Last year my family started planning big summer vacation. We decided we would go up to the Calgary stampede, over to Banff (a quaint little town located way up in the mountains of Canada) and then to Couer d' Alene Idaho to do some boating. I could not wait for this trip. I love rodeos and to be able to go to one of the greatest ones ever was surely going to be a treat. I Graduated with my Bachelors in Behavioral Science (Social Work) in June (I know, I know, you all voted me least likely to even go to college in High School but I did it). So I was getting ready for a new job. Christian was actually just starting summer school at BYU so we both started questioning if we would be able to attend. Being the determined little gal that I am, I basically told my new job I would be leaving and they were okay with it. Christian wasn't so lucky. His teachers all told him he would bascially fail the class if he went (Trig and Chem aren't great classes to get behind in). So long story short my sweet husband was only able to fly up Friday after school, see some of Banff and drive down to Idaho, get some wake boarding in, and flew home Monday. We're just lucky he was able to come up at all though. The following are pictures we took on our trip. Stupidly I didn't get any pics of the Calgary stampede. It's a long story but basically we went to the rodeo which was amazing.......ly cold. But it was still a hoot. Then we ended up getting rained out so we cut that trip short and drove to Banff. Summer vacations with the fam always make the best of memories.
Poor poor Chrish, dreaming of conversions and molecules and...Michelle.
The Smith family Robinsons and below is me and Leslie. We're the interior designers of the finished project. I really hope she doesn't go anywhere too far for college in a year...she's my homie. 
This first picture is a real life photo of Christian asleep on his chemistry book. My poor buddy has been swamped with work and school. He's going to BYU full time doing a summer semester that is super intense AND working as much as possible. Most of the time when we are home he's studying or doing hours and hours of homework. Today he needed to study for a chemistry test and about 4 minutes into it I look over and he's dead asleep. He's the busiest person I know (along with Shelby) getting up at 5 am to get to work and going to bed after 12am most nights. Luckily for me he still finds time to hang out with his best bud Titan. (ok really it's me...and Titan) Anyway the other day we were hanging out at his parents house and they have huge Elm trees! In one of the trees there was an old tree fort that had been there for years. Christian was up in the fort goofing around when one of his feet almost went right through the floor. So we started kicking the old wood apart till the whole thing fell at least 20 feet to the ground. This sparked an idea that we should build up a new one! So we got all the kids together and went around to construction sites collecting wood from the dumpsters. We have now made a few trips to Lowes and Home Depot and are starting to put it together. It's so fun to be able to act like kids again, playing in his back yard just like we did in the 9th grade. Christian and his brother think this treehouse is going be three levels high...we'll see. It is one of the biggest trees ever. I'll post pictures of the final project. I just think it's so important to have balance in life. When you're working, work. When you're playing play. And make room for both!
