A ghostly night...

Happy Halloween to all the little Robinson ghosts and ghoulies......

Love

Chip Dara Pip & Tim

Our little punks!!

Just a view of things to come! Tonight was the first Indiana Halloween and we certainly gave out a little more candy than our Floridian days! fun was had by all we now have a years supply of candy and the trading of favourites now begins! what a pair of punks (rockers that is!) or as Maddie's friend liked to call them pumpkin rockers (guess it was more of an English 'thing'!) Hope all is well where ever you may be. With love and kisses to all Heidi Jamie Tyler and Maddie xx

Where?

Just trying out my new PINK camera - little tiny Fuji with a BIG screen I can actually see without my glasses! Who can be the first to identify where it went for its first day out?

Rock Star in the making!

We had a street party last weekend - beautiful weather and the kids had water fights. Only thing wrong with this idyllic picture. Its Canada. And its the end of October. It should be freezing!!

Pip and his cronies have been the band to provide entertainment for the last few years. However they have all grown up and left home (sob) and Pip was in Montreal playing Rugby (Ivey won the tournament so he made up for the sad English loss to South Africa!). Anyway - back to the street party. Kudos to Timmy who stepped up to the mike and played and sang beautifully for the assembled company.

We can't wait for the Robinson Brothers to make it to the big time and keep us in our old age!!!

Love

C D P & T

Robinson Hall of Fame

Hi everyone

A couple of quick pics to celebrate achievement this weekend.

Pip received his National Scholarship at a ceremony at Western University. And Chris completed the Toronto Half Marathon in 1hr 35 mins, finishing 196th out of 3500 runners, 163rd man over all out of 1736 male runners and 7th out of 158 men in his age group 50 -54. Nice going!!

Love

C,D,P & T

Final Cottage Fling

Hi everyone

Not such exotic travels as some of the rest of the Robinson clan recently... but we had a nice last trip to the cottage for Thanksgiving weekend. Last year we had Pop and Bev with us - and before that Pete & Paul. We raised a glass to all the generations.

This time Pip was welcomed back from Uni and we celebrated Timmy's birthday with some cottage neigbours.

Cottage is now all shut up until maybe we can sneak a week at Christmas.

Here are a few pictures to paint the scene:

Turkey and all the trimmings and a toast to absent friends.....Tim lights the candles with help from James & Riley next door.

And entertains on his new birthday guitar.The boys play Mine a Million (Chip's board game at least 40 years old!) - no TV allowed at the cottage...
And Pip braves the lake - brrr, but spot those Fall colours coming on!

Love to everyone!
Chip Dara Pip & Tim

Back from Singapore

Hi, Everyone,

Just a few pics from a wonderful holiday, and to wish belated Happy Birthdays to those I was away for - Chip, Pete, and Tim. Thank-you, Canada, for my pressie which was waiting for me this morning when I arrived home - lovely!

Am not sending pics of the consumption of Singapore Slings at Raffles because I enjoyed them too much and it shows! So instead I'm posting the highest man-made waterfall in the world at Jurong Bird Park; the cable-car ride over to Sentosa Island; and Izzy on a bumboat ride in Singapore Harbour. Kirsty and Iz had an horrendous flight home on the edge of the hurricane - Kev's not flying till today because his conference hadn't finished, so his flight will probably be affected also. Mine was just long - two hours longer than when I fly back from Shanghai!

Lots of love to All,

B.

Hey one and all

I know that we are long over due to update, so here are a couple of pics one is of our new dog "Cosmo" think we must be slightly mad, but we will figure it out as we go! he is a six month old Springer Spaniel and is everybit the 'puppy' ! The other is of Tyler at his first ever NFL Football game in downtown Indianapolis watching his new favorourite team the 'Colts' beat the Broncos, that smile was firmly placed on his face for the full 31/2 hours he was there! Hope all is well Happy Belated Birthday's to all you Robinsons wherever you may be! (I think the travelling thing must be from the Robinson side!) We think of you all often with much love Heidi Jamie Tyler and Maddie xx

Happy Birthday Pete!

Happy Birthday Pete, from all of us here...This pic is just to remind all that you are able to catch the odd fish occasionally! Hope you are having a lovely time in Portugal and know that the Canadians are all thinking of you on your birthday (assuming Pip has any idea of what day of the week it is: he's having waaaay too good a time being a student!).
Love, Chip, Dara, Tim and Pip

Happy Birthday Sis!

From Canada to China, our birthday wish: have fun

But just how many times can a girl turn twenty-one?

All our love & happy birthday Bev,

Chip, Dara, Pip and Timmy

SHOULD HAVE BEEN WIV THE PHOTOS....

JUST A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF OUR WEEKS FISHIN ON THE TAY.......WE HAVE RENAMED A BRIDGE OVER IT .. JIMS BRIDGE .... AS WE TOASTED HIS LIFE WITH A WHISKY AND FLOATED SOME OF HIS ASHES FROM THE BRIDGE INTO THE FAMOUS TAY....JUST AS A REFERENCE IT IS NO MORE THAN 200 YARDS FROM THE FAMOUS MEIKELOUR BEECH HEDGE THAT CONTINUES GROWING EVER SKYWARD. SCORE FOR THE WEEK PETE AND BRIAN NIL ..JAMIE FOR THREE DAYS ONE....HOW THOUGHTLESS CAN THE BOY BE ! ! ! HOPE EVERYBODY IS WELL AND PIP HAS HIS NOSE TO THE GRIND STONE......(I BET ...) LOVE TO ALL KIRSTY KEV AND IZZY WE WILL MAKE SURE MOM GETS TO YOU ON TIME HER FEET DONT TOUCH THE GROUND THESE DAYS HUH ?

LOVE PETE AND PAUL ETC.

TRIP UP NORTH......

Not bad for 50!

Here are some pictures from Chip & Dara's romatic getaway to Stratford (Ontario - but still on the River Avon).

Lovely Victorian architecture.....no thatched cottages here!

Note the stylish birthday top and necklace - thanks Pete & Paul!

"Western University Mom" T-shirt in honour of Pip...

All dressed up for the theatre and on our way to see King Lear.....

Hope everyone is well and happy.

Love C,D,T and P in absentia

Quiz Time

Thanks for the quiz Bev - answers are posted under your pix in Comments...Now for a couple from us...

1. Which WW1 battlefield is the top picture from?

2. How is Timmy walking on water?

Love from (just) Chip and Dara, as Pip is at a foam party (?) and Timmy is at Camp...

Hi, Everyone!

Just back from my 3,000 trek around Europe - feel in need of a holiday! Quiz for Chip and Co -

where in France did we see this Canadian flag, and what is the second one (at the same place)? At last, I made it to the Ferris wheel in Vienna!

New Adventures for Pip

Before
After

Well it doesn't seem a minute since he was starting Kindergarten......and here he is moving in to his room at University. All much more complicated than when we went up to Cambridge with one small trunk. "Move in day" was set up like a military operation and involved 2 full car loads of "stuff", internet conenctions and cable TV in his room to organize, smart cards to load with money to pay for food and more.........!!!

Note the English flag on his bed. By the time the decor was complete it also included an English Rugby scarf. Mind you there was also a signed Canadian Football jersey, Hockey posters and a basketball net. Posters included the Beatles and Che Guevara........so nothing new there. Have had a 5 word text message since we left him "Sweet. Will call tomorrow. Pip" - which we take to be encouraging!

Hope family journeys in Scotland, Greece and Germany all going well and looking forward to your travelers' tales.

Chip, Dara, Tim and Pip in absentia.

Back in the groove!

Well we are back to school this end and to 'organized sports!' this time we are trying the American variety! I don't think he is 'large' enough for this game but he is desperate to give it a go. Tyler has now started 3rd grade and Maddie is due to start her preschool in a couple of weeks, can't believe that summer holidays have been and gone, Lovely to catch up with all who we did on our quick trip back and good luck to Pip on the new chapter opening up for him! have fun I am sure you will. For everyone else be safe and happy and we will keep on getting our updates right here on line!

love all around H and gang x

UK exodus

Lovely summer - shame about the weather!

K,K, and Iz on their way back to sunny China, the Woods are off to Corfu, and I'm off to Berlin (and Dresden and Prague and Vienna and Salzburg and St.Wolfgang and Seefeld and lots of other places).

Be in touch when I get back,

Love to Everyone

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Swimming Lessons at the Cottage

Hi everyone

Long time no blog guys!

Here are a couple of pictures of Timmy trying to convince Gibson that he likes the water - with not a great deal of success. Poor drowned puppy felt very sorry for himself.......

The boys of course are constantly in the water and having a great time. We are enjoying the last of the summer wine before Pip heads off to University Sept 03 and things are never quite the same ever again.....

Lots of love to you all - special hugs to Clare and hoping that she recovers really soon from her operation.

Chip, Dara, Pip & Tim

The birthday princess all dressed up for her party!! Tinkerbell is the 'girl-iest' we do!! Had a great day and now looking forward to seeing you all in the UK on Tuesday Heidi and gang x

07/07/07 - Happy Birthday, Maddie!

Big hugs to Maddie, 3 today! See you soon, Big Girl - love, Bev

Lovely to see Betty looking so well - so glad you've met Izzy at last, Dara. Two pics of your menfolk last week ( the bits we dare show you!). Love to all, Bev

The Best Medicine

Hi all
Two days after leaving hospital my Mum was delighted to have a visit from the Chinese Robinson Clan...........there is always room on Granny's lap for a little one! Lovely to see them and a great tonic for the invalid, who is doing remarkably well. She is very honoured to be a entry on the famous Robinson Blog.
Thanks to the Northampton clan for all the hospitality towards Chip and Pip. Not sure about the Motorbike riding though............
Love to all
Dara

Bike Boys Exposed!

Yes, our Intrepid Reporter presents this behind-the-scenes expose of the Bike Boys in this candid photo of the moment when they debated whether to throw golf clubs into the pond, or to go biking...As can be revealed by our Ace Reporter, Bug-Eyed Bev - also pictured above - they opted to do both...

AT THE END OF THE CANADIANS FLYING VISITS TO NORTHAMPTON........THE LAST DAY FINISHED WITH A GAME OF GOLF ..VISITS TO THE COMPLETE SPRATTON CLANS ..AND A JOY RIDE ON THE NEW MOTORBIKE.....

KORRUPTION KLASS NOW KOMPLETE.........