The Roberts

Here's to our friends, Matt and Lacee Roberts. We met them on July 10, 2011 at each of our first sunday's at church in a BYU-Hawaii married-student ward, they looked as lost as we did. My first impression was "nah, we probably wouldn't click", they were both prim and proper looking and seemed to keep to themselves. I don't know what I was expecting, because if some stranger came up to me and said enthusiastically "HI! I'm going to be your friend forever!", that's a red flag, and I'm turning the other way. The way they looked and behaved was exactly as someone should behave in a chapel, so I'll admit I was quick to judge, and my judgement was false. To Matt and Lacee, I'm sorry, and this is my blog to you.

Since then, we've frolicked in the sand together on various beaches, ate shave ice and Dole Plantation ice cream together, camped, rock climbed, dinner double dated, watched movies. We have played: Spikeball, Monopoly Deal, Candy Land (not as complex as when we were children), liars dice, basketball, and Wii (amongst a variety of other games I'm certain I'm forgetting). We've made Costco trips, had thanksgiving with them and got each other Christmas presents. We've gone to the temple together, spearfished, attempted (for hours) freeing some enormous driftwood from it's sandy entrapment. And it goes without saying, but we've stayed up into the wee hours together on many occasion filling the time with stories of our past sharing laughs and even falling asleep together.

Something they've done for us multiple times, that we haven't yet had much opportunity to do for them, is make us dinner. Being off campus and in a box of a house, we are sort of away from the majority of the other married couples with whom we associate, without much to offer in respects to space or even seating for that matter.

We decided it was time to pay up in the form of Salmon, mixed veggies, and rice; the finest we have to offer.

Our dining area is outside. (Thanks to the Lowry's for the table!)

After dinner, our cat friend showed up.

It's impossible to take a photo that does the size of this cat justice. He is the pitbull of cats

with more muscle and girth than I've ever before felt on any feline.

Here the cat was kneading into Lacee's thigh.

He was a scrappy fellow with cuts all over and dirt chunks in his fur.

He drank up the milk like it was his last dish.

Meet, The Roberts! 

(this is how they look when he isn't choke slamming his wife)

 Sarah won't love this picture, but to me she's adorable here.

I was squeezing her and she yelled "the baby! the baby!".

This was after she had escaped, and I was acting out how the baby was small

enough to dodge and juke his/her way to safety.

Great capture, Lacee.

Matt, Lacee, thanks for being awesome friends to us. We really do appreciate you letting us crash your place so frequently, much of the time without announcement. We're thankful for our discussions and your influence in our lives, for your personalities, for the many cookies you have made and shared with us, and of course for the meals you have provided. It makes us really happy that you'll be here for a little while longer than anticipated, and we intend to make the most of the time we've got left with you.


I'll leave with one of my favorite memories of the Roberts, they'll know it well.


Lacee picks up the phone to call a guy about a cat. She dials the number. Matt and I look on.
*Guy answers phone*
Lacee- "Hi, we were still wondering if you had the kittens"


Pause here. 1) Lacee speaks to the guy as if they have previously spoken. They have not. 2) As far as he is concerned she just referred to herself as "we", and 3) this is all in such a childish voice.
Matt and I look at each other, and somehow without words being exchanged, we both know this is the most ridiculous call ever and is going nowhere. We both start to laugh hysterically. Now Lacee starts to laugh.


The guy says simply, "yes"
Lacee (while laughing)- "Could I have it?"


The guy hung up the phone, and for the next 10 minutes minimum (and to this day) we repeated the dialogue aloud, over and over again, losing control laughing, to help Lacee realize how it looked and sounded. Matt could tell you the rest, but he ended up texting the guy apologizing about his wife and explained why it was funny to which the guy replied, "there's nothing funny about cats" or something.


Robert's, you're awesome, we love Y'ALL!