California.......

It feels good to be back in Cali visiting our family...
Hawaii is great but California is my favorite place to be.
All our family and friends are here, and so many things to do.
I havn't posted in a while so here are some pictures to hold this blog over until I take the time to get on and post something..

Phi Kappa Phi

Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective honor society for all academic disciplines. Its chapters are on more than 300 campuses in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Each year, approximately 30,000 members are initiated.

Since its founding, Phi Kappa Phi has initiated more than 1 million members into its ranks; all of these members have received emblems and certificates of membership. However, Phi Kappa Phi is much more than an emblem and a line on a résumé. It is a global network comprised of the best and brightest from all academic disciplines—a community of scholars and professionals building an enduring legacy for future generations.


David is in the top 10 percent of his class, he was nominated to be a member of
Phi Kappa Phi. How exciting! David has done and still is doing very well in all his classes. Last week we attended an invitational welcoming to the Phi Kappa Phi students, where each student was nominated in their category of glory(I call it that anyways). David was honored in Business Government Politics, a lot of his teachers were there and very proud of him. The event was followed by a really delicious dinner. I forgot my camera so I took a picture of David when we got home.

William Joseph

William Joseph an incredible pianist came to BYUH last night for an amazing concert! He blew me away with how talented he is. I thought hhmmmm, listen to some man play the piano, kinda boring. I'm So GLAD I went.


But Here is a youtube link check him out, you will all love him if you don't already!
http://www.william-joseph.com/media/videos/william-joseph-beyond-new-cd-epk

2 years!

Two years ago today David and I were having dinner in Sacramento at Morton's Steak House, when he asked me to marry him.

For those who don't know the story yet, David took me to Morton's for our one year anniversary. David had it all planned out, he called the steak house and had my own menu made that said ELISSA WILL YOU MARRY ME? LOVE DAVID.
Of course being me I didn't even notice it! haha
I was just so hungry I was looking at all the food. David even told me to look up and I looked at the ceiling. I was so confused. Then the waiter pulls the table out so David can get on one knee and I ask uummm David is someone else eating with us? He laughs and said, Elissa look at the top of your menu. Then that's when my jaw dropped in shock! I had no idea he was going to ask. He asked and I was like is this a joke? He made it very clear to me that we wouldn't be getting married anytime soon. He would say I was to young.(My sister and I talked about me moving to Utah with her because we thought he was waisting my time) That's how well he played it all off. I kept asking is this a joke? Are you serious? I thought you said I was too young? I thought you said in a few years!? David laughed and said, I'm pretty good a tricking you aren't I? Ohhh ya he was! I was always confused because I knew from praying about it that I should be with him but I never understood David. But it turns out he had it all planned out! And I'm glad he did it this way! It was an amazing night and experience for me that I will always remember!
So this morning I made David breakfast and said HAPPY 2 YEAR ENGAGEMENT! He looked at me all weird and said oh is it the 11Th already! So I have had my beautiful ring on my finger for 2 years and looking forward to wear it for many many more to come.
This is a gross picture. But I love our faces!

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Crouching Lion Hike

Yesterday we went on a hike with our friends, Michael, Kaitlin, Michael and, Katie. (we call them our twin friends)
We hiked crouching lion mountain. It was an awesome hike. David wasn't to thrilled to go but in the end he had a lot of fun. On this hike you seriously have to climb up using your hands on rocks to pull you up. Also there are spots where the trail is so narrow that on either side of you there are cliffs. I think David thought I was going to die on the way down because I would pretty much just let myself slide down the mountain while walking fast and one time i was going to fast that i grabbed a branch and swung down a part of the trail. I didn't even mean to do it but it was cool.




It was really amazing to see Hauu'la, Laie, the temple, Kahana valley, and the beautiful ocean. I loved it. At one point we saw a Helicopter and we were just as high if not higher then it. David's hair is getting pretty long and it was windy so his hair looked so cute all day! As you can tell in his picture with his overly happy smile.


The view from the top of the mountain was so beautiful.











The bees in Hawaii are HUGE! They freak me out.
This Hike was amazing and I can't wait to do many more!
We love Hawaii!

Egg Nog!

Last night David and I were at Costco. To our surprise we stumbled upon this!(well not this exact one, who gets light?)

If your a Taylor then you already know that this is a huge deal! My mouth dropped with excitement as I saw the carton of Egg Nog. The Holiday season has officialy begun. Now it is time to drink all the egg nog we can until it is gone!
On halloween David and I were at the store and he goes "hey Elissa EGG NOG" I about freak out and run over there and he is just laughing, so of course I knew he was lying by then! But we have it now!
Last year my Dad was on a "diet" and didn't drink any egg nog. (so he said) But lets see if he will do that again!
Since it is always hot and we don't have seasons here, it's nice to have egg nog around and know we will be home for Christmas.

HughHugh

Watching Hugh eat lunch is hilarious! He has so many funny faces. If I don't watch him eat he will get all sad and cry. As soon as I look at him he starts to laugh. David and I find it pretty entertaining.
These are Hugh's happy face's!


These are his you are not watching me face's!



Hugh gets so messy while eating. He throws his food all over the kitchen and the living room. But I think he looks so cute while doing it so I don't mind cleaning it all up. David refuses to help me clean it up because he doesn't understand why I let him do it. Babies are babies they need to have fun too! I have learned to lay down news paper which helps a lot!
Dad keeps telling me I need to post on here everyday. I'm afraid I would bore you all if I did. Writing about Hugh isn't exactly exciting either,(to those who don't even know him, but I'm sure mom, dad, and Kim appreciate it, maybe.) but this is what I do everyday. Lately this is really all I have been doing. I haven't been to the beach in a couple of weeks. I'm going to lose my tan! Watching two one year olds is quite challenging at times. David came with me and the little boys to the park today and he asked "how do you watch them both by yourself?" Which I have no idea how i do it sometimes. I think today they were just being crazy. They both were all over the place and we were chasing them every where. David was in charge of Hugh, and well Hugh fell and bit his lip so he was bleeding everywhere and David was just like UHHHHHHHH I didn't do it I swear! hahaha. I was like David kids fall and get hurt its ok, just check his mouth and make sure he is fine. I think the blood made it look worse then what it really was so it scared David.

MAN TAG!

A. The rules are posted at the beginning.

B. Each Person answers questions about their sweethearts

C. At the End of the post, the person then tags people and posts their names; then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged.

Alright people here are the facts and details.

What is your husbands name? David Thomas Robins

How long have you been married? A year and 5 months

How long did you date? 2 years, friends for almost 7

How old is he? 23

Who eats more sweets? David by far

Who said I love you first? David

Who is taller? Dahveed

Who can sing the best? Im going to say ME

Who is smarter? DAVID!

Who does the laundry? That would be me, david hasn't done it once since we have been married and when we dated!

Who pays the bills? I do

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me

Who mows the lawn? BYU, but if we had one i would.

Who cooks dinner? I do, sometimes david will

Who drives? I drive the most

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? David

Who kissed who first? David kissed me first

Who asked who out first? David asked me, and i thought he was joking, just like when he proposed I was like seriously!(he jokes a lot)

Who wears the pants? Im going to say both of us

I tag stephanie & Michelle

What I do......

This is what I get to do almost everyday!




And let me tell you how bad I sweat! Look at how hot and red these boys get! But they love to be outside, which is nice because they play, play, play, and then take a nice long nap. And then wake up and are ready to play more. Children are like batteries, they sleep/recharge and then they are off again until time to charge.
I've really loved watching these two boys. I have been watching Hugh since he was 5 months. He is now 15 months and we just love this boy so much!


Hugh used to be so chubby!
Besides watching these boys, I have been playing basketball, volleyball, going to the beach, hitting up the gym as much as possible, and making Halloween crafts!
I must say I do have it pretty easy! I love my life!

The past week or so!

So David has been super busy with school, basketball, volleyball, water polo, surfing, scuba diving, and the stock market; that I don't even know how I see him! I have been playing basketball as well on the girls team and he usually can make it to the end of my game, because he has water polo. I keep telling him he needs to take a break. One day he had so much going on he came home at 11:00 pm and started his homework. He forgot that he had to have his PowerPoint done by the next day, plus do all his homework. He asked me to stay up with him so he wouldn't fall asleep. Well I made it until 12:30 and went to bed. I woke up at 4:00am to find David still doing homework. I woke up at 6:00am to find him finishing up his homework. He went to bed from 6:00am till 7:00am got up took a shower then had class at 8:00am. He went to school until 1:00pm then came home ate lunch then headed back to school to study for a test. He took his test then went surfing or something to do with swimming and water. He then stayed up until 1:00 am doing homework. The alarm clock went off at 3:45am (time for the stock market) he stayed up until 5:00am and then went back to bed again until 7:00am. I have no idea how he can do that, I need at least 7 hours of sleep! But I came home to find this around 2:00pm.

I knew he had to sleep sometime! He took an hour and a half nap and then went to the beach to surf. I love the picture of David riding his board laying down. He looks so happy!



So after Davids long week of 3 tests 3 days in a row and all his other activities we were excited to have conference! It was a nice weekend of laying on the couch, not getting dressed, and eating. (well David did go surfing Saturday afternoon) But other then that it was very relaxing. We made some yummy crepes!

Our plans for today have changed because I' am making David relax. We were going to go to the beach, then our volleyball game, then Davids water polo club, but I have decided David's body needs some time to recuperate.
So I've noticed this blog is all about what David is doing so I will post one about me soon! Here are some more pictures of what were up to!