele, so if you live in Tooele get out and vote in the Primary's on Sept. 13 (one week from today). And check out his blog at http://charlietooele.blogspot.com/  Good luck Dad!

Swim-Bike-Run

My dad and I did a sprint triathlon on Aug. 6th at Deseret Peak. It was a lot of fun, I have to admit I didn't train super good for this one but I survived and I didn't do too bad. This was my second triathlon. I decided I like them and it really is fun. I've done a half marathon before and it was a good accomplishment, but it was really hard and kinda boring to run 13.1 miles. I like triathlons cause you get to switch it up and do different things during the race. Running is my least favorite part by far, starting to try and run after biking was extremely hard and it was the end of the race...so I was runnin' on empty. I'm loving the biking thing, Race and I just got bikes and I'm so excited! And swimming comes naturally to me... it's the running that kills me. Anyway my dad and I both finished and it was a great daddy daughter activity :)

500 yard swim

12.2 mile bike

3.1 mile run

Finished! Me-1:41.12 Dad-146.18

Sweet nephew

This adorable little guy Maxwell Cru McCarthy Roberts was blessed today by his grandpa. It was a great day and Mick and Veronica had a ton of support from family and friends. 

1st Anniversary :)

Today is our first anniversary of being married! One year down and eternity to go! Race has training this weekend so we celebrated yesterday. We got massages, which were very relaxing and wonderful. I decided to start a tradition to go the Oquirrh Mountain Temple on our anniversary and do sealings, to remind us what is really important and where it all started, it was an amazing experience. 

  We then went to P.F. Changs, Race had never been and it is so delicious. 

We also went to the Off Broadway Theater and saw laughing stock, an improv comedy show, it was hilarious and we had a great time laughing! 

To end the night we pulled out the top layer of our wedding cake and ate it. Race was nervous about this, he didn't understand how a year later it could still be good, well to his surprise it was so yummy! 

     I love Race very much and this past year has been the best year ever. I'm so glad we have each other to get through tough and stressful times, and also to have fun and laugh and make lots of memories. He is the best husband ever and I am one very lucky girl :)

Oh the things you see in Portland...

     Since Race is gone I wanted a little get-a-way myself so time would go faster and I could focus on something else besides Race not being with me. My brother Levi and sister-in-law Christine and Ezra live in Portland and I hadn't had the chance to visit them yet, so I took the opportunity and flew up there. I had heard Portland was beautiful and Levi loves it up there so I was really excited to go. 

    Christine and Ezra meet me at the airport and then we rode the MAX train back to their place. We had to walk on a little trail to get back to the house and on the way Christine found a baggy with Meth in it... yes meth so her being the person she is picks it to make sure it doesn't get into the wrong hands and took it home and flushed it down the toilet. Yep that was my first experience of Portland. So anyway Levi got home and we headed up to some beautiful waterfalls. I loved them and to make the little trip better on the way up I got a call from Race! It was a huge surprise because they were told they weren't going to have any communication but I'm so grateful I actually got to hear his voice and have a conversation with him, it totally made my day.

Over looking the Columbia River

     After that Levi had to go back to work so me Christine and Ezra heading out to explore Portland. We had a fun time and it is seriously so beautiful up there everything is so green and there are so many trees and beautiful things! 

     On Saturday we headed to the Saturday market, I think this market along with riding public transportation is were I got a taste of the people of Portland. There is some dang good people watching in Portland, everyone is so different and EVERYTHING is accepted there. You see things in Portland you would never see in Utah or a lot of other places, it is so diverse it makes it very entertaining. If you love people watching go hang out in Portland... 

Here's a juggler with very short shorts

I wish I could have gotten a better pic of this guy but he was an angry person

     The next day we took a trip to the coast. I'm so glad I got to go. The drive there was even gorgeous. The first place we went was Astoria, this is where the Goonies was filmed so it was pretty cool.

In Astoria, pretty sure this bridge is in the movie.

 After that we headed to a beach and had a BBQ and hung out. it was so peaceful. It was chilly but it didn't rain thank goodness, I love the beach it is one of my most favorite places in the world. Then on the drive back we stopped at another beach that was amazing and had those huge rocks. 

Hanging out at Seaside Beach

Ezra LOVED the sand and the beach

Canon Beach

    My last day there we hung out and saw a few more places. We went and rode on the Arial tram and saw some amazing views. and we also went to the famous Voodoo doughnuts... I didn't get the bacon maple bar, but I did have a bite of Levi's. 

The view from the Arial tram

Voodoo doughnuts

    That's the short version of the trip, I wish I could write about every funny thing I saw and all the experiences I had, but that would take forever! I loved spending time with my family though. Levi and Christine were so dang nice to me and Ezra is so cute and so much fun! He laughs ALL the time, most of the time at absolutely nothing. And the best part about being an aunt and having good timing was Ezra started walking when I was there! It was so cute and now he is walking all around! I'm one lucky auntie that's for sure! 

Graduation

It finally arrived! I really can't believe that school is over for me... well basically over, I'm doing the online bachelor's program that is 2 semesters and a senior project, but i'm done with the stress of hygiene school! Don't get me wrong, there we some great times, mostly because of the great friends I made while in the program and getting through the stress with them. I really am going to miss the girls!

For graduation we had a pinning ceremony with our program where we are pinned a registered dental hygienist and welcomed into the professional field. It was so nice and our class has huge support from families and friends and it was great to hear from some of our instructors that have taught us so much. Then the next day was graduation with the college. It was pretty cool because the commencement ceremony with the entire college featured Pres. Monson as the speaker. He is so amazing and basically his talk can be summed up like this: Have a good attitude, do service, and have integrity. I believe this can be applied to every single person no matter where there are in their lives. His talked was ended in the name of Jesus Christ Amen and then the entire arena erupted into a standing ovation! it was sweet because sometimes thats what you want to do after an amazing talk or performance in church and we actually got to do it and it was totally appropriate. Anyway that sums up the exciting parts about graduation. and now for me it's off to job hunting since I received my degree. And since Race received his associates degree it was an easy transfer to the U and now he can continue on with his education and somehow survive this next fall semester of 18 very hard credits. And just a side note we have a picture of us together on high school graduation day as best friends and now here's the pic of college graduation as husband and wife :) 

Best Friends High School Graduation 2007

Husband & Wife Dixie College Graduation 2011