A Happy Birthday INDEED!

What a great 4th of July/Birthday weekend for Robin! It started with tennis on Sat. morning...bbq with family and friends...Becky made THE BEST cupcakes EVER! :)
Homemade Strawberry Ice cream.. choco-dipped licorice... fireworks that evening..
Sat. morning at the club I was greeted with a surprise gift from a dear friend who was out of town for the holiday... it was very thoughtful and I was very touched.. later, I recieved a surprise pan of lemon bars from another tennis friend.. they are THE BEST! :)
Sunday morning... my Dad calls, then my Mom.. several e-cards... Facebook birthday wishes...visit from Rozanne, Linda,Susie, my mom.. call from my mother-in-law...even today a plate full of Danette's delicious choco-chip M&M cookies.. YUM! :)
This weekend was the GREATEST! Thankyou to family and friends! :)

Golfing on the RITZ!

Larry and Scott have been looking forward this day for quite some time... playing golf af the new Ritz Carlton for a UPS tournament with Nick and Kenny....Cute Boys! :)
What will Robin do? Tennis Anyone???

Such a FUN... CRAZY and WONDERFUL WEEKEND! SMILES ALL AROUND!!! :)

Off to Girls Camp!!!! Mt. Lemmon or BUST!!! :)

Heart Attack waiting to HAPPEN!

Chillin by the fire! :).... Girl talk!

"FOREVER FRIENDS!" "WHAT?" :)

Sis. Alfrey and the girls! :)

Heart Attack in process...

The Scene of the CRIME! :)

The One and Only Tortolita Ward Young Women!

Tonight we were feeling a little mischevious and decided to "HEART ATTACK" our fearless Young Women Leader... Melanie Larsen.
All the girls came over to my house and we made heart cards.. thankyou Holly F. and Alex for all your pre cut hearts... sentiments expressing our love and gratitude for all of Sis. Larsen's hard work.. for her friendship and example in living the Gosple of Jesus Christ..
We are headed for such a fun experience at girls camp in less than 48 hours.. we hope to draw closer together in unity.. strengthen our testimonies of the Saviour... perform acts of secret service and well.... just have a GREAT week up at Mt. Lemmon!
Have I ever said how much I LOVE serving in Young Women??? I DO!
Thanks to my pal Sis. Alfey for her support at such short notice.. we had ALOT OF FUN!:)

I Hope they call me on a MISSION...

Thursday.. June 11th

The BOSS!

His BEAUTIFUL assistant ROBINO (aka.. Robin in Philippino)

Elder Shipley at your SERVICE!

Robin and Mother-in-law Donna holding BEAUTIFUL Mexican Bird of Paradise Flowers!


Wasn't today just beautiful? This weather is amazing! :)
Today we went over to Ray and Donna's to help trim up the Boganvia and various
flowering bushes they had that were over grown.. usually happens 2 or 3 times a year.. and then to Famous Daves BBQ..
Alot of Scott's missionary stuff has arrived that we ordered... so we are going to have fun with all of that..next week the Temple. :)

I've got FLAIR! :)

Are Women Born this way?

THANKFUL... to live in the U.S.A.

A Promise is a PROMISE!

Tonight we are having a Pre Girl Camp activity... swimming and BBQ..
I had promised the girls if they would come.. that I would do a FLIP off the diving board... so for your viewing pleasure... and funny ha! ha's!!! :)
I was hoping they would FORGET! but as you can see.. they did not! :)
A Promise is a PROMISE!
I still GOT IT! :)
My level of COOLNESS has just been raised!!!

We heard from Alexis today! :)

Tortolita Car Spa!



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Tonight was great fun as the Young Women and the Young Men had a
car wash for the Single Sisters in our ward. Women came and dropped off their car
to be vacumned... washed.. detailed.. windows etc... they were able to go inside
where they could listen to soft music... read magazines... eat snacks... paint their nails.. or just relax in the cool foyer in the church.
I am so grateful to be a part of these wonderful young people... my job was to be the greeter... that was very fun....
afterwards we had Eegees... what a GREAT group of Kids! :)

Scott's New Ward in Philippines Baguio Mission. :)

Guess what I did today?

I am exhausted today... I have always wanted to try yoga... and the Bikram Yoga place on Oracle is offerring a special... a GREAT deal... for 30 dollars.. unlimited for 30 days... so I'm in..
90 min. of Bikram yoga in a room kept at 106.. also referred to as "HOT YOGA"
I have never EVER sweat that much... but when I was finished I felt great... it is now 8:30 and I feel sore... tired and have a headache... but I am going back tomorrow... no kidding... this is like the torture chamber...
Robin vs. Herself!

Scott is learning to speak TAGALOG

Robin is LOVING LIFE!

That sounds like FACEBOOK talk, huh?

What a BEAUtiFUL DaY!

What a wonderful day the weather was today in Tucson,AZ.
Since there was no tennis to be played today... I thoroughly enjoyed the smell of creasote in the desert.. I LOVE living out in the desert.. it is so amazing and I feel so fortunate to be able to experience it's beauty daily... I really dont think there has been a day gone by without expressing gratitude for the desert views... mountains, sky, saguaro, desert critters,quail, roadrunners... even the rabbits that Larry is going insane with tearing up our grass... when it rains.. well... it is just the BEST!

Scott and I went to Einstein Bagels for breakfast before heading out to take care of mission business.. passport pictures, measuring for suits etc... very fun spending time with Elder Shipley. :) Still trying to fathom the Philippines.. 2 YEARS!

As much as I love the rain.. we need to dry up for just awhile.. tennis at 7... done at 9 and then it can rain all weekend.. keeping my fingers crossed!!!!

A GREAT GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

Wow! Not many people get to see their son-in-law and eldest daughter graduate in the same week.. Larry and I could not be any prouder of these 2 ASU GRADUATES!!!
Thursday was a BEAUTIFUL day as we witnessed John graduated from the School of Business and then went to one of their favorite Thai resturants to celebrate.. that night we were all EXHAUSTED!!!
Friday morning we watched Becky graduated from the Hugh Downs School of Communications.. with HONORS.. and Hugh Downs was the speaker... really really cool!:)
Then we went to Saguaro Lake in the boat or BECKY'S BOAT.. and had a GREAT time.. I did not know that Larry knew how to drive a boat. Later, we went to the movies.. again EXHAUSTED!!!
Larry, Scott and I had a wonderful time with John and Becky and having fun playing with our grown kids and enjoy watching them reap the rewards for all of their hard work!!!

King Scott

Why is King Scott my favorite child of all?

Maybe it is because of that smile he has, or the wonderful things he does for me. The girls in this family were, how do you say it? Average? Where my wonderful son King scott is WELL above average. He is so smart and kind to me. Why can't all children be like King Scott?

That number one that he is throwing up in the picture above, I believe says it all. He is number one in everything he does. He is so great. Sometimes I can't comprehend how amazing my son is. He just may be perfect. Sometimes I honestly feel like I don't thank him enough for all the wonderful things he does, so with that being said, Thank you King Scott for all you do!

Happy Times!!!