I have to say...

...that The Bride looked infinitely better than this on Saturday.
More pictures to come! Courtney want to send those pictures to my email? :D

Another brief update: (post publishing: this was brief when I had orginally posted, but it keeps getting longer.)
Giulia gave a talk two Sundays ago. It was on the conversion power of the Book of Mormon. I recommend watching this. Or reading this, or this, or this. Or do all four (ifn you have time. You'll get the gist of what I spoke on, minus the blubbering and tears. Much better than the real thing). And also watching this (you might as well, you were just at the same website!). We think she may have started a new trend. Ok, ok, ok, so I procrastinated the part of actually writing all my thoughts down until the night before/morning of. Not thinking that I wouldn't have access to a printer, I typed my thoughts on my laptop. Not having time to write what I had typed, I brought my laptop with me to the pulpit. I am told that our Bishop thought it was hilarious. Other than that, I think it went quite well.
David is speaking in church this coming Sunday. (Maybe). We might be in Utah for the weekend though, we haven't fully committed yet. We need to decide today so we can let the Bishopric know. They should have just had us speak together two weeks ago.
And since we're on the topic of church-related matters: Giulia is the Relief Society pianist and David is a Young Men's advisor. Two funny stories: 1) A few weeks ago for a Young Men's activity, the boys did some Self-Defense stuff. At the end, they were "going all out". David was partnered with Tavin (the only priest in the group, and who also happens to be best friends with Lindsey). Somehow during the grapple, Tavin's face met with David's elbow. Sorry Tavin!!!! 2) Last Sunday morning we were woken up with a call from a member of the Bishopric. He said that they were having a situation and needed me to play for sacrament meeting. ...and I guess that story isn't funny. I was the accompanist for Sacrament Meeting. The End. :)

Jerrick returned from the Spokane, Washington Mission after two faithful, honorable years.

At the airport, David and I thought we could be the bearers of good news by leaving the group waiting at the escalators at the end of baggage claim, and going to the monitors at the other end. The monitors where the group was waiting only showed when a flight's baggage was coming. The monitors where we were showed when which flight was "landing",  had "grounded", or was "at the gate". We wanted to wait until "at the gate" was blinking next to Jerrick's flight number. So we waited, and waited, and waited....and nothing ever happened to Jerrick's flight number. There was another flight listed below his that was also coming from Salt Lake, and that one went through the sequence of "landing", "grounded", and "at the gate". So we thought for sure that Jerrick's was next. Wrong! As soon as the other flight number read "at the gate" Jerrick's flight number disappeared from the monitor and the cart that his baggage was to come out on started moving. David and I looked at each other, yelled- "Shoot!"- and sprinted for the other end of the airport. By the time we got there, everyone (EVERYONE) had already taken pictures with the RM and was making their way to Carousel 7. :( sad, but funny.

Reunion after 3+ years apart:

I was looking at Grandpa's camera! not fair.

the twins: 

and the sign is passed down. 

I gave this to Courtney when Daniel got home, and Jerrick had left a few weeks before. Now Brooke (and Carli) can have it for a few years while Filipinotino is serving. :)

A few nights ago we were at Rob and Liz's, just hanging out and playing games. Skyler and Austin came over (some of Jerrick's friends, both recent RM's as well) showed up. Jerrick introduced them to his cousin David. And then paused, laughed, and said, "...And this is my cousin, Giulia." We all got a good laugh from that. :) [I went to high school with those boys. Who would have guessed that when they got home for their missions I would be a Robbins?]

One more funny story.
10 years ago, the Rob & Liz Robbins family made a time capsule. They opened it last week. Courtney wrote that one of her best friends was "Giulia Stolworthy and we love to play foursquare." Now, 10 years later, Giulia Stolworthy is Giulia Stolworthy ROBBINS, all because of foursquare.

Courtney and Giulia, 6th grade (maybe 5th?), 2000. Sorry about the blur, it's a picture of a picture. I need to scan the original.

May 2009

Summer 2009

Photos courtesy of Courtney's Facebook. :)

January 2010