2009 Rewind

Here's just a few more pictures of our last year. Some highlights we didn't get to put on here already. Enjoy!


I ran in a half marathon in downtown Kansas City! It was probably one of the hardest courses I've ever ran, but I was able to finish under my goal time. 1:57:48!

Here are my fellow runner friends: Jaclyn, Lindsey, me and Kelly! Everyone did so great!

The same weekend of my race, Jeff got to go to his own kind of race... Nascar that is! I surprised him with a trip to go visit his college roommate Brett and go to a Nascar race in Charlotte, NC!

Here's a picture of their tailgate before the race!

Here are the cars! They are going so fast that you can't even get a clear picture. :)

We took a little day trip to Weston, Missouri, just north of Kansas City. It's a fun little town with a lot of history! We ate at an Irish-style restaurant and then got to walk around and explore!

Our parent's would be proud...we took our a little time for a little history lesson: Weston was the boyhood home of Buffalo Bill.

Aww... look who it is? A picture break as we walked around the town.

Before we headed home, we made a stop off at Weston State Park and scouted it out for a possible camping trip next summer.

Sadly, we also had to say bon voyage to our friend Stauffer! He shipped out to Enid, OK in November to start pilot training! Here's a little family picture with Stauffer in the middle.

Just the boys. Jeff, Stauffer and Mike.

Oh, and we got to see Mizzou beat kU with a group of friends! Always a good time!

We also had the honor of celebrating my grandma's 80th birthday with her in St. Louis. Such a fun time!

While we were there, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went and saw our "engagement" spot! Almost 2 years ago...

And look how far we've come...about to celebrate our 1st anniversary!

It's been quite a year... thanks 2009 for all the fun times. Here's to a great 2010!

Until next time from Kansas,

Em and Hubs

Oh Christmas Tree... Oh Christmas Tree...

It has been a busy last month for the Robertsons. It seems like we wait all year for Christmas and then when it finally gets here, it goes by in a flash. It was definitely a fun and memorable first married Christmas together.

Jeff and I went to a local tree farm and searched for the perfect Christmas tree. Jeff was on a mission to find the biggest tree in the whole place. This one was definitely one of the biggest, but a little TOO big for our apartment.

I found some favorites too, but mostly I just wanted to pick one and get out of the COLD!

And... we finally found the perfect one! Here it is set up in our living room with the lights! It was just right!

Our tree was mostly gold and black... a Mizzou theme.

One more ornament as we decorated the tree!

We also got to attend Jeff's company's Christmas party! We had a lot of fun and got to dress up (which of course is not so fond of, but he cleans up pretty good, doesn't he?) We also went to my company's Christmas party the next weekend, but we were dressed almost exactly the same, so we didn't take a picture.)


We had a great Christmas in St. Louis with family. Since we don't have actual family in Kansas City, it's always nice to be able to spend time in Fulton or St. Louis. We had to induct Jeff into one of our family's traditions, since he too has a December birthday! Every year, my aunt has a birthday cake for Jesus, where she also includes my cousin Laura and my brother John, who both have December birthdays. This year was no different, and it also included Jeff's name (his birthday was December 18th!)

We headed out to St. Louis, just as it began to ice and snow in Kansas City. While we were gone they got about 7 inches of snow, so we still had snow when we got back (but the roads were at least cleaned off by that point!) Hope you had a great Christmas with your friends and family!

Until next time from Kansas,

Jeff and Em