Well this has been a fun month, We started seeing patients for school and it was Scotts 4th birthday, and it is getting warmer. It has been fun seeing inside other peoples mouths. I thought it was going to be hard to get patients but I found that I got too many, so I will have to call them for the summertime cleanings. We are doing midterms now and they are going good so fare. Well Scott turned 4 so we had some friends and family over. The cake was to be a rocket cake but it turned out to be a Willy Wonka Candy Mountain (lets go Charlie) It was fun. We did our taxes, and thanks to Scott and Kyle we get a bit of change back. But an extra 50,000 would be nice. Other than that was are all doing good. Talk to you all later.
The Hopes
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
2009 February: Bates
February was fun. Here in Utah the winter ebbed allowing us to have multiple picnics and walks. We've enjoyed being outside and having sunlight.
Orianna is now standing using pretty much any object that holds still. She also has learned to say the same noises over and over for the same things. She knows that "ba... ba" gets her bananas, "ma... ma" will get me to take her to mom, and "da... da" will get me. It's not exactly talking, but it's fun to see her figuring things out.
With the warmth, we've started improving our home again. Slowly but surely we will have a nice home :)
Work has kept me busy as ever. I have let my side-projects slip a little because of it, but I did find the time to start writing a book. I'm not a writer though, so Marnee is going to re-write it once I finish the plot. I have about 10 chapters written so far, all written in February.
Tamara and I are having fun, and trying to do new fun things. We hope the month has been as kind to the rest of you.
-Rob & Tamara
Orianna is now standing using pretty much any object that holds still. She also has learned to say the same noises over and over for the same things. She knows that "ba... ba" gets her bananas, "ma... ma" will get me to take her to mom, and "da... da" will get me. It's not exactly talking, but it's fun to see her figuring things out.
With the warmth, we've started improving our home again. Slowly but surely we will have a nice home :)
Work has kept me busy as ever. I have let my side-projects slip a little because of it, but I did find the time to start writing a book. I'm not a writer though, so Marnee is going to re-write it once I finish the plot. I have about 10 chapters written so far, all written in February.
Tamara and I are having fun, and trying to do new fun things. We hope the month has been as kind to the rest of you.
-Rob & Tamara
2009 February: North
There’s not a lot of news to talk about this month. I am chugging my way through my last semester here at ISU. This next week is midterms. I can’t believe how fast it is going. Becky keeps a countdown timer on our blog and it says I only have 68 days until graduation; amazing. I had 3 tests this last week. Two of them were fairly long and tedious. I felt like I was doing the mental equivalent of a marathon, or at least a 5K. I paced myself and took my time. I feel good about how I did, but won’t get my scores back for a few more days. There’s a lot less stress when I know that I’m already accepted to medical school. I still try to do well because I want to learn the material, but it’s nice not to have the added pressure of having to look good for an admissions committee.
Becky is still working in the Academic Advising Office. She has had 3 co-workers quite (one was asked to quite) and they haven’t re-hired anyone full-time. So she is covering for 3 other people, but still only making what she did when she was doing only one person’s job. Everyone’s budgets are tightening at ISU, so it’s doubtful that she’ll get a raise soon. Oh well, at least its job security. I am grateful for her willingness to go to work everyday. Right now she is the bread winner for our family, and I appreciate her sacrifice.
Becky and I went to her parents’ house for the Valentines/President’s Day weekend. We got to spend some time with her family. I helped her dad sort out steers for a cattle auction he went to. I’ve never had the opportunity to do something like that before. It was kind of fun to get in the pens and work with the cows. Being up close and personal with those cows made me grateful that I’m a person. I just don’t know if I’d be content to eat and poop all day…what am I saying, I could get used to that again. J
A few weeks ago in Elder's Quorum I made a comment. In my comment I talked about a school teacher with whom I had been friends. I talked about spending time with him and learning that although he'd had lots of life experiences I believe he had learned the wrong lessons from his experiences. I talked about how we need the Spirit to guide us so that we learn the right lessons from our experiences. After the lesson another brother in the quorum came up to me and asked: "where did you go to school?" "Madison," I told him. He then asked "Is that Mr. Brookes that you were talking about in the lesson?" I was suprised but laughed and said "yes I was talking about Mr. Brookes." It turns out that he was also a trumpet player, a few years younger than us, and he had had similar experiences with Mr. Brookes. I just thought you'd enjoy that.
And speaking of experiences with Mr. Brookes, do you all remember the night the crazy, posessed girl came into our room? Hehehe, we had some strange experiences in band.
Have a good month everyone. Best of wishes.
We wish the best to all of you in what you are doing. Drop us a line and let us know how things are going for you.
Stewart and Becky
Becky is still working in the Academic Advising Office. She has had 3 co-workers quite (one was asked to quite) and they haven’t re-hired anyone full-time. So she is covering for 3 other people, but still only making what she did when she was doing only one person’s job. Everyone’s budgets are tightening at ISU, so it’s doubtful that she’ll get a raise soon. Oh well, at least its job security. I am grateful for her willingness to go to work everyday. Right now she is the bread winner for our family, and I appreciate her sacrifice.
Becky and I went to her parents’ house for the Valentines/President’s Day weekend. We got to spend some time with her family. I helped her dad sort out steers for a cattle auction he went to. I’ve never had the opportunity to do something like that before. It was kind of fun to get in the pens and work with the cows. Being up close and personal with those cows made me grateful that I’m a person. I just don’t know if I’d be content to eat and poop all day…what am I saying, I could get used to that again. J
A few weeks ago in Elder's Quorum I made a comment. In my comment I talked about a school teacher with whom I had been friends. I talked about spending time with him and learning that although he'd had lots of life experiences I believe he had learned the wrong lessons from his experiences. I talked about how we need the Spirit to guide us so that we learn the right lessons from our experiences. After the lesson another brother in the quorum came up to me and asked: "where did you go to school?" "Madison," I told him. He then asked "Is that Mr. Brookes that you were talking about in the lesson?" I was suprised but laughed and said "yes I was talking about Mr. Brookes." It turns out that he was also a trumpet player, a few years younger than us, and he had had similar experiences with Mr. Brookes. I just thought you'd enjoy that.
And speaking of experiences with Mr. Brookes, do you all remember the night the crazy, posessed girl came into our room? Hehehe, we had some strange experiences in band.
Have a good month everyone. Best of wishes.
We wish the best to all of you in what you are doing. Drop us a line and let us know how things are going for you.
Stewart and Becky
2009 February: Robertson
Greetings,
February has come and (Thankfully) has left without dealing out too much emotional trauma. During the first half of the month we were enjoying extended temperatures of mid to upper forties. It was great. The snow was melting, the sky was inviting, and I thought that the accursed groundhog had messed up for once in its infamous career. Hardly. Overnight the ice storms, blizzards, and arctic winds came and ripped my bliss from me. All I was left with were shattered visions of warmth and a faint ringing in my ears that sounded almost like a spectral rodent that can’t help but seeing his shadow and dragging winter out over and over again.
For some sick joke someone decided to celebrate love during this midget month. I enjoyed the festivities. I cooked dinner for Morgan and the girls – I also cooked breakfast and lunch. I figured that it was a good thing that Valentine’s landed on a Saturday this year so that my family could see me and I could enjoy their company. We had a nice quiet day together as a family and mostly just enjoyed each other’s company – because we could. That weekend, Morgan’s older brother had a birthday so we took a trip to Rochester to celebrate. It was fun to spend time with family. The girls really love going to visit and play with their youngest aunt.
Morgan got to have her first doctor appointment with her pregnancy. She had several blood tests done and all results came back great. She also got to hear the baby’s heart beat for the first time, which was a special moment. As far as we can tell right now, there is only one in there. I hope it stays that way.
Other than the same old same old, I have been running myself mostly ragged with all of my school work. I had an interesting conversation with one of my professors the other day. We had to turn in a paper proposal that day in class – I was the only one in the class that handed it in that day, everyone else asked for an extension on the assignment. I was also fighting a cold that day and that day happened to be my marathon day (Thursday – I am in a classroom from 10 in the morning until 8 in the evening solid with three 10 minute breaks in between my different classes). My professor pointed out that I had been in class for ten hours, I was sick, and I was the only student who handed in the assignment on time – she was impressed. I staggered home, took some cold pills, and was knocked out for several hours. Since then I feel that somewhere in that scenario I deserve bragging rights, so all of you get to hear about it.
That’s the news for us here in Winona, MN where all the women are mild-mannered, all the men are getting by, and all the children are on cell-phones (all the time).
Love,
The Robertsons – Morgan, Kyla, ???, Daria, & Derik
P.S. Jarom received his mission call to the Philadelphia, PA mission. I know Jason - so close and yet so far.
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