These past few months have been pretty crazy in the Robinson household. It took me oh too long to have the painful realization that I am attempting to do too much. I don't know if it was the crying spells or the comical memory loss that clued me in, but I finally figured out that this clown is juggling too many bowling pins. 

As I was driving home from one of my clinical rotations this week, I started thinking about painful procedures that are necessary for patients to reach their full physical potential. A few scenarios came to mind, but the most poignant one was turning a patient in terrible pain in order to change bed linens. One of my least favorite parts of nursing is inflicting pain, even when absolutely necessary. My mind wandered to the pain I was currently feeling--enormous amounts of pressure.

I realized that Heavenly Father plays a role in my life similar to that of a nurse. As The Great Physician, there are things that He knows I need to experience in order to reach my full spiritual potential. Like a nurse with a patient, He will minimize the amount of time pain is felt as well as the intensity to His full ability. I truly believe that Heavenly Father will not let me experience any more pain than is absolutely necessary. 

The reminder that Heavenly Father wants me to be happy and healthy motivated me to take inventory of what I was doing to help myself be happy and spiritually healthy. It turns out some changes needed to be made.

Those changes have really turned my stress level around...so much so that tonight I needed to make a celebration cake. A happiness cake if you will. The lesson learned from the cake? Everything tastes better if it's robins egg blue.

XOXO, 

Emma

     

This is Josh. Little brother and welder extraordinaire. I got to see this crazy kid this weekend and do a quick shoot for his senior pics. Love him!

XOXO,

Emma 

It's been a summer full of happy couples and darling portraits. Here are a few of my favorites...

This couple is just the cutest. I mean a greenhouse and the woods? It doesn't get much cuter than that. 

This next couple is also adorable. The smiles speak for themselves...

And then there are the missionary pics! These are of my brother-in-law and my sister. So fun to have these to look at while they are gone!

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XOXO,

Emma

Pizza and Nursing

Woke up, threw on some makeup...well sunscreen with color. Love that stuff. Some days the real stuff just isn't going to happen. I'm pretty sure I could be trilingual by now if I didn't spend time putting makeup on everyday. But hey at least I have my priorities in line!

Hubby threw last night's pizza in the microwave (breakfast of champions) and then we were both on our way to stumbling through the last day of spring term before we head out on a pioneer trek. Sometimes I just have to tell myself that I like going to school during the summer and that I'm just so glad I'm not at the pool...yeah it doesn't convince me either but that's okay.

It's not the pool, but today is another day of being a nurse which is almost as good as being at the pool. Almost.  I love that I am blessed to make a living by helping others and improving myself. I get to go home from work knowing I did some good or at least tried.

Nursing school has made me a more confident person. Sure, my thighs still jiggle and it still bugs me...a lot...but I have valuable skills that  can help others. That kind of confidence is priceless and so much more real to me than any physical confidence I have ever had.

So here's my soap box: nursing comes highly recommended. You do a lot of good for others, but you also do a lot of good for yourself.

xo,

Emma

Paper Plates

Woke up today and went on a walk because I just wasn't feeling pilates in the living room...again. Wow it is beautiful here! I didn't expect to love Provo as much as I do. Don't get me wrong, it's no Colorado, but there are still farms close enough to walk to and that's really all I can ask for.  Mountains are just so much prettier when there is farm land below it, especially if there are baby sheep on that land.

I've told Colton before that I will gladly live in the "country" if Target/Costco are within 15 miles (and I believe the challenge has been accepted). I think Target's corporate office may get a few calls from us once we find a spot we love.

In other news, my kitchen is a mess. Who invented dishes, honestly? It's like they wanted to do more housework and ruin everyone's nails forever. Naturally, tonight was pancake and paper plate night because, yup, all the silverware is dirty. All. Of. It. 

There are more important things in life. 

xo,

Emma

Why I am Married

I realize that to most people it must seem crazy to get married at 20 without being pregnant or hypnotized. Don't I want a life? Travel? Have a career? Figure out who I am? Yes. Yes to all of the above!

Deciding to get married came down to 3 decisions for me: 

Is it the right person?

Am I getting married in the right place?

And is it the right time?

Well, the right person part came easy. Lucky for me, I met him when I was 12. Plus, anyone who knows Colton knows that I married up. The best way I can describe knowing he was it is that I'd never had more fun in my whole life than when I was with him.

The right place part is also essential, but I had been working toward this my whole life. I am a Mormon, which means that I believe that families exist beyond death and that marriage is not just for time, but for the eternities as well. I know that being married in an LDS temple means that my marriage does not end with death, but that I will see my husband again and still be his wife. I knew this before I was married too, which is why I knew a temple was the right place to get married. 

And now for the right time. Let me tell you, sometimes I thought I was crazy when I thought about getting married at 20, too. I am still much more of a kid than I am an adult. But once I found the right person and I knew the right place, how could it not be the right time? This one just fell into place after I had figured out the other two questions. 

And so, here we are. We both have lives, but they include a lot of Netflix. Travel? You bet, roadtrips galore. Careers? We're working on them with all we've got and we couldn't be happier about it. Figuring out who we are? We're best friends.

I'm not saying it's for everyone, but it has definitely been the best choice I have ever made (and I think my adorable hubby would agree).

Emma

Questions? Feel free to comment.