Family By Divine Design:: Christmas past . . . but not very far past

08 February 2008

Christmas past . . . but not very far past

Dietrich checking out the contents of his stocking on Christmas morning. This, unfortunately is the only pic we got of him. We got a little bit of video, but we ran out of battery. Grr! Then we have Dietrich enjoying the bed Mom and Dad slept in at Grandma & Grandpa Robinson's house. These pictures of large cat ornaments on our Christmas tree were taken for the benefit of my Aunt Ranae. Ever since we were young she has given my siblings and I Christmas ornaments to be opened on Christmas Eve. I really loved animals when I was little - apparently I especially liked cats. So my ornaments have been cats! But these are the largest ones and quite inappropriate for the tree we have now - it can barely hold them! Even if it could though, Dave insisted, "We are not having a Christmas tree full of cats!" But I had to put them on long enough to take pics and send them to my Aunt. Aren't they just bizarre?

2 comments:

Emily Judd08 February, 2008 17:43
okay those cat ornaments are classic. I think you should always put them on your tree. You can be the crazy cat lady! :-)
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Ravid09 February, 2008 10:12
Well, they are superior to real cats since they don't shed. :-)
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David's Bio

I grew up in southeastern Idaho moving at age one from the center of our town to the outskirts. This home had approximately ten acres and much of my youth was spent outdoors both playing and working with my grandparents on their farms. I enjoyed sports throughout my life and was active in wrestling and football throughout junior high and high school. My junior and senior years at high school a sweet young girl even convinced me to join the ballroom dance team. I graduated from high school and attended BYU where I earned my Bachelors degree in Biology in April 2007. Having been raised in the gospel it has always been an influence in my life.

Rachael's Bio

I lived in south central Idaho on a two-acre property in a three-story home until the fourth grade. We moved to Idaho's capitol where we lived until I was in eighth grade when we moved to south eastern Idaho. This move affected my life greatly. It helped me to gain and solidify my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as helped me decide how accurately I was going to live the gospel. This is also where I met David who was to become my best friend and husband. After graduating from high school in 2001 I attended BYU for four and a half years and graduated with a B.A. in Modern Dance, shortly before giving birth to our first child. Through all of my experiences my faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ and my dedication to living His gospel with integrity has increased. My greatest desire is that I will be able to help my children live and love the gospel.

Our Love Story

Rachael and David met first in their ward after Rachael moved in at the age of fourteen. Rachael's family had just moved across town to a home more suited to their needs than the original duplex. Both of their families were active in the church and Rachael and David both served in leadership positions of their respective YM/YW groups. With that constant exposure to each other was added the fact that they went to the same high school and were in the same graduating class. They found each other to be attractive and dated each other quite a bit near the end of their senior year and the summer afterward. After his freshman year at BYU David went on a mission to Russia - Rachael wrote him about every month and a half, just as an "interested" friend. Rachael was at home working for the summer when David returned from his mission and immediately felt that she wanted to date him again, so she asked him to go see the Phantom of the Opera in Salt lake City; thereafter followed about six months of courtship before they were married in Logan, Utah. Now they're both "the luckiest."