The Robinsons

The Robinsons

Brad Visits Isla

Brad visits his new grandbaby Isla Jean Hansen. Isla, Jamie and Ian will be sealed in the Spokane Temple on January 31st, and baby Isla will be blessed on February 1st. We will be

taking a long weekend to Spokane to attend, we are so excited!

Brad and Kris become Grandparents!

What an exciting Christmas Brad and I had in 2008. We each had daughters' that had baby's! Angela had a baby girl November 14th (which is Jamies' birthday), and Jamie had a baby girl on December 31 (which was her husband Ians' birthday)! I was able to go out to St. Louis to help Angela for a week and attend Esther's blessing and Brad and I will be going up for Jamie's daughters blessing and temple sealing.
We are so excited!

Crystal Gets Married 8-08-2008

Aaron and Crystal emerging from the temple!

On September 9Th my niece Crystal got married in the San Diego Temple! We had a great time with my sister and her children and extended family!The day was gorgeous and Crystal looked radiant! Below is a picture of the wedding party! The Bridesmaids. My Amanda (left), third to left my niece Alicia, to the right of the groom April, my other niece, and who will be having her first baby any time now!

Amanda and Crystal

The Divis Family visits Sacramento!

Over the fourth of July
we had a visit from the Divis Family. We played all day long, swimming, basketball, and a fun trip to AT&T Park to see the giants play!

A find when visiting Brad's Aunt!

Mary Jane Dall Sylvester (center) and Her husand George (right), (Brad's maternal grandparents), horse back riding near their home in Knightsville, Utah. During the town's peak it was only one of two mining camps in Utah without saloons or red-light districts. George made his living as a miner. The George and Mary Jane Sylvester Family in front of the Manti temple 1924 on their sealing day. Brad's mom, Ada Sylvester and Aunt Ruth are in front!

This summer I had a nice genealogy find in regards to Brad's family. Since Brad & I married three years ago I have been trying to connect with people to help me bring Brad's family history to life. One thing I love about my husband is the special relationship he had with his parents and his siblings. The Kings are basically the nicest family ever. They are all very good to each other, but the one thing I noticed was a lack of some shared family history. The last serveral years Brad and I have traveled down to visit his Aunt Ruth, and we had such wonderful visits. The last visit we took was with Rip and Leslie, Leslie is Brad's sister. I had asked several times for pictures but never really got anything from Ruth, but when Leslie came down she just took over and really found us some valuable pictures that I want to share.

A Note from the Past......

I have been working on my (step) 2nd great grandmother's genealogy with my cousin Randy, her name was Angelina Lewis Schweikert. I hate to even call her a step because she lovingly raised my Great Grandmother who lost her mother when she was two years old. Not only did Angelina raise 8 of my great-great grandmothers siblings but she had 9 of her own children with my GG grandfather John Schweikert. Below is a note that was attached to her marriage certificate that we just located, the note gives permission from Angelina's father, (Andrew), for Angelina, (28 years old at the time), to marry John Schweikert, age 47!
Let me translate:

June the 14th 1873
"Let John Schweikert have license, the girl is daughter Angelina Lewis,
Andrew Lewis"