Oh man – do we love Mrs Rutter.  She was Jacob's third grade teacher, and now Caleb got the pleasure of having her too.  What a gem she is.  She gave my son a love for math!!  Woo-hoo!  He even got a mathmetician award this year (after needing tutoring at the beginning of the year). …

I felt a little sad having my baby "graduate" from preschool – especially this sweet, wonderful school.  Samuel has SO enjoyed his first and last year of preschool…attending T and Th from 9 am – 2pm.  His teachers, Ms Jennifer and Ms Holly, were so loving and fun.  He never complained or hesitated about going…

The week before Mother's Day this year was a hard one.  I had just experienced a miscarriage on Monday, a pregnancy we had hoped for.  We were excited to welcome a fourth Smith baby in December.  But between 7-8 weeks I had a confirmed miscarriage, which left me disappointed and sad.  I resigned to just…

Once a year, the Arts departments at Caleb's school have a "showcase" night for family and friends to watch them perform.  It's so fun to see the choir, the dramatics group, the drum group, and the jump ropers do their thing. Here's cutie, cutie Caleb doing "his" thing with the choir.  Being a part of this…

The MS 150 is now a family tradition!  Jacob has been wanting to participate in this ride for years.  But each year they would increase the age requirement – from 8 to 10, from 10 to 12.  So finally, he had the chance to ride with the team.  Getting him to train diligently was a…

We really lucked out on finding the Art House in McKinney.  They offer homeschool art classes, and Jacob loves art, so we gave them a try.  It's not a huge program (the homeschool aspect anyway) which made it kind of nice. Sona Knox owns this old historic home in downtown McKinney and turned it into an…

Now that we have a membership, you might see lots of Dallas Zoo posts. :)  The kids had a day off on Monday, April 30.  Jacob spent the day at Lance's for an Air Soft war.  So I took Caleb, his friend Jax, and Samuel to the zoo.  It was a lovely day – overcast…

Caleb's baseball this team is a little like the Bad News Bears – but cuter.  They have a super supportive and enthusiastic coach who signed up only because no one else would.  And he's coaching his other son, and travels for work.  And several of the kids have never played before.  Caleb had yet to…

Today we got to attend the baptism for my nephew, Graham, at Preston Hollow Presbyterian.  It was a special event and we were honored guests.  Afterwards Anne hosted a lovely luncheon for the families.  It's always fun to be with the Doak family – they're always welcoming of us Robinson's.  And Graham was such a…

On Saturday night, we took Jacob for a very special evening out to attend the temple for the first time.  We did baptisms for the dead.  It was great to be with him in such a sacred and special place.  And he loved it. Afterwards, we took him to our favorite post-temple restaurant – a…