Andee

This post is dedicated to a special angel friend of mine, Andee. She came to this earth a day before my birthday a few years ago. It hurt my heart to see friends go through the pain of saying goodbye to a child, but this sweet girl brought such a special spirit to this world. Her family was brave and strong and amazing. I would like to dedicate this November = Love post to Andee and her sweet family.

November = Love because:
Good people do good things and while doing good things bring hope and love into "a world where people are confused". I am grateful for the Stevens family. For November = Love they decided to go visit the widows in their ward. Then it snowed where they lived and they went and shoveled the snow of all their neighbors. What great service they showed. They shared a bit of how they felt while serving that I believe captures the reason we do November = Love. "It's amazing how close you feel to the spirit and for us, Andee when you do service and show acts of love."
Stevens family thank you! Thank you for participating in November = Love for my sweet babies and your own. What a great gift we can give as we remember our loved ones that have passed. Thank you a million times for your Christ like love and service. May you feel the spirit of love this holiday season.

Olivia

November = Love is a tradition I am glad came to my heart and each year it seems to get better. This year I have decided to dedicate my posts to friends and family that do so much for my family and I. People that remember Graydin and Alice, people who are Christ like, people who love and don't necessarily want me to post about them, but I am going to any ways. I have to catch up on my posts so there will be a few each day until I catch up. :)

This post is dedicated to my Sweet Olivia. She is my ultimate November = Love hero. She always remembers Graydin and Alice and she always loves them, in a way that is more Christ like then I can describe. She talks about them, asks about them and tells me stories about them. She fills my heart with love and I am grateful for her.
She also loves to do service with us. She loves to love others. She seriously is a little bit of sunshine sent from Heaven to warm our hearts and make us smile.
This year Olivia gave donuts to her daddy's work and to her Aunt Jessie and Uncle Tyler. When Olivia sees Lin's she knows that there are donuts in there. And when we go get her a donut she starts to list the people she needs to take donuts too. So one donut usually turns into a dozen and we go deliver.
So this post is dedicated to our Sunshine baby and the one who can bring a smile on a face that thought they may never smile again. I love you Olivia!

Riley

This November = Love post is dedicated to Riley. Riley came and lived with Tayce, Olivia and I in January of 2013. He has been a joy and pain, but most of all he has helped me grow in so many ways. I love to watch his love for others. He has had to deal with a lot living in my crazy house, but he seems to be okay with it. This November Riley donated blood. Whether he knows it or not, donating blood is a huge deal. Because of people donating blood it saved sweet Olivia's life and many other micro-preemies. I know that Graydin and Alice are grateful for that service and that is why this post is dedicated to Riley. Love you Riley, keep becoming the amazing person I see in you.

Happy Birthday To Me!

Well, usually I wouldn't make a post about my own birthday, but today there is a purpose so there is a post.
I have decided on my 29th birthday to form a list called my 30 before 30 also known as My Journey to Thirty! 


The List:

•  Be Healthy
• Gain a love of exercising, make it a habit (with Tayce)
• Find me- be me, love me and know my worth (So, I can fully serve and love others more)
• Go to a new place- ADVENTURES
• Type up my journals
• Read 10+ books
• Take Olivia to Disneyland (This will be after I turn 30 because we have decided to go to Disneyland for Thanksgiving next year!)
• Love more - Hate less
• Study the life of Christ
• Learn to pray for real
• Fast every month
• Go to the temple a lot! (At least twice a month)
• Love being a mom! 
• Blog once a week
• Go to a new temple
• Go to a temple open house
• Go to the movies
• Appreciate my blessings
• Get back to the basics
• Learn something new
• Read/study my scriptures every single day
• Eat something new
• Paint a picture
• Make year books (digital scrapbooks)
• Visit a new state
• Cook with Olivia often 
• Have an amazing graduation party for Riley
• Be a potter for a day ;) 
• Be able to swim 1 mile
• Have a huge awesome 30th birthday party for Tay and I (and make sure Tiff is there to celebrate her 29th birthday- we share the same birthday) 

Now I hope this journey I am embarking will lead me to be a better person today then yesterday and each day on. I hope that my journey will bring me closer to my Savior and my loved ones. And I hope that I can find joy in each moment and serve others on that path. 

November = Love

November is here again, it comes too fast if you ask me. But, now that I have something positive to focus on it's a little bit easier.

So, for those of you who do not know what November = Love is, it is this: In the whole month of November my family and I focus on serving others, being kind, loving more and doing all of this in remembrance of our angel babies Graydin and Alice. We post some of the things we do, some of it we like keeping annonomyus. What we say to our friends and family is this, if you would like to do something in remembrance of Graydin and Alice we would love it! Send us an email, text, Facebook message, or shoot us a call and we can make a blog post about it. It can include pictures, or no pictures, names or no names. It's up to you.

Happy November = Love

We are Alive :)

 So as you can see we are alive and well, eating cookies and learning how to dunk like a true Robinson. :)

(Good friend Kayce reminded me how to crochet and now I am crocheting Graydin/Alice sized blankets for the families we go and serve in the hospitals .)

Our lives have been busy, but good. We are truly blessed. Let us start from the oldest: Tay is working and working and working some more. He is an amazing provider and just keeps going even when times are tough. What a blessing he is to me and to our family. He is working hard and we are praying for one job by the end of the summer. Keep your fingers crossed friends. He starts his second masters this May in Education, what a guy.

 (We have these amazing neighbors who we LOVE, we made a new tradition that we will be eating smores with chocolate chip cookies instead of graham crackers.)

Second oldest would be me, and I am good. I love being a mama and I love putting my time and energy into Share. Those of you who don't know I help run a non-profit organization here in Southern Utah that goes and helps families at the time of a loss, we also do support group meetings, service meetings, many other things but our latest accomplishment is our 1st annual walk! 

 Our walk was on May 10th and it was fabulous. Above you see Brenda, myself and Kayce, we were getting ready for those who walked to come back so we could hand out balloons. The event was beautiful and wonderful and my heart is full that we were able to accomplish such an amazing thing. So many people need to be thanked and hugged and thanked again. Love you all who participated.

 The third oldest would be Riley Man as of tomorrow he is a senior in high school! Wow do I feel old. He is working a lot and hard and I am proud to say that boy almost has ALL A's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an accomplishment. I am continually grateful he is here in our family. He might drive me bonkers but I can't imagine him anywhere else. Love you Ry!

 We will skip the youngest to give a little shout out to the newest member of our family Jessica! We are glad to have her. Tyler and Jessica got married in the Manti Temple on March 8th and I couldn't be more happy for them. What a wonderful choice they made to start their eternal family in the temple. I am so proud of my baby brother. He a great man.

 The youngest that you see below is a cute little poop. She is sassy and emotional and funny and energetic and pretty much looks like her dad and I hear she acts like me. :)
She is talking and sassing and dancing and singing and counting and helping and trying to climb and all kinds of thing I never thought she would be able to do. She is my miracle and my sunshine and my joy. I love her she is an amazing little girl.

 We have been doing yard work, gardening, hanging out with our neighbors, preparing for pre-school! cleaning and reading.

 We have even had our share of Pink Eye! Allergies Colds, scrapes and bruises, hurt hearts and sad days, but we keep on keeping on.

And in the end of the day no matter what happens I know that we are blessed. Blessed to have the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives, blessed to have amazing friends and family, blessed to live in a beautiful place with beautiful people, blessed to have so much. Thank you for being a blessing in our lives. Until next time SMILE and know you are loved.

Share Families of Southern Utah

Lately I, with many wonderful woman and their families have been working on Share Families of Southern Utah's first annual walk. This walk is for remembrance and hope. It is to spread awareness and to remember those babies that we have said good bye to, too soon. All the proceeds will go to our local group to continue to help families while going through the loss of a baby.
We provide in hospital support, where we help families, provide a free photo session, bring clothing, blankets, education, mementos and other items to help families. We also provide a monthly support group for mothers, a monthly service meeting, where we make things we give to families in need, couple support groups, children support groups and family activities. Also every October 15th we participate in the Wave of Light, remembering our sweet angel babies.
I invite my family and friends to attend this event on May 10th and share this with others. To register for the event go to                                 
                       www.southernutahshare.com                      

Thank you all for your love and support. If you have any questions email me at laciejorobinson@gmail.com.

Why I Love Christmas

Merry Christmas!

As I look at my Christmas decoration, notice the twinkling lights all around, hear the sweet melodies of Christmas, smell the scents that come at this time of year, and look back on the memories I have of Christmas, I LOVE CHRISTMAS!
Is it a hard time of year? Well, sometimes. I think about what a 5 year old little boy would want from Santa and how many Christmas projects we would have done already. I ponder what a sweet 3 year old girl would be doing with all the lights and decoration. If she would be helping Olivia destroy everything or be dutifully tattling on her. So, the answer is yes it is, but because of those sweet angels I love this season. 

Growing up Christmas was good. My mom was way into decorations and when I was young she was an elf at the mall with Santa. So we were always festive. I have a wonderful family, but I don't fit in. I never really have and I was and is reminded often of that. I love that about me now, but as a kid it wasn't the greatest. So, sometime holidays were hard for me. As I grew I feel like I wanted Christmas to be the greatest holiday ever, but it never seemed to sink in for me.
It was Christmas of 2008 that I gained my Christmas testimony. It was that year that I felt the TRUE meaning of Christmas, it was that year that I felt Christ in my life with more power than I ever knew. It was in that year that I fell in love with Christmas. I gained a testimony of why we really celebrate Christmas. We celebrate the birth of our Savior. We celebrate the He was born and because of that He lived and grew and eventually died  for each of us so we could live again with our families. Because of Him I get to be with my babies again. It was in 2008 that I knew that I would be with Graydin again. It was that year that I decided to LOVE Christmas because it was a reminder of my sweet boy. 

Thank you Graydin, thank you for giving me the gift of the true meaning of Christmas. Thank you for being my son and a costant reminder that we have a Savior that loves us and allows us to be together again. 

Merry Christmas Graydin and Alice. I love you both with all my heart!

Now as a family we remember our Savior Jesus Christ and our sweet babies. The best Christmas gift was given to me this year. Olivia, Tayce and I were sitting on the couch and she pointed up at Graydin's shadow box and said "Graydin's box" and than looked at Alice's picture and said "Baby Alice." What a wonderful gift to hear her recognize them. I love you Olivia you are my joy!  

Merry Christmas 2013