Molly's 12/21/89 Letter To Her Children

I came across a letter today that Molly had written to her children on 12/21/89. Although Carly was not yet born, Molly would certainly have included her in her sentiments.

Molly was in Long Beach to attend the wedding of one of her close friends aboard the Queen Mary.

Molly describes various aspects of the trip and the ship and then tells the children:

"I wish you could all be here with me. It's hard for me to go away from you. When I'm away, I think about you all the time. I can't detach myself from you. You're all so precious to me."

She ends the letter with:

I will see you soon on Saturday. I love you all so much. Don't ever forget that!

Your Mommy"

(Molly drew a small heart with an arrow through it at the end).

I suspect that Molly's feelings are exactly the same now.

Happy Birthday, Mom!!!

Georgie Valdez, Grandma Julia Valdez, Hernan Valdez, Molly Valdez Robbins
The weather gets cold and the leaves turn and the little spooks and goblins come out and I remember you. Not that I don't think of you everyday and miss you terribly, there's a void in my life that will never be filled but life goes on, just differently and a little sadder. I smile at all the celebration and I pretend that it's all for you. I love you , Happy Birthday. I miss you.

-Hernan Valdez, 10/30/2010

Javin is 1!!

Happy Birthday, Bug!

This scoop's for you, Mom.

I can't tell you how much you're missed.


P.S. You're going to be a grandma again. Here is a picture of when Brandon and I told everybody else:

Martinez Family Reunion

My mom always liked to make sure we knew who our family was. On Saturday, we went to a family reunion for my great grandma's family and got to meet some extended relatives.

Here is my mother's uncle Alfonso and my great grandma's little sister, Emma. Everyone calls her Tia Emma.


Here we are with some more cousins, Tia Emma and her daughter, Chena, my uncles, Hernan and Georgie and our cousin, Sophie.


This is me with my cousin, Sophie. She was named after our great grandma.


Us with my mom's cousins, Jackie and Janice and our Tia Emma.


This is Carly and I with one of my mom's cousins. Her mom and my Grandma Julia are sisters.


These are my mom's cousins and thier dad, my great uncle Alfonso. Thier mom and my Grandma Julia are sisters.


Lauren and Javin.


This is my great grandma Sofia's house in Ogden. We don't know who lives there now, but we always have a hard time finding it when we drive by. There used to be a big tree in the front yard.


This is St. Joseph's church in Ogden. My great grandma used to walk to church here every Sunday. It's just down the street from her house. This is where we always go for family weddings and funerals.


And this is Scott on the way home. He had too much fun. : )

Happy Independence Day!

For the 4th of July we went to the Magna parade to watch Carly march with her high school drill team, the Spinnakers.


Here's Jaron. : )


Here he is with his little boy, Javin.


Javin with his mom, Lauren.


Here is my dad, ready for hanging out in the sun.


This is my husband, Brandon collecting parade candy.


This is my brother, Scott and his girlfriend, Saejin.


Here are Brandon and I in the middle of the street
before the very end of the parade.


We went to Magna Park for fireworks at the end of the day.

Mother's Day

My mom used to take us to the Ogden City cemetery on Mother's day when we were little to visit her mom. I have to admit that it still doesn't seem real that we will have to do the same thing. Even with a picture in front of my face, it doesn't feel real. I think it's because I can still feel my mom around. That sounds really dumb, but it's the only way to describe it. I can feel it when she's around me and when she's not.


Little Javin hasn't really been outside much so he's not used to the brightness of the sun. We tried to get him to crawl around but I think he was kind of unsure of moving around in the grass. Cute little bug!

Brooke and Thad

Brooke and Thad were married yesterday in a cute little garden center in Sandy. Thad's uncle married them and did a wonderful job. It became apparent that he was a little nervous about performing his first marriage when he asked Thad if he took Brooke "Gibbons" instead of "Robbins". That will be a fun story to tell their kids. It was great to have all of our friends and family get together.




One of my best friends was the photographer so we'll have a lot more pictures later, but for now here are a couple that I took at the end of the night...

Me, Brooke, Carly and our cousin, Skyler

Brandon and I

Lauren, Javin and Jaron

Jaron, Carly, Brooke, Me and Scott
Jaron and Scott like to rough-house whenever they're together and I guess they decided to include Brookie because it was her special day. : )

Enter to Learn...

Yesterday, Scott graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology from Brigham Young University.



The Fam

Brooke, Dad, Carly, Scott, Javin & Lauren, Jaron, Me and Brandon

Grandpa and Grandma Robbins, Scott, Grandma Dixie

Our cousins Jade, Janice and Derek with Scott
We had a rough time looking for Scott's name in the program. Everyone was looking in the R's but he had added some flair to the end, which moved it to the V's.


Congratulations, Snotty!

Happy Birthday, Scotty!

Oh, wait. He's not done.


That was Carly's idea. : )