Still Iced In! Still Powerless!

We are 1 of the millions still without power. We have been without power since Tuesday afternoon! We stayed at home on Tuesday night, but yesterday it was just too cold and we decided to stay with friends last night. There are currently 3 huge pine trees in our back yard, and we can't see our fence, so we don't know if our fence is still standing or not. The electric company has said it won't be until Saturday night that we get our power back, but we are hoping it happens sometime today.

When we get our camera up and running we will upload some pics of the damage.

Ice Storm

Well, we are experiencing our first real ice storm! My over-achiever, I mean, very committed husband, braved the 2" thick ice on the roads and went in to work this morning, hope he makes it home! (I really hope he makes it to the store first too to buy a few flashlights). We are hoping not to lose power, but some parts of the area already have. Grace and I went outside to take a few pictures. This has all happened in less than 24 hrs. and the freezing rain is still coming down. I have to say, it sure is beautiful compared to a Southwest dust storm!

The boy loves to dance!

Grace's drawing

Man I Miss My Crew Today!

This picture pretty much sums it up. This is a busy time of year at work, which means I'm at work early and leave late. When I do get home the kids are ready for bed and could careless about seeing daddy. WORK, who invented it, and when did it become such a significant part of our lives? Don't get me wrong, I'm blessed to have a job and I really like what I do. I just miss my family, and lets face it, life is short. No point in not enjoying the journey! I need to remember this feeling when I'm impatient with my wonderful children at home. Anyways, enough of me venting, back to life.

Our Christmas Gift.

Santa didn't make it to our house this year, instead, the Stork did! Our family is growing! We will be welcoming our 3rd baby in July. We've never been more blind-sided, surprised, caught off guard, panicked...(you get the idea), but after experiencing those emotions, we are THRILLED about our new addition and this special, special blessing we've been given. We'll be sure to keep you posted.

All our love, the Robbins' family.

Holiday Photos

If you click on the link below, you can view pictures from our Thanksgiving with Becca's family and Christmas with Kirk's family. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

http://picasaweb.google.com/beccarobbins/Holidays2008#

Grace on her Pulpit.

Today both Ben and Becca are under the weather and decided to stay home from church. Grace & I went to church and then went to breakfast. After you have multiple children it is always special when you get to dedicate individual time to one of them. Needless to say, this morning was a real blessing to both Becca & I. Becca got some much needed extra sleep and I got to have some alone time with Grace. After we got home, Grace decided she'd preach to Becca about Adam & Eve. While Grace can be a handful at times, I'm SO thankful she has a heart for the Lord. My prayer is that this continues through her adolescence.

Have a Blessed New Years!

The Robbins Nest!

Mommy must add that as Grace was reading me her Bible story, it went like this: "On the 4th day of Christmas, God created the fish and the birds!"