Today Amy is the big 27! Super fun!
Bob did a great job tricking Amy into thinking she was going to a special park for a birthday celebration. He had her close her eyes the whole way to the "park." It was fun to see her surprise when she ended up at our house for dinner and a party! We love you Amy! Happy Birthday!I know its not even Halloween yet, but Christmas just creeps up so quickly. Before you know it, you will be standing in long lines to purchase perfect gifts for family and friends.
Each year in our family we draw names of who we get to get gifts for. If you are like me, it would be so much fun to get something for everyone; however, it just is too cost prohibitive. So we wanted to make the name drawing a little more predictable so you don't keep getting the same family each year. Look below for this year's list.
The GIVER.........................Who you get to get a gift for...
The McKinley's ...........................Julie
The Jensen's ...............................the McKinley's
Michael & Amy ...........................the Jensen's
Joe & Kami ..................................Michael & Amy's family
Daniel & Jana ..............................Joe & Kami's family
The Shupe's ................................Daniel and Jana's family
The Padilla's ...............................the Shupes
Jacob & Natalie ..........................the Padillas
David ..........................................Jacob & Natalie
Julie ............................................David
Next year we will just move column two down one space. The person at the bottom of column two will then move to the top of column two. This way we each get a different family every nine years. Eventually, a year will come and you will have yourself to get gifts for. Since that wouldn't be much fun, we will move column two twice. But don't worry about that for now since that won't happen for nine years!!!
Mom and Dad are exempt from the family gift exchange list because everyone loves to get mom and dad gifts! Plus, they want to do a little something for all of their twenty-something grandchildren.
Happy shopping! I hope to see everyone at the big Christmas dinner at the Jensen's!
This weekend Sarah and Amy came over to rock out on Guitar Hero World Tour. Amy is on the drums, Sarah has the microphone and I am on guitar. Here is our first attempt at being the next great "Girl Band!"
We ROCK!!!
Do you think we should audition for "America's Got Talent?"
Congratulations to Cody and Jillian Robles on the arrival of their baby boy. He arrived today around 8pm in Rexford, Idaho weighing about 9 pounds. His name is Joseph Levi. This makes 5 grandkids for Randee and Brent! They have a long way to go before they catch up with Mom and Dad :) We can hardly wait to see this cute little baby!
The finished project!!!!!
Here Steve was working hard, we couldn't have done it without him.
Cayden was able to join the crew, unfortunately Colby was stuck at home with the flu.... poor guy!!! 
Michael and Daniel hard at work!!!!!
Doesn't she looked surprised with her lovely tiara, magic wand and sprinkled cupcake?
Grandma was on her way to visit a friend that lives near Sierra Vista. She wanted to stop in Casa Grande and have lunch with Lori. She also invited Amy and I to join her there for lunch. Our sensational meal was at the Wendy's at the Outlet Mall in Casa Grande, very glamorous!
Today she was sporting her zebra bag. Amy just knew that Sarah would want to see this super cute purse and be jealous about it ;)
The party table at Wendy's! We even sang Happy Birthday to Grandma. The other diners in the restaurant clapped.
Time for presents! Grandma received three cute shirts from Mom.
She also received this rustic birdhouse to adorn her backyard from me (Haley). Maddi helped pick it out at HobbyLobby.
The best part of the party was chowing down on the sprinkled cupcakes. Robby loved to stick his fingers in the cupcake frosting but became frustrated that when he shook his hand, it wouldn't come off. Eventually, Amy stuck his hand in his mouth so he could taste the sweet frosting. After that, he had no problem shoving the cupcake in his face. Robby will be ready for his birthday cake this weekend!I just want everyone to know that I have just created a blog. So check it out at jacobandnatalierobles.blogspot.com Don't judge it. I just started and I don't really know what I'm doing. But now you can stay posted in our lives.
-Natalie
