The Robinsons

November 25, 2006 We thought the holidays would be really sad, but Thanksgiving was actually a good day. In fact, I would rate it pretty high. I missed my children and grandchildren, of course, but our volunteer family was wonderful to celebrate with. It was a rather odd Thanksgiving day because we worked. The teams that were here had come for Michigan, Illinois and Tennessee and they wanted to make their time count. I worked a short day with the hope of watching a football game, which seemed the cultural thing to do. While I was working, the "man of the house" was watching the game in his FEMA trailer. His Thanksgiving day activity was the only thing I saw that resembled my cultural concept. As I sat in my truck eating my lunch I observed the neighborhood. This is a poor, black neighborhood in Biloxi. Seeing how they relaxed on a holiday gave me a great appreciation for Alden Ave. There are no nice porches with nice furniture or even nice yards. There is trash everywhere and...

Emma Sage Robinson performed beautifully in The Moscow Ballet's presentation of the Nutcracker. Venue: The Historic State Theater. This 1928 theater of Moorish-Gothic-Renaissance design in the heart of the downtown theater district comfortably seats 1,600. Attendance: Tenth sell-out since reopening five years ago. Did I mention Emma:)

hello everyone!!!! just wanted to post something, heres a little update. we are all doing well. jack has been going through alot lately, he has been diagnosed with asthma. its the way his body is reacting to his allergies, so now he is regularly taking an inhailor, which seems to be helping, although it makes him kind of grumpy and a little wild. ugh. also he's got to have some dental work done, we met the most amazing pediatric dentist yesterday. the whole office is centered around children, they have child size dental chairs, toys every where, and the most talented wonderful treat-giving staff we've ever met. the dentist himself is incredible, and although jack will need to be somewhat sedated to get this work done, i feel so much better knowing it will be done by someone who truly cares about children. emma has been doing just great, she has a really fun teacher this year, and is really loving her dance classes. she'll be in the nutcracker in just a few weeks..... all th...

i simply had to post this pic again.... bigger, because i just love the expressions on each beautiful face