2011 Robinson Family Top 10

Robinson Family Top 10.

2011 has been another incredible year for our family. We have seen God’s hand working in amazing ways through blessing, direction and answered prayers.

10) Two Mariner’s games: Celebrating “Dairy Night” with all the princesses and Remembering 9/11 with a couple hundred local first responders.

9) Tony, Gabe and Jon went camping with Tony’s parents in Republic, Washington and dug fossils at the Stonerose site. The boys also ventured out man camping via bicycles to Packwood Lake near Mount Rainier.

8) Jon and Gabe competed at the Evergreen and Enumclaw fairs showing their cows, earning ribbons and, in between shows, snuggling down for naps with their calves.

7) Cheryl continues to manage the Physical Therapy clinic in Sultan and grow her photography business while Tony has no lack of enjoyment with firefighting.

6) Gabe has moved onto 4th grade and is having a great time being at Salem Woods Elementary. Jonathan is testing the waters of homeschooling and finding it to be enjoyable and challenging at times.

5) Jon cashed in a coupon for a fishing trip to Montana with Cheryl’s uncle. The rest of the family followed a few days later and extended the visit to include a day of drift fishing on the Madison River (during the salmon fly hatch) and visits to Yellowstone Park.

4) Cheryl, Jon and Susan, Cheryl’s mom, spent 12 days visiting orphanages, playing “football” with other kids, experiencing the culture and rubbing elbows with royalty in Ghana, Africa.

3) We were blessed with the ability to take a family trip, Cheryl’s mom included, to the remote mountains of Haiti to visit with, serve and love on the 400 children attending the school we support thorough Hope In Haiti.

2) Tony and Cheryl celebrated 15 years of marriage by taking the boys to Mexico for five days of hanging out on the beach and doing as little as possible.

1) We spent much of the year celebrating many holidays and milestones with an amazing family, wonderful friends and incredible God!!!

We hope 2011 was a fulfilling year for you and your family and we send our love and pray that 2012 brings renewed love for life, family and the amazing world we live in.

Tony, Cheryl, Jon, Gabe and Sodhi

9/11 Steel arrives in Edmonds

For a long time now the Edmonds Fire Department, now Snohomish County Fire Distrrict #1, has been working on getting our own piece of steel from the Twin Towers. The time finally arrived and after many meetings, flights to the east coast and governmental approval the dream has been realized. The cerimony was simple as the motorcade drove up I-5 from Seattle into downtown Edmonds.

The 2000 pound I-beam was accepted from the delivery team, carefully hoisted from the flat bed with the help of a large tow truck and rested, for the time being, on a custom built cart. The artifact is in on display at Station 17 in downtown Edmonds.

fAbove FF Erickson give an emotional acceptance speech. He was instrumental in the entire process and logged a lot of time and miles to make it happen.

After a short walk on 6th street, the procession turned into the bay at Station 17.

The honor guard, with a tradtional piper, were a vital part of the cerimony escorting the steel to the bay. All non-duty firefighters were in dress "A's" for the occasion.

A glass-blowing artist from Whidbey Island created an amazing custom fire helmet to honor the occasion. It is part of the fund raising effort to finance the construction of the memorial.

A small Fallen Firefighters memorial park currently exists outside Station 17 and this piece will be added to commemorate the events and those who were lost on 9/11.

The day was momentious and powerful and any photos were taken by the attending public, politicians, new media and Firefighters.

Tony